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05/29/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Bulls Show League-Leading Form"
Taiwan Baseball News: Bulls Show League-Leading Form
By Andrew Wong
First Securities Agan 9 Makoto Gida 9
The two worst teams in the Chinese Professional Baseball League showed their poor pitching as the First Securities Agan and Makoto Gida played to a 9-9 tie last evening before only 484 fans at Shingchu Stadium.
Gida first baseman Jia-hsian Hsieh hit a solo homerun, his eighth of the season, off American native and Agan starter Greg Bicknell, who gave up all nine runs in 6 2/3 innings, as he finished the night 1-for-4 with two runs scored and one RBI. Left fielder Chan-rong Chiou went 2-for-3, had a double and scored three times while third baseman Tsung-kwei Chang finished at 1-for-4 with two runs scored and two runs driven in. His only hit was a triple.
For the 8-31-2 Agan, first baseman Hung-jeh Tsai went 1-for-4 with a RBI double. He also came around to score.
At least not all was bad for the 15-24-2 Gida as American native Bobby Munoz went 1 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up just the lone hit while striking out one.
Agan pitcher Wen-hsiung Hsu was named the Game MVP as he struck out three batters with the bases loaded in 1 1/3 innings in relief.
The Agan and Gida will play again tonight at Shingcung Stadium (6:35 p.m. Taiwan time).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Agan 0 1 0 0 2 3 1 2 0 9 12 0
Gida 1 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 9 11 0
Game MVP: P Wen-hsiung Hsu (Agan)
Attendnace: 484
Game time: 3:56
China Trust Whales 1 Sinon Bulls 8
The Sinon Bulls showed why they are the CPBL leaders as they demolished the China Trust Whales last night at Taichung Stadium in front of 3,810 onlookers 8-1.
American native Jeffrey Louis Andra shutdown the 24-14-4 Whales as he gave up just one earned run in seven solid innings of work. He scattered three hits, walked two and struck out five en route to improving to 8-0-0 on the year. He threw 103 pitches, 63 of them for strikes. Wen-pin Hsu finished things out with two scoreless innings. Hsu gave up two hits and struck out two.
Andra was aided by third baseman Tai-shan Chang's 2-for-4 effort as he scored run one and had two RBIs. The 28-11-1 Bulls, meanwhile, were aided by four Whales errors as they scored seven unearned runs.
Designated hitter Chi-fong Hung finished the evening 2-for-4 with a double for the losers while Dominican third baseman Juan Melo went 1-for-4 with one run plated.
With the loss, the Whales dropped 3.5 games back of the Bulls.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Whales 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 4
Bulls 0 4 0 0 3 0 1 0 X 8 10 0
WP: Jeffrey Andra (8-0-0)
Attendance: 3,810
Venue: Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 2:44
Today's Games (at 6:35 p.m. Taiwan time)
At Shingcung Stadium: First Securities Agan (8-31-2) at Makoto Gida (15-24-2)
At Tainan Stadium: Brother Elephants (19-20-1) at President Lions (23-17-2)
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. Sinon Bulls 28 11 1 --- .711
2. China Trust Whales 24 14 4 3.5 .649
3. President Lions 23 17 2 5.5 .575
4. Brother Elephants 19 20 1 9.0 .487
5. Makoto Gida 15 24 2 12.0 .385
6. First Securities Agan 8 31 2 20.0 .205
