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06/29/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Chang Does His Magic Show Again"
Taiwan Baseball News: Chang Does His Magic Show Again
By Andrew Wong
Makoto Gida 0 Sinon Bulls 3
Dominican native Osvaldo Martinez pitched seven innings of shutout baseball last night at Taichung Stadium for the Sinon Bulls in front of 3,588 fans but it was slugging third baseman Tai-shan Chang who stole the show as he went 3-for-3 with two home runs, his 15th and 16th of the 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League season.
Chang finished with two runs scored and three RBIs and was named the Game's MVP as the Bulls blanked the Makoto Gida 3-0.
Meanwhile, Martinez scattered only three hits, walked none and struck out 12 batters en route to improving to 9-5-0 with three saves. Closer Ramon Morel pitched a scoreless ninth, surrendering two hits and striking out one, to record his 13th save of the year.
Rho-hui Feng (1-3-0) picked up the loss for the Gida as he gave up two runs, both earned, in 7 1/3 innings of work. Feng scattered five hits, walked two and struck out three. He also surrendered one of Chang's homers.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gida 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1
Bulls 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 X 3 6 0
WP: Osvaldo Martinez (9-5-0)
LP: Rho-hui Feng (1-3-0)
SV: Ramon Morel (13)
HR: 3B Tai-shan Chang (Bulls) (15, off Rho-hui Feng), (16)
Game MVP: 3B Tai-shan Chang (Bulls)
Attendance: 3,588
Venue: Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 2:29
China Trust Whales 6 Brother Elephants 0
Hiroaki Nakayama outdueled his Japanese counterpart Shin Nakagomi last night at Hualen Stadium before 4,521 fans as the China Trust Whales shutout the Brother Elephants 6-0.
Whales starter Nakayama (8-3-0) pitched shutout ball through seven innings, scattering five hits, walking two and fanning six. Nakagomi (6-6-0) gave up four runs, all earned, on eight hits in six innings as struck out seven without any base on balls.
Whales designated hitter Chi-fong Hung launched his seventh home run of the season off Elephants reliever Chun-yi Wu, a solo shot, as Hung finished 3-for-4 with three runs scored and another driven in.
Center fielder Chih-yuen Chen went 2-for-4 in a losing cause for the Elephants while third baseman Chin-yong Wang finished the evening 1-for-2. Ming-lang Hsu had a hit in his only pinch-hit at-bat.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Whales 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 1 6 10 0
Elephants 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
WP: Hiroaki Nakayama (8-3-0)
LP: Shin Nakagomi (6-6-0)
HR: DH Chi-fong Hung (Whales) (7, off Chun-yi Wu)
Attendance: 4,521
Venue: Hualen Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:04
Pitching Lines
Whales IP H R ER BB SO Pitches Strikes Balls BF
Hiroaki Nakayama 7 5 0 0 2 6 101 65 36 27
Cheng-hsun Hsieh 1/3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1
Chao-huang Lin 2/3 1 0 0 0 0 10 8 2 3
Maximo Rosa 1 1 0 0 0 0 16 10 6 4
Elephants IP H R ER BB SO Pitches Strikes Balls BF
Shin Nakagomi 6 8 4 4 0 7 99 66 33 26
Chun-yi Wu 1 1/3 1 1 1 0 0 15 9 6 5
Ching-li Wang 2/3 0 0 0 0 1 13 7 6 2
Ruen-win Hsiao 1 1 1 1 0 1 16 12 4 4
CPBL NOTE: The President Lions have added left-handed pitcher Stevenson Agosto to the 25-man roster. The left-hitting P weighs 92 kg, is 180 cm tall and will wear No. 41. This is his first year in the CPBL.
The China Trust Whales have added right-handed hitting/throwing American native Derek Hasselholf to the 25-man roster in place of Dominican third baseman Juan Melo. Hasselholf is 188 cm tall, weighs 81 kg and will wear No. 20. In 19 games Melo was hitting .316 with three home runs and 16 RBIs. I guess the Whales needed pitching help for the second half.
Today's Games
No games scheduled.
Last Day's Results
At Tainan Stadium: First Securities Agan 3 President Lions 3
At Hualen Stadium: China Trust Whales 4 Brother Elephants 6
Second-half 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. President Lions 4 0 0 --- 1.000
2. Brother Elephants 3 1 0 1.0 .750
3. Sinon Bulls 3 2 0 1.5 .600
4. Makoto Gida 1 3 0 3.0 .250
4. China Trust Whales 1 3 0 3.0 .250
6. First Securities Agan 1 4 1 3.5 0.200
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 4 9.0 .511
5. Makoto Gida 21 27 2 12.5 .438
6. First Securities Agan 9 37 5 23.5 .196
*clinched first-half title
