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Sunday, May 31, 2009

MJ Returns (and picks up W for Bears)......Wang Sharp in Relief Role......

CPBL:
Elephants 7 - Bulls 2:

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Bulls000010100290
Attendance: 5,593

WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (5-1, 9 IP, 2 R, 9 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)
LP - Ying-Chieh Lin (2-3, 3 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 1 K, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-4, RBI
1B Chia Chia 4-5, 2B, HR (10), 3 RBI - game MVP
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-3, RBI
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 0-2, RBI
C Yi-Feng Kuo 1-3, 2B, RBI

Bulls:
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 3-4, 2 2B's, RBI
DH Tarzan 1-4, RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-1, 2 BB's
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-4




Bears 13 - Lions 3:

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Attendance: 3,331

WP - Mike Johnson (1-0, 7 IP, 3 R, 12 H, 7 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Mickey Callaway (4-3, 3.1 IP, 9 R - 5 ER, 4 H/K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 0-3, RBI
2B Chin-De Yu 2-3, 2 RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
DH CFC 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI - game MVP
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4, 2B, RBI
1B Chih-Tsung Chiang 0-2, RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Lions:
CF Kan-Lin Huang 0-2, RBI
3B (LF) Jose Castillo 4-4, HR (3), SB, 2 RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4
SS Tung-Yi Yang 2-4




MILB:
A+ - CH Cheng W 5-2, 5.2 IP, 0 R, 4 H/K's/BB's

A+ - CH Chiang 1-4, 2B / CH Lin 1-4

A+ - KH Lo 1-4, HR (7), RBI

AAA - FT Ni 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

AAA - CL Hu 2-4, 2B, BB




MLB:
Yankees 5 - Indians 4: CMW 3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 K's, 1 BB
Recap

Saturday, May 30, 2009

Chih-Sheng Lin With Emphatic Return to Bears........Tsao Loses Again.....

CPBL
Bulls 11 - Elephants 3:

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Attendance: 10,000

WP - Yu-Chieh Shen (2-2, 5 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 10 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Chin-Hui Tsao (4 IP, 4 R, 5 H, 3 K's, 5 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-4, HR (3), 3 RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 3-4, 2B, RBI - game MVP
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 2-5, RBI
DH Tarzan 2-5, 2B, RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-2, HR (7), 3 RBI, 3 BB
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-4, RBI
(2B) Shih-Yang Deng 2-2, RBI

Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 3-5, 2B, HR (4), 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 2-5
DH Chin-Yung Wang 3-3, 2B
3B Jui-Chen Chen 3-4



Bears 4 - Lions 1:

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Bears300000100460
Attendance: 6,313

WP - Si-Yo Wu (3-3, 5 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Wei-Ming Chu (4-3, 6 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 5 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
2B (SS) Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, 3B, HR(12), 2 RBI - game MVP
DH CFC 0-4
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 1-3, RBI
(C) Feng-Min Chen 1-1, RBI

Lions:
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4
(PH) KC Kao 0-0, RBI




NPB:

Hawks 9 - Dragons 5: WY Chen ND, 3.2 IP, 4 R, 4 H (clocked at 89 mph)




MILB:
A+ - CH Lin 1-2 / CH Chiang 1-2, RBI (6th)

A+ - CL Hu 1-3 (7th)

Friday, May 29, 2009

5/29 Scores....

CPBL:
Bulls 9 - Elephants 8:

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Attendance: 8,500

WP - Chien-Yu Kuo (1-0, 1.1 IP, 1 ER, 1 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Hao-Jen Lee (1-1, 1.1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 2-5, 2B, HR (6), RBI
DH Tarzan 2-4, RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-4, HR (6), 4 RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-4, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 3-4, RBI
2B Chih-Wei Chen 1-5, 3B, RBI - game MVP
C Chun-Chang Yeh 3-4

Elephants:
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 0-2, RBI
LF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4, 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 2-5
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-4, 2B, RBI
C Chih-Hung Chen 2-5, RBI
CF Chih-Peng Chen 2-4
(PH) Chin-Yung Wang 1-1, 2B, 3 RBI



Bears 3 - Lions 2:

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Attendance: 5,895

WP - Aaron Rakers (6-1, 7 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 8 H, 1 K/BB) - game MVP
LP - Wei-Lun Pan (4-4, 6.2 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 8 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-4, 2B
3B Tsung-Yu Tsai 2-3
DH CFC 1-4, 2B
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 0-3, RBI
C Hao-Jen Huang 1-3, 2B, RBI

Lions:
1B KC Kao 1-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-4, SB
C Chih-Kang Kao 1-4, RBI
RF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-3, 2B, RBI
SS Tung-Yi Yang 3-3, 2B





MILB:

CL Hu's grand salami from 5/27

A+ - CC Lee S(1), 2 IP, 0 R/H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - CH Lin 2-4

A+ - KH Lo 0-4




Other:

Yu-Shan Cup Results:
1)Taoyuan County 8 - Pingtung County 2

2)Taipei City 3 - Chiayi County 1

3)Taitung County 5 - Chiayi City 4

4)Kaohsiung City 9 - Changhua County 3

The final 4 teams advancing to the Elite Eight are:
Kaohsiung City
Taitung County
Taipei City
Taoyuan County
The next round of action begins on June 2nd.

Thursday, May 28, 2009

5/28 Scores...

MLB:
From yesterday: Yankees 9 - Rangers 2: CMW 2 IP, 0 R/H, 2 K's, 0 BB's
Recap/Video

HC Kuo Update 1 2



CPBL:
Lions 3 - Bulls 1:

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Bulls000010000150
Attendance: 3,886

WP - Wei-Hua Lee (1-0, 6 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's) - game MVP (won in his first CPBL start)
LP - Yu-Chieh Shen (1-2, 2.2 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)
ND - Ko-Chien Lin (Bulls SP, 4.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Lions:
LF Kan-Lin Huang 0-5, RBI
3B Jose Castillo 2-3, 2B
1B KC Kao 0-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-3, 2B
C Chih-Kang Kao 1-4, 2B, RBI
SS Tung-Yi Yang 1-4, RBI

Bulls:
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 0-4
DH Tarzan 0-2
LF (CF) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
2B Chih-Wei Chen 2-3, 3B, RBI


Bears 9 - Elephants 3:

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Attendance: 7,580

WP - Ying-Feng Tsai (3-3, 4 IP, 1 R, 2 H/K's/BB's)
LP - Kobayshi Ryokan (3-5, 7 IP, 4 R - 0 ER, 8 H, 7 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-5, RBI
3B Tsung-Yu Tsai 2-4, 2B
LF Cheng-Yu Tsung 1-4, RBI
DH CFC 1-4, 3 RBI
SS Chih-Wei Shih 3-5
C Hao-Jen Huang 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI - game MVP
2B Chin-De Yu 2-4, 2 RBI

Elephants:
2B Chia Chia 3-3, 2B, HR (9), 2 RBI
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 1-3, RBI
C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-3




Other:
Yu-Shan Cup Results:
1)Chiayi County 7 - Hsinchu City 0 (7)

2)Kaohsiung County 4 - Taoyuan County 3 (10)

3)Tainan City 6 - Taipei City 0

4)Yilan County 5 - Chiayi City 4

5)Taichung City 9 - Changhua County 1

Advancing to the Elite Eight are:
Kaohsiung County
Taichung City
Yilan County
Tainan City
....with 4 more teams to be determined.




MILB:

A - YW Kuo 0-3

A+ - CH Chiang 1-4, E #2 / CH Lin 0-3, RBI

A+ - KH Lo 0-1 (4th inning)

AAA - FT Ni 0.1 IP, 0 R/H/K's/BB's

AAA - CL Hu 0-3 (7th inning)

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Two Man Wrecking Crew for the Elephants.....

CPBL:
Elephants 6 - Bears 4:

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Attendance: 7,033

WP - Hao-Jen Lee (1-0, 2 IP, 0 R/H, 3 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Chih-Chia Chang (4-4, 2.2 IP, 5 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Elephants:
1B Chia Chia 2-3, HR (8), 3 RBI - game MVP
DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI

Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-4, 2 HR's (8), SB, 2 RBI
DH CFC 0-4, RBI





Other:
Yu-Shan Cup Results:
1)Pingtung County 1 - Miaoli County 0
PC: Cheng-Chi Hsu W, 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 7 K's, 1 BB
MC: Shih-Wei Lin L, 5 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 6 K's, 2 BB's

2)Kaohsiung City 7 - Yunlin County 0

3)Kaohsiung City 4 - Taipei County - Banqiao 0
KC: Yao-Lin Wang W, 8 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 8 K's, 1 BB (clocked at a high of 91 mph)
TCB, last year's defending champs, has been eliminated from the tourney.
TCB: Wei-Chen Wang 0-3

4)Hsinchu County 9 - Taichung County 8

5)Taitung County 7 - Hsinchu County 0
TC: Hsiang-Ying Wang W, 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 7 K's, 3 BB's / Pei-Hua Hu 3-3, 2B, 2 RBI





MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 1-5, HR (1), 3 RBI, BB (game completed from 5/26)
CL Hu 1-2, HR (2) - grand slam, 4 RBI (5th inning)

AA - HW Chen L 2-4, 7 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 3 H, 2 K's/BB's - 1 HR allowed (grand slam), 1-2 at the plate

A+ - CH Chiang 2-4, RBI / CH Lin 1-4

A - YW Kuo 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

5/26 Scores and News...

CPBL:
Lions 7 - Bulls 5:

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Attendance: 1,284

WP - Chih-Chiang Chang (1-0, 1.2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
ND - Chun-Jung Pan (Lions SP, 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Wen-Ping Yu (2-3, 0.2 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
ND - Shoda Itsuki (8 IP, 2 R, 10 H, 7 K's, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
LF Kan-Lin Huang 3-5, SB
C Chih-Kang Kao 2-4
3B Jose Castillo 2-5, 2B, 3 RBI - game MVP
1B KC Kao 3-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-5
2B Sen Yang 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-5, RBI
2B Chih-Wei Chen 0-4, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-4
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-3
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-4, RBI
(C) Chun-Chang Yeh 1-2, RBI

Tomorrow's matchup:
Chih-Chia Chang (Bears) vs. Yu-Chan Liu (Elephants)



Other:
*A second 24-man NT training roster has been formulated. The players include ex-MILB player Yen-Feng Lin and several CPBL minor leaguers.

Roster (NT "team B"): (see here for NT "team A")
Pitchers (12):
1)Ching-Ming Wang (Lions)
2)Cheng-Yang Chen (Elephants)
3)Yi-Cheng Wang (Bears)
4)Yen-Feng Lin
5)Pai-Ching Chiang
6)Min-Ching Kao
7)Lung-Wei Kao
8)Yi-Te Chang
9)Da-Yuan Kuan
10)Hsien-Chi Chang
11)Chu-Chien Hsu
12)Ming-Chin Lee

Catchers (3):
1)Jui-Mu Chen (Bulls)
2)Hung-Yu Lin (Bears)
3)Hsin-Min Wang

Infielders (5):
1)Kuo-Min Lin (Bulls)
2)Hsiao-Pai Lan (Bulls)
3)Chia-Hao Chang
4)Wei Kao
5)Ming-Jen Kuo

Outfielders (4):
1)Keng-Wei Lin (Elephants)
2)Tsung-Chun Wu (Bulls)
3)Tai-Yung Kuo
4)Chin-Chang Lin


*Yu-Shan Cup results:
1)Taipei City 8 - Miaoli County 1
TC: Tien-Wei Wang 4-5, HR (1), RBI, SB

2)Tainan City 7 - Pingtung County 0
TC: Ping-Chieh Chen 2-5, SB / Fu-Lin Kuo 2-5, RBI

3)Chiayi County 7 - Hualien County 4
CC: Cheng-Lung Tsai 3-4 / Chi-Yu Tsai 2-4, 3B, 2 RBI / Kuan-Ju Chen W 7 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 8 H, 8 K's, 0 BB's
HC: Yu-Fan Lin 3-5, 2 3B's

4)Changhua County 9 - Taichung County 8
TC: Tsung-Hua Chan 6-6, 3B, 2 SB's, 2 RBI
CC: Meng-Chieh Shih 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI, SB

5)Chiayi City 4 - Taipei County - Banqiao 3
CC: Sheng-En Yang 3-5, 2B, SB, 3 RBI
TCB: Wei-Chen Wang 1-4, SB

6)Taichung City 1 - Taitung County 0
TaicC: Meng-Chieh Kan 1-2, 2B, RBI (team held to 2 hits collectively) / Meng-Chen Fan W 8.1 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 2 K's, 1 BB





MILB:

YW Kuo was moved from Sarasota (A+) to Dayton (A).

A+ - CH Cheng W 4-2, 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 4 K's, 1 BB / CH Lin 1-4 / CH Chiang 0-4
Game Recap




MLB:

CMW Update

Monday, May 25, 2009

Memorial Day Scores...

CPBL:
Standings:
TeamWDLGBWP
Bears21116--0.568
Lions2121600.568
Bulls2021710.541
Elephants1312690.333

Tomorrow's matchup:
Chun-Jung Pan (Lions) vs Shoda Itsuki (Bulls)




Other:
The 2009 Yu-Shan Cup kicked off today. Participating teams (HS affiliations):

1)Taichung City (Gao-Nong, Shi-Yuan)
2)Taipei City (Qiang-Shu, Da-Li)
3)Tainan City (Nan-Ying)
4)Chiayi City (Chiayi)
5)Yilan County (Chung-Dao)
6)Changhua County (Chang-Yi)
7)Hsinchu County (Yeang-Der)
8)Hualien County (Hualien PE)
9)Yunlin County (Yi-Feng)
10)Kaohsiung County (Kao-Yuan)
11)Taichung County (Hsin-She)
12)Taipei County - Banqiao (Ku-Pao)
13)Taitung County (Cheng-Kung, Taitung Chuan-Ke, Tung-Da)
14)Chiayi County (Tung-Shih)
15)Pingtung County (Mei-Ho, Pingtung)
16)Hsinchu (Hsinchu, Kuang-Fu)
17)Taoyuan County (Ping-Zhen, Taoyuan)
18)Miaoli County (Da-Cheng)
19)Kaohsiung City (San-Hsin, San-Min)

6 games were on the slate:
1)Tainan City 5 - Chiayi County 1
For TC: Ping-Chieh Chen was 1-4 with a RBI/ Fu-Lin Kuo was 3-5, 2B, SB, RBI/ Wei-Yu Lai 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI/ Keng-Hao Chang SP, 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's/BB's

2)Kaohsiung County 7 - Hualien County 0
For KC: Chih-Hung Hsu 3-3, 2B, 2 RBI/ Sheng-Nan Chen SP, 3 IP, 0 R/H, 4 K's, 0 BB's

3)Taoyuan County 22 - Hsinchu 0
For TC: Chih-Tang Pan 3-5, 3 2B's, SB, 3 RBI

4)Taipei County - Banqiao 9 - Hsinchu County 2
For TC: Wei-Chen Wang 3-5, SB

5)Taitung County 2 - Kaohsiung City 1
For TC: Kao-Chen Chu SP, 9 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 5 K's, 1 BB
For KC: Chia-Ming Huang 1 IP, 0 R/H/K's/BB's - Yao-Lin Wang 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

6)Yilan County 7 - Yunlin County 0
For YiC: Ming-Chie Lin 1-3, 2B & W 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's / Yu-Te He 2-2




MILB:

A+ - KH Lo 3-5, 2B, 3B, HR (6), RBI (9th inning)

AAA - FT Ni 1.2 IP, 0 R/H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

AAA - CL Hu 1-3, SB (5)

Sunday, May 24, 2009

Lions and Elephants Play To a Draw in a 4 1/2 Hour Marathon...

CPBL:
Lions 7 - Elephants 7 (12):

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Attendance: 4,155

ND: Elephants SP Yu-Cheng Liao 6 IP, 7 R, 13 H, 6 K's, 3 BB's
ND: Lions SP Chris Gissell 3.1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 K's/BB's

Offense:
Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 1-6, 2B, RBI (10 game hitting streak)
DH Robert Bozied 2-3, HR (2), 2 RBI
1B Chin-Yung Wang 2-6, 2B, HR (3), 3 RBI - game MVP
C Chih-Hung Chen 2-5
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 1-6, HR (1), RBI
3B Hung-Sen Chu 2-6, 2B

Lions:
LF Kan-Lin Huang 2-5
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 4-6, HR (1), 3 RBI
3B (LF) Jose Castillo 2-6, HR (2), RBI
1B KC Kao 2-6, 2 2B's, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-6, HR (4), RBI
C Chih-Kang Kao 5-5, 3 2B's, RBI (12 doubles in the month of May sets a CPBL record - 10 was the old mark)



Bears 12 - Bulls 2:

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Attendance: 3,795

WP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (4-3, 7 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 7 H, 1 K/BB)
LP - Ying-Chieh Lin (2-2, 4 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
SS Shih-Hao Huang o-4, RBI
LF (CF) Cheng-Yu Chung 1-4, RBI
DH CFC 1-4
3B Chih-Wei Shih 3-4, RBI
RF (LF) Hao-Chu Tseng 2-5, 2B, HR (3), 4 RBI - game MVP
2B Chih-Tsung Chiang 2-5, 2B, RBI
1B Hsiao-Wei Huang 1-3, 3B, RBI
C Hao-Jen Huang 2-4, HR (1), 2 RBI

Bulls:
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 0-3
CF (1B) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4
DH Shih-Yang Deng 2-4, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 1-1, RBI




MILB:
A+ - CH Chiang 2-5, HR (4), 2 RBI / CH Lin 1-3, 2B, RBI Recap

A+ - CC Lee L (2-3), 2 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 K, 2 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 0-2, RBI (6th inning)

AAA - CL Hu 0-3

Saturday, May 23, 2009

Chin-Hui Tsao, the Cash Cow Falls to Lions...

CPBL:
Bears 8 - Bulls 6:

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Attendance: 4,752

WP - Po-Hsuan Keng (2-0, 1 IP, 0 R/H/K's/BB's)
ND - Si-Yo Wu (Bears SP, 2 IP, 5 R - 3 ER, 5 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Ming-Chin Tsai (1-2, 2 R - 1 ER, 2 H, 4 K's, 1 BB)
ND - Alfredo Gonzalez (Bulls SP, 6 IP, 5 R - 0 ER, 4 H, 3 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
DH CFC 2-4, HR (12), 2 RBI
LF (CF) Cheng-Yu Chung 4-5, 2B, 3B, SB, HR (1), 4 RBI - game MVP (hit for the cycle - 6th time in CPBL history)
(PH-2B) Chih-Tsung Chiang 1-3, HR (1), 2 RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chiang 2-5, 2 RBI
2B Chih-Wei Chen 2-5, 2B, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI (16 game hitting streak - hitting .420 on the year)
3B Wilton Veras 0-4, RBI (hitting streak stops at 29 games)
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 0-5 (committed 4 errors - tying a CPBL record)
LF Chien-Jung Su 3-5



Lions 7 - Elephants 3:

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Attendance: 9,020

WP - Wei-Ming Chu (4-2, 6 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 3 K's, 4 BB's)
LP - Chin-Hui Tsao (2-3, 1.2 IP, 4 R, 4 H, 1 K/BB)

Offense:
Lions:
LF Kan-Lin Huang 1-5, RBI
1B KC Kao 0-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-3, HR (3), 3 RBI - game MVP (3 run blast in the first off of Tsao)
C Chih-Kang Kao 2-4, 2 2B's, 2 RBI, SB
SS Tung-Yi Yang 2-4, RBI


LH Chen's 3 run bomb


Lions reliever, Yueh-Ping Lin throwing hard (93 mph) to close out the game (great D by 3B Jose Castillo)

Elephants:
1B Chia Chia 0-4
CH Chin-Yung Wang 3-4
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 1-4, RBI
CF Keng-Shin Liu 1-3, 2 RBI




NPB:
Marines 2 - Dragons 1: WY Chen ND, 7 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 4 K's/BB's (despite yet another ND, Chen lowers his ERA to 1.33 on the year; other cumulative stats: 2-2, 61 IP, 45 K's, 17 BB's)
Game Recap 1

Joining Chen and WC Lin on NPB activer roster spots is MC Hsu.




MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 0-4, RBI (8th inning)

A+ - CH Chiang 1-4, 2B, RBI / CH Lin 1-2, 2 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 0-2 (5th inning)

Friday, May 22, 2009

CJ Lo to the DL.....CMW Back in NY....

CPBL:
Elephants 9 - Lions 5:

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Attendance: 3,047

WP - Kobayshi Ryokan (3-4, 5 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 3 K's, 6 BB's)
LP - Wei-Lun Pan (4-3, 7 IP, 5 R, 11 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense
Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, 2B, RBI
LF Ssu-Chi Chou 3-4, RBI
1B Chia Chia 4-4, 2B, RBI - game MVP
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-2, 3B, RBI
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 1-2, 2B, RBI
(C) Chih-Hung Chen 1-1, RBI

Lions:
3B Jose Castillo 3-3, SB
1B KC Kao 0-3, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-4, 2 2B's, RBI
C (RF) Chih-Kang Kao 2-4, 2 2B's, 2 RBI
(LF) Nai-Wen Cheng 1-1, RBI


Bears 2 - Bulls (12):

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Attendance: 2,990

ND - Ko-Chien Lin (Bulls SP, 9 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 3 K's/BB's) - game MVP
ND - Aaron Rakers (Bears SP, 7 IP, 1 R - 0 ER, 4 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
2B Shih-Yang Deng 3-5, 3B
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-5 (15 game hitting streak)
DH Tarzan 0-4
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-1
3B Wilton Veras 2-5 (29 game hitting streak)
(C) Da-Hung Cheng 1-1, RBI

Bears:
CH CFC 0-2
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-5, RBI

Thursday, May 21, 2009

2009 Collegiate Preliminary NT........

Other:
Spring/Industrial League Tourney Stat Wrap (including preliminary games only):
See here for abbreviations

Top BA: Chih-Hao Hsieh (TPEC) .463
Most RBI: Tsung-Han Yu (TaiPower) 22
Most HR: Tsung-Han Yu (TaiPower) 4
Best ERA: Chih-Ming Chuo (Bulls) 0.00 (19 IP)

TOP 5

BA:
1)Chih-Hao Hsieh (TPEC) .463
2)Hsin-Chuan Wang (TCB) .429
3)Kun-Sheng Lin (Bulls) .429
4)Chia-Yu Lin (TCB) .424
5)Yin-Lun Lan (KY U.) .415


HR:
1)Tsung-Han Yu (TaiPower) 4
2)Hung-Chung Yang (Bulls) 2
3)Chih-Pei Huang (Beer) 2
4)Shen-Fu Tsai (TCB) 2
5)Hsin-Chuan Wang (TCB) 2


RBI:
1)Tsung-Han Yu (TaiPower) 22
2)Hsin-Chuan Wang (TCB) 21
3)Shen-Fu Tsai (TCB) 19
4)Chun-Chin Huang (Chiayi U.) 15
5)Chih-Hao Chang (TCB) 15

Hits:
1)Hsin-Chuan Wang (TCB) 27
2)Hsuan-Jen Hsieh (Auto Parts I.) 23
3)Yin-Lun Lan (KY U.) 22
4)Kun-Sheng Lin (Bulls) 21
5)Hao-Jen Chen (Chia Nan U.) 21

SB:
1)Hsin-Chuan Wang (TCB) 16
2)Chih-Pei Huang (Beer) 11
3)Kai-Lun Lin (Leader U.) 11
4)Te-Lung Yu (Chiayi U.) 11
5)Ming-Yi Wu (TaiPower) 10

OBP:
1)Chia-Yu Lin (TCB) .583
2)Kun-Sheng Lin (Bulls) .541
3)Yin-Lun Lan (KY U.) .508
4)Cheng-Yu Chuo (Taian) .508
5)Ming-Yi Wu (TaiPower) .500

Wins:
1)Po-Kai Lai (Bulls) 3
2)Yueh-Chi Tsai (Chia Nan U.) 3
3)Kuo-Tung Lin (Vanung U.) 3
4)Ying-Shan Wang (Bulls) 3
5)Chin-Hao Tsai (Beer) 3


ERA:
1)Chih-Ming Chuo (Bulls) 0.00
2)Chih-Lung Huang (Beer) 0.00
3)Shao-Ying Meng (Chia Nan U.) 0.34
4)Chen-Cheng Huang (Chiayi U.) 0.57
5)Cheng-Feng Chiang (TPEC) 0.76


K's:
1)Wen-Yang Liao (Giants) 39
2)Yi-Shan Deng (KY U.) 29
3)Ching-Wei Chen (Chia Nan U.) 27
4)Hsiao-Jung Shih (Auto Parts I.) 26
5)Tsung-Han He (Wu-Feng) 24

IP:
1)Tsung-Han He (Wu-Feng) 48.1
2)Hsiao-Jung Shih (Auto Parts I.) 41
3)Ching-Wei Chen (Chia Nan U.) 38.1
4)Kuan-Hsun Chen (TSINT) 37
5)Pai-Yang Huang (Vanung U.) 37

Saves:
1)Yueh-Chi Tsai (Chia Nan U.) 2
2)Ching-Kai Fu (KY U.) 2
3)Chia-Wei Yen (Vanung U.) 2
4)Chih-Ming Chuo (Bulls) 1
5)Tsung-Hsuan Tseng (Giants) 1



The players that participated in this tourney will help to make up the backbone of the national team that will be representing the country for the upcoming World Port Tournament in the Netherlands (7/2-7/12) and the Asian Championships in Japan (7/31-8/4).

A 24-man preliminary NT roster has been announced (stats from spring league tourney). Another 24 player squad will be announced on the 26th of this month. Those players will be selected from some of the amateur city and local teams that have recently sprung up. The two squads will scrimmage in mid-June where player evalulations will help to determine the final roster for the NT.

Pitchers:
1)Chien-Lung Huang (TCB) 5-0, 0.84 ERA
2)Chia-Chun Tang (TCB) 3-0, 0.92 ERA
3)Fan-Shuo Chen (TCB) 2-0, 0.00 ERA
4)Ying-Shan Wang (Bulls) 3-1, 1.17 ERA
5)Chih-Lung Huang (Beer) 2-0, 0.00 ERA
6)Yu-Ching Lin (Beer) 3-2, 1.45 ERA
7)Wen-Yang Liao (Giants) 3-1, 1.07 ERA
8)Chen-Hua Lin (Giants) 4-0, 1.07 ERA
9)Wai-Jen Cheng (Taian) 2-2, 1.80 ERA
10)Shao-Ying Meng (Chia Nan U.) 3-2, 0.84 ERA

Catchers:
1)Kun-Sheng Lin (Bulls) .429, 10 RBI
2)Chun-Chieh Wang (Beer) .154, 1 RBI
3)Kuan-Wei Yang (Giants) .304, 9 RBI

Infielders:
1)Chia-Yu Lin (TCB) .396, 10 RBI
2)Han Lin (TCB) .320, 15 RBI
3)Hsin-Chuan Wang (TCB) .410, 2 HR, 25 RBI
4)Te-Lung Yu (Chiayi U.) .313, 7 RBI
5)Po-Yu Lo (Bulls) .411, 10 RBI
6)Chih-Hsiang Lin (Giants) .301, 9 RBI
7)Tsung-Han Yu (TaiPower) .333, 4 HR, 29 RBI

Outfielders:
1)Chih-Hao Chang (TCB) .424, 1 HR, 18 RBI
2)Ying-Chieh Liao (TCB) .273, 6 RBI
3)Chen-Yu Hung (Giants) .382, 14 RBI
4)Yin-Lun Lan (KY U.) .415, 1 HR, 12 RBI




CPBL:
Bulls 15 - Elephants 5:

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Attendance: 3,217

WP - Shoda Itsuki (5-1, 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)
LP - TJ Yeh (0-1, 1.2 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 4 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 3-3, 3B, RBI
2B (1B) Chih-Wei Chen 2-4, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 3-4, 2 2B's, 3 RBI - game MVP (14 game hitting streak)
DH Tarzan 1-4, RBI
LF (CF) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-2, 2 RBI
3B Wilton Veras 1-5, HR (1), RBI (homered in last AB to extend hitting streak to 28 games)
C Yi-Wei Lee 1-3, 2B, RBI
CF (LF) Chien-Jung Su 2-5, HR (1), RBI
(2B) Shih-Yang Deng 1-1, 2 RBI
(CF) Hua-Wei Tseng 1-2, 2 RBI
(C) Chun-Chang Yeh 2-2, 2B

Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5
1B Chia Chia 0-3
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-3, 2B
C Chih-Hung Chen 3-3, 2B, RBI
(PH) Tsung-Fan Yang 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI
(PH) Yu-An Liu 0-0, RBI


Lions 6 - Bears 5 (10):

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Attendance: 2,183

WP - Yueh-Ping Lin (1-2, 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
LP - Jermaine Van Buren (1-3, 1.2 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 4 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 1-3, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-2
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-2, RBI (GW hit)
C Chih-Kang Kao 0-4, RBI
LF Kan-Lin Huang 2-4, HR (1), 3 RBI, SB - game MVP

Bears:
DH CFC 1-4
1B Chung-Wei Pan 1-5, 2 RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-4, RBI
2B Shih-Hao Huang 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI



MILB:
CMW is scheduled to throw tomorrow in a MILB game against the AAA - Pawtucket Red Sox.

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB / CH Chiang 0-4

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 0-2 (5th inning)

AAA - CL Hu 0-3, BB

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

Long Balls Ruin CCC's Chance at Win #5......

CPBL:
Lions 6 - Bears 2:

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Attendance: 2,145

WP - Chun-Jung Pan (2-0, 5 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 1 K/BB) - game MVP
LP - Chih-Chia Chang (4-3, 7 IP, 6 R, 6 H, 10 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
2B Sen Yang 1-4, RBI
3B Jose Castillo 1-4, HR (1), 3 RBI
1B KC Kao 0-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-2
C Chih-Kang Kao 2-3, HR (2), 2 RBI

Bears:
DH CFC 0-4
(PH) Chien-Wei Tsai 1-1, 2B, RBI


*Why did the Lions release Rico Washington?





MILB:
A+ - CH Cheng L 3-2, 5.1 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 5 H, 1 K/BB - 1 HR allowed

A+ - KH Lo 1-4, CS

A+ - CH Lin 2-4, 2 2B's, SB (6), 2 OF Assists/ CH Chiang 2-4, 2B, BB

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Tuesday Scores and News....

CPBL:
Elephants 10 - Bulls 3:

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Attendance: 6,099

WP - Yu-Chan Liu (2-4, 5.1 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Anastacio Martinez (1-2, 5 IP, 6 R - 5 R, 7 H, 5 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 1-5, HR (3), RBI
1B Chia Chia 4-4, HR (7), 3 RBI, SB - game MVP
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
LF Chih-Peng Chen 2-4, 2 RBI
CF Keng-Shin Liu 1-3, RBI

Bulls:
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-4, HR (1), RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 2-3
DH Tarzan 1-4, HR (5), 2 RBI
LF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
3B Wilton Veras 2-4, 2B




MLB:

Taking a look at HC Kuo's pitching mechanics (perhaps contributing to his elbow woes)

Update on CMW - inching closer to his return to the starting rotation




MILB:

AAA - CL Hu 0-5, E #6

A+ - CH Lin 1-3, 2B, RBI, OF Assist/ CH Chiang 2-4, HR (3), 2 RBI

A+ - KH Lo 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI, BB - SB (#7 of home) (3rd inning)



Other:
*Taiwan Coop Bank defeated the Meifu Giants 1-0 to win the championship game in the 2009 senior amateur spring league tourney. In a pitcher's duel, Chien-Lung Huang picked up the W after throwing a 3-hit shutout over 7 innings. The hard-luck loser was Giants starter Tsung-Hsuan Tseng, who gave up 1 run on 2 hits over 6.2 IP. TCB finished the tourney with an impressive 20-1 record, avenging their only loss to the Giants (a 5-4 loss on the 14th of May).
TaiPower earned third in the tourney, defeating Chiayi U. 5-3 in 11 innings.

In his last outing, Fubon Bulls RHP Rong-Hao Hsieh was clocked at 86-89 mph.

A look at some of the stars of the tourney (In order of appearance: Hsin-Chuan Wang-TCB, Tsung-Han Yu-TaiPower, Wen-Yang Liao-Giants, Ying-Shan Wang-Bulls, Po-Kai Lai-Bulls)


*Controversy over the selection of players for the youth NT has led Shi-Yuan junior HS coach Wu-Hsiung Huang to resign from his post of coaching the 2009 youth NT and from his head coach position at Shi-Yuan junior HS. Coach Huang led the Taichung squad (14 of the 18 players were from Shi-Yuan - the other 4 players, including Chin-De Chang were from Gao-Nong) to the Kuo-Cheng Hsieh championship. Traditionally, the winning team's head coach selects the players for the NT. LHP Hsieh, who was a member of coach Huang's Taichung squad (but attended Gao-Nong) led the team with 3 wins in the tourney - however, he was not selected for the NT, causing his jr. HS coach Lee to question Huang's decision making regarding the youth NT selection.
After this debacle, I think it's time for the whole selection process of the NT to be revamped.

Monday, May 18, 2009

2009 Youth NTAnnounced......

CPBL:
Standings:
TeamWDLGBWP
Bears19014--0.576
Bulls1911400.576
Lions1811510.545
Elephants1102490.314

Tomorrow's matchups:

Anastacio Martinez (Bulls) vs. Yu-Chan Liu (Elephants)

*Taiwanese Olympic Committee chairman Chen-Wei (Thomas) Tsai is interested in forming a 5th CPBL team for next year. Chen-Wei is from the ultra-affluent Tsai family.




MILB:
A+ - CH Lin 2-3, BB, RBI, CS, E #3, OF Assist

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 1-1, BB, RBI, SB (6), CS, E #4 (5th inning)

AAA - CL Hu 1-4 (7th inning)




Other:
*In the semifinals of the collegiate/industrial league spring tourney, the final four standing were: the Meifu Giants, Chiayi University, Taiwan Coop Bank, & Taiwan Power Co.


CH Lin

In the first semi, the Meifu Giants (Chinese Culture University) defeated Chiayi U. 10-0.
Giants starter Chen-Hua Lin threw 7 shutout innings, scattering 3 hits (2 K's, 1 BB) to pick up the W.

Taiwan Coop Bank defeated TaiPower 7-1 in the other semifinal. Chia-Chun Tang picked up the win for TCB after relieving starter Chia-Ming Cheng. Tang's line for the night: 8.1 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 4 K's/BB's. DH Shen-Fu Tsai was 2-4 with 3 RBI to help bolster the lead for TCB.


*In preparation for the 14th World Youth Championships to be held in August in Taichung, Taiwan - the 2009 Youth NT has been announced. The team is highlighted by a few big names including Lee-Wei Chiang, Chin-De Chang, Chi-Wei Lin, and Lee-Jen Chu.

PITCHERS (7):
1)Lee-Wei Chiang 14 (7/10/94) 6'0"/150 B:R/T:R
2)Chih-Wei Hu 15 (11/4/93) 6'0"/158 B:R/T:R
3)Hang Lin 16 (3/1/93) 5'8"/154 B:L/T:L
4)Chao-Wei Yu 16 (4/16/93) 5'9"/150 B:R/T:R
5)Pin-Hsueh Chen 15 (7/8/94) 6'0"/172 B:R/T:R
6)Chun-Lung Chang 15 (5/20/93) 5'9"/165 B:R/T:R
7)Keng-Sheng Lee 16 (1/15/93) 5'10"/154 B:R/T:R

CATCHERS (2):
1)Yu-Chi Lin 15 (3/25/94) 5'5"/143 B:R/T:R
2)Chin-Lung Chang 15 (4/12/94) 5'7"/154 B:R/T:R

INFIELDERS (5):
1)Lee-Jen Chu 15 (3/13/94) 5'8"/181 B:R/T:R
2)Kun-Yu Wen 16 (1/5/93) 5'9"/132 B:R/T:R
3)Chi-Wei Lin 15 (2/15/94) 5'7"/143 B:L/T:R
4)Yung-Cheng Hsu 15 (4/19/94) 5' 6.5"/137 B:L/T:R
5)Chin-De Chang 16 (5/17/93) 5'10"/154 B:L/T:R

OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Chan-Chia Liu 16 (3/29/93) 5'8"/143 B:L/T:R
2)Chin-Yu Tseng 16 (2/11/93) 5'9"/154 B:R/T:R
3)Lee-En Pi 14 (8/14/94) 5'8"/143 B:R/T:R
4)Chia-Min Lin 15 (8/24/93) 5'6"/143 B:L/T:R

*Player locale breakdown: 7 Taichung City, 5 Kaohsiung County, 2 Taipei County - Banqiao, 2 Pingtung County, 1 Taitung County, 1 Taoyuan County

Again, player selection was largely influenced by the top teams in the recently completed Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (for 16 and under). The top 5 finishers in that tourney were:
1)Taichung City (4-1)
2)Kaohsiung County (3-2)
3)Pingtung County (2-2)
4)Taipei County - Banqiao (2-2)
5)Taoyuan County (1-2)

Sunday, May 17, 2009

CMW Solid in MILB Outing.....

CPBL:
Elephants 10 - Bears 1:

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Attendance: 8,668

WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (4-1, 7 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 6 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Ying-Feng Tsai (2-3, 2 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 1 K/BB)

Offense:
Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 4-5, 2 2B's, RBI, SB
2B (3B) Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-5, 2B
DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-4, 2B, HR (2), 2 RBI
LF (RF) Ssu-Chi Chou 1-5, 2B, RBI
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-3
C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-3, 2 2B's, RBI
CF Keng-Shin Liu 1-3, RBI
(LF) Chih-Peng Chen 1-3, RBI

Bears:
DH CFC 2-3
(C) Hao-Ran Huang 1-1, RBI



Bulls 10 - Lions 8 (10):

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Attendance: 6,535

WP - Pedro Liriano (1-1, 2 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 5 BB's)
LP - Yueh-Ping Lin (0-2, 2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-5, 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 4-4, 2 HR's (4&5), 5 RBI - game MVP
DH Tarzan 1-5
LF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-5, 2B
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-5, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 2-5 (26 and counting)
C Yi-Wei Lee 1-3, RBI
(DH) Da-Hung Cheng 1-1, RBI

Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-4, 2B
RF Tai-Chi Kuo 0-5, RBI
1B KC Kao 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, 2 RBI
2B Sen Yang 1-3, HR (2), 3 RBI



MILB:
AAA - CMW W 1-0, 7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 K, 0 BB's
RECAP 1/ RECAP 2

AAA - FT Ni 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

AA - HW Chen L , 1.2 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 3 K's, 1 BB

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB, SB (5), E #2 / CH Chiang 0-3, RBI

A+ - KH Lo ?

Saturday, May 16, 2009

Redemption Win for SY Wu and CFC vs. Tsao/Elephants......

CPBL:
Bears 4 - Elephants 2:

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Attendance: 17,123 (second highest attendance mark in league history for a regular season game)

WP - Si-Yo Wu (2-3, 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 7 K's, 4 BB's)
LP - Chin-Hui Tsao (2-2, 6 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's - fatigued in the 6th inning giving up solo HR's to CFC and Shih)

CFC and Shih's 6th inning blasts



Tsao vs. CFC (4th inning K)



Tsao vs. CFC (2nd inning)

Offense:
Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr. 3-4, RBI, SB
DH CFC 1-3, HR (11), RBI - game MVP
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-3, HR (3), RBI

Elephants:
RF Robert Bozied 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 0-3



Bulls 5 - Lions 3:

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Attendance: 5,507

WP - Yu-Chieh Shen (1-1, 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's) - game MVP
ND - Chien-Ming Chiang (B SP, 0 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Wei-Lun Pan (4-2, 5 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 2 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 3-5, HR (2), 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI - (11 game hitting streak)
DH Tarzan 2-5, RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3, SB
3B Wilton Veras 2-4, 2B - (25 game hitting streak, chasing the record set by Elephants great Yi-Tseng Lin - 31 set in 1997)

Lions:
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-2
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-2
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2 RBI
LF (RF) Chun-Yu Kuo 1-3, RBI





MILB:

A+ - CH Lin 2-4, HR (1), BB, 5 RBI

A+ - KH Lo 2-5, 2B, RBI

AAA - CL Hu 0-3, BB, SB (4)


CJ Lo has been promoted to AA (Corpus Christi Hooks)





NPB:

Dragons 2 - BayStars 1 (10): WY Chen ND, 9 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 9 K's, 0 BB's - 1 HR allowed

Friday, May 15, 2009

CPBL Showdown Set For Tomorrow.....

CPBL:
Bears 10 - Elephants 4:

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Attendance: 2,510


WP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (3-3, 6 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)
LP - Kobayashi Ryokan (2-4, 1.2 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 0 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr. 2-4
3B Tsung-Yu Tsai 2-5
LF Cheng-Yu Chung 2-4, RBI
DH CFC 2-4, 3 RBI - game MVP
1B Hsiao-Wei Huang 2-5, 2B, 3B, RBI
SS Chih-Ping Lin 1-3, HR (1), 2 RBI

Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5, RBI
RF Robert Bozied 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 0-3
2B (3B) Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI
(C) Chih-Hung Chen 2-3



Lions 9 - Bulls 6:

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Attendance: 3,890

WP - Mickey Callaway (4-2, 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 K, 4 BB's)
LP - Ko-Chien Lin (4-2, 3 IP, 8 R - 7 ER, 12 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Lions:
CF (RF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-3
RF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-3, HR (5), RBI
1B KC Kao 3-5
DH Lien-Hung Chen 3-4, 2B
2B Sen Yang 3-3, RBI
C Chih-Kang Kao 2-5, 2 RBI
SS Ching-He Chuang 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI - game MVP
3B Tung-Yi Yang 1-4, RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-5, RBI
2B Chih-Wei Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-3, RBI
DH Tarzan 1-3
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 0-3, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 1-3, RBI (new owner of CPBL record - 24 game hitting streak for foreign players)
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4



Tomorrow's Matchups - featuring some marquee names:

Chien-Ming Chiang (Bulls) vs. Wei-Lun Pan (Lions)

Chin-Hui Tsao (Elephants) vs. Si-Yo Wu (Bears)





MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 0-2 (5th inning)

A+ - CH Cheng ND, 5.2 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 1 K/BB

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB / CH Chiang 0-4, E #1




MLB:
HC Kuo Update




Other:

Taichung City (made up of kids from Gao-Nong and Shi-Yuan HS) won the Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (for 16 and under). Leading the way for Taichung was tourney MVP Chin-De Chang.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

5/14 Scores...

CPBL:
Bulls 2 - Bears 1:


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Attendance: 2,028

WP - Anastacio Martinez (1-1, 6.2 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 8 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Aaron Rakers (5-1, 8 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 6 K's, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-4
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, HR (5), RBI
DH Tarzan 1-4, RBI
(3B Wilton Veras was 1-4, extending his hitting streak to 23 games, tying former Bears star Gary Burnham for the longest streak by a foreign player in the CPBL)

Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr. 3-4, 3 SB's
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4
DH CFC 1-4
SS Chih-Ping Lin 2-4, 3B, RBI




MILB:
CT Tang is set to have surgery on Friday.

Vid Highlights of Wang's start on Tuesday


Nice read on FT Ni
*Updated


A+ - CH Lin 3-5, SB (4) / CH Chiang 1-5

A+ - KH Lo 0-1 (2nd inning)

AAA - FT Ni 0.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

AAA - CL Hu 0-0 (1st inning)





Other:

Rong-Hao Hsieh threw 3.2 shutout innings of relief to help the Fubon Bulls beat Taiwan Beer 3-2 in the collegiate/industrial spring league tourney. Hsieh allowed no hits and K'd 5.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

CYC Breaks His Fibula...

CPBL:
Elephants 3 - Lions 2:

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Attendance: 4,870

WP - Yu-Chan Liu (1-4, 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 3 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Chien-San Kao (1-1, 0.1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Elephants:
DH CYC 0-1 (broke the distal end of his left fibula sliding into third base - he'll be out 3 months)
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 1-3, RBI

1B Chia Chia 1-3, SB
C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-4, 2 RBI
(DH) Chin-Yung Wang 2-3, 2B

Lions:
CF (RF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-3, 2B, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 0-3
RF (LF) Tai-Chi Kuo 3-4, 2B



NPB:

Carp 2 - Tigers 1: WC Lin 0-1



MILB:

CJ Lo potentially a starter down the road?

CMW is scheduled for another minor league start on Sunday
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AAA - CL Hu 0-1, 2 BB's (6th inning)

A+ - CH Lin 1-3, 2B, BB / CH Chiang 1-4

A+ - KH Lo 0-2 (6th inning)




Other:
*Taiwan Coop Bank is still undefeated in the current collegiate/industrial league tourney.

*The Yu-Shan Cup (HS kids) kicks off on the 25th of this month and runs through June 7th.

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Strong Start for CMW...

MILB:
AAA - CMW ND 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 6 K's, 3 BB's
RECAP 1
RECAP 2 *Updated

AAA - CL Hu 0-3, E #5 (7th inning)

A+ - CC Lee 1.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 1 BB

A+ - KH Lo 0-1 (3rd inning)

A+ - CH Lin 0-4 (hitless dating back to 5/5) / CH Chiang 1-5



NPB:
Tigers 1 - Carp 0: WC Lin (batting 6th) 0-2 with a BB



CBPL:

Bulls 12 - Bears 5:

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Attendance: 1,774

WP - Shoda Itsuki (4-1, 9 IP, 5 R, 10 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Chih-Chia Chang (4-2, 7.1 IP, 6 R - 4 ER, 6 H, 3 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-5, 2 2B's, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 2-5, HR (3), 2 RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
DH Tarzan 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, 3 RBI
(PH) Da-Hung Cheng 0-0, RBI

Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr. 2-4, 3B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 0-4, RBI
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, 2B
DH CFC 1-4, RBI
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-3, RBI
(PH) Chung-Wei Pan 1-1, HR (1), RBI