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04/16/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Elephants Hoping To Regain Championship Form"
Taiwan Baseball News: Elephants Hoping To Regain Championship Form
By Andrew Wong
Makoto Gida 1 Brother Elephants 7
The Brother Elephants scored four times in the eighth inning to pull away to a 7-1 victory over the Makoto Gida last night in front of 2,283 onlookers at Shingcung.
Right fielder Chin Jeh Lee went 2-for-4 with one RBI to lead the Elephants, who now trail the Gida in the season series 4-1.
The Elephants have struggled most of the season but they won to improve to 7-13-1 and avoid the Chinese Professional Baseball League cellar. Shin Nakagomi salted it away with his second save of the year.
Gida starter Rho-hui Feng pitched six innings, giving up three runs, two earned, but lost the game to drop to 0-1-0.
Designated hitter Chin-yi Cheng, the hero in the 7-5 win by the Gida two nights earlier, went 2-for-4 last night. The Gida fell to 7-14-0.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 2
Elephants 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 4 X 7 9 1
WP: N/A
LP: Rho-hui Feng (0-1-0)
SV: Shin Nakagomi (2)
Attendance: 2,283
Game time: 2:52
Today's Game (6:35 p.m. Taiwan time)
At Tainan: China Trust Whales (11-8-1) at President Lions (15-5-0)
At Shingchu: First Securities Agan (5-14-0) at Sinon Bulls (14-5-0)
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. President Lions 15 5 0 --- .750
2. Sinon Bulls 14 5 0 0.5 .737
3. China Trust Whales 11 8 1 3.5 .579
4. Brother Elephants 7 13 1 8.0 .350
5. Makoto Gida 7 14 0 8.5 .333
6. First Securities Agan 5 14 0 9.5 .263
