In the opening game of the Konami Cup, The LA New Bears were led by Chin-Feng Chen who was the catalyst behind the offensive outburst. Chen was 4-5 with 2 HR's (including a grand slam) and 6 RBI's. Catcher Feng-Min Chen was 2-3 with a HR and 3 runs driven as well. 1B Chih-Sheng Lin was 2-5. All in all, the offense managed to crank out 18 hits against the Chinese team. Box
The Bears will face off against the tourney favorite - the Nippon Ham Fighters of the NPB tomorrow. The Fighters defeated the KBO champs 7-1 today. The final game would pit the Bears against the Samsung Lions on Saturday. If the Bears place in the top 2 teams, they would then play in the championship game on Sunday.
Nice story on Bears hitting coach - Ming-Tsu Lu
As for the Taiwanese NT........ugh! The strength of the team was supposed to be the pitching staff. However today, several pitchers from Taiwan got smacked around. Starting pitcher Wei-Lun Pan lasted only 2.1 innings, giving up 6 hits and 2 runs. His relievers, Ko-Chien Lin - Chen-Chang Lee - Yao-Hsung Yang would give up 13 hits and 10 runs over the next 6+ innings!! The few bright spots for the NT were all on the offensive side of the field as Mariner farmhand Yung-Chi Chen was 2-4 with the team's one of only two extra base hits (a triple), Chien-Ming Chang was 3-5 with a RBI, and CPBL ROY Guan-Ren Chen was 3-4 (had the other extra base hit - a double). Other notables included: cleanup hitter Chia-Hsien Hsieh and slugger Tai-Shan Chang going a combined 0-8 at the plate. 19 year old Chung-Shou Yang was 1-5 with a SB.
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Taiwan plays Japan tomorrow followed by Australia and South Korea on Saturday and Sunday. Taiwan could find itself with 4 losses on Monday.
OTHER NEWS
After his last encouraging start, Ching-Lung Lo earned pitcher POW honors in the HWB for the week of 10/31 to 11/5. Lo continued his newfound confidence by throwing a gem of a game yesterday. Lo won his 3rd game of the season for the BeachBoys by throwing a 1 hit, 9 K shutout over 5 innings against North Shore.
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6 comments:
Taiwan's National Team is nothing without Chin-Hui Tsao, Chin-Feng Chen, Chien-Ming Wang, Hong-Chih Kuo in it.
That's the truth, and it hurts.
that's not true. taiwan has some excellent young players on la new.
Against the Nippon Ham Fighters, La New held a 1 nothing lead over the japanese team until the 7th inning.
in the end they just barely lost. 2-1.
this is great when you compare to samsung's 7-1 loss to the fighters last night.
Must win against the Koreans !!
gosh, im so mad we lost to japan. We played very well but im just mad that we lost by 1. We have to beat Korea so we can play japan again. I think we can win.
La New is good, I never doubted them, I said the Taiwanese NT that's currently playing lacks true talent, without the Big 4. But like you said, in the end they just barely lost 2-1, but who pitched? Yep, Kenny Rayborn, a foreign pitcher.
I like our chances against the KBO champs. To get another shot at the Fighters would be sweet.
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