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PONY: CHINESE TAIPEI TOO MUCH FOR YOUNGSTOWN

August 13, 2019/in Class B Baseball/by YSN Staff

WASHINGTON, PA- Youngstown fell behind early and couldn’t come back in an 8-1 loss to Chinese Taipei on Monday. Chinese Taipei scored on a home run by CHEN AN Pai in the first inning.

Chinese Taipei opened up scoring in the first inning when an error scored one run.

YI WEI Tseng pitched Chinese Taipei to victory. He lasted three innings, allowing five hits and one run while striking out three and walking one. SZ Te Li, YUAN KAI Chang, and YI LEI Sun all put in work in relief out of the bullpen, steering their team towards the victory.

Anthony Malagise took the loss for Youngstown. He surrendered four runs on five hits over four innings, striking out one.

Chinese Taipei socked three home runs on the day. Pai had a dinger in the first inning. Tseng put one out in the third inning. TZU CHUN Yang went for the long ball in the seventh inning to seal the victory.

For Youngstown, Jarrod Malagise went 2-for-2 at the plate to lead Grit City in hits.

YU CHENG Yang led Chinese Taipei with two hits in three at-bats. Chinese Taipei didn’t commit a single error in the field. Pai had the most chances in the field with 11. Taipei stole six bases during the game as two players stole more than one. Yang led the way with two.

POST GAME REACTION:

Dom Fornataro

Luca Ricchiuti

PONY: YOUNGSTOWN RECAPS 6-0 WIN OVER MEXICO

August 12, 2019/in Class B Baseball/by YSN Staff

WASHINGTON, PA- Following their 6-0 victory over Mexico on Friday, Team Youngstown sat down with YSN General Manager, Steve Leslie to discuss the win and what is to come on Monday evening against Chinese Taipei.

Manager Scott Ruark

Anthony Miller

Ben Slanker

Anthony & Jarrod Malagise

Luca Bertolasio

WU IS PERFECT AGAINST YOUNGSTOWN, LIFTS CHINA TO VICTORY

August 14, 2018/in Baseball/by YSN Staff

WASHINGTON, PA- Sin-Jie Wu earned the win for Chinese Taipei. He went five innings, allowing zero runs on zero hits, striking out nine and walking zero. Colten Shaffer took the loss for Youngstown. He surrendered four runs on two hits over five innings, striking out one and walking zero on 69 pitches (40 strikes.) The game was only five innings due to poor weather from Monday’s schedule. All 6 games today will be under the 5-inning schedule.

Chinese Taipei was sure-handed in the field and didn’t commit a single error. Chiu-Teng Chen had the most chances in the field with ten.

For Chinese Taipei, they were able to capitalize on errors by Youngstown as only 1 of their 4 runs were earned. The victors will now wait to see who emerges from the Youngstown/Dominican Republic game this afternoon. That game slated for 1pm.

YOUNGSTOWN PONY’S UP, DEFEATS AUSTRIA IN PLWS.

August 11, 2018/in Baseball/by YSN Staff

WASHINGTON, PA- Youngstown defeated Vienna, Austria 10-0 on Saturday as three pitchers combined to throw a shutout. Braden Gebhardt induced a groundout from Alexander Resel to finish off the game. Youngstown, OH secured the victory thanks to six runs in the sixth inning. Tyler Staub, Andrew Kirkpatrick, and Colten Shaffer all moved runners across the plate with RBIs in the inning. Youngstown, OH got things started in the first inning. Brady Shannon singled on a 0-1 count, scoring one run.

Youngstown, OH scored six runs in the sixth inning. Youngstown’s big inning was driven by a walk by Tyler Staub, a single by Colten Shaffer, and an error on a ball put in play by Andrew Kirkpatrick. A single by Levin Heinzle in the third inning was a positive for Vienna, Austria.

Colten Shaffer pitched Youngstown to victory. He allowed one hit and zero runs over three innings, striking out four and walking zero. Joe Roth and Braden Gebhardt entered the game out of the bullpen and helped to close out the game in relief.

Eoghan McGarry took the loss for Austria. He surrendered five runs on nine hits over five innings, striking out five and walking zero.

Youngstown tallied 11 hits in the game. Colten Shaffer, Andrew Kirkpatrick, and Brady Shannon all collected multiple hits for Youngstown. Colten Shaffer went 3-for-4 at the plate to lead Youngstown in hits. AJ Havrilla also drove in 2 RBI in the victory.

Team Youngstown will now wait two days and watch the tournament from the winner’s bracket in anticipation for their game Monday evening at 5:30. Colten Shaffer will be eligible to pitch again under the pitch count rules by Pony League. We will have interviews with the players and staff following the victory and move toward Monday’s next round. Stay tuned to YSNLive.com, and our social media channels as we follow the progress of Team Youngstown.