Chinese Taipei rally to beat Italy for 1st win
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Kuo-Chen Fan broke a 7-7 tie with a run-scoring infield single in the seventh off Joey Marciano and Kungkuan Giljegiljaw hit a three-run homer in the eighth as host Taiwan overcame a three-run deficit with a 11-7 win over Italy to improve to 1-1.
Yu Chang hit a tying, two-run homer in the sixth off losing pitcher Stephen Woods Jr..
Winner Yen-Ching Lu pitched two hitless innings of shutout ball, working around three walks
Italy built a 7-4 lead as Nicky Lopez had two hits and three RBIs and Brett Sullivan had three hits.
The Netherlands leads the group at 2-0 and Italy fell to 1-1.