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07/20/2003 Archived Entry: "Taiwan Baseball News: Hurst Has Burlingame's Number; Yang Has Stellar Performance"
Taiwan Baseball News: Hurst Has Burlingame's Number; Yang Has Stellar Performance
By Andrew Wong
First Securities Agan 4 Brother Elephants 9
The Brother Elephants tacked on seven runs, all earned, off First Securities Agan Benjamin Burlingame (2-1-0) before he knew what hit him and by that time it was too late as the Elephants cruised to a 9-4 victory before 7,148 fans at Tian Mu Stadium last night.
Elephants right fielder Cheng-ming Pang went 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, two runs scored and a RBI while first baseman Fong-an Tsai finished the evening 1-for-2 with three runs plated and another driven in. Tsai also walked twice as Burlingame issued six free passes to go with eight hits.
Fellow American native Jonathan Hurst shut the Agan down as he allowed just one run, which was earned, on six hits and three walks in seven innings. Hurst (10-2-0) struck out six batters en route to picking up the win.
Agan designated hitter Chung-wei Pang had a 3-for-4 performance but had the lone run to show for it. His teammate, first baseman Hung-jeh Tsai, finished at 1-for-3 with two runs.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Agan 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 9 1
Elephants 3 0 3 0 1 0 2 0 X 9 10 2
WP: Jonathan Hurst (10-2-0)
LP: Benjamin Burlingame (2-1-0)
Attendance: 7,148
Venue: Tian Mu Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:16
Pitching Lines
Agan IP H R ER BB SO Pitches Strikes Balls BF
Benjamin Burlingame 6 8 7 7 6 2 117 60 57 29
Wen-hsiung Hsu 1 1 2 2 2 1 26 12 14 6
Feng-hua Lee 1 1 0 0 0 0 15 9 6 4
Elephants IP H R ER BB SO Pitches Strikes Balls BF
Jonathan Hurst 7 6 1 1 3 6 102 61 41 29
Shih-ping Chen 2 3 3 2 1 1 33 17 16 9
Makoto Gida 9 China Trust Whales 1
Chi-chia Yang pitched seven strong innings and designated hitter Chin-yi Cheng launched his eighth home run of the 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League season as the Makoto Gida routed the China Trust Whales 9-1 in front of 1,453 onlookers at Shingchu Stadium last night.
Yang (5-5-0) surrendered one run, not earned, on three hits through seven innings. He walked two and fanned six. Jesus Pena mopped up with two innings of shutout ball, giving up just the two hits. Pena struck out one batter.
Gida right fielder Cheng-han Wu went 3-for-5 with a double and two runs scored while Cuban third baseman Osmani Estrada finished the evening 2-for-4 with a double, a run scored and a RBI. Short stop Cheng-wei Kao went 2-for-5 but the big night came from DH Cheng as he finished 2-for-4 with a run scored and five RBIs on his eighth homer of the year. He was named the Game's MVP.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Gida 0 0 4 0 0 0 4 1 0 9 12 2
Whales 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 2
WP: Chi-chia Yang (5-5-0)
LP: Chien-san Kao (4-3-1)
HR: DH Chin-yi Cheng (Gida) (8, off Chien-san Kao)
Game MVP: DH Chin-yi Cheng (Gida)
Attendance: 1,453
Venue: Shingchu Stadium, Taiwan
Game time: 3:34
Today's Game
No games scheduled.
Second-half 2003 Chinese Professional Baseball League standings
W L T GB Pct.
1. Brother Elephants 11 2 0 --- .846
2. Sinon Bulls 9 3 1 1.5 .750
3. President Lions 7 5 1 3.5 .583
4. China Trust Whales 3 7 1 6.5 .300
5. First Securities Agan 3 9 2 7.5 0.250
6. Makoto Gida 3 10 1 8.0 .231
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
