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05/08/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Lions Attempt to Catch Bulls; Munoz, Kranlogs Added To Rosters"
Taiwan Baseball News: Lions Attempt to Catch Bulls; Munoz, Kranlogs Added To Rosters
By Andrew Wong
Brother Elephants 3 President Lions 15
With the red-hot Sinon Bulls roaring at the top of the Chinese Professional Baseball League, the President Lions know that they have to be playing their best baseball in order to catch the leaders. Last night was a very good start as the Lions got a solid seven inning performance from American native Joe Davenport (8-1-0), who gave up five hits and three runs, one of which was earned, to beat the Brother Elephants 15-3 before 5,518 fans at Tainan Stadium. Davenport ended up throwing 95 pitches, 49 of them for strikes.
The 13-17-1 Elephants drew first blood as they capitalized for three runs in the first two innings due to one of three errors by the Leos. Second baseman Shun-shian Fong went 1-for-3 with one RBI for the Elephants while right fielder Cheng-ming Pang went 2-for-3.
The 20-12-0 Lions jumped on the Elephants for six runs in a big sixth inning as right fielder Lien-hung Chen finished the night 3-for-5 with two runs scored and three RBIs as he hit his seventh home run of the 2003 season. Left fielder Chuan-jia Wang came in for starting LF Hung-yuan Lin, who went 0-for-3, and finished 1-for-1 with one run and two RBIs.
The Elephants and Lions will play again tonight (6:35 p.m. Taiwan time) at Tainan Stadium to continue their series while the Bulls will get a chance to increase their series lead as they play host to the third-place China Trust Whales at Shingcung Stadium.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Elephants 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
Lions 1 3 1 0 0 6 4 0 X 15 18 3
WP: Joe Davenoprt (8-1-0)
HR: DH Lien-hung Chen (7) (Lions)
Attendance: 5,518
Venue: Tainan Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:12
Makoto Gida 4 First Securities Agan 2
Newly acquired pitcher Bobby Munoz made his debut with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief and recorded his first CPBL save as the Makoto Gida doubled the First Securities Agan 4-2 in front of only 429 onlookers at Kaoshung Stadium last night.
Gida starter Ming-chin Lee gave up two runs, none of them earned, in six innings as he picked up a no-decision thanks to three unforced errors by the players behind him. Shih-ching Tsai gave up one hit but no runs in 1 1/3 innings as he picked up the victory to improve to 3-4-0. Munoz then came on to close it out.
Agan starter Greg Bicknell also picked up a no-decision as he also gave up four hits to go along with two runs, but these were earned, in six innings. Both runs came on solo home runs. Wen-hsiung Hsu then came on and gave up two hits and two earned runs in three innings of relief and took the loss to fall to 2-7-1.
First baseman Jia-hsian Hsieh and designated hitter Chin-yi Cheng both hit solo homers for the 12-20-0 Gida. Hsieh went 1-for-3 with two runs scored and one RBI while Cheng finished at 2-for-3 with one run and one run driven in. Left fielder Chan-rong Chiou went 1-for-4 with two-run single to close out the Gida scoring. He was named the Game's MVP for driving in the winning runs.
Second baseman Manuel Kranlogs made his debut for the Agan and went 0-for-1.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gida 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 2 0 4 6 3
Agan 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 8 0
WP: Shih-ching Tsai (3-4-0)
LP: Wen-hsiung Hsu (2-7-1)
SV: Bobby Munoz (1)
HR: 1B Jia-hsian Hsieh (5) (Gida), DH Chin-yi Cheng (6) (Gida) both off Greg Bicknell (Agan)
Game MVP: LF Chan-rong Chiou (Gida)
Attendance: 429
Venue: Kaoshung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:10
CPBL Transactions:
First Securities Agan - Moved short stop Rafael Osuna off the 25-man roster and added second baseman Manuel Kranlogs. Kranlogs weighs 84 kg and is 179 cm tall. He is from the Dominican Republic and played in the CPBL for a few years, including last season. He hits left and throws right and will wear No. 34. Osuna was batting .281 with four home runs and 12 RBIs in 27 games. The Agan also moved Venezuelan P John Acosta from the 25-man roster. Acosta was 0-5-0 with one save and had a 8.31 ERA in 13 appearances.
Makoto Gida - Added P Bobby Munoz to 25-man roster. Munoz is from Puerto Rico, throws right, hits right, weighs 105 kg, is 208 cm tall and will wear No. 53.
Today's Games (6:35 p.m. Taiwan time)
At Tainan Stadium: Brother Elephants (13-17-1) at President Lions (20-12-0)
At Shingcung Stadium: China Trust Whales (18-12-2) at Sinon Bulls (23-8-0)
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. Sinon Bulls 23 8 0 --- .742
2. President Lions 20 12 0 3.5 .625
3. China Trust Whales 18 12 2 4.5 .600
4. Brother Elephants 13 17 1 9.5 .433
5. Makoto Gida 12 20 0 11.5 .375
6. First Securities Agan 6 23 1 16.0 .207
