Haarlem, Netherlands — Chinese Taipei answered a bad day with a near-perfect one.
Yu Tsung-Ju spun a complete-game shutout, the lineup poured it on late, and Taipei steamrolled the International Globetrotters 10-0 in seven innings at Pim Mulier Stadion on Tuesday — a bounce-back that buried the sting of the previous day’s 1-0 loss to Czechia. Taipei climbs to 2-2 at Honkbalweek Haarlem; the Globetrotters drop to 1-3.
The afternoon belonged to Yu. The right-hander needed just 84 pitches to go the distance, scattering five hits, walking one and striking out four while never letting the Globetrotters sniff the scoreboard. Only once did a Globetrotter reach second base. It was the kind of efficient, in-command outing that makes a No. 2-ranked side look the part.
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Taipei jumped on starter Ben Meyer immediately. In the top of the first, Hsiao-Yun Chen singled to open the game and Min-Sih Chen ripped a two-run single through the left side, with Yu-Li Lin adding a sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead before the home side ever came to bat. Two more crossed in the fourth on a Globetrotters error and an Hsiao-Yun Chen groundout, and the lead sat at 5-0 — comfortable, if not yet cruel.
The seventh made it cruel. Taipei sent ten men to the plate and pushed across five runs, and the Globetrotters handed over most of them: reliever Drew Janssen recorded two outs but issued three walks and a hit-by-pitch in the frame, runs trickling in on free passes before Hsiao-Yun Chen lined a two-run single through the right side to cap the rout. By the time the dust settled, what had been a tidy win was a 10-0 statement.
Speaking through an interpreter afterward, Yu deflected the credit toward his teammates, describing the win as a complete team effort on both sides of the ball. He pointed to the chemistry with his catcher — a familiar batterymate he’d worked with before — as the reason the afternoon went so smoothly, and credited the coaching staff’s scouting work for keeping the Globetrotters off balance. It was a notable outing for a roster Yu described as drawn largely from Taiwan’s amateur ranks, a group he called some of the most talented and passionate ballplayers back home.
Hsiao-Yun Chen finished 2-for-5 with three RBI from the leadoff spot, and Min-Sih Chen added two more hits and two RBI to keep his blistering tournament line intact. Taipei drew six walks, was hit three times, and turned all that traffic into ten runs on just nine hits.
For the Globetrotters — the tournament’s international all-star side — there was at least one bright spot on the mound: Matthew Malconian struck out three over 2.2 scoreless innings in relief, the one arm Taipei couldn’t touch. At the plate, though, the all-stars managed only five singles against Yu and never threatened, their afternoon undone by quiet bats and three pitchers who couldn’t find the zone behind Malconian.
Taipei has its swagger back, and just in time. The schedule doesn’t get easier from here, but a complete-game shutout and a ten-spot is exactly the tonic a team needs the day after getting blanked itself.
Chinese Taipei 10, International Globetrotters 0 · R-H-E: TPE 10-9-0, GLO 0-5-2 · W: Yu Tsung-Ju · L: Meyer · Att: 775 · T: 2:13
Honkbalweek Haarlem 2026 — Schedule & Results
All games at Pim Mulier Stadion, Haarlem. Times listed CEST / ET. Every game streams live on Honkbalsoftbal.tv.
Friday, June 26
15:00 — Italy vs. Czechia — 9 a.m. ET — Postponed, moved to June 30
19:30 — Netherlands 6, Globetrotters 1 — Final
Saturday, June 27
15:00 — Globetrotters 4, Czechia 3 — Final
19:30 — Italy 2, Netherlands 0 — Final (8 inn., weather)
Sunday, June 28
11:30 — Italy 3, Globetrotters 1 — Final
15:00 — Netherlands 15, Chinese Taipei 4 — Final
19:30 — Curaçao 11, Czechia 2 — Final
Monday, June 29
15:00 — Czechia 1, Chinese Taipei 0 — Final
19:30 — Italy 11, Curaçao 3 — Final
Tuesday, June 30
11:30 — Italy 3, Czechia 1 — Final
15:00 — Chinese Taipei 10, Globetrotters 0 — Final
19:30 — Netherlands vs. Curaçao — 1:30 p.m. ET
Wednesday, July 1
11:30 — Italy vs. Chinese Taipei — 5:30 a.m. ET
15:00 — Curaçao vs. Globetrotters — 9 a.m. ET
19:30 — Czechia vs. Netherlands — 1:30 p.m. ET
Playoff Stage · July 2–4
Thursday, July 2 — 15:00 #3 vs. #4 (9 a.m. ET); 19:30 #1 vs. #2 (1:30 p.m. ET)
Friday, July 3 — 15:00 #5 vs. #6 (9 a.m. ET); 19:30 Loser G17 vs. Winner G16 (1:30 p.m. ET)
Saturday, July 4 — 12:00 Old Star Game (6 a.m. ET); 15:00 Championship (9 a.m. ET)
