Oklahoma's Steele Walker (Aaron Fitt)

Takeaways: Team USA Sweeps Taiwan

DURHAM, N.C. — USA Baseball’s Collegiate National Team completed a four-game sweep of its series against Chinese Taipei with an 8-6 win Saturday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in front of a strong crowd of 2,865.

Pitching carried the Americans in the previous three wins in the series, during which they allowed just four runs total. But before Saturday’s game, Team USA head coach John Savage (UCLA) said he hoped to get his bats going in advance of a five-game series against Cuba, and the bats responded on Saturday, rapping out eight hits. Team USA jumped[…]