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06/01/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Whales Climb To Within 1.5 of CPBL-Leading Bulls"
Taiwan Baseball News: Whales Climb To Within 1.5 of CPBL-Leading Bulls
By Andrew Wong
First Securities Agan 3 Makoto Gida 6
Even with a new manager, the First Securities Agan still lost as they were doubled 6-3 by the Makoto Gida last night before a sparse crowd of 753 fans at Tian Mu Stadium.
Shih-ching Tsai pitched one-run ball through six innings for the win to improve to 5-4-0. He scattered six hits, walked one and struck out four while throwing 86 pitches, 49 of them for strikes. Ming-chin Lee picked up his third save of the 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League season as he went two scoreless innings, striking out one.
Gida center fielder Kao-chung Huang went 2-for-4 with one run scored and a triple while right fielder Cheng-han Wu finished the evening 1-for-4 with one run plated and another driven in. He also had a double. First baseman Jia-hsian Hsieh had a big night, going 3-for-4 with a triple and one RBI. Third baseman Tsung-kwei Chang went 2-for-4 with two runs for the winners.
Agan ace Rue-hao Liang gave up six runs, five of them earned, on 12 hits in seven innings to pick up the loss to drop to 5-5-0. The workhorse threw 125 pitches, 78 of which were for strikes. Wen-hsiung Hsu closed things out with one scoreless frame.
With the loss, the Agan dropped to 8-33-2 while the Gida improved to 17-24-2 with the victory.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Agan 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 10 2
Gida 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 X 6 12 1
WP: Shih-ching Tsai (5-4-0)
LP: Rue-hao Liang (5-5-0)
SV: Ming-chin Lee (3)
Game MVP: P Shih-ching Tsai (Gida)
Attendance: 753
Venue: Tian Mu Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:09
China Trust Whales 3 Sinon Bulls 2
The China Trust Whales climbed to within 1.5 games of the CPBL-leading Sinon Bulls as they squeezed to a 3-2 victory last night at Taichung Stadium in front of 6,018 onlookers. That's more I like it!
Whales first baseman Chi-fong Hung once again played a big part in the win as he launched a solo home run, his sixth of the year, to win the ball game. He finished 2-for-3 and was named the Game's MVP. Second baseman Yueh-liang Lin had an RBI to help the Whales' cause but Dominican third baseman Juan Melo went 0-for-4 as he struck out three times.
Japanese native Hiroaki Nakayama got the win as he gave up two runs, which were not earned, in six innings of work. Nakayama scattered seven hits, walked two and struck out four en route to improving to 7-2-0. He ended up throwing 110 pitches, 67 of them for strikes. Closer Kuo-Lee Chien-fu notched his eighth save of the season with one scoreless inning. He struck out two Bulls batters.
The Bulls, meanwhile, tried to keep it close by sending Dominican natives Osvaldo Martinez and Ramon Morel to the mound but the game had already been won off the starter and thus they fell to 28-13-1.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Whales 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 7 1
Bulls 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 0
WP: Hiroaki Nakayama (7-2-0)
SV: Kuo-Lee Chien-fu (8)
HR: 1B Chi-fong Hung (Whales) (6)
Game MVP: 1B Chi-fong Hung (Whales)
Attendance: 6,018
Venue: Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:27
Today's Games
No games scheduled.
2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. Sinon Bulls 28 13 1 --- .683
2. China Trust Whales 26 14 4 1.5 .650
3. President Lions 23 19 2 5.5 .548
4. Brother Elephants 21 20 1 7.0 .512
5. Makoto Gida 17 24 2 11.0 .415
6. First Securities Agan 8 33 2 20.0 .195
