NICARAGUA VS CHINESE TAIPEI| U-15 BASEBALL WORLD CUP 2024| 26-08-2024

games hopefully it should be a clear one today you can see we've got an extra big blue crew for this one as they uh around home plate getting uh the instructions Chinese taipe is the home team and these two teams met in the round robin well in group b play in the opening round and and it wasn't really close Jay should we expect something different today well it depends different location different ball park with the last Nicaragua be Seria Garcia and Marino one two and three you move K began pool B hitting in the two spot he's now batting in the six spot followed by Fabian Flores Gonzalez es night to answer your question maybe not because different circumstances different place to play should be a different ball game today for bronze it's been offense by committee for Nicaragua as they've spread the RBI around they came here to baronia a few days ago and they will face a pitcher for Chinese Taipei that we haven't seen since opening night in Lo XI Chang talk about saving your best for your last and lo XI Chang threw three Innings his first time and they want to see that again against Nicaragua well manager Sandy Moreno never afraid to make a decision and we've we've liked what we've seen from him here this week yeah he's very decisive and if he sees any trouble with his pitching staff he's going to the mound to make a change he's probably the quickest manager we have have in this entire world cup the defense for Chinese type around the Outfield is Sue Ma and shei you have on the infield some couple changes you take out low who was at second base not a pitcher you bring in Wang at second base Woo is at first Sue's at short and Len ways at third base and Wong is the catcher today for Lo shei Shane yeah Wong xia is batting in the cleanup spot and catching for Chinese taipe in this one Loi Chen gets the start he started on opening night against the Netherlands threw pretty well but uh they've been hanging on to him and uh Chu yau has uh maybe hiding his pitcher for this one yeah I think he's been one of their more consistent pitchers Grant has only W start but as we have seen throughout this entire you know tournament it is really hard to see good pitching and having it consistently over the course of a week and a half well Victor Torres will see that pitching he's calling the balls and Strikes our home played umpire from Mexico Leonel Garcia is from Cuba at first base Edward Pacho from Venezuela at third Diego sales from Argentina or pko's at second rather and Salas is at third and we've got umpires on the right field and left field lines and Kevin music of Germany down the right field line Edward Castillo of Colombia is the left field umpire and Chris Wilhelm of Canada is our video umpire today so truly a global umpiring crew here's a look at the wbsc Konami men's baseball world ranking and that is what these teams are playing for in this event and every event really Jay when it comes down to it you'll see there the Chinese Taipei sitting in fifth in the rankings Nicaragua 20th they don't even make the graphic but they make the bronze medal game the wbsc Konami men's baseball world ranking tracks of country's entire national team performance in all wbsc sanctioned International competitions over a 4-year period that's why you see so many points on on the board there all right thank you for that clarification and if you're like me and you are an 80s kid or ' 90s kid growing up Konami is a very familiar brand all those video games on Nintendo and Sega that was a good time Johan sarva this before his time he'll lead things off for Nicaragua here uh he's been capable out of the leadoff spot as well as played a solid center field for Nicaragua and this is sent out behind second base and this will fall in for a single and taking a huge divot out of the field on the way by was the short stop for Chinese taipe Sue Zen I hope he's okay I think he's all right he was trying to almost catch on the run and just as the old saying goes you hit them where they ain't and it that old famous M triangle right there right in between the shortstop second basement and a center fielder great hitting by sery to get on basically out the game well you can't ask anything more than your leadoff man getting on base that brings up Luis Garcia batting in the two spot Garcia hitting 375 through the event this week in Colombia and he'll call time as low was working that pitch clock yeah he's been their best hitter in both locations here in Baron key and also in cardan he's he can hit ball any part of the Zone up down go to first he has been what you call a he's seen the ball very well he can see the ball if it's coming off late or a late action with a bit of a tail to it he's able to read the ball very well for a man his really impressive at 15 years old to do that so Loi Chang looking to get comfortable his first appearance on the mound here in Baron Kia as he drops a breaking ball but below the strike zone on Garcia low open the tournament way back on Friday of last week it's nine days ago against another not that he hasn't been playing he's only been the best hitter for his team in the meantime so yeah he's been busy hitting the ball hard to take him off the batting order and put him back on the mound they check back over quickly that's sarava who will dive in safe and also plays a good second base if you need him to so when he wasn't pitching he was you know tring double plays for Chinese taipe went just three innings in the start against the Netherlands it was a big win for Chinese taipe dotted on the outside corner as Garcia takes a strike he nods in agreement with Victor Torres kind of a different start for low when we saw him the first time almost a week and a half ago he was more of a breaking ball guy and now he's throwing harder stuff I guess hey bronze medal game you want to show your best stuff I understand it but different different approach early on than we saw the first time out Garcia has nine hits just one four extra bases and you know before these guys came here to Baron Kia we were talking with our our colleagues Alex and Lance and I was trying to give them a little insight on the teams and I said if nickar rag was going to have success Luise Garcia has to be a big part of it 100% he starts the offense that's a close play oh that's very close each team with one challenge here in seven innings and we've seen in the last couple of days in both locations again where we're seeing really close plays at first base and have to keep an eye on the basis for these good pickoff moves from a lefty or right-handed pitcher for either team this is sent out into right center field and this is going to be trouble this is going to go all the way to the wall chugging around second is Garcia and he is going to be in safe with an RBI triple to start this ball game like we said Luis Garcia starts the offense takes the fast ball up in the zone goes right in the Gap and another great extra base hit for Luis Garcia having a great world cup and he begins the bronze middle game with a triple in RBI so she cuts it off on the warning track just before the wall but the damage was already done Johan sarava scores all the way from first and already we've got a different score line than the first time these teams met which was a 12 nothing dominant victory for Chinese taipe so talk about guys moving around the lineup Moreno has moved up into the three spot here and he's hitting 318 Jay he's had himself a nice tournament yeah he had a bit of a slow start in cardana and you know with the change of the line by Coos Maro he's played better he is what you call a real a bad ball hitter he he will reach for a pitch and if he gets to it's going to go down for a hit if he does not then it's a long day for him that's just out of the zone and pardon the pun but low needs to get that low strike to be successful and we saw that in the three Innings he pitched in C very much so and that's kind of a a tough thing but this umpire Victor Tores is a pitcher friendly umpire one one to Moreno he stays down and Moreno will give his head a shake saying that's not the pitch I was looking for and there's more of the off speed from our Star that's that's his more deceptive you know breaking ball it begins in the zone and it dies out of the Zone one two is away and off the plate this is a familiar spot for Chinese taipe in fact this bronze medal game they have been in four of the last five so now fifth of the last six editions of the u5 World Cup they've been in the bronze medal game conversely Nicaragua is looking to improve they've only got one bronze medal in their history and it came in the u12 World Cup back in 2015 this has popped high on the infield tracking back under it and making the play is Wong and that's a big out to settle things down here for the defense it's a big out and it's a big confidence boost for a low to you know not give away out we have seen you know in other games in the past where sometimes a popup is hard to catch and that's a big time catch for a Chinese typ he so that brings up the cleanup man the first baseman Johan guer Gutierrez and he's got a little pop in this game three RB for him in the event and low is popping the M now for strike one you can see why he's he's partial to his fast ball because he's he's got a little bit of extra on that today MH this is sent high and deep out into left field tracking back is Sue and he'll make the grab on the warning track tagging and scoring easily is Garcia but that could have been a whole lot worse how about that defense out in left field by Sue yush and what makes that more impressive was the swing by Gutierrez he was trying to call for time in the middle of the bat and the Umpire Victorious said no it's too late and he somehow got good contact and almost got a home run to left field another look at this Jay that ball was smoked great defense by Su and left but every run is certainly going to matter here today and that's two in the top of the first now for Nicaragua good to see Eddie Coronado back in the lineup he left the game last night with an injury and instantly my thoughts went to this is your guy who's been the BackBeat of your team doesn't have the hits he'd want but runs things behind the plate and they would have been in trouble today I've got to think without him but he's probably playing through a bit of an injury yeah he's been going he's been he's been beat up a little bit here in this world cup he left a couple days ago before they went to the Super round he got a hit on the hand uh after a foul ball that off his mask and he left the game uh before coming to Baron key a couple of days ago Coronado chases for strike two and one of the things Jay you and I were talking about before we came on AAS there there's definitely some strikeout in his game yeah he's a he will swing and miss and you can understand and you know being somewhat not 100% it kind of can affect your batting for a catcher and we'll see if he can work through it here in the last game of the World Cup for him the one-w pitch from Loi Chang off speed this is sent out to Second Wong gathers it takes his time and makes the play on to first great response by Nicaragua is to strike first in the first inning he get two runs off of you know some really hard hits by sraa and Garcia nice play there by second by Wong 10 top of the first inning chines Tae will come up tring by twoos well this is how they'll line up for manager Chu yau today for Chinese taipe suia is leading things off Su Z Jin second Liu Renu is the DH today what a pitching performance from him last night wangia mauia XI chenu and Wu Ren rui in the middle of the order Ling way Wong janha will round things out and the defense for Nicaragua will stay the same marenos and left s in C has a good arm out there EST NOA will play in right he's been her last four games for them Gonzalez Garcia on the right side left the right side of thefield is katin and Gutierrez and the catcher is Coronado and the Pitcher is Kevin mea making his first start here in the raon middle game here in might be his first start but we've seen a little bit of Kevin Mesa and here's a look at the tournament bracket and how we got here today the opening round started way back on August the 16th and you can see down in group b these two teams were the class of the group Chinese Taipei finishing first with their fourth win being over Nicaragua not as much success for either team here in the super round but I'm really excited about this game coming up 7 o' local time tonight Jay Puerto Rico and Japan they've been the class of this event and everyone plays everyone so there's no doubt about it that's going to be a good one it should be a really good game you know power versus Power great pitching from Japan as always and you know for Puerto Rico great great power hitting also as well up to this current point the best part about that one you and I can kick back and watch it as Alex C and Lance win will have the call for you folks on that one at this beautiful Edgar Renteria Stadium Su yush will lead things off for Chinese taipe the left fielder who just made a fantastic catch out on the warning track he saved extra bases from Nicaragua if that wasn't caught the oan is fouled back Kevin MAA on the mound he's got a 4. ER as Jay mentioned primarily out of the bullpen this would be his fourth appearance he did Pitch in the game in the group stage against Chinese taipe and it didn't go very well 2/3 of an Innings pitch four hits three earn runs two walks but I don't think much went well for dick oraga that night no when you lose 12 nothing cuz that's foued back that's it's going to be a long day for you and the circumstances were different for for that game I mean they were both four four- win teams or or could have been they both knew they were coming to the super round I suppose is Nicaragua was 4-0 Chinese taipe was 3 and one so whether you finished first or second in the group didn't matter now that record carries forth so if Nicaragua wins there then they might have themselves in a better conversation for the gold medal game later tonight but you know at at that point in the tournament you know Nicaragua had pulled off a at least one upset and had a couple of really good games and you know you get to that point you know you're coming to the super round maybe you relax a little bit or or what have you two two pitch to sue is outside and I wish I had have kept track Jay about the number of leadoff hitters that went 3 and two this week I got to think it's more than 50% I would at least say that it's been a really good display of lead off approaching taking pitches and making the pitcher work on the first day of the game swinging a Miss strike three and work he does as Kevin Mesa will strike out Sue to get things started here in the first inning little transfer of information on the way by yeah you have to you know communic okay what' you see and fast ball just blew right by him and he knew it and that's typical from teammate teammate lead off guy says what do you see out there he prob said well he throws pretty hard or his off speed's kind of over the plate or whatever and that's good communication between your teammate between him and Sue this is the other Sue Sue Z Jen short stop and speaking of walks he's got six to go along with his six hits he will take a free base if you give it to him you got to be careful if you do because he's also got four stolen bases right so if you are not looking at first base he'll be at second before you even say his full name when we walked into the stadium here today by the way I mean what a facility uh down the batting cages down below Chinese Taipei were doing their soft toss work and you know they were here long before any of us were getting ready for this game today yeah they were really trying to work on hitting the ball in the gaps and trying to get the power swing here in a very friendly hitter ballp part strike two called at the bottom of the zone the 22 from Mesa breaking pitch goes low and he'll work the count full one more time second straight at bat where Mesa has to work count full and that's a little bit of a concern because again you're still under the pitch count even in the bronze medal game and you don't want to have long at bats if you want to go deep in this game this is ripped to first base and it's going to eat up Gutierrez and that will put Sue on first as we see it again Gutierrez was in the right position but the ball was hit a little bit too hard for him to handle and that will leave the first M be on the second batter being on base so Mesa will look to shake that off as he faces Liu Ren Yu he shows bunt and takes it high for a ball Leu jenu last night went six and 2/3 Innings Under The Lights here and he was phenomenal in the win over Columbia even when he left he got an ovation from the Colombian crowd and gave them a hat tip even though he had just eliminated the host team that's how good he was last night he was he was he was fantastic this is his second game actually getting some at bats here yeah an interesting situation as he tops this back to Mesa at the mound now Sue had gotten a good jump but Mesa with a per perfect throw onto Garcia at Short at first Jay I didn't know if that was the right play because there was a real good Jump by Sue over out first well the initial thought was if he goes like he must go there quickly and luckily has a good arm to get there quick enough and he just did by a half a step great throw from MAA to get the sure out at second base really tough play but a good arm gets the lead Runner out so I'll bring us to the catcher Wong xia 812 Ops through eight games here this week this is the ninth game for both teams and keep it in mind Wang X ya began the first three games off the bench he wasn't there their starting catcher when they first started the World Cup he's now been their full-time guy and he's played well case in point as he blocks this ball it does get far enough away from him though for Le to move down to Second and he got to feel good for those guys who come come all this way to play in the World Cup and you look at the opening day lineup and you're not in it you know you're you're here with your team but it's still you know it's got to feel like you know so to work your way into the lineup like that that's got to be a real nice feeling and it's good to stay ready you know because sometimes you never know when they may call your number and and Wong was repaired and he has played well since they've called his number it's going to be outside ball three first base is open Mauch is on deck and again this is the third of the fourth batter we have seen a three ball count from [Music] Mesa high and tight for ball four so Jay as you alluded to Kevin Mesa is having to work very hard here in the first inning it's not ideal for him as he's not at 20 pitches and you still have two outs so a chance to have the inning with no runs but he has been working extra hard to get out here well I'll bring up the center fielder Mau Chia and one of the memories that's ingrained in my head from this tournament is a ball that he scorched down the right field line back in Cara that turned into a basis clearing triple was that your best day of the World Cup in your opinion I don't know for there's been so many right but that one really sticks out he shows bunt and this is one thing we haven't talked about yet today about Chinese taipe it doesn't matter the situation they can play it any way you want you playing your infield back in double play depth for a guy that can drive in runs no sweat we'll lay one down and pass along to the next guy yeah they really make you think when they use a but cuz they use a butt in any situation especially with two outs and we have seen we saw in the opening round a lot of teams had issues against the bunt of chye typ been hard defended and that is why they have got to this point because they can bunt and if you make a bad throw it might lead to a run or two if you're not careful and Kevin ma is on his own if this bunt gets down because Gonzalez and Gutierrez are both well back behind the bag at first base so they're not getting sucked in by these attempted bunts at all nice pitch as Mesa a little Humper in over the plate for strike two yeah right at the letters and it kind of froze you know Ma there and let's see if he chokes a bat here with two strikes inside w a good job there to get down and block that ball by Coronado you can kind of understand Ma's approach here he's trying to get the strike guys of breaking ball chasing it and this is a very welld disciplined group in Chinese Tye they know the strike zone very well and they're going to make you throw a really good pitch and sometimes a good pitch to most hitters is not a good pitch for Chinese Tai high and outside and it's three and two so that's now the fourth hitter that's now on a three ball count now it's third time it's been three and two as Mas would basically reset he's now at 25 pitches now so he's at five pitches per hitter if you're doing quick math don't ask me to do too much math sorry been on the road for a while Full Count pitch upcoming the runners will be off as there's two out and this is flared back out of Play Over the third base Dugout will do it again but yes you don't want to have too many 25 pitch Innings the the goal generally is to keep it out 15ish and also for Nicaragua they're out they're without their best reliever Jean Lopez today because he threw yesterday did a fine job and the wi of Mexico but he is done for the World Cup and with pitches Ball Four backto back walks in the bottom of the first inning and the bases are now loaded for Chinese taipe as they look to get back the runs they surrendered in the top so the last two appearances that we saw MAA in he had two walks in each of those appearances he has two walks here in the first inning we do have activity in the bullpen for Nicaragua and it's a long way away but my eyes tell me that might be Kelvin Diaz it's a good timeout by Coronado he he's trying to help his right-hander he's had a bit of a tough inning so far he have not scored yet but he does want to try to get him reset a little bit to try to focus here and get the last out of the inning that's Jose Ramos who was throwing out in the bullpen and Sandy Moreno is going to come out right now actually has Kyo Mario the pitching coach I apologize and again I think the same conversation from cornado to catcher to MAA is look this has a been of a long inning had a lot of three ball counts 3 0 31 32 you really have to limit the pitches here because your Bullpen is limited and your best you know shutdown guys is unavailable so you have to find a way to get some Innings here in this type of game against a really disciplin hitting team in Chinese high Bas you can't you're not going to cheat Chinese highay in the Box you have to really earn your strikes if you will against this team with a left-handed hitter coming up and Sandy Moreno's pension for making the change I just assumed that's that was him walking out there you can tell if he's sprinting that's Sandy if it's if it's not it's a jog it's Cairo I've not seen Sandy Sprint to the walk to the mountain all week and a half well you know he uh he was an Olympian San Moreno first pitch is high and away and mesa's got to be feeling his team Stakes him to a two nothing lead everything's going well and now you're surrounded by Runners with XI Chen Yu at the plate who can give it a ride it's interesting to me Jay that when these hitters are showing bunt we're not getting any bites from the infield for Nicaragua they don't believe that it's going to happen or they think Mesa is able to get to it we have seen a few times this week where the corners for Nicaragua have started to come in and the play wasn't made because they couldn't get back to the bag so this could be strategic as well well that's in reference to the first game they played so in the first game it was 12 nothing there's a conference or a conversation between Victor Torres and San Marino about something happened so in the first game Nick Rock was playing in and CH taipe would bring the bat back and swing at it which is referred from a baseball term a butcher boy when you're playing for the bunt and you pull it back and take a swing at and it's a base over your head you can't play as well as you want to so you're kind of seeing who's going to Bluff first almost here in this first inning 31 I do think if if Mesa walks X shenu this might be it for him got a feel for him of the 30 pitches he's thrown only 13 [Music] strikes and stop me if you've heard this before but we've got a full count that's that is the fifth one so the carousel will be moving three and two two out Kevin MAA trying to stop the threat breaking ball this is shot out into left field Moreno is there to make the catch the threat was very very real from Chinese taipe here in the bottom of the first but they'll come up empty that's a really big pitch from Kevin mea he gets the Fly ball to left field and Maro was there FR out number three in a in a big S of relief for Mesa the right-hander as we played a full inning here in Baron Kia Chinese highe Trails Nicaragua two- nothing e I well after Kevin Mesa pulls a David Copperfield esque Escape act in the first inning his team will go back to the plate and they have a two nothing lead although it doesn't really feel like it after after the bottom so good on Mesa for bearing down and getting out of that yeah Mesa who threw 33 pitches only 15 for strikes got harm away so Jean Cen will lead things off and as Jay mentioned earlier he was spatting up in the lineup in the two in three spot earlier in the week now he's down in the Six B yeah he was basically the the The Hitter before Garcia he hit second in the first week and a half and then he kind of had a couple a two game stretch where he was kind of not seeing the ball very well and now he's been bumped down B the order now yeah they got bumped by that fast ball 7 for 24 is ctin coming in here he's got two doubles scored six runs for Nicaragua Loi Chang has to tie up his right cleat before getting back to it Sunday afternoon in baronia Colombia where on the south of the Caribbean it's gorgeous [Applause] here and we've actually got a new pitcher it's Yen slau on the mount and apologize missing that one yen sha so quick Hook from Chinese [Music] taipe and he gets the low strike call I'm curious if we'll see that for Nicaragua uh so far the initial thought might be no but I'm surprised for Chinese type pay because load was pretty effective this the ground ball to Third and that takes an unbelievable hop on Ling way nothing he could do about that one and the leadoff man ctin is on and there you see at second base now is lo XI Chang so after the first in Chinese taipe will ditch the designated hitter just over the glove so just over Lyn's glove there and we've seen some really tough hops um in Baron Kia and also in carda that was a tough hop and normally I would say that you'd like to see Ling oh this is a nice job to slap it out over and just Falls foul that was a like a softball play from Fabian Flores there he tried to slap the ball over the infield that's a nice way of saying that I think he got fooled by uh unen xia and that that was that swing showed you how he was basically a late swing that's usually a swing with two strikes but that was on the first P of thead and sometimes you almost can be a little bit lucky and that was a really close chance for Flores to get a bit of a drop single there so Fabian Flores without a hit in the event and that will tell you how tough offense has been Runner goes bunt is down by Flores they'll check at second nobody covering at third and now Ling Way is back and does not beat the runner katine to the bag so a nice job initially by Ling way Fielding the bunt and getting it across but nobody was covering third yeah heads up play by the lead Runner there ctin a great Bump by Flores and when he went to First no one cover covered third when you had Lynn who's coming up for the bunt typically a short stop would cover third and no one was there until it was too late great play as you s see a really close pound tag at the bag but don't think we'll see a review so the teams do not have you know a feed of the game or a video coach to call down and say to challenge but second look there if I had that I might have challenged I think so so you could say the biggest hit for fav and Flores has been a sacrifice butn he moved the runner two bags it's enhel Gonzalez and again Nicaragua with a runner on third and less than two out for the second inning in a row infield is in for Chinese taipe another bunt so small ball back and forth and Sandy Moreno it was out of our camera scope but he makes the play think he still has that baseball body with him and good defense by the manager for Nicaragua next time we see Sandy on camera we'll give you a little story about him you may or may not know one and one is the count now on Gonzalez the third baseman for Nicaragua you will blow the heat by him on the outside corner all important Third Run standing at third base for Nicaragua time is called and a warning to the bench for Nicaragua [Music] little too much chatter directed at the home played umpire Victor Torres I think Sandy Maro was trying to call for the pitch uh a pitch violation and didn't go in his favor typically well in C of hand there was a pitch clock in left center field a SE of time and I think now it's on behind the back stop behind home plate yeah so that responsibility will fall to the umpires on the base paths 22 is the count on Gonzalez breaking ball outside Wong will stab at it and we've got another Full Count I think now we're seeing almost a taste of their own medicine we're seeing Nicaragua basically doing a tin type as everybody else they work the count they bump the ball down they go off your mistakes so far playing a really great offensive second inning this is sent out into right field and this is going to get down for a single aniel Gonzalez comes through on a 3-2 count pokes one into right field and it's 3 nothing Nicaragua now the pitch is not bad from you but sometimes you hear it in basketball great defense great offense beats great defense and that swing just somehow found an open Gap in Shallow right field that leaves the third round of the game it's not a fourth hit for Nicaragua so yeah this is vastly different than the first meeting number nine batter ludell Espinosa it's a fast ball on the outside corner for strike [Music] one you averaging almost two strikeouts per inning as he checks back over ra first and how how a difference does a two-hour bus drive mean for Nicaragua they couldn't score a run against Chinese taipe and cardana and so far they have three three runs we haven't seen six outs against Nicaragua in the order Gonzalez running out first gets a big jump espanosa chases for the bunt attempt and is now down no balls and two strikes again another example of a player waiting his turn in the order and espanosa was again he was the backup right fielder when he had Flores who was struggling in earlier in the opening round he came on had a couple nice bats and he's played well as of late this is fouled back towards our broadcast position I think you almost had that one I told you Jay I can knock it down I can make the play just don't ask me to throw it across the diamond that's when I get in trouble the arm is not as bad as you think it is that's why I'm up here with you Danielle Gonzalez is three for three in stolen B attempts don't be surprised if he's moving over there at first just off the plate one and [Music] two there's a nice look at Edgar Ria [Music] Stadium I bet you this place is rocking when the local pro team is here I mean I know it was rocking when Columbia was playing here in u5 strike three called on ludell Espinosa good breaking ball on the outside corner and nothing can do [Music] there so with two out and a runner on first we're back at the top of the lineup for Johan sarava first pitch swinging he'll come up empty and for not a real big man y Yen Chia can throw that ball M throws really hard and we'll see if sarra can make it two for two hit that bloop single begin the game and scored the first run of the game saravia lined to low and that will do it for Nicaragua here in the top of the first inning but they'll tack on one more and after an in and a half Nicaragua leading Chinese tide pay 3 nothing you're watching the wbsc u15 baseball world cup from Baron Kia Columbia we Port City here in Baron Kia as you can see so many ports in the world be able to handle that ship the Good Ship Nicaragua leading 3 nothing as we play in the bottom of the second inning Wu Ren rui Ling way and Wong junha the bottom third of the order due up for Chinese Tai after they had The Bases Loaded in the first and we're unable to cash a run Kevin Mesa is back out for his second inning of work but has fallen behind on woo nice look nice drone shot of Edgar Renteria Stadium live as we play right now and time is called at the plate 2 was drilled in for a strike from Kevin MAA for woo this week as he takes ball three up and inside he is 6 for 18 for 333 batting average three rbi's let come around to score three runs and once again Mesa has three balls on the batter off speed over the outside corner and it's another Full Count 3-2 pitch on the ground that's tipped off the glove of Mesa at second base is katin he'll make the throw across to retire Wu Ren ruie on the ground out yeah great pick by Ken we've seen some great defense from both of these te wi in this this uh middle game and off the glove of Mesa a nice strong throw for one away that brings up Ling way the third baseman out of the eighth spot and takes strike one in the bottom left quadrant they call the quadrant but you know you divide it by nine and I don't know what the word is for that ninth Grint and it's an 02 count I guess we'll go with that for today I guess I should have learned that before I I brought it to the live broadcast but I guess it's still a quadrant but you know when you see the strike zone divided up you see it in in a nine you know what I mean I guess you go in thirds the rule of thirds yeah upper third middle third lower third o hit towards right on the shoulder good thing he had that padding on his protective gear could have been a lot worse yeah might cut the side of his mask as well and he's got that he's got that man's got a nice jawline if we're being honest here you don't want to mess that up now Victor Torres has been uh he's been with us all week back and forth to the park and uh real friendly guy and does a good job he's had a lot of a lot of plate assignments he's done he's done a nice job this year yeah he's been busy done a really good job and all umpires here in uh especially our crew you know we've seen them you know the last two weeks every day and they done a really fine job you know here in the bronze midle match so good for Victor the count is 0 and2 on Ling way that's Kevin MAA trying to rebound from a difficult first inning and he's off to a pretty good start slider outside for strike three as wey chases and now there's two away here in the bottom of the s yeah I'm sure going one two in the second a lot better than going through six hitters in the first so the number nine hitter Wong Jun how the second baseman actually because of the change it's now the pitcher U ncha who is batting in the ninth spot because low stays in the lineup in the DH spot on the double switch this is ground ball the short tough play for Garcia on the backand he pivots throws and makes it look easy Luis Garcia how about that 52 baseball player at short and his arm shows you why a really strong throw on the tip of the grass in a one two three inning for Kevin basa and once again nice strong throw oute number three three we' played two innings it's Nicaragua up by the field goal for [Music] [Music] so players moving in and out here as we start the third inning we've got a substitution at third base for Chinese taipe Yang Yao Chang has come on at third base for Ling way so I wonder if in that at bat Ling might have hurt himself on the strikeout maybe hopefully he's okay though so it's two three four batters for Nicaragua Luis Garcia who ended the last inning with just a phenomenal play and what I believe is just routine for some of the short stops here this week I mean how many excited calls have we had with some of the plays we've seen throughout the tournament and a lot of them has been by Garcia he had a great diving play I think went off his back foot and also his hitting's been pretty good too sure has he's two for two with a triple and a single here in this bronze medal game almost on Q Jay nice work I think you know me and LU pretty tight so I know what he's doing before it happen well I tell you I mean he's now 11 hits in the tournament just outstanding so Burmont Moreno is showing bunts on the first cut of the grass at third is Yang and you're right you know in your assessment that Nicaragua is looking more like Chinese taipe out here than Chinese taipe is I think they took a note of that in that first game when they lost by you know a dozen you know let's see what they do well and see if we could do that so far they have rung the Bell they've got on base they've made a defense make mistakes which we've seen already early on that's why they're up three nothing check back at Garcia at first base and mistakes don't always mean errors sometimes a mistake can Bean not covering a bag or not throwing a good pitch over the zone that leads to a base hit those are also just as big as an error in the infield or the Outfield Garcia over at first is one for one in stolen base attempts this week Moreno popped up to second base in his first St bat Runner goes and the bunt is foul even though the bunt went foul you did see the adjustment defensively from Chinese taipe you had Yang the third baseman come up on the grass the short stop Sue did Cover over the back at third to avoid the runner going first third which happened the last inning that led to a run scored by Jean Ken after I hit by aniel Gonzalez onew swing and a miss and down goes Moreno for the first out of the inning the second strikeout of the day for you yoh hawner Gutierrez first pitch strike on the inside corner Garcia being held at First by woo fouled away on the ground so the pitching change to bring in yu Nena looks to have paid off so far for Chinese taipe he's given up a couple of singles but he's keeping the hitters off balance for sure and he's got a heck of a fast ball he's kind of slowed down his offensive threat that was on Pace for could have been a long scoreboard the way it was currently going get three in the First with two in the first and it could have been a lot worse the great response to kind of slopped the be a little bit Gutierrez gets just a little piece to stay alive as he battles down 0 and two in the [Music] count you have seen a lot of Mound time in this tournament the most was in the game against Nicaragua and maybe that's why they went to him again here today in the first meeting he went three Innings didn't allow a hit walked one struck out five and even though it's early it's a good sign for Nicaragua as you mentioned early in the in the open that Nicaragua struggled to score runs they have only had one game here where they scored more than two scored six against Colombia but they theyve only had average only four hits per game on the ground to short short one at second is there and that's going to be it the throw gets away and taking the turn was Gutierrez but he wisely bailed out back to first base Sue on to low for one and that'll be it two down in the inning so with two out is it's Eddie Coronado who grounded out to Third Base to end the first inning he comes up with two outs [Music] again big swing by Coronado and it looked like a little Grimace when he missed that one J that kind of hurt a little bit heck can't hurt me on that follow through we already talked about the fact that he's kind of playing hurt he'll leave that outside and low Gutierrez is the runner out first he has scored six runs this week like I keep I can't say this week anymore cuz we're into our second week of play here at the world cup two for two in stolen base attempts 1-1 just high on Coronado and U's reaction was the reaction of a few people think on his Benji just a little nod okay all right I thought it was pretty good it looked like it was up a little bit one of the things from Chinese taip J You'll never see his disrespect Coronado on the ground to Third Base one more time Yang coming across makes the throw and it gets away from woo at first coming around third and holding up is Gutierrez and now the throw home gets away but Yang is there to back it up so a defensive substitution and an error at third base yeah kind of a wild throw going across your body as we'll take a look at it again this with two outs another ground ball by CR going to third coming in for it not really setting your feet kind of low and outside and at least at the E5 and two bases for the base runners Mar not second and third well one of the things when Coronado's running you need to recognize is that he's definitely not the fastest player in the lineup for nicaragu and you could see there that Yang still had plenty of time but maybe rushed to throw a little bit and now we're going to get a meeting on the mound so that's the pitching coach Le shall we having a conversation with you so it's officially an error on the third baseman yang which allows the runners to both gain two bases and it'll be Jean Cen who already has singled today and come around to score a run back in the second and the single was off of you he was the first batter that you faced now two runners in scoring position a chance to break this game wide open five hits already for Nicaragua in the game first pitch not close for ball one and that's the most they've that's tying their best here in Baron Kia only had five hits and this is their fourth game Since switching venues 1 also up and we see some guys starting to Scurry around out in the Chinese taipe Bullpen one thing about you through the tournament this is fifth appearance only one time did he go more than one inning he's been a very short workload kind of guy and he's deep into his second inion here now 20 is called the ball you kind of don't want to say fatigue might be an issue but when you've been us use in short relief and you come and gain a relief of your starter who only went an inning that you're asking for for more than what you're expected to do and this might be a tall order now he's got some work to do down 3 0 on Ken and the 3 is strike one just a little bit higher than the last pitch yes little bit Kine in the driver's seat 3-1 count with runners in scoring position fast ball down the middle driven taken by Sue from Deep behind second base makes the [Applause] play so the threat is ended and again some more short stop play yeah great defense from Sue gets a nice back on it plants his feet good accurate throw and Chinese highe gets out of what could have been a lot worse here in the inning and we've played two and a half it's nicara up by three no 32 local time in beautiful Columbia where it's been sunny and 30 degrees C all week with varying levels of humidity and varying levels of air conditioning but it's been you want to stay in the AC as often as you can Jay 100% Sue Yia the lead off hitter as Kevin Mesa returns for his third inning of work Mesa got the Chinese Taipei 7 eight and nine batters one two three back in the second and nice job to settle down after a difficult first he's falling behind to sue two balls and no strik Sue struck out to lead off the game for Chinese taipe yeah 33 pitch inning in the first only thre 11 in the second that's big different big contrast difference and so far it's been a difference here in the third like he did in the first inning now a three ball count M aw walk two back in the first and it'll be a four- Pitch walk to open the third the third issued by Mesa today so with the leadoff man on it will be Sue Z Jin the short stop who reached on an error on a ground ball to gueras at first shows bunt takes strike one and down three nothing in the third inning I don't think there's anything wrong with playing small ball at this time as we've seen plenty of balls thrown around so a sacrifice is never a guaranteed sacrifice sure and I think you're just trying to get a base runner on in the inning when you have one in the second you're trying to get some pressure on Mesa who's retired the last four in a rope before that leadoff walk here in the inning and you kind of want to put a little bit more pressure you had three on in the first but nothing came around to score for him and as the game goes along the pressure begins to mount so for Sue Zen it's two strikes Runner goes and the throw is high and into center field and suia into third base on a stolen base and a throwing error it was ball one at the plate and the dynamic of this inning has changed yeah when you get the lead runner on it leads to doing different things still second leads to a high throw by Coronado and now the runs at third Big Time advantage taken by suay second air of the game for Nicaragua swinging a Miss strike three so Mesa despite what happened will bear down and get his third strikeout of the afternoon well that'll bring up for the first time today low Shi Chen the reason it's the first time is that he started on the mound and then came in on a double switch in the DH spot and all he's done is go seven for 15 with eight RBI here in the World Cup Jay and he's got number nine out there 90 ft away yeah he's been the raker let's see if he can come through with the bat had a tough time as a pitcher today but he has been their best hitter as Mesa will fix the uniform they've made more of an emph is on the uniforms the last couple of days on making sure your shoes are tied and sure is tucked in got to be in uniformity you got to have that good gear wear it's all about the aesthetic not many 14 15y old ball players care too much about that they just want to get out there and throw the ball around but we have seen some nice cleat we've had some good there are some guys who care very much about what they look like here this week some people do care about it I was very impressed the 2 on Lo she Chang as a strike at the knees so yeah two different philosophies and and again talk about a switch we've seen the quick Hook from Nicaragua for a pitcher who's in TR trouble but they stick with Mesa and so far so good low however got in a little bit of trouble and he was off the mount instantly yeah I think it was just a difference of the game and maybe for Nicaragua you you don't have the option to go to your best guy if you pulled MAA early so you're kind of saying well let's let's have a little more trust in your right-hander and M has been doing fine up to his current Point no's will come around and score he's had some traffic but hasn't cost him yet 3-1 pitch back tipped off Mesa to Garcia that will score a run on the ground out but there's two down and the only play to First basee and another good throw from Garcia making sure they get the sh out at first there's two down and I don't know if Mesa doesn't tip that Jay if that's not a single up the middle so two assists on the play so I'm guessing you would score that at 1 163 I already in my book would that be a defensive run saved yeah in your category increase the war for Kevin MAA um I thought I thought you could only get two assists in hockey but we got two assists on that ground out I didn't know it either I just now learn new stat and I don't know if you can officially do that I'm not an official scorer I try to stay in my Lane here Wong xia the catcher with nobody on base and two down Chinese taipe is cut into the lead now three to one off the RBI ground out by Loi Chang so he does get his ninth RBI which gives him the team lead he was tied with maush coming in both with eight RB Chinese Tai Bay has scored a lot more runs in this tournament than Nicaragua has yeah they have scored in in double just a couple times here in the World Cup they scored 12 against Nicaragua the first time they scored 11 in game one they scored over 20 I believe against South Africa so they've had their Fair sh of runs and they scored six against Japan they're only lost in the super round the 2 two is inside and Mesa with another full count and also I hate to give you another stat this is the first time Chinese Taipei has not allowed a team for pool B Score first okay that's interesting Ball Four as w will work his second walk of the day so to explain that I know this is the last game in the for pool B so every team that Chinese taip has played in they've scored first except today except today interesting and now we will get Sandy Moreno coming out of the Dugout Nice Shot the beautiful exterior this is this is quite the stadium we're going to get a pitching change for Nicaragua so Kevin Mesa will leave with two down here in the bottom of the third inning we'll take a quick break we'll be right back you're watching the u15 baseball world cup from Baron Kia Columbia for Jos Ramos will be the new pitcher for Nicaragua this will be his fourth appearance the second time he has pitched against Chinese taipe in the first meeting he went two-thirds of an inning allowed two earn runs on a hit and three walks so we'll keep an eye on the walks again here now now Ros has gone eight innings in the event though Jay and he's got a 175 ra he's been one of the most relied upon pitchers for Sandy Moreno yeah and this is the first time he's coming out of the bullpen so let's see how he can adjust from being a starter to now being a reliever in a high pressure moment high pressure game first pitch over for a strike so reset the situation there's two outs one run is already in and Wong xia the catcher is running out first here's Ma the center fielder he walked in his first plate appearance today 286 average on a 6 for 21 Mark and Ramos comes out of the bullpen firing quickly ahead no balls and two strikes on the left-handed hitting ma ASA went two and two3 didn't allow a hit one run four walks and three punch outs R will check back to Wong at first given the situation MAA found himself in he managed to get his team far enough along in this game that hopefully Ramos and whomever else can take them the rest of the way Runner goes this is popped up Garcia was heading over to cover now he backtracks can't come up with it and the ball will get down going first to third on the hit and run is Wong and Ma will just drop one over the infield and this is interesting as Garcia was going to cover Jay otherwise I think he makes the play yeah I think it was a really bang bang play play it just got over the reach of Garcia and I'm not sure if the defender katin got in the way I think it was just just over his head so the first hit comes in the last of the third for Chinese highe that brings the tying man to the plate she Chang you he hit a long Fly ball to left last time around Runner goes first pitch ma is going to get himself caught in a rund down this is going to score another run for Chinese taipe so ma will sacrifice himself on the base PA pass and it's not an RBI but it's a way to bring home run the score now 3-2 so a unique double steal and the Run scored before the third out so you could say somewhat of a strategy Point as we have played three Innings as you look at it again kind of pitch out a little bit throw a second base to get the runner the TR runner in a rund down and as we go to the fourth inning it's nicaro up three to2 e well back here at Edgar Ria Stadium in Baron Kia where we are on the final day of competition at the u5 baseball world cup and we're halfway through this game as Fabian Flores will lead things off for Nicaragua in the top of the fourth inning the first pitch from Yu is over for a strike and a good response by Chinese taipe they manufactur two runs and you get two walks an R ground up and a double steel led to your second run so a bit unconventional but you're back in the ball game only down a run now yeah I mean we've talked about the reemergence of small ball throughout the week and I mean uh no better example than that last inning this is popped up by Flores over for a look is Wong making the catch a tough play fighting the son fighting his teammates fighting the wind oh and running in the other direction of everybody else yeah not bad good concentration by Hong and almost sliding down to the to the grass makes a terrific basket catch Jay you can almost feel the momentum shifting here at Edgar Ria Stadium 100% I think it has shifted a little bit andhale Gonzalez with one down first pitch is just off the plate and that's what you want you know you want both teams to try to SM other out and so far the first punch M Rocko now a second Punch coming from Chinese typ a Yen Chow on the mound came on in relief in the second inning and was trailing two nothing after the time he did give up the third run but he's had a lot more control of this game from the slab breaking balls hit out into right field shei battling the Sun and makes the play talked about the cloud cover the sun has come out a little bit more here Jay as this game's gone on just a little more open now and that can be a factor of losing the ball in the Sun so have to be a little bit extra careful with the Fly ball coming your way so with two down it's the number nine hitter the right fielder ludell espanosa who went down looking in his first at bat and that was also against yunen cha first pitch swinging foul straight back and and Jay I think the important thing to talk about with you on the mound is he has not issued any walks we've talked about it all week There's no defense for the walk and it just makes your team you know just more engaged you're more into it and there it is a three up three down fourth inning Chinese taipe looking good out here we are going to go to the bottom of the fourth and do up for Chinese Taipei the six s eight hitters shei woo and Ling you're watching the wbsc u15 Baseball World Cup bronze medal game from baronia Columbia e welcome back to Edgar raria Stadium Chris Abbott and Jay hallway with you as we play in the bottom of the fourth inning game number 49 of 50 on the schedule here and as she changu steps into the Batters box a chance to thank all the volunteers as well as hardworking staff for the WBC first pitch swinging though Garcia calling for it and he'll make the [Music] play we can't thank the people enough the the drivers the staff with coordinating schedules and grounds crew at both locations and all the one people who made this world cup possible we thank you for your support and also the our producers here on the trucks on both locations as well and Wind sports and gamesport online thank you for watching as well we appreciate it absolutely couldn't have said it better and the the camera people out there as well in the elements we're up here in the in the booth where it's nice and cool I can tell you it is not cool down on field level yeah they're the ones working hard we're just trying to work we're just the ones they let speak to you folks at home the 1 to Wu Ren rui is fouled back as Yu Ramos works his second inning can't forget the umpires Ian most of those guys working two games a day out in that oppressive heat and they're not allowed to put on a pair of shorts or a t-shirt you know they've got the big pants and the and the Umpire shirt and hat on yeah it's hard work for those guys mhm this is shot out toward right field but it's going to get down foul vastly different dimensions here in baronia versus carten the the Fielding Cena had more of a a bowl feel to almost like a cricket ground the way it the way it it shaped around the sides this is more of your traditional baseball stadium here a lot of less foul ground here ground ball to Garcia at Short he makes the throw off the right foot and there's two down yeah a lot of less foul ground so if the ball's in the ear it's either going to be fair or in the stands so a big difference between here in Carter hand the ground ball again hit to Garcia make the last put outs for Nick Roa in the inning the fine job one of the other the big difference I noticed when the ball was thrown away earlier um you know there's there's not because there's not as much foul ground the runners can't just have a free-for-all on the bases uh one of the things in Cen if the ball went down the line you forget about it guys could just scoot all the way around yeah that was on the ball thrown by Yang Chang yang yeah cuz that ball that error for Chinese type pay was in carda that could have been a three bager definitely it's another run it's 100% another run instead of the runner having to stop at third Yang now Chang is now down one ball and two strikes as he fouls that down the left side and he almost hit his teammate the pitcher who's on Deck hit whoever you want don't hit the pitcher check swing they look down at third and he went an emphatic strike call and that will do it so it was three up three down in the top of the inning and it's three up three down in the bottom yeah really great response from hosway Ramos getting a strike out to end the threat as we have played Four Innings it's three to2 Nicaragua holding on to a one-run lead over Chinese taipe in the bronze medal game we'll take our four-minute break as the grounds crew grows to work to do the mid game groundskeeping and we'll be right back you're watching the WBC u15 baseball World Cup bronze medal game from Baron Kio Columbia spe spe e e let go let go spe welcome back to Edgar Ria Stadium as Yen sha throws his final warm-up pitch we're off to the top of the fifth inning and what's been a very interesting ball game to this point 3-2 Nicaragua leading we're back up to the top of the order in Johan sarava for the third time today yeah it's been the game of Mo who has the momentum Nicaragua struck first they scored three in the they scored three in the first two innings and then two runs right back in the third by Chinese hie off of one base hit two walks and an air I had a coach one time Jay that said said to us he said MO is on our bench and I'm looking around like who's Mo where's Mo Mo Cheeks no no mum man he was wearing a blue jersey to start the game and I think he might have switched over to the white top in about the third he's fickle that guy Mo yeah very fickle he's what you call a a game bandwagoner that's a shot foul on the left side the count now one and two on Johan sarvia the center fielder for Nicaragua single and a line out on his line today now for his third inning of work is y nen chiao this a shot foul down the left field line nice play by the ball boy someone get him a contract I don't know he looks like he might be too old for this division but you know he could could be uu8 U23 open level at Men's maybe a Miley deal well I I think it might be fun to play for the pro team in this Stadium that's slash down the left field side this will stay fair and sarava has his second single of this bronze medal game Saria sprang all over the field he went to center field his first time that time going to left so show on the swing balance for Johan today so the leadoff man is on for the third time in five innings for Nicaragua and in the other two innings where they put the leadoff guy on he came around to score doesn't hurt when you've got Luis Garcia coming up with a man on base as the breaking ball is high for ball one typically you would ask me this question I'm going ask you this question in Reverse Would You Walk Garcia here we has two is today here no no no no I'd be careful I'd hope he got himself out but I wouldn't not with nobody out not at this stage of the game especially if you can get a low steal a low strike like that one I mean man has 11 hits he is I think the number one number two hitter in the entire world cup at the u5 level through these last two weeks swinging a Miss strike two if you asking my opinion I'm just saying I if I was a manager I would consider consider letting somebody else beat me well I mean that's the thing you know behind him you've got Moreno who is 0 for two today and hasn't had great at bats there setting up over in caha here on this pitch and it comes back leaks back wrong location but Garcia swings through it this is such an interesting Sport and this is why I'm not a manager well that is not where Wong wanteded that pitch at all you gets away with it he wanted to go to the outside corner Garcia was like where' it go like it went up and in a way on a foul tip sometimes better be lucky than good huge strikeout that'll bring in Moreno and he rips this down the right field side it's going to go all the way to the wall around third and trying for home is sarava and he is safe at the plate an RBI double for Burman Moreno sarava heard himself coming around so look at that really hard swing by Moro gets to the right field corner and a really nice nice job that extends the lead back to two runs again and a great Slide by sraa right there just beating the tag I think that's yeah he hurt his left knee on that slide he reaches for it right away so they strike out Garcia and the 0 for to Moreno Yanks a ball down the right field line and this is what it's been for Nicaragua all week somebody else every time that's what you need you need players step up when it can't just always be one guy that's a really big you know helping hand from Moreno so Gutierrez steps in the 1 at the knees for a strike so Nicaragua restores a two-run lead as we continue to go back and forth here in this bronze medal game in Baron Kia trivia time for you Jay do you know who is my favorite native resident of Baron Kia Edgar Ria I might get myself in trouble no Shakira was born here Shakira is from baronia you do like shaking your hip it's in the song it's in the song and Louis our producer just sang it to me believe it or not this is shot through the hole covering that second base so that left the Gap Moreno Falls coming round third Moreno was going to score and he tripped on the base o that could be a big play in this game yeah sometimes you get sniped by the bases and that Sav run number five as we'll see it again a hard hit ball to left field and you'll see Moreno right here good thing he's all right though but could have been a run he's all right he's not out but he's definitely disappointed sometimes your legs move faster than your brain or your brain moves faster than your legs y Yen Chow's legs going to take him to the bench a real nice effort here today three in a third Innings pitch three strikeouts as we play in the fifth we're going to get a pitching change for Chinese taipe we'll step away you're watching the wbsc u15 baseball world cup from Baron Kia Columbia spe for [Music] welcome back to Edgar Ria Stadium as there's Runners on first and third for the new pitcher Yang shiha Eddie Coronado is 0 for two reached on an error his last time [Applause] up first pitch swinging and Coronado will single to left and Moreno will come through to score so big Eddie comes through and he's jacked up and that's a big time hit for the catcher who's been through a lot of you know cuts and scrapes here the last two weeks and that must have felt really good off the bat saw it well and that's the fifth run of the ball game for Nicaragua so Yang comes in out of the bullpen and often times you'll hear guys say the pitcher wants to make sure he gets his first pitch over Coronado was sitting on it and yanked it into left field so Runners at first and second for Jean katin Nicaragua looking to medal for the first time ever at this age group so close now Jay that you wonder if it becomes a distraction that you're almost at the Finish Line I don't think so I think you're still in the game you want to try to get more runs still with one out I think it's actually more difficult when you're up by a lot because you're like saying okay let's just okay we've got enough when is it over yet now you're kind it's still a close ball game keep it in mind Chinese taipe has come back as you have both managers come out to look after the catcher took a hard hit after that foul ball off I think his forearm yeah Wong gets caught with the bat of team and this to me would be a situation for the spray and there it is the spray makes an appearance that's that M spray you've been trying to get me to buy for you since he've been down here I don't have the hookups for that sorry I don't speak the language of the trainer but I I might need to go try and negotiate some through Google translate after and I don't know if I can put that in my check luggage or not do you have any you have any uh transfer currency to to buy some of that I would get some you know Lance W and I were talking about this this morning and and you don't want to make light of the fact Wong looks like he's good to go but every time somebody gets hurt they come out they spray him with this stuff and they're as good as new I got it right on the elbow so what's hurting you how long you got these guys only played nine games this week we got about 25 in well at least we're not throwing balls and Strikes that's for sure we just talk about it well looks like Wong is good to keep going which is which is excellent count is one-onone on Jean ctin four hits here in the inning for Nicaragua a single a double a single and a single and they're looking for more two runs across pickoff play at second base and Gutierrez just gets back in time very close sometimes when you play with fire you might get burned you almost got burned there we've seen uh a a lot of pickoffs here this week that one is going to hit Ken so not the start that Yang chiha wanted on the mound an RBI single and then he hit it'ss the next batter to load the bases that brings up Fabian Flores with the bases loaded what a time it would be for Flores to get his first hit of the tournament as you see it again just hit him around the lower backside and this can be a really big opportunity for Flores who's looking for his first first hit he is first at B was a really good sacrifice but only one out in the inning feels like the game could hinge on this situation right here Flores sends us out in left field toward the line and it's going to get down foul despite the best efforts of Sue to track it down as I was saying Jay it feels like the game is kind of hanging in the balance here base is loaded one out it's been a good inning at the plate you got a new pitcher on the mound the third of the day yeah I think it's really you know not going to say do or die but this is a a big inning for Chinese taipe you're already down three don't want to be any more as the game gets deeper in this ball game and if you're with us for the first time we play seven Innings at the u5 so that seven can creep up on you when it's already the top of the fifth and when you've had a couple of one to three Innings that can be you know a cause for concern for your offense not really get into a rhythm against such really hard hard throwing Nicaraguan pitching staff 1-1 Flores swings over it strike two looked like a little bit of a wild swing from Flores I know if he's trying to slap it the other way there [Music] Danielle Gonzalez is on Deck he's got a single in today's game Flores on the ground to Second low flips it to sue on to First not in time so the fielders choice will score another run and it is 62 Nicaragua so even though Flores can't get the base hit he does hustle to first base to keep the inning alive and that's what we have to do when you're struggling at the plate sometimes just try to get on base as best you can and it keeps the scoring on for Nicaragua and we've got a challenge and it's Leonel Garcia coming over with the headset so challenging the play at first or are they challenging the play at second if it was interference probably a first of the first base umpires over there so let's see it again it's a busy time in the replay truck cuz they're getting instruction from the video review that's the benefit of this so sometimes you only get you know the broadcast angle well the broadcast angle is the video review angle so what we see is what Chris Wilhelm from Canada is seeing yeah so here's it here's a replay again it really I wouldn't call it interference there because if it was interference it would interfere with the throw from second I think the the review is for the call at first base yeah and I think ctin uh he's clearly safe by the way Flores I think ctin that was a perfect slide he slid right in didn't touch the short stop and and yeah Flores has passed the bag before woo makes the catch and before you know before you know players start getting really hurt at second base you had the approach was take the runner the thrower out and now you seeing players just slide the back as the call is confirmed safe so nicely done by Flores hustling up the first Bas line to get on base and beating the throw so now it's a 4run lead for Nicaragua we'll watch the Play One More Time a nice play at second and again Flores just beats to throw to first base so now the largest lead of the day for Nicaragua who by the way again lost 12 nothing to Chinese taipe in the opening round of the tournament revenge is a dish best served bronze still a long way to go here though and we know the offensive capability of Chinese Taipei so if you're Nicaragua you can never have enough runs that is caught at third base for the final out of the inning by Yang four runs come around the score for Nicaragua and they're in a driver re seat now as we go last the fifth inning of the 2024 u15 baseball World Cup bronze medal game it's 6-2 Nick groga after that nice play at third and inning [Music] some threatening Skies seen above the stadium here in Baron Kia and there you see a little further a field the the sky next but that's what you get in the Caribbean you've get some heavy heavy downpours it is the rainy season and we're not that far from the Amazon rainforest so um I thought that was a ship from Independence Day that was hovering over the stadium there so hopefully we can keep things going first pitch swinging Ramos is going to knock it down Garcia no real play he throws it away but staying tight is the pitcher Yang Chua who leted off the inning yeah I think if Ramos kind of let that ball get through the INF it would have been a closer play at first base but hindsight 2020 so just lead to an infield hit and I don't know it might have also been a little self-defense that came back pretty quickly if he gets a glove on it great but yeah Garcia may have made the play up the middle we will never know lead off man is on we're back to the top of the order for Sue yush that's fouled away for strike one they're going to give you a single on that play and I think that's the right call Garcia never really had a chance even though he threw the ball think he wanted to show his arm again well if there's anyone here that can make that play I'd certainly let him try so down four still showing bunt let's like they really want to put the pressure on the defense and for the second time around it's fouled off again Gonzalez was in real tight at third base and that makes it difficult to get that bunt down and now in an unenviable 02 count is Sue usia the 02 slider swinging a Miss strike three really good stuff from Ramos kind of made him Chase it and he couldn't catch up with it sue Z Jin the short stop struck out the last time around reached on an error in the first inning another Lefty Onley matchup here at the top of the order and that's why bringing Ramos in out of the pen for Nicaragua a a real nice play they've only got two lefties on their entire roster and one of them is SVA in center field so we're almost up to the challenge so far Sue leaves that outside Jay we're just over three hours away from the the big one tonight as the 1-1 is outside Japan and Puerto Rico will square off here in the gold medal World Championship game at 7 local time that's Central depending on where you are in the world in Japan that'll be a a Monday morning game three and one the count now from Ramos and should Japan win this event they will hold every World title in every age group except for under 12 that's showing some really dominant stuff on team Japan at all levels and it's thrown away at first and then there's a little bit of obstruction as well it's not going to matter as heading in to second is Yang that second time we've seen Ramos with a little bit of an inaccurate throw to first and this time it goes to the siding and allows R to move up a base well it's one of those things we've talked about it during the week when you have a big lead focus on the task in front of you yeah sure there's a runner on first that's okay attack The Hitter you have to also play the scoreboard sometimes 32 pitch and late on the swing is Sue Z Jin and it's two strikeouts in a row from Ramos I think he focused on the on the hitter there pretty well just blew it by know if Sue was looking for something else there but he was way behind so that'll bring up Loi Chang with a runner on second and another left-handed batter that's the six punch out from a nicar pitcher in this game that's a nice pitch right there Ramos is changing his speeds changing his locations looks like he might be coming with the number one here ground ball just foul pass first base one thing I did notice with the runner around second J we're just getting one sign laid down from Coronado behind the plate yeah I think it's saying give me your best stuff and we'll figure it out later just off the outside corner although one of the things I don't know if you saw the clip going around this week as there's a new documentary on Greg maddo to send the Braves coming out he was giving signs and it had nothing to do with what the catcher was doing back there he's touching his nose touching his head the way he caught the ball mhm I can't wait to watch that clever the two two that's lifted out into short right center and it's going to get down for a single that'll score a run here with two out in the bottom of the fifth Loi Chang does it again his second RBI of the day but it cuss a lead in half it's a six to three so that's an un run after the throwing error to first base allowing the runner to score so count one for yourself Yang before you go back out on the mount Wong X Yao here's the hitter with two down and run around first the second baseman Lo shei Chen Wong has walked both times today and good to see he was able to stay in the game after taking the bat off the elbow behind the plate uniform also has the makings of a good laundry detergent commercial for whenever they try and clean that thing up that's going to need Tide gain and ABC bleach whatever you got Clorox Dove whatever they put on the yeah it's Dove is it or or whatever they put on the Ducks when they when they get the oil on them mhm yeah we should we shouldn't be giving away free plugs I don't see their sponsorship on the on the wall out here anyway maybe next year same time when Elon joins up and they give you your your new car yeah it's a a little inside joke if you've been with us throughout the week you you might have heard that but two balls and two strikes and you try to keep away from the inside stuff that's high for ball three unless is for a strike Loi Chang will be on the move from first base Yos Ramos trying to get his team back into the Dugout and we'll wait for the Full Count pitch as low Dives back in safely [Music] ground ball is foul we'll do it again Ramos working on 34 pitches 22 of them have been strikes it's very different from Mesa whose strike percentage was was certainly below 50 and it was below 40 at one point 3-2 again and this is sailed out of the stadium foul on the right side Sue weier in the third base coach's box check back at first again and they'll check back at first again Ramos very preoccupied with low over at first he's going anyways it's 3-2 this is back up the middle for a single and because low was going he thought about third but will hold up and it's backto back singles here with two down for Chinese taipe little bit of a concern now if your nicara the ement at the plate couple of hard hit singles as that brings up Kyo Mario back to the Mount have a conversation with Ramos that's one time through the order for Ramos ma is due up and that was the first batter that Ramos saw back in the third inning but as we talked about when Nicaragua was scoring its runs in the top of the fifth this is a long way from over and R got two outs quickly on backt back punch outs and he's allowed the last two hits to get on Via the single so we'll see how he can respond here and try to get third out without any harm already done after a run that's already came in here in the fifth inning he will get another left-handed batter it is the clutch hitting Mau us been on base twice with a single and a walk first pitch outside corner strike one he was also on base where had that double steel where he got thrown out and second run came around on the third absolutely this guy could play on my team any day Garcia creeping in behind low at second pitches in the dirt nice job by Coronado to keep it in front of him you've got nickar Raga the 20th ranked team in the wbsc Konami world rankings back up the middle Ros knocks it down but the ball falls harmlessly into the middle of the infield and everybody is safe ma reaches for the third time today and it's three singles in a row so another comebacker and Ramos blocks it down and they kind of just die on the grass now you the base is full for Chinese taipe and a chance to maybe tie a game or take the lead well there's been a few balls hit directly back at Ramos and that is usually a sign that they've got you timed up pretty well and that one hurt the last two fingers on his hand that's how hard that was hit that's his glove hand so try to look at him as we see it again right at the bottom of his hand with a glove with not protecton at the palm area yeah it was right at the Palm and there's not much padding there folks that's why players like to catch it in the webbing there's a there's a little bit of leather there but on a line drive like that that's going to sting you every time it hits the kind of the meaty part of the bottom of your hand so the bases are loaded they'll stay with Ramos here and it will be XI Chang ya XI Chang Yu Pardon Me shows bunt wouldn't that be something with the infield playing back but if they're playing back take what they give you right we've already talked about this shows bunt again this is going to be a called strike one and one to explain your situation so if typically the defense on the INF will play up when they shoulder bunt if they come up the hitter has a chance to pull it back and try to go over her head one-1 pitch and slider for strike this is the second time well I think the third time where Ramos has had two strikes with two outs B it's been consecutive hits this will be the third one in a row with two strikes he's had he's got some balls to work with now so he can move it around not be in the zone this is a ground ball on out to Second ctin will shovel it to Garcia covering at second and that will do it so for the second time today Chinese taipe will leave the bases loaded and after five complete and 2 hours and 4 minutes Nicaragua takes a 6-3 lead to the sixth spe it will be the 912 hitters due up for Nicaragua in the top of the sixth inning we do have a new catcher in the game for Chinese taipe and that is Yang janha as you see him walking back behind the plate ludell Espinosa will lead things off he is 0 for two and he's going to try and sneak down a bunt he pops it up and welcome to the game Yang Jun how so Yang makes the first appearance first pitch and gets the first out of the inning well it's not often as a catcher you enter the game and the first time you touch the ball is not on a pitch so quickly one away as we go back to the top of the order in the two for three Johan sarava back to the mound nice snag Yang Chi how on to First and very quickly there's two away here in the sixth yeah so Yang changing the arm slot going to the side winding motion it's gra him two outs and two at bats so Luis Garcia with two down Garcia two for three struck out his last time around there you see has 11 hits and 407 batting average first pitch is uh front door slider for a strike that one left out over the plate Garcia will foul it to the roof of Edgar Ria Stadium as it slowly rolls back and falls down and well it's good to see that the kids in Baron Kia are the same as the kids you see on the left side your screen there same as the kids in Carta they are fighting for these balls yeah a little bit less aggressive than the ones in Carta they were like almost trying to run you over the there well it was a little closer the seats were a little closer to the stadium and uh or closer to the plane surface in cahen a beautiful Facility by the way built in the 1950s November 11th stadium in Carta it was a real nice location for Group B auction but in saying that the contrast between the two stadiums is well it's just that it's a stark contrast you've got a brand new facility here versus one that is 75 years old different eras and how about this era the sixth inning is the Yang sheha era as he sits down the 912 batters and gets the best hitter in the lineup for Nicaragua looking that's the second time he's been retired Garcia this time down strikes and a one two three inning for Nicaragua going to the last of sixth here in the bronze medal game it is 6 to3 nicaragu leading spe six outs to work with for Chinese Taipei as we start playing the bottom of the sixth inning it's the bottom of the order Wu Ren rui leading things off your Jo Ramos Ramos back on the mound and we've got the bullpen catcher and you can see it just off to the left side of your screen the bullpen catcher for Chinese typ a is making his way back into the Dugout um well because frankly the bullpen catcher in this tournament is still on the roster so he may be needed to come in for a pinch hit by the looks of things yep great point yoshu Ramos Ramos rather back on for the fourth inning and this is shot through the right side a leadoff single from Wu Ren rui and Chinese Taipei will not go away they've left six men on base if you include the two innings where the base is loaded they've had their chances let's see if they can put some hits together and get back in the ball game so the Third third baseman Yang Yao Chen came on for Ling way earlier in the game he struck out in his first that bat Ramos working ahead no balls in a strike the deficit is three off speed pitch is sent into right field under the arm of the out stretch contain and moving up one bag is woo another hard hit ground ball and just out of the reach of Ken another good chance for Chinese taipe well Kevin Mesa left and hadn't given up a hit that's seven hits off of Ramos since he's entered the game including the first two batters here in the bottom of the sixth and I got to feel like Nicaragua playing with a little bit of fire here the 6-3 lead does not feel safe for them yiha the pitcher puts a bunt down and it's foul as Gonzalez picks it up on the other side of the line so Yang looking for the bunt even though he had a single in his last St B Eddie Coronado setting the defense Christian Alvarez is getting warmed up in the bullpit for Nicaragua pickoff plays on at second to no Avil very alert was woo Kine tried to slide in behind him so the bunt is still on for Yang shiha oh he pulls it back and he's going to send this up the middle Garcia gets to it there's nobody to throw it to and the bases are loaded this is what we're talking about when you have to give up something when you're playing the bunt if you're playing the bunt at first on the grass you need someone to cover second base sorry first base no one covered and that might be it for Ramos you have Alvarez who would be coming in to replace the left-hander Bas is loaded Ty run is on First and Sandy Moreno will go to his Bullpen for the second time today we'll take a quick break you're watching the u5 Baseball World Cup bronze medal game from Columbia [Music] spe the Christian Alvarez will be the third pitcher of the day for Nicaragua making his third appearance out of the bullpen his fourth appearance overall here in Columbia this week and he's got a tall task at the top of the order first up Sue yush yeah try to get three outs with the bases full is a is the probably the most difficult part you can put on a pitcher at any level second Pitch over for a strike on the outside corner from Alvarez the ready out of the bullpen five the third Innings pitch this week six hits one ear run allowed he's walked two but struck out seven the O2 is low Sue uchia is 0 for two with a walk stolen base and a run scored today nice job by Coronado to keep that in front of him no lead is ever safe Chinese taipe came back and stole a win against Japan earlier in the event and now we've got some conversation about the count this is shot through the right side for a single this is going to score one they're going to hold Yang at third and it's now a two-run lead as Sue comes up with the fourth single in a row to start the inning for Chinese taipe sometimes a death of a thousand singles and the fourth one gets a run on the board that'll be charged to Ramos's line and another ation with the Nick rwin manager and home play umpire Victor Torres and it looks like there might be some position changes being made here so Sandy Moreno the last time we saw him at the wbsc in a bronze medal game was the 1996 Atlanta Olympics where he let off and played center field for Nicaragua they lost 10 to3 to the United States that day but of the three runs Sandy scored one of them he was 0 for two with a walk and a run scored before being lifted for a pinch hitter yeah he was one of the more important ones in Atlanta 20 years ago now will do it I believe for think that's Alvarez so a new arm will come in so Alvarez faces one batter and of course it wasn't the wbsc at that point but it was International competition of the highest order at the Olympics and we're excited to have olyp Olympic baseball back in La your neck of the woods in 2028 that's right so is this anel Gonzalez has come into pitch he was at third base Alvarez moves over to third so that's a position swap so Gonzalez who started the inning at third base is all of the sudden on the mount and the tying run is at second the go-ahead run is at first so there's still nobody out the bases are loaded Alvarez faces one batter and gives up a single before giving way to anelle Gonzalez so it will be Sue Z Jin stepping in Sue is 0 for three with two strikeouts but now he's got an RBI hit one run is going to score the tying run is coming around third and it is safe at the plate as Alvarez cuts the ball off then the throw gets away and the runners will move up again oh my just like that we've got a tie ball game another base hit to left field and Gutierrez couldn't get the play and it carried off his glove it was hit really hard and the throw in from right field wouldn't have stopped the runner and the throw back to second base hits the lead Runner but everybody holds up actually go second and third so in the blink of an eye Chinese taipe has tied the game with three runs here in the bottom of the sixth still nobody out and this ball is going to get away from Coronado but sue us will stay at third so Chinese taipe if they can take the lead can win the game in the top of the seven Wen unbelievable turnaround and we've said it all day jay the lead did not feel safe for Nicaragua no they've just somehow just clawed away bit by bit it began in the last inning against Ramos we had three hits three singles base were loaded a run did come to score but it just slowly began to come out of the reach of Nicaragua now it's tie at six well fro Chavez will play at first base after the substitution inside for ball two correction floores i p you pardon so Fabian floores is at first Gutierrez who was at first moves across time and to play Third you have Gonzalez who's stolen out [Music] pitching foul back and that hit hard in the back stop you can hear it up here strike two watch out watch your head so Gonzalez anything to get an out here a strikeout would be his preferred method as there's still nobody out on the ground ctin has it play at home and he is in time with the throw Jean ctin keeps this game tied how about that for Poise from The Young second baseman a really good throw from katin going to home and that's not an easy throw to make got to make it on time on Target and it was a good accurate throw and remember Chinese Taipei without its challenge after losing it earlier not that I think that was a good spot to use one but just to keep that in your back pocket so for the first time today Yang Jun how will bat he came on defensively last inning Runner goes on the first pitch and it's drilled back up the middle this is going to score the go-ahead run and yang is retired but it's an RBI ground out by Yang Jun how and it is now 76 Chinese TI Peg and that's their first Lee of the game sometimes small ball can win you games and small ball has won this inning for Chinese Tai pay four runs all off singles and ground balls so with two down the eighth batter of the inning for Chinese taipe is mauia two for two with two singles today first pitch from Gonzalez is a call strike on the inside corner four runs here in the six for Chinese Taipei to a race a three-run deficit they once trailed six to2 back in the bottom of the fifth they did this to Japan just a few days ago ma ground out to ctin at second and that will end the inning four runs for Chinese Taipei on five hits and all of a sudden they're three outs away from a bronze medal here in Baron Kia you're watching the wbsc u15 baseball world cup from northern Columbia speech spe [Applause] last call for Nicaragua and they just watch a three-run lead evaporate in front of their eyes in the bottom half of the sixth inning it's the three four five hitters Moreno Gutierrez and Coronado do up Moreno doubled and scored his last time and yang is ahead 02 Yang chiha came on in a much different situation back in the fifth inning he has closed the door and now now is primed for the win if he can hold on here Yang sets up way outside Moreno will get a piece [Music] [Music] that's low for a [Music] ball one two Moreno's going to pop this up back behind second base and making the play for the first out is super you kind of had almost the entire Outfield kind of surround Sue and luckily there was able to have communication between his teammates saying he got and he did and we have seen up to this current point a lot of mistakes where teams will kind of crow the defender that can distract from getting out but a great job by Sue gting the first out of the seven the bronze medal has kind of found a home with Chinese Taipei Gutierrez with one down take strike one they won bronze in 2012 in Mexico they won bronze in 2018 in Panama again in 2022 in Mexico they did lose the bronze medal game in Mexico in 2014 this has kind of been their their home of course none of these players can can can have that that conversation but the organization the country itself yeah the country's been there several times the players have not technically the 1- one is fouled away now two strikes on Gutierrez Rich baseball history in both of these countries the onew is low for a ball even as a kid for me I think the first time I ever heard of Chinese taipe was at the Little League level and here we are now at u5 where they've been perennial medalists mhm 22 gooder is going to spank this down the left field line hold the metal Pres presentation just yet it's a one- out single and the tying run is aboard for Nicaragua Nicaragua with a chance here to tie the game at seven we'll see they go back to the small got a pitch R be Gomez running for Gutierrez yeah you've got to pull out all the stops if you tie it then you'll figure out the rest later one of your best hitters and your first baseman Gutierrez now out of the game so Eddie Coronado who had an RBI single back in the fifth as he yanked the ball into left field first pitch swinging this is out to Right Center finding it is she and he'll make the second out Chinese taipe now one out away from claiming a third consecutive bronze medal at the u15 level and how about the performance from Yang chiha in relief he is been brilliant he allowed a zero and the six that gave Chinese taipe a chance that's all he need needed just one scores frame after a three-run fifth inning and difference so far in this game so Jean ctin The Last Hope for Nicaragua take strike one on the inside corner and you can say his arm slot has been the difference he began throwing over the top he went from the side this been more effective off speed o and one is low that can be the beauty of having different pitching angles when you can go over the top which most pitchers do and sometimes go to submarine action gives you a different look and sometimes that action is harder to hit and that's been a difference so far in this game from Nicaragua one- one on the ground taken by low on to First and Chinese taipe will lock up another bronze medal at the wbsc u5 Baseball World Cup and the game ball rightly given to Yang chiha yeah brilliant performance to go basically two plus settings and he just stayed the course only allow two hits didn't allow a run to score had a one strike out no walks and difference so far in the game was him he was brilliant to holding the the difference in this game and giving Chinese high a chance and their second come from behind win here in baronia certainly a disappointment for Nicaragua but they will go home with some valuable points in fourth place and there's eight other teams that would have loved to be in the game here today thank you so much for joining us folks on behalf of Jay Holloway my name is Chris Abbott thank you to everybody involved in making the 2024 edition of the wbsc u15 baseball World Cup a success here in Cena and baronia Columbia signing off see you back here at 7 p.m. just under 2 and 1/2 hours from now for the big one the world championship final between Japan and Puerto Rico stay safe and have yourselves a lovely evening [Applause] he yeah 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