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04/10/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Closer Morel Picks Up Save and Game MVP Award"
Taiwan Baseball News: Closer Morel Picks Up Save and Game MVP Award
By Andrew Wong
Sinon Bulls 9 Makoto Gida 7
When was the last time a closer was named Game MVP? Say what you will but Ramon Morel was the difference last night as he pitched 2 1/3 flawless innings to pace the Sinon Bulls past the Makoto Gida 9-7 in front of 1,136 onlookers. Thus Morel picked up the Game MVP honour. He ended up with his sixth save of the 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League season in relief of starter Chung-nan Tsai, who gave up an uncharacteristic seven runs, all earned, in 6 2/3 innings. Tsai saw his 2003 ERA rise to 3.44 in picking up the win to improve to 3-2-0 while Morel's ERA dropped to 0.57.
There were many other candidates for the Game MVP award as Bulls' third baseman Tai-shan Chang cranked his sixth home run of the year off Gida starter Michael Marchesano, who pitched four innings and gave up five runs, four of them earned. Fellow foreigner Shayne Bennett pitched three frames in relief and gave up one earned run. Chang went 2-for-4 with two runs scored and had two RBIs coming off a home run.
In addition to Chang, Bulls' left fielder Song-yong Luo went 3-for-4 with an RBI and a run scored.
For the Gida, second baseman Yi-shian Lin had two hits in four at-bats with an RBI and a run scored while designated hitter Bao-hong Chen contributed one hit in his only AB with an RBI.
Gida reliever Ming-chin Lee gave up three unearned runs in two innings to fall to 1-2-0 as his team comitted four errors.
The Bulls and Gida go at it again tonight at Shingcung (6:35 p.m. Taiwan time) in game two.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Bulls 2 0 1 2 0 3 0 0 1 9 15 0
Gida 2 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 10 4
Pitching IP Pitches Strikes Balls Hits R ER
Bulls
Chung-nan Tsai 6 2/3 119 74 45 10 7 7
Ramon Morel 2 1/3 36 25 11 0 0 0
Gida
Michael Marchesano 4 87 49 38 7 5 4
Ming-chin Lee 2 37 24 13 3 3 0
Shayne Bennett 3 43 28 15 5 1 1
WP: Chung-nan Tsai (3-2-0)
LP: Ming-chin Lee (1-2-0)
SV: Ramon Morel (6)
HR: Bulls 3B Tai-shan Chang (6)
Game MVP: Ramon Morel
Attendance: 1,136
Game time: 3:25
Today's Pictures
Today's Pictures
Sinon Bulls closer Ramon Morel
Brother Elephants 5 China Trust Whales 9
At Shingcung, Chien-san Kao received plenty of run support as the China Trust Whales dumped the Brother Elephants 9-5 yesterday before 2,614 fans. Kao gave up four runs, all earned, in five innings but improved to 3-1-0.
For the Whales, center fielder Song-hsuen Yang went 1-for-4 with one RBI, second baseman Yueh-liang Lin 1-for-5 with two runs scored and first baseman Tsung-hui Tung 2-for-4 with one RBI as the Whales outhit the Elephants 12-10.
Center fielder Chih-yuen Chen went 2-for-4 with one RBI for the Elephants who dropped to 5-11-1 while the Whales improved to 10-7-1 on the season.
Whales' closer Kuo-Lee Chien-fu pitched two scoreless innings in a non-save situation to close out a wild game between his team and Elephants.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elephants 0 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 5 10 0
Whales 0 1 0 3 3 0 0 2 X 9 12 1
WP: Chien-san Kao (3-1-0)
Attendance: 2,614
Game time: 3:46
Today's Games
At Shingcung: Sinon Bulls (12-5-0) at Makoto Gida (6-11-0)
At Kaoshung 1: President Lions (12-5-0) at First Securities Agan (5-11-0)
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. President Lions 12 5 0 --- .706
2. Sinon Bulls 12 5 0 --- .706
3. China Trust Whales 10 7 1 2.0 .588
4. Makoto Gida 6 11 0 6.0 .353
5. First Securities Agan 5 11 0 6.5 .313
6. Brother Elephants 5 11 1 6.5 .313
Replies: 3 comments
Stats of Dominican players
Sinon Bulls:
P Osvaldo Martinez 3-1-0, 1.91 ERA in in 5 games
P Ramon Morel 2-0-0 with 7 saves in 7 opportunities with 0.54 ERA in 11 games
President Lions:
P Maximo Nunez 1-2-0, 2.60 ERA, 4 games, 3 starts
China Trust Whales:
P Maximo Rosa 1-0-0, 1 game
First Securities Agan:
SS Rafael Ozuna .317 batting average
Players from Venezuela:
First Securities Agan:
P: John Acosta 0-2-0 with 1 save, 6.52 ERA in 8 games
Posted by Andrew @ 04/11/2003 06:10 PM EST
I“d like the stats of players from Dominican Republic in China League.
Posted by Enrique Rojas @ 04/11/2003 10:46 AM EST
I am interested in knowing if any Venezuelan plays in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
My congratulations for your nice page.
Luis Raśl
Posted by luis villamizar @ 04/10/2003 09:42 PM EST
