Japan:Over in the NPB, Chien-Ming Chiang won impressively in his first NPB career start for the Yomiuri Giants. Chiang, who was recently called up from the Nigun team, pitched 7 innings, giving up 3 hits and 1 run, to go along with 7 K's. The Giants won 3-1 versus the Yokohama BayStars. Chiang is the first Taiwanese pitcher to earn a victory in Japan this year. Prior to going down with an injury, Ying-Chieh Lin was 0-2 for the Rakuten Eagles, while Ming-Chieh Hsu was 0-3 with the Seibu Lions. Great start for the 21 year old! Box
Minors:
AAA - Kuo won his 4th game - (third consecutive) of the season for Vegas. Kuo pitched 5 innings against Tacoma, giving up 4 hits, 1 run - via a solo HR. Kuo struggled with his command, giving up 3 walks, but he did manage 4 K's. Box
AA - San Antonio won 3-2. Chen was 0-2 with a walk and a RBI. Box
News - Ching-Lung Hu will play for the Mesa Solar Sox in the AFL. He will be following in the footsteps of C.F. Chen who had a blistering showing in the AFL in 2000 and 2001 (.329 7 HR's 19 RBI's 73 AB's).
Majors - UPDATED:
Instead of Cha Seung Baek or Gil Meche, Chien-Ming Wang is finally set to face King Felix (10-11, 4.50 ERA) on Wed.
2 comments:
Chieng-Ming Chiang was for me the most impressive pitcher during the World Cup. He is known by his teammates as 'Monkey Boy', I am not suprised that he started his NPB career like this.
Cor,
I got a pretty good video clip on Chiang. I'll try and find the link and pass it on to you later on today.
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