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07/16/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Chang Launches 19th as Burgos Struggles"
Taiwan Baseball News: Chang Launches 19th as Burgos Struggles
By Andrew Wong
President Lions 4 Sinon Bulls 11
American native John Burgos surrendered three home runs en route to giving up six runs, all earned, on six hits in three innings to lose 11-4 to the Sinon Bulls before 2,253 fans at Taichung Stadium last night.
Among the three that the President Lions starter surrendered was one to all-star third baseman Tai-shan Chang of the Bulls. It was his 19th of the 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League season. Chang's other hit was a double as he went 2-for-3 with three runs scored and three RBIs.
The Bulls made it 11-0 in the bottom half of the fifth inning as they plated five unanswered runs. First baseman Shu-mu Chueh, batting in the leadoff spot (unusual for a first baseman), went 2-for-5 with a double and two runs scored while center fielder Jia-hao Chung finished the evening 1-for-2 with a run plated and another driven in. Short stop Jau-han Cheng hit a three-run home run, which was off Burgos (3-3-0), as he went 1-for-5.
The Lions scored four runs in the seventh and eighth innings but fell short of the comeback. All-star designated hitter Lien-hung Chen went 2-for-4 with a double while left fielder Hung-yuan Lin went 2-for-2 with a run scored.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 10 1
Bulls 3 2 1 5 0 0 0 0 X 11 14 0
WP: Chien-fu Yang (2-0-0)
LP: John Burgos (3-3-0)
Attendance: 2,253
Venue: Taichung Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:23
2003 All-Star Game: President Lions representative Lien-hung Chen went 3-for-3 with the winning hit to lead Team White to a 3-0 whitewash of Team Red before a capacity crowd of 10,500. A day earlier, Chen won the Home Run Derby.
Today's Game (all games at 6:35 p.m., Taiwan time)
At Shingchu Stadium: First Securities Agan (3-6-2) at Brother Elephants (8-2-0)
At Shingcung Stadium: Makoto Gida (2-8-1) at China Trust Whales (1-6-1)
Second-half 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. Brother Elephants 8 2 0 --- .800
1. Sinon Bulls 8 2 1 1.0 .800
3. President Lions 6 4 1 2.0 .600
4. First Securities Agan 3 6 2 4.5 0.333
5. Makoto Gida 2 8 1 6.0 .200
6. China Trust Whales 1 6 1 5.5 .143
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
