Little League World Series 2009: Chula Vista Silences Taiwan

It was bound to happen. It was written. This year would be the year that Taiwan (or Chinese Taipei for all you whippersnappers sympathetic to the mainland) would see its streak against Californian teams in the Little League World Series broken.

Park View Little League, flying the flag for the proud San Diego suburb of Chula Vista and the Golden State, broke away in the bottom of the fourth and fifth innings to defeat Taoyuan City, 6-3, on Sunday at Howard J. Lamade Stadium in Williamsport, Pa.

The big bats of Taoyuan caused frustration for starting pitcher Isaiah Armenta, who gave up home runs to Sung Wen Hua and Ou Chin in the top of the third inning.

Timely hitting and clutch fielding was going to save Park View.

Third basemen Seth Godfrey hit a two-run double in the bottom of the fifth inning, and shortstop Andy Rios added three hits to finish his successful LLWS campaign.

Kiko Garcia sat down six batters to pick up the victory. Garcia also added two hits.

Lin Hung Yuan took the loss for Taoyuan, who crumbled at the hands of defensive blunders late in the game.

The victory also makes Chula Vista the first California city in sixteen years to win the Little League World Series. The last city to do so was Long Beach, who won back-to-back titles in 1992 and 1993.

West 6, Asia-Pacific 3

Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 R H E

Asia-Pacific Taoyuan, Chinese Taipei 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 5 2

West Chula Vista, California 0 0 1 3 2 X 6 10 0

Asia-Pacific AB R H BI West AB R H BI

Lin, Hung Yuan, SS-P 2 0 0 0 Rios, Andy, SS 3 2 3 1

Lin, Hao Yu, LF 1 0 1 0 Garcia, Kiko, CF-LF-P 4 0 2 0

    Tai, Yuan Ting, LF-RF 1 1 1 0 Ramirez, Luke, LF-1B 2 0 0 0

Sung, Wen Hua, 1B-SS-3B 2 1 1 2 Graft, Bulla, 2B 2 0 1 1

Ou, Chin, P-1B 3 1 1 1 Roberto, Bradley, RF 3 0 0 0

Pan, Po Chuan, 2B 3 0 0 0 Castro, Oscar, 1B-PH 2 1 1 0

Cheng, Tang Fu, RF-LF 2 0 0 0    Melin, Markus, SPR-CF 1 0 0 0

    Tseng, Hsin Han, RF 1 0 0 0 Porras Jr, Daniel, C 2 0 0 0

Huang, Kuan Sheng, CF 1 0 1 0    Peterson, Jensen, C 1 1 1 0

    Chang, Chung Yao, PH-CF 1 0 0 0 Armenta, Isaiah, P-LF-PH 2 0 0 0

Kao, Yu Chieh, C 3 0 0 0    Conlin, Nick, LF 1 1 1 0

Lee, Cheng Chieh, 3B-P 2 0 0 0 Godfrey, Seth, 3B 2 1 1 2

Totals 22 3 5 3 Totals 25 6 10 4

E: Pan, Po Chuan 2   2B: Huang, Kuan Sheng, Garcia, Kiko, Conlin, Nick, Godfrey, Seth   HR: Sung, Wen Hua, Ou, Chin  

Asia-Pacific IP H R ER BB SO BF West IP H R ER BB SO BF

Ou, Chin 3.0 4 3 2 3 3 17 Armenta, Isaiah 2.2 5 3 3 0 6 13

Lin, Hung Yuan (L) 0.2 1 1 1 0 1 3 Garcia, Kiko (W) 3.1 0 0 0 1 6 13

Lee, Cheng Chieh 1.1 5 2 2 1 2 10 Totals 6.0 5 3 3 1 12 26

Totals 5.0 10 6 5 4 6 30  

HBP: Lin, Hung Yuan (by Garcia, Kiko), Tai, Yuan Ting (by Garcia, Kiko), Huang, Kuan Sheng (by Garcia, Kiko)   WP: Lin, Hung Yuan, Lee, Cheng Chieh 3   PB: Porras Jr, Daniel   Pitches-strikes: Armenta, Isaiah 58-40, Ou, Chin 68-36, Garcia, Kiko 56-31, Lin, Hung Yuan 10-7, Lee, Cheng Chieh 44-23  

Start: 3:10 PM; Game time: 2:28; Attendance: 32,400

Game officials: HP-Galiano, 1B-Eller, 2B-Guzman, 3B-Brooks, LF-Stokoe, RF-Hallonquist

Official Scorer- Mike Witherwax 

Digital Scout/Statistics- Patrick Holden 

Weather: Mostly sunny, fair and windy. Temps in the mid-70s.

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