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  • Tonight, the hopes of this island hang in the balance.

  • As Chinese Taipei backs to the wall and looking to avoid missing their first World Baseball Classic ever, taking on a team that nearly ruled them just five days ago in Spain.

  • Talk about getting on the board early.

  • This being come up big here.

  • This can change the whole tone and that momentum that not only today, but what we've seen the last couple days.

  • One one, Chang to left, a base hit into extra bases, into scoring walk, first and second turns to second and third, and Chinese Taipei out quick, one nothing in the first.

  • You feel like the roof is about to fall off this building.

  • Yu Chang coming through once again.

  • So with first and second and two gone now.

  • Task will fall to another guy who's been hot in this lineup in Rusber Estrada.

  • There's a shot to right center field and that could get this thing tied, it's cut off out there by Sung, who will hustle it in quickly enough to hold it Carnacion at third, but it's an RBI single for Rusber Estrada.

  • And Spain's on the board, cutting the lead in half, it's two to one.

  • The middle of this lineup doing the damage again.

  • Valerio four for 11.

  • Here in the qualifier.

  • A shot to right field, will it hang up long enough, oh, what a catch, Cheng-Jui Song saves a run and maybe more.

  • And he lights up and electrifies Taipei Dome.

  • We are headed to the top of the second and Chinese Taipei holds the lead, it's two to one.

  • Chinese Taipei, two runs home.

  • The bases loaded, three one, down the right field line, toward the corner, foul, no.

  • That's a fair ball and it's gone.

  • Even the base runners are confused and as it stands, it is a grand slam for Tzu-Wei Lin.

  • But immediately, Spain has requested a review.

  • Oh, it's foul.

  • The swing of emotions for the 35,000 plus in this building over the last 60 seconds.

  • Garcia deals, balls four and allow to run anyway.

  • And. One.J.Shan bolting from first into second.

  • Running score position, 65 pitches deep.

  • And a perfect bunt third base, oh no, it's run away up the right field line and it'll bring Shun in and into second base goes Shao Hong Jong.

  • Chinese Taipei extends the lead, it's four to two in the six.

  • Four to two, this place is rocking right now.

  • Another bunt to third, Valerio again, goes it away again, rounding third and scoring is Jong and Chinese Taipei has added two on back-to-back errors by Wander Encarnacion.

  • Oh, that is crushing to see.

  • Wander Encarnacion, literally in tears now, crouched behind third.

  • We go to the bottom of the sixth inning and Rusber Estrada will lead things off for Spain, a ball crushed to left field and Rusber Estrada provides an answer for Spain, gone, it's 5-3.

  • Listen to this ovation for a home run that came off the bat at 115 miles an hour.

  • And they are loaded up with one out for Edison Valerio.

  • For two pitch.

  • Called strike three.

  • Froze him at 83 miles an hour for a massive second out in the seventh.

  • Colmenarez got rung up on a high strike three in his last trip to the plate.

  • Trying to deliver with the bases loaded and two gone in the seventh.

  • Yilei Sun.

  • One two. Got it.

  • Yilei Sun gets out of the jam.

  • 5-3 going to the eighth.

  • This dome ready to explode.

  • Chun-Yueh Tseng ready, one two pitch, got him.

  • It did not come easy.

  • But it's here all the same.

  • Let the party begin in Taiwan.

  • Chinese Taipei is back in the World Baseball Classic.

Tonight, the hopes of this island hang in the balance.

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