TAIWAN – The reigning Yu-Shan Cup champion Tainan City placed seven members on the 2009 Taiwan Junior National Team that was announced recently. Both Kaohsiung City and Taoyuan County, which finished second and third, respectively, at the high school tournament had three players named to the AAA national squad.

Tainan City third baseman Fu-Lin Kuo, who was the top hitter at the Yu-Shan Cup with a .485 batting average and a tournament-high 19 RBIs, headlines the All-Star team with teammate Keng-Hao Chang. Chang (2-0, 0.00) was the top pitcher and MVP of the recently concluded prep tourney.

2009 Taiwan Junior National Team

CATCHERS:
Cheng-Ming Chen (Tainan City), Shih-Hao Liu (Taichung City) and Shao-Ming Ke (Ko) (Taoyuan County)

INFIELDERS:
Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City), Ping-Chieh Chen (Tainan City), Chien-Ting Feng (Tainan City), Yu-Jen Chen (Kaohsiung City) and Yu-Te He (Ho) (Yilan County).

OUTFIELDERS:
Keng-Hao Chang (Tainan City), Tien-Wei Wang (Taipei City), Tai-Yan Kuo (Taoyuan County) and Chih-Tang Pan (Taoyuan County).

PITCHERS:
Tien-Ting Lee (Tainan City), Cheng-Han Tsai (Tainan City), Sheng-Nan Chen (Kaohsiung County), Kuo-Hua Lo (Kaoshiung City), Yao-Lin Wang (Kaoshiung City) and Kao-Chen Chu (Taitung County)

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