Beijing beat Tianjin to take baseball bronze

2009-10-28 18:16 BJT

We go now to the baseball diamond and a bizarre finish in the battle for the bronze medal between Beijing and Tianjin.

Beijing opened the scoring in the first inning.

in the second inning, Tianjin leveled the game.An RBI single to right gave Tianjin the run to make it 1 all.

Tianjin managed to take a 8 6 lead in the ninth inning. a fly ball to center brought two Beijing outfielders together in a collision. Tianjin took an 8 6 lead. The outfielders were left to settle their differences, but Beijing later fought back to tie the game at 8 all.
And then, Beijing would get the final word.

A long, deep drive reached the wall far enough to bring home Beijing's winning run.

Beijing's RBI winner went beyond the Tianjin outfielders and rolled to the wall. Beijing fought back to win 9 8, and grab the baseball bronze medal at the National Games.

Editor: James | Source: CCTV.com