Chang leads Chinese Taipei over Netherlands at WBC

TAICHUNG, Taiwan (AP) — Yu Chang hit a grand slam off Derek West after Li Lin’s tying RBI single against Lars Huijer to lead Chinese Taipei to a 9-5 win over the Netherlands on Saturday.

Chang hit a two-run homer in the 11-7 victory over Italy on Friday and is 6-for-12 with seven RBIs in the tournament.

Tzu-Peng Huang gave up two runs — one earned — and two hits in 2 2/3 innings.

Didi Gregorius had two RBIs for the Netherlands, including a first-inning RBI single, and Xander Bogaerts went 0 for 3 with three strikeouts and two walks.

Tsung-Che Cheng’s run-scoring single and Kun-Yu Chiang’s sacrifice fly boosted the lead in the third, and Chieh-Hsien Chen made it 8-2 with an RBI triple in the fourth.

Ray-Patrick Didder homered for the Dutch, who got RBI singles from Juremi Profar — Jurickson’s brother — and Wladimir Balentien. The Netherlands closed to 8-5 in the eighth before Chia-Hao Sung retired Chadwick Tromp on an inning-ending flyout with a man on.

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