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Article: Chinese Taipei comes from behind to claim Asiad baseball title
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- December 7, 2006
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Chinese Taipei comes from behind to claim Asiad baseball title
DOHA, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- Chinese Taipei realized its dream of a
baseball gold medal by staging a thrilling last-minute fight-back to
defeat Japan 8-7 in the final of the 15th Asian Games here on
Thursday.
The Doha Asiad tournament saved the best for last with a hard-
fought match between two previously unbeaten teams that ebbed and
flowed in the teeming rain and saw the lead change hands three times.
Takashi Yoshiura got Japan off to a fast start with a triple into
center field, enabling Koichi Fukuda, who had already had a walk to
first base following some wayward pitching from Chiang Chien Ming, to
slide in for the first run ...