it took 7 innings, but finally Chinese Taipei scored the go-ahead run against Venezuela, followed by the second and later in the 9th by a 3rd run...
so, they won 3-0 and did qualify for the main round together with Japan, who won 4-0 against Puertorico (all of the Japanese runs were scored in the 3rd inning)...
VEN and PUR will play tomorrow not to end up dead last in group B, meanwhile JPN and TPE will play a very important game, as the final score is going to be carried over in the Super-Round...
in Seoul, instead, after Canada's win over Cuba, the Host Nation didn't have any problem in their debut against Australia...5-0 for the Koreans the final score...
Tomorrow, Cuba and Australia will fight against each other to keep their hopes to fly to the Super-Round alive, meanwhile South Korea and Canada will play a game which most likely is going to determine the group winners and to be carried over in the next round...