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04/20/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Whales Help Out Bulls"
Taiwan Baseball News: Whales Help Out Bulls
By Andrew Wong
First Securities Agan 5 Sinon Bulls 14
The Sinon Bulls scored all kinds of runs from the fourth inning onward en route to a 14-5 trouncing of the First Securities Agan before 3,359 fans at Taichung Stadium last night.
Dominican native Osvaldo Martinez improved to 5-1-0 with a seven inning performance in which he gave up five runs, only three of which were earned.
The Agan, who fell to 6-16-0, were once again jumped on early. Starter Feng-hua Lee only went 4 2/3 and the damage was only. Eight runs, seven earned. Lee fell to 2-3-0 on the season.
The Bulls finally managed to gain ground on the President Lions as the latter lost 7-0 to the China Trust Whales (read below) last night. The Bulls improved to 16-6-0 and are now 0.5 games back of the league leaders.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Agan 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 5 9 2
Bulls 0 0 0 2 6 2 3 1 X 14 14 2
WP: Osvaldo Martinez (5-1-0)
LP: Feng-hua Lee (2-3-0)
Attendance: 3,359
Venue: Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:20
China Trust Whales 7 President Lions 0
The China Trust Whales sure did help out the Sinon Bulls last night. They blanked the Chinese Professional Baseball League-leading President Lions 7-0 at Tainan in front of 5,177 fans last night.
The Lions thought that by sending phenomenal rookie starter Wei-luen Pan to the mound that it was going to be a win gift wrapped in an Easter basket but it was not meant to be. Pan pitched well but not good enough as he lost for the first time this season (5-1-0). He gave up three runs, two earned, in seven innings of work and failed in his bid to become the CPBL's first six-game winner. Meanwhile, Game MVP Hiroaki Nakayama blanked the Lions for a complete game shutout to improve to 4-1-0.
Outfielder Chen-hao Wang went 1-for-5 with one run scored and two RBIs to lead the Whales, who improved to 12-10-1.
The Lions are now only 0.5 games ahead of the second-place Bulls after last night's loss. The Leos are 17-6-0 on the year.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Whales 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 7 11 0
Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3
WP: Hiraoki Nakayama (4-1-0)
LP: Wei-luen Pan (5-1-0)
Game MVP: Hiroaki Nakayama
Attendance: 5,177
Venue: Tainan Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:05
Today's Games
No games scheduled.
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. President Lions 17 6 0 --- .739
2. Sinon Bulls 16 6 0 0.5 .727
3. China Trust Whales 12 10 1 4.5 .545
4. Makoto Gida 9 14 0 8.0 .391
5. Brother Elephants 7 15 1 9.5 .318
6. First Securities Agan 6 16 0 10.5 .273
