Taiwan stood at the top of the 2024 WBSC Premier 12.

It was an outcome that no one -- perhaps not even the team's own manager -- would have predicted. In the gold medal contest between Chinese Taipei and the seemingly unstoppable Samurai Japan, who had won 27 consecutive games dating back to 2019, it was Chinese Taipei who emerged victorious. It was the first major international tournament victory for Chinese Taipei, whose previous best finish was a silver medal at the 1992 Olympics.

"This event made history, and this is a meaningful moment for us all," manager Hao-Jiu Tseng said. "The game against Team United States, against Team Japan. We made it through to be here. What we accomplished was so big."

D-backs No. 7 prospect Yu-Min Lin shut down the Japanese hitters, giving up just one hit in four innings, before the team broke through with four runs on two homers in the fifth. That was all it took to defeat the world's No. 1 ranked baseball team.

這是一個沒有人 - 甚至是球隊自己的經理 - 會預測到的結果。在中華台北隊和看似不可阻擋的日本武士隊之間的金牌爭奪中，中華台北隊獲得了勝利。這是中華台北首次在大型國際賽事中獲得勝利，此前的最好成績是在 1992 年奧運會上獲得銀牌。

「這項賽事創造了歷史，這對我們所有人來說都是有意義的時刻，」總教練曾豪駒說。「對美國隊的比賽，對日本隊的比賽。我們熬過了難關，來到這裡。我們的成就是如此重大。」

響尾蛇隊7號新秀林昱珉封鎖了日本打者，在四局中只被打出一支安打，然後在第五局靠著兩支全壘打攻下四分。就這樣擊敗世界排名第一的棒球隊。

stand at the top 站上巔峰

premier 主要的，首相

outcome 結局

predict 預測

consecutive 連續的

emerge 浮現

victory 勝利 / victorious 勝利的

accomplish 達成

prospect 前景、新秀(有可能打進大聯盟的選手)

inning (棒球)局

homer 全壘打

run (棒球)分

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