Taiwan scored four runs on only one hit in the first inning and went on to rout Canada 20-1 in a Little League World Series semifinal game Saturday.
Taiwan, which had not been scored upon in the seven-game Far East championship tournament and in its first World Series game, moved into Sunday's championship game against Shippensburg, Pa., or Cypress, Calif.Because of rain during the week, the title game will not be held on a Saturday for the first time in the tournament's 44 years.
While Kuo Wen-Chu was striking out 11 Canadian batters, Canadian pitchers were wild.
Todd Thompson walked Chen Chin-Feng, Liu Chien-Wen and Kuo in the first inning, before giving up a single to Hsieh Yih-Chieh. Chen scored on a wild pitch, Liu scored on Hsieh's single, Kuo scored on a passed ball and Hsieh scored on a wild pitch.
Sun Chao-Chi and Kuo homered in the third.
The San-Hua Little League champions from Taipei, Taiwan, batted around in each of the fourth, fifth and sixth innings.
The Canadian team, from Trail, British Columbia, scored the first run on Taiwan since it completed play in its homeland. Jason Bay beat out a bunt in the first, moved to second on a passed ball and scored on Matt Mason's single.
Taiwan, leading 6-1 going into the fourth, scored five runs in the inning after Thompson gave up three walks and bobbled a grounder. The Far East champions added five in the fifth and four in the sixth.
Friday, Taiwan beat West Germany 14-0 in its tournament opener, behind the one-hit pitching of Wang Chih-Chung and Cheng Chang-Ming.
Earlier Friday, Shippensburg defeated Mobile, Ala., 3-1 in the completion of a suspended game. Cypress beat Brooklyn, Mich., 9-0 on Tuesday.