E.Y. Lin Wins in His Debut....

NPB:

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*En-Yu Lin was a standout in his NPB debut against the defending NPB champs - the Nippon Ham Fighters. Lin threw 6 shutout innings, allowing only 2 hits. Although he had 3 K's, he did give up 4 walks as well. Lin isn't 100% yet as he hit only 87 mph on the radar gun. The Eagles defeated the Fighters 2-0. Box

*Wei-Chu Lin was 1-4 with another starting spot in RF. The Tigers lost to the BayStars 6-4. Box

*Nigun - C.S. Yang was 3-5 as his team won 7-3 Friday.

MLB:
Chien-Ming Wang will pitch in an XST game on Saturday against a squad of Tampa Bay DevilRays minor leaguers. Story

*Updated Tsao has been sent back to Vegas. Tsao collected splinters while riding the pine - he got absolutely no play in LA. Story

Minors:
Hu could return to game action today as he recovers from a shin injury. Yung-Chi Chen may sit a while as he reaggravated an injury suffered from last year - he was scheduled to undergo an MRI.

Today's scores*Updated:
AA - Hu was 1-4 with a SB, but his team lost 5-3. Box

A - Wisconsin lost 4-2. Kuo-Hui Lo was 0-3 with a walk and 2 K's. Box

CPBL:
Whales 3 - Elephants 2: Whales C Hiroshi Fujimoto was named Game MVP with a 2-4 2 RBI performance/Elephants SS Jui-Chen Chen was 2-4 with 2 RBI's - teammate CM Peng was 0-3.
Cobras 7 - Lions 5: Cobras 1B C.H. Hsieh was 3-5 with 3 RBI's - teammate RF Yang was also 3-5/Game MVP honors went to Cobras 2B Shih-Yang Deng was 2-4 with 2 RBI's/For the Bulls, Tai-Shan Chang was 3-5, while teammate Kuo-Long Hsu was 2-5 with 2 RBI's.