00:00It's Thursday, it's rainy, but that didn't stop droves of baseball fans from gathering here in downtown Taipei, near Taipei
00:08101, to cheer on Team Taiwan, as it faced off against Australia in the first game of this year's World
00:14Baseball Classic.
00:18Even though they were hundreds of kilometers away from the action, these fans still brought the energy, cheering, chanting, and
00:25screaming their way through all nine innings.
00:28This is a special day for the country's baseball fans, and many have made it a point to come and
00:33show support for Team Taiwan.
00:47Over time, the crowd got bigger and bigger. Even Taipei Mayor Chiang Wan-an showed up with Australia's representative to
00:54Taiwan, Robert Ferguson, to watch the game.
00:56Things got tense after Australia hit a two-run homerun in the fifth inning, and Taiwan team captain Sun Jie
01:03-xian left the game after he got hit by a pitch in the sixth.
01:07In the end, Team Taiwan lost to Australia 0-3, recording only three hits against their opponents.
01:14But it's only Game 1 of the World Baseball Classic, and in baseball, anything can happen.
01:20Taiwan could very much turn its fortunes around in its next few games.
01:23Luffy Lee and Leslie Liao in Taipei for Taiwan Plus.
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