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06/27/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Big Night For Lions Camp Leader"
Taiwan Baseball News: Big Night For Lions Camp Leader
By Andrew Wong
Makoto Gida 2 Sinon Bulls 1 (10 innings)
It takes more than nine innings to beat the Chinese Professional Baseball League-leading Sinon Bulls. The Makoto Gida scored the winning run in the top half of the tenth inning off Bulls closer Ramon Morel en route to a 2-1 victory in ten innings before 2,694 fans at Taichung Stadium last night.
The Bulls drew first blood as they made it 1-0 in their half of the fifth as catcher Chun-chang Yeh went 2-for-3 with one RBI as he drove in left fielder Song-yong Luo, who had singled. Luo finished 1-for-4.
The Gida then tied the ballgame at 1-1 off American native Jeffrey Andra, who started for the Bulls and gave up one earned run in seven innings. Left fielder Chan-rong Chiou went 3-for-4 with one run scored for the Gida while second baseman Yi-shian Lin finished the evening 1-for-4 with one run plated.
Shih-ching Tsai pitched six frames for the Gida and he surrendered one earned run on three hits. American native Bobby Munoz threw 2/3 perfect innings to pick up his sixth save of the year.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 R H E
Gida 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 7 2
Bulls 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 0
LP: Ramon Morel (4-1-0)
SV: Bobby Munoz (6)
Attendance: 2,694
Venue: Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 2:56
First Securities Agan 2 President Lions 6
The President Lions have promised themselves to have a better second half. They have bolted to a 4-0-0 start after they pounded the First Securities Agan by a score of 6-2 last night at Tainan Stadium in front of 2,015 onlookers.
Designated hitter Lien-hung Chen belted his eighth home run of the 2003 season off Agan starter Dong Ho Kim (0-2-0), who surrendered six runs, four of them earned, on 12 hits through 7 1/3 innings. Chen was unanimously voted the Game's MVP as he finished 4-for-4 with two doubles, two runs scored and three RBIs. Other Lions in supporting roles included Japanese second baseman Hiroaki Yoshimi, who finished the evening at 2-for-4 with a double and one run plated. Center fielder Kang-ling Huang and first baseman Chuan-jia Wang each went 1-for-4 with a run scored.
The Agan seem to be back to their old ways but it's still early. The second-half records are being combined with the first-half records so that means the Agan are an abysmal 10-41-4.
First baseman Hung-jeh Tsai went 2-for-4 with a double and one run scored for the Agan.
Long-shui Dai (4-1-0) pitched six shutout innings to pick up the win as he scattered six hits and struck out six, allowing no walks. Reliever Yang-kai Chen surrendered the two Agan runs on two hits and a walk in one inning.
The Agan will play the Leos again tonight at Tainan Stadium with the first pitch at 6:35 p.m. (Taiwan time).
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Agan 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 8 3
Lions 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 X 6 12 0
WP: Long-shui Dai (4-1-0)
LP: Dong Ho Kim (0-2-0)
HR: DH Lien-hung Chen (Lions) (8, off Dong Ho Kim)
Game MVP: DH Lien-hung Chen (Lions)
Attendance: 2,015
Venue: Tainan Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 2:54
Today's Games (all games at 6:35 p.m. Taiwan time)
At Tainan Stadium: First Securities Agan (1-4-0) at President Lions (4-0-0)
At Hualen Stadium: China Trust Whales (0-2-0) at Brother Elephants (2-0-0)
Thursday's Results (Wednesday in North America)
At Taichung Stadium: Makoto Gida 2 Sinon Bulls 3
At Hualen Stadium: China Trust Whales 1 Brother Elephants 3
Second-half 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. President Lions 4 0 0 --- 1.000
2. Brother Elephants 2 0 0 1.0 1.000
3. Sinon Bulls 2 2 0 2.0 .500
4. Makoto Gida 1 2 0 2.5 .333
5. First Securities Agan 1 4 0 3.5 0.200
6. China Trust Whales 0 2 0 3.0 .000
Final First-Half 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. Sinon Bulls* 34 15 1 --- .694
2. China Trust Whales 26 19 5 6.0 .578
3. Brother Elephants 27 20 3 6.0 .574
4. President Lions 24 23 3 9.0 .511
5. Makoto Gida 21 27 2 12.5 .438
6. First Securities Agan 9 37 4 23.5 .196
*clinched first-half title
