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05/10/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: A Tie and A Dose of Javier Samboy and Juan Melo"
Taiwan Baseball News: A Tie and A Dose of Javier Samboy and Juan Melo
By Andrew Wong
Makoto Gida 4 First Securities Agan 5
The Makoto Gida tried to dig back from a 5-2 deficit but managed only two runs in the seventh inning and ended up losing 5-4 to the First Securities Agan in front of only 729 onlookers at Kaoshung Stadim last night. Nobody came out to watch two teams battle it out for last place in the Chinese Professional Baseball League.
Agan ace Rue-hao Liang surrendered six hits and four runs, two of them earned, in 6 2/3 innings to pick up the win to improve to 4-2-0. Wen-hsiung Hsu, who has struggled of late, came on in relief and gave up two hits in a scoreless 2 1/3 innings of work to pick up his first save of the season.
The Gida led 2-0 after the first frame as right fielder Cheng-han Wu went 3-for-4 with one run scored and three RBIs. He was my pick for Game MVP even though his team lost to fall to 12-21-0.
However, the Agan promptly came back to tie it 2-2 in the second as they jumped on American native Ken Henthorne of the Gida. Henthorne scattered eights hits and gave up five earned runs in 5 2/3 innings. Henthorne, in his second appearance for the Gida, fell to 0-1-0.
Dominican native Manuel Kranlogs went 0-for-1 in a pinch-hitting role for the 7-23-1 Agan.
The Gida and Agan will continue their series tonight (5:05 p.m. Taiwan time) at Kaoshung Stadium.
AGAN NOTE: The Agan have added pitcher Javier Samboy to the 25-man roster. The Dominican native is 185 cm tall and weighs 76 kg. He throws and hits left and has played in the CPBL before.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gida 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 4 8 2
Agan 0 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 X 5 9 1
WP: Rue-hao Liang (4-2-0)
LP: Ken Henthorne (0-1-0)
SV: Wen-hsiung Hsu (1)
Attendance: 729
Venue: Kaoshung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 2:57
Pitching Lines
Gida
Pitcher IP H R ER Pitches Strikes Balls
Ken Henthorne 5 2/3 8 5 5 110 68 42
Chi-chia Yang 2 1/3 1 0 0 21 10 11
Agan
Pitcher IP H R ER Pitches Strikes Balls
Rue-hao Liang 6 2/3 6 4 2 91 60 31
Wen-hsiung Hsu 2 1/3 2 0 0 43 29 14
China Trust Whales 1 Sinon Bulls 1 (12 innings)
The battle between the Chinese Professional Baseball League's top two teams ended without a winner last night as the China Trust Whales and Sinon Bulls played to a 1-1 tie before 5,561 anxious fans last night at Tian Mu Stadium.
Japanese native Hiroaki Nakayama of the Whales matched American native Jeffrey Andra of the Bulls pitch by pitch as each pitcher gave up a run. Nakayama's was not earned though. He scattered eight hits in nine innings while throwing 117 pitches, 78 of them for strikes. Andra pitched eight innings and gave up one earned run on five hits. He threw 101 pitches, 69 for strikes. The relivers also got into the action as well with Bulls Wen-pin Hsu going four scoreless innings, giving up just the one hit. He was named the Game's MVP.
The game was called after 12 innings and the Whales are now 3.5 games back of the Bulls for the CPBL lead at 19-12-3. The Bulls, meanwhile, are at 23-9-1.
BRIEFS: The Bulls are leading the league in team batting average and a close second to the President Lions in total RBI's at 162. In addition to leading the league in total RBI's with 158, the Lions enjoy the best ERA in the league at 3.01.
WHALES NOTE: The Whales have added third baseman Juan Melo, from the Dominican Republic, to the 25-man roster. This is Melo's first year in the CPBL. He is 191 cm tall and weighs 90 kg. Melo throws right and hits left.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 R H E
Whales 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 9 1
Attendance: 5,561
Venue: Tian Mu Stadium, Taiwan
Game MVP: P Wen-pin Hsu (Bulls)
Game time: 3:14
Today's Games (5:05 p.m. Taiwan time)
At Tainan Stadium: Brother Elephants (14-17-1) at President Lions (20-13-0)
At Kaoshung Stadium: Makoto Gida (12-20-0) at First Securities Agan (6-23-1)
Friday's Results
At Tainan Stadium: Brother Elephants 9 President Lions 3
At Shingcung Stadium: China Trust Whales 2 Sinon Bulls 0
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. Sinon Bulls 23 9 1 --- .719
2. China Trust Whales 19 12 3 3.5 .613
3. President Lions 20 13 0 3.5 .606
4. Brother Elephants 14 17 1 8.5 .452
5. Makoto Gida 12 21 0 11.5 .364
6. First Securities Agan 7 23 1 15.0 .233
