Taiwan shuts out Netherlands 5-0

Chen Wei-yin, starting pitcher for the Chinese Taipei team from Taiwan, hurled for brilliant seven innings.

The lefthanded pitcher struck out seven opponent batters and walked none while yielding only three hits to pave the way for the key victory.

The 23 year-old Chen, who pitches for the Chunichi Dragons in Japan's professional baseball league, allowed only two Dutch hitters to reach second base but managed to hold them scoreless in an impeccable performance

Chen, who took part in the Olympic Games for the second time in his career, overpowered the Dutch batters with consistent fast balls in the low 90 mile-per-hour range.

He said the experience he had gained in the past four years since playing in the Athens Olympic Games in 2004 paid off.

"I can now throw harder and have a wider variety of pitches. Today I was really satisfied with my velocity and control," Chen said when responding to questions raised by reporters.

Reliever Cheng Kai-wen, an upcoming 20-year-old who pitches at the university level games in Taiwan, maintained the momentum and pitched a scoreless two innings to complete the shutout.

While Chen and Cheng pinned the Dutch players down, their teammates jumped on Netherlands starter David Bergman for a run in the second inning and three more in the fourth to cruise to victory.

Shortstop Lin Chih-sheng opened the scoring after he was given a walk. He advanced to third on a Chiang Chih-hsien's double down the right field line, and came home on a sacrifice fly by left fielder Lo Kuo-hui.

Chinese Taipei added three more in the fourth, paced by big hits from catcher Yeh Chun-chang and center-fielder Lin Che-hsuan.

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