Monday Scores...

CPBL:
Whales 9 - Bulls 5: A pitching duel over the first 7 innings turned into a slugfest over the last few innings as the two teams would combine to score 10 runs over the last 2 innings. Despite earning ND's, the SP's from both squads pitched well. Bulls starter Chien-Fu Yang allowed 1 unearned run over 6 IP (4H, 4K's, 2BB's) while Whales SP Chao-Hao Tseng gave up 1 run on 6 hits over 6.1 IP (0K's, 0BB's).

Whales lineup:
2B Yi-Min Wang 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Wilton Veras 3-4, 2 RBI's
RF-1B Abraham Nunez 2-4
DH-1B Hsin-Min Wang 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI's
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 3-5, 3B, 3 RBI's - game MVP

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-4, 3B, RBI
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-4, RBI
3B Tarzan 1-4, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, 3B, RBI


*With the All-Star break not too far off, here's the breakdown of fan voting for the starters for the Red and White squads. Based on current tallies, the Elephants are very popular with the fans in Taiwan. There's also a close battle for the White squad starter's role at DH between brothers Lien-Hung Chen and CFC.

Red squad
SP:
1)Yu-Cheng Liao 55,191
2)Fu-Te Ni 49,538

C:
1)Rui-Chang Chen 54,033
2)Ko-Fan Chen 37,121

1B:
1)Cheng-Min Peng 78,381
2)Chia-Hsien Hsieh 37,713

2B:
1)Shih-Yang Deng 47,070
2)Hong-Sen Chu 46,161

3B:
1)Jui-Chen Chen 73,323
2)Carlos Villalobos 37,237

SS:
1)Sheng-Wei Wang 62,577
2)Ming-Jen Kuo 51,012

OF:
1)Chih-Yuan Chen 72,310
2)Ssu-Chi Chou 59,577
3)Cheng-Wei Huang 52,829
4)Yuan-Chia Chen 43,908
5)Tai-Yong Kuo 43,249

DH:
1)Kuan-Jen Chen 65,534
2)Chuan-Chia Wang 47,313



White Squad
SP:
1)Wei-Lun Pan 34,328
2)Chien-Fu Yang 29,087

C:
1)Chun-Chang Yeh 47,186
2)Chih-Kang Kao 45,993

1B:
1)Kuo-Ching Kao 59,166
2)Chung-Wei Pan 37,924

2B:
1)Sen Yang 59,787
2)Chih-Tsung Chiang 27,013

3B:
1)Tai-Shan Chang 53,404
2)Tilson Brito 46,746

SS:
1)Chih-Sheng Lin 44,967
2)Sheng-Chieh Hsu 35,724

OF:
1)Chien-Ming Chang 60,790
2)Wu-Hsiung Pan 52,988
3)Long-Yi Huang 52,159
4)Fu-Hao Liu 46,918
5)Hua-Wei Tseng 35,741

DH:
1)Lien-Hung Chen 43,962
2)Chin-Feng Chen 43,575



NPB:
Wei-Chu Lin was 0-1 as a PH as the Tigers won 4-1. Box


MILB:
A+ - High Desert is down 14-2 in the 5th. KH Lo is back from the DL; he's currently 1-1 with a walk and his 12th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 9-1 in the 6th. CH Chiang is 0-2. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 8-7. YC Chen was 2-4 with a double, a RBI, and error #8 on the year. Box



MLB:
Wang faces the A's tomorrow.

CL Hu was optioned to AAA.
*Updated