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04/18/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Games Must Go On Amid Threats"
Taiwan Baseball News: Games Must Go On Amid Threats
By Andrew Wong
Makoto Gida players receive threats
See story at: Taipei Times Article
Makoto Gida 1 Brother Elephants 0
Despite threats to the Makoto Gida's best players, the games must go on. Jonathan Hurst gave up one run, which was earned, but that was enough for him to be outdueled as the Makoto Gida shutout the Brother Elephants by a score of 1-0 yesterday before 6,486 fans at Kaoshung. Hurst fell to 1-1.
The game's only run came in the top half of the seventh inning as Gida designated hitter Chin-yi Cheng hit his fourth home run of the season off Hurst to give his team a 1-0 lead they would never relinquish. The Gida only managed four hits to the Elephants two, with Gida second baseman Yi-shian Lin going 1-for-3.
American native Ned Daley picked up his first save of the season for the Gida with a scoreless ninth.
The Gida improved to 8-14-0 while the Elephants, last season's champions, fell to 7-14-1. The two teams will continue their series tonight at Kaoshung (6:35 p.m. Taiwan time).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gida 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 0
Elephants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1
WP: N/A
LP: Jonathan Hurst (1-1-0)
SV: Ned Daley (1)
HR: Chin-yi Cheng (4) (Gida)
Attendance: 6,486
Venue: Kaoshung, Taiwan
Game time: 2:24
China Trust Whales 5 President Lions 9
Left fielder Hung-yuan Lin hit his fourth homer of the season and Dominican Republic native Maximo Nunez withstood a China Trust Whales onslaught to pace the President Lions to a 9-5 win in front of 3,036 fans at Tainan. Nunez improved to 3-2-0, giving up three runs, all earned, in seven consistent innings of work.
Jung-yang Tsao picked up his seventh save of the year for the Leos despite surrendering one run, earned, in 1 1/3 innings. Before him, reliever Yang-kai Chen gave up one run in 2/3 innings.
For the Lions, who improved to 17-5-0, first baseman Chuan-jia Wang went 2-for-4 with one run scored and two RBIs. Left fielder Lin finished 1-for-3 with a home run, scoring once and picked up two RBIs.
Whales starter Chien-san Kao only went two innings, giving up five runs, all earned, to fall to 3-2-0 on the year. The Whales dropped to 11-10-1 and are now 5.5 games back of the league-leading Lions.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Whales 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 5 8 0
Lions 0 3 4 0 0 0 0 2 X 9 12 1
WP: Maximo Nunez (3-2-0)
LP: Chien-san Kao (3-2-0)
SV: Jung-yang Tsao (7)
Attendance: 3,036
Venue: Tainan, Taiwan
Game time: 3:24
Today's Game (6:35 p.m. Taiwan time)
At Taichung: First Securities Agan (6-14-0) at Sinon Bulls (14-6-0)
At Kaoshung: Makoto Gida (8-14-0) at Brother Elephants (7-14-1)
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. President Lions 17 5 0 --- .773
2. Sinon Bulls 14 6 0 2.0 .700
3. China Trust Whales 11 10 1 5.5 .524
4. Makoto Gida 8 14 0 9.0 .364
5. Brother Elephants 7 14 1 9.5 .333
6. First Securities Agan 6 14 0 10.0 .300
