The first grand slam was made by designated player Xin Minhong in the two teams' first meet on Wednesday.

China women's softballers beat Chinese Taipei 9-1 with three homers including another grand slam in six innings of an international fast pitch tournament on October 11 evening, 2007.

Chinese Taipei gave a short hit-back in the bottom sixth when they earned the only run of the game with two singles and one double from China which failed to lead the game to the seventh.

"Their pitcher is too young to control our hitters but they did not give up," Yu Yanhong told Xinhua, noting that the team's head coach Wang Lihong had reminded that Chinese Taipei is a team hard to deal with.

China women's softballers beat Chinese Taipei 9-1 with three homers including another grand slam in six innings of an international fast pitch tournament on October 11 evening, 2007.

In the second meet with Australia played earlier in the morning, China lost a 2-1 hard game in which Australia sent veteran players including one that had played three Olympic Games.

Canada beat Chinese Taipei 3-2 in another game played in the morning.

"My players have not achieved a steady performance," China head coach Wang Lihong said, "tough games with strong opponents like the second meet with Australia this morning could make them tough-minded."

China women's softballers beat Chinese Taipei 9-1 with three homers including another grand slam in six innings of an international fast pitch tournament on October 11 evening, 2007.

The tournament, involving China, Chinese Taipei, Australia and Canada, will have the last day of preliminary games on Friday. Australia will meet Canada and Chinese Taipei and China will meet Canada.

(Xinhua News Agency October 12, 2007)