Venezuela defeats Chinese Taipei in Tainan, 2-1; go-ahead run in fifth seals win

WBSC Women’s Baseball World Cup Group Tainan: Game Report - Venezuela win nailbiter versus Chinese Taipei

Chinese Taipei and Venezuela met on Wednesday, August 26, 2026, at the Asia-Pacific Secondary Field in Tainan for a WBSC

RAXUS Women’s Baseball World Cup Group Tainan 2026 supported by CTBC Group Stage game, and the South Americans came away with a 2-1 victory after a tight, tense finish. Venezuela answered pressure inning by inning, while Chinese Taipei repeatedly put runners on base but never fully broke through against Mariangeles Simoneys Duran Farraez and the Venezuelan defense.

Chinese Taipei had the first chance to strike in the opening inning when Hsieh Yu-Ying and Huang Chiao-Yun drew walks, but Duran Farraez escaped the jam and set the tone for a night in which Venezuela kept refusing to concede the big hit. In the bottom half, Mariana del Carmen Natera Arteaga and Marlyn José Yendez Cordero each singled to put immediate pressure on Yu-Pei Chen, though Chen worked out of the inning without allowing a run.

The game stayed scoreless through the first three innings, but Chinese Taipei began to build momentum in the fourth. Huang Pei-Chen led off with a single to right field, and Tu Yu-Chuan followed with a triple to right to bring her home for the game’s first run. It was the kind of rally Chinese Taipei had been searching for all night, but Venezuela responded immediately and kept the game from slipping away.

Venezuela answered in the bottom of the fourth with its own productive inning. Kimberly Caicedo was hit by a pitch, and Stephany Gabriela Suárez Planez came through with a single to center that scored Migreily Anahis Angulo Alejos to tie the game at 1-1. That quick response changed the feel of the contest, restoring Venezuela’s balance before the late innings.

The decisive break came in the fifth after Chinese Taipei turned to Hsiao-Chien Wang in relief of Chen Yu-Pei. Srishna Aranza Arciniega Rojas reached base, Gabriela Paola García Carvajal singled up the middle, and a sacrifice bunt moved both runners into scoring position. After an intentional walk loaded the bases more carefully around Yendez Cordero, Caicedo put the ball in play to the pitcher and Arciniega Rojas crossed the plate for the go-ahead run. Venezuela never let the advantage go.

Duran Farraez earned the win with five innings of work, allowing three hits and one run while striking out five and walking four. Chen Yu-Pei took the loss after giving up two runs on four hits across four innings, and Wang Hsiao-Chien handled the final third of an inning without allowing an earned run. There was no save recorded. For Venezuela, Suárez Planez and Caicedo delivered the key RBI hits, while Natera Arteaga and Yendez Cordero helped keep innings alive at the top of the order.

Chinese Taipei had enough traffic to threaten, with Hsieh Yu-Ying reaching base twice and Tu Yu-Chuan driving in the lone run, but the lineup could not produce the follow-up hit once Venezuela tightened the game late. In a contest defined by small margins, Venezuela made the cleaner plays and the sharper two-out responses, and that edge proved enough to turn a one-run deficit into a one-run win. Box score: Chinese Taipei @ Venezuela

RAXUS Women’s Baseball World Cup Group Tainan 2026 supported by CTBC

Venezuela held off Chinese Taipei 2-1 on Wednesday night in Tainan, using timely hitting and a steady effort in the circle to stay in control after an early scoreless opening. Chinese Taipei scratched out a run in the fourth, but Venezuela answered immediately and protected the lead from there.