The Return of Cheng...

US Minors:

R - I missed this yesterday, but Chi-Hung Cheng made his seasonal debut on Monday (7/30) in the GCL. Limited to ~ 30 pitches, Cheng threw 1.1 innings and allowed 1 run on 1 hit, allowed 2 walks and a WP. Box
Cheng injured his shoulder last October, which required surgery to repair a torn labrum.

R - The Red Sox lost to the Pirates 4-3 in extra innings. CH Lin was 2-5 with a RBI, but more importantly, continued to flash his cannon of an arm by collecting 2 OF assists. Box

A ss - SA Kuo is pitching for Tri-City. The game is in the 1st inning. Box

A - Wisky lost 2-1. KH Lo was 3-4. Box

A+ - Kinston won 2-0. Tseng picked up win #4 as he threw 5 shutout innings - giving up 3 hits to go along with 3 K's and 1 walk. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 1-0 in the 2nd inning. Hu is currently 0-1 - he's facing former ML'er Chan Ho Park. Box
The MLB trade deadline has come and gone and Hu is still a Dodger - it looks like the organization will keep Hu as the long-term replacement for Furcal at SS. Hu will have some competition in the future from Ivan DeJesus - the highly-touted 20 year old.

NPB:

The Tigers prevailed 4-3 over the Swallows. WC Lin was 2-4 with a triple. Box

The Giants lost 5-1. Chiang pitched 2 shutout innings in middle relief - he allowed 1 hit and had 3 K's. Box

CPBL:

Whales 4 - Lions 3: The SP from both clubs were locked down in a tight duel that saw both players earn a ND. Wei-Lun Pan failed to win his 13th game of the season as he allowed 2 runs on 3 hits over 5 innings. For the Whales, Lorenzo Barcelo also earned a ND as he allowed 2 runs on 8 hits over 7 innings. Powering the Lions were: Tilson Brito who hit HR #26 (1-5) and KC Kao who was 2-4 with a double. The Whales Chin-Shou Shih earned game MVP honors for driving in the GW run in the bottom of the 9th - he came in the game as a PH.

Elephants 8 - Cobras 1: The Elephants received a strong starting performance from Yong-Chieh Yeh who won his 4 game of the year. Yeh pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing 5 hits. He received plenty of run support from: game MVP Huai-Shan Chen, who hit HR #4 and was 2-5 with 3 RBI's, Chia-Chia who was 2-4 with a double and a RBI, and 2B Po-Jen Yang who was 2-4 with 2 RBI's. For the Cobras, CH Hsieh was 0-2 with 2 walks.

Monday Minors....

US Minors:
R - The Red Sox lost 9-4 to the Orioles in the GCL. CH Lin was 0-5 while CH Huang was 0-4 and committed 2 errors in the field. Box

R - Po-Yu Lin picked up win #4 with an impressive 5.2 innings - he allowed 2 runs on 6 hits - to go along with 6 K's and 1 walk - the only bad part about his performance tonight was the 3 WP's and 1 HBP. Bristol won 6-4. Box

A - Wisky won 6-1. KH Lo was 1-2 with 3 walks, 2 SB's - he now has 23 SB's on the season. With 34 games remaining, Lo has a good chance to reach the 30 SB mark - the last Taiwanese minor leaguer to do it: CFC in 1999. Box

A - Greenville won 5-1. Chiang, who's been dropped down in the lineup, was 1-4 with a double, but also committed error #8 on the season. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 3-0 in the first. Hu is currently 0-1. Box


Amateur:
Regarding the Palomino World Series, I spoke with some of the event organizers to clarify Taiwan's schedule later this week. Here it is:

1)August 2nd - Thursday: vs. East Zone rep at 11 AM
2)August 3rd - Friday: vs. Mexico at 5 PM
3)August 4th - Saturday: vs. Redlands at 8 PM

Should Taiwan win it's bracket, it would play in the championship game on Sunday August 5th at 1 PM

Map of the RC Epicenter

Taiwan is looking to defend its title after winning last year's PWS championship in Puerto Rico. For those of you that live in So Cal, come out and support the kids! Tickets cost $8 - which covers all of the games in the day and parking is free. Jiayo!!

Wang Picks up Win #12....

MLB:
Staked to an early 4 run lead, Wang was able to hold on, despite another so-so performance from the young man. CM Wang pitched 6 innings against the Orioles and allowed 3 runs on 9 hits - to go along with 4 walks and 1 K. For the second start in a row, Wang exhibited problems with his command (it also didn't help that the ump seemed to be calling a tight strike zone) and allowed almost as many fly balls vs. ground balls (7-8). Fortunately for Wang, the Yanks offense would come up big again as they snapped a three game losing streak to defeat the Orioles 10-6 on Sunday. With today's win, Wang is now 12-5 on the season with a 3.61 ERA. Box/Recap


Amateur:
Well, it looks like Taiwan has won the Asia-Pacific championship in the Palomino Division (17-19) of Pony League Baseball. Visit the official site here. The Palomino World Series will take place here in Southern California - at the Epicenter in Rancho Cucamonga. *UPDATED*


NPB:
The Tigers won 9-4. WC Lin was 0-4. Box


US Minors:
R - The Reds and Red Sox played two today. Game 1 - The Red Sox lost 4-2. CH Lin was 1-3. Box
In game 2, the Red Sox lost to the Reds 10-4. Picking up the win for the Reds was TK Chiu who allowed 4 runs on 7 hits over 6.2 innings - he K'd 4, walked 2, and had a WP and a balk. Facing Chiu were CH Lin and CH Huang. CH Lin was 2-4 with a double, a walk, and his 8th SB of the season - he also committed his first error of the season. CH Huang was 1-4. Box

R - The Cubs are up 3-1 in the 4th inning. CH Wen is currently 0-2 as the team's DH. Box

A ss - YF Lin was charged with his second loss of the season as he allowed 2 runs (via a HR) in the top of the 11th in a tie game as Williamsport fell 7-5 in 11. Lin pitched 3 innings, allowing 2 runs on 2 hits - to go along with 4K's and 3 walks (1 was intentional). Box

A - Lansing won 3-0. Keng picked up his 4th save of the season as he threw a scoreless final frame. Box

A - Wisky lost 8-5. KH Lo was 1-5 with a double. Box

AAA - Las Vegas won 5-3. Hu finally got back to his hitting ways as he was 2-4 but was CS. Box


CPBL:
Bears 10 - Elephants 2: The Bears offense came up big as: CS Lin (game MVP) was 2-3 with HR #11 and 3 RBI's, OF Long-Yi Huang was 2-3 with a RBI and HR #5, CFC was 1-5 with a double and a RBI, and 2B Chih-Wei Shih was 3-5 with 2 RBI's. For the Elephants, Chia-Chia was 2-4 while Guan-Ren Chen was 2-4 and drove in the team's only runs.

Cobras 3 - Lions 2: CH Hsieh was the game MVP after driving in the GW run in the bottom of the 9th - he was 2-5 with a RBI. Fu-Hao Liu drove in both Lions runs on his 5th HR of the year - he was 1-4. KC Kao and Tilson Brito were hitless in 6 AB's combined. The Lions wasted an excellent performance from starter Pete Munro, who allowed only 1 run on 7 hits over 7 innings.

Saturday Scoreboard....

US Minors:
A - Wisky played two today. Lo played in a 7 inning shortened game and was a perfect 4-4 with a triple and a RBI. Box

A+ - Wu was 1-3 in Kinston's doubleheader loss to Wilmington 3-1. Box

AA - In one of his best performances of the season, CL Lo threw a 1 hitter over 7 innings. He allowed 1 run despite also walking 5, and picked up win #6 as Tulsa won 4-1. Box

AAA - Hu is finally back in action as Vegas is tied 2-2 in the 5th inning. Hu is currently o-3. Box


NPB:
Chiang pitched a perfect 2/3 of an inning in relief for the Giants. The Giants lost 5-2. Box

The Tigers lost 7-2. WC Lin was 2-5 with a RBI. Box

The Fighters lost 6-2. CS Yang drove in both runs for the Fighters with a double and was 1-3. Box

MC Hsu returned to the parent club and threw 3.1 innings in middle relief. He allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits (including a HR) in his club's 9-5 loss. Box*Updated*


CPBL:
Elephants 2 - Bears 1: SP Chun-Nan Liu (game MVP) won in a pitcher's duel as he shutdown the Bears offense, throwing 6 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits - he had 4 K's and allowed 2 walks. The hard-luck loser for the Bears was Kevin Huang who started the game and pitched 5.1 innings, allowing 2 unearned runs on 7 hits - he had 7 K's and 2 walks. For the Bears, CS Lin was 1-4 while CFC was 2-4. Chia-Chia was 0-3 while teammate LF Ming-Hsien Lin was 3-4 with a RBI.

Lions 9 - Cobras 6: Fu-Hao Liu picked up game MVP honors, as the RF picked up 3 RBI's and was 2-5 with a double. Fellow Lions teammates: Tilson Brito was 1-4 with a double and a RBI, while Kuo-Ching Kao was 2-5 with a double and a RBI, Lien-Hung Chen hit HR #6 and was 1-4 with a RBI, Wu-Hsiung Pan was 2-2 with a double, a triple, and a RBI. For the Cobras: Chuan-Chia Wang was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI's, CH Hsieh was 1-4 with a double, DH Hung-Yuan Lin hit HR #8 and was 2-5, and 3B Kao Wei was 3-4 with a RBI.

Hitless in the Minors...

US Minors:

R - CH Lin was 0-5 with 2 K's as the Red Sox lost to the Twins 5-1. Box

A - Greenville lost 5-1. Chiang was 0-4 with 2 K's. Box

A - Wisky won 5-2. KH Lo was 0-3 with a walk. Box

A - Lansing lost 7-2. Keng pitched 1.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits - he had 2 K's and a walk. Box


MLB:
Wang faces Daniel Cabrera and the Orioles Sunday.

NPB:
The Tigers won 5-2. WC Lin was 1-4. Box

CPBL:

Whales 4 - Elephants 0: Whales SP Yu-Chieh Shen (game MVP) followed up Ni's excellent performance with his own gem. Shen picked up his second win of the season with 6.1 innings of shutout ball, allowing only 2 hits - he had 4 K's and 1 walk. Earning the loss was All-Star starter Yu-Cheng Liao, who allowed 2 runs on 6 hits over 7 innings. Chia-Chia was 0-4. For the Whales, Carlos Villalobos was 3-4 with 2 RBI's.

Bulls 7 - Cobras 2: Alfredo Gonzalez earned game MVP honors and his 6th win of the season. AG allowed 1 run on 7 hits over 7 innings. He earned plenty of run support from: Tarzan who hit HR #13 (2-5 with 2 RBI's) and Kuo-Long Hsu (2-5 with a RBI) who hit HR #5. For the Cobras, CH Hsieh was 2-4 with a double and a RBI.

Kuo Under the Knife....

MLB:

HC Kuo had a minor surgical procedure on his elbow yesterday to remove a bone spur - he is most likely out for the season. Unbelievable - that's 4 procedures he's had on that elbow! Read more here and here.

NPB:
The Tigers won 3-2. WC Lin was 1-4 with a triple. Box

US Minors:
R - The Red Sox beat the Pirates 7-6. CH Lin was 1-4 with a triple. CH Huang was 0-4. Box
Missed this earlier, but CH Lin was named Soxprospects.com's POW for the 15th - 21st of last week.

R - The Reds beat the Twins 6-2. WW Lin was 0-2 with a walk and stole his 3rd base of the season. Box

R - The Cubs won 4-3. CH Wen collected his second hit of the season - he was 1-4. Box

A - Greenville lost 13-8. Chiang was 1-5 with a RBI. Box

A+ - Kinston won 7-5. Tseng was fortunate to walk away with a ND, as he was down 2 runs when he left the game - he allowed 5 runs on 6 hits in 5 innings. Box

CPBL:

Whales 5 - Elephants 1: Fu-Te Ni picked up his 5th win of the season in impressive fashion. Ni earned game MVP honors for his 7 innings of work. He allowed 1 unearned run on 5 hits - and K'd 9 batters while walking only 1. Chia-Chia was 1-4 with a double for the Elephants.

Bulls 8 - Cobras 3: Chien-Fu Yang finally picked up a win (his 3rd of the season) as he threw 8 innings, allowing 3 runs on 5 hits - he also had 4 K's and a walk. Yang was game MVP. Tarzan backed up Yang with his 12th HR of the season and was 1-5 with 2 RBI's. Bulls 3B Pai-Hung Wu was 3-3 with a RBI. For the Cobras, 1b Chuan-Chia Wang hit his 5th HR of the season and was 2-3 with a RBi, while CH Hsieh was 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI's.

On to Monterey!!!

Amateur:

photo - broncoworldseries.org

I)Taiwan will have a representative in the Bronco World Series (11-12 year olds in Pony Baseball). The team from Taipei County defeated Japan in the Asia-Pacific championship game 9-0. SP Yu-Jen Hsu threw a one-hit shutout over 7 innings. The BWS will take place from August 2nd through the 7th in Monterey, CA - check here for the schedule of games. Click here for the team roster.*updated*

II)The Taiwanese senior NT will be participating in the World Port Tournament in Holland. The competition Taiwan is facing will be fierce.

The tourney will take place August 2nd through the 12th - check here for the schedule. As for the roster (thanks to Cor for providing the list) there have been a few changes made to the team. The team's core roster is pretty much the same as the one that competed in the US recently. However, pitchers Cheng-Yang Chen, Cheng-Long Luo, Chia-Ming Huang, and Chia-Jui Mai as well as positional players Kuo-Min Lin, Fu-Yuan Lin, and Chih-Hao Chang have been removed from the current roster. Taking their place are:

1)Ko-Chien Lin (P)

2)Ching-Ming Wang (P)

3)Wan-Lin Tsai (P)

4)Chu-Kuan Lee (P) - was playing in the ABL not too long ago (It looks like both he and CC Lee have returned to Taiwan)

5)Ming-Chue Tsai (IF)

6)Chun-Tai Wang (C)

7)Chao-Ting Tang (OF)

US MINORS:

R - The Red Sox lost to the Orioles 4-2. CH Lin was 0-4 with 2 K's. CH Huang was 1-4 and was CS. Box

R - The Twins won 6-2 in the GCL. WW Lin was 2-3 with a walk and his 3rd SB of the season. Box

R - Bristol lost 4-1. Po-Yu Lin earned the loss despite K'ing 8 in 4 innings. Lin also allowed 4 runs on 7 hits (including a 2-run HR). Box

A ss - Williamsport lost 4-1. YF Lin pitched 1 inning in relief, allowing 1 run on 2 hits. Box

A - Greenville lost 7-5. Chiang was 0-5 with 3 K's. Box

NPB:

The Tigers won 8-6 behind an 18-hit barrage. WC Lin was 3-6 with a double and 3 RBI's. Box

CPBL:

Bears 4 - Whales 0: Game MVP honors went to Bears starter Yu-Wei Hsu, who picked up his 6th victory of the year. Hsu pitched 7 shutout innings, allowing only 4 hits. Backing up Hsu's dominant performance were Chih-Sheng Lin (who was 2-4 with a double, his 10th HR of the season, and 4 RBI's) and CFC (3-3).

Lions 11 - Bulls 4: Wei-Lun Pan picked up victory #12, as he threw 5 shutout innings and allowed 5 hits. Pan received plenty of run support early from Sen Yang who was 2-3 - hit a 2-run HR (6th of the year) - and drove in 3, and Lien-Hung Chen who was 2-5 with a 3-run HR (5th on the year) and 4 RBI's. After Pan departed the game, the Bulls would pick up a few runs on the strength of Tarzan's 11th HR of the year (he was 2-4 with 2 RBI's) and Chih-Wei Chen's 2nd HR of the season (2-4). Other notable hitters for the Lions: Tilson Brito was 1-4 with a double and Kuo-Ching Kao was 1-4 with a RBI.

Tuesday Happenings....

MLB:
If things hold up the way they are now (Yankees up 9-4 in the 8th inning), Wang will pick up his 11th win of the season. CM Wang didn't have his best stuff tonight, but his offense did come through for him against the KC Royals. In the 6 innings Wang pitched, he allowed 4 runs on 7 hits - to go along with 3 K's and 2 walks. The stat of the night that stood out was the fact that Wang actually allowed more fly balls (8) than ground balls (6). Box


US MINORS:

A - Greenville won 9-7. CH Chiang was 1-4 with a double, a walk, and a RBI. Box

A - Wisky is losing 7-3 in the 9th inning. KH Lo is currently 0-3 but has his 21st SB of the season. Box

NPB:

WC Lin was 0-5 as the Hanshin Tigers won 8-5 today. Box

The Giants lost 8-4. CM Chiang pitched one inning of relief and allowed 3 hits - one of them a 3-run HR. Box

CPBL:

Whales 14 - Bears 2: Former #2 draft pick Che-Yi Su picked up his first win of the year for the Whales, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits over 5 innings - he also had 6 K's and 2 walks allowed. The losing pitcher was Gary Rath, who was seeking his 11th victory. Whales SS Chang-Ming Cheng was the game MVP after hitting his 3rd HR of the season and going 3-4 at the plate with a double and a RBI. Teammate Carlos Villalobos was 3-4 with 2 doubles and 3 RBI's. For the Bears, both CFC and CS Lin were 1-3 at the plate.

Lions 4 - Bulls 2: Sen Yang earned game MVP honors after driving in all 4 runs for the Lions - he was 2-4 with a double and hit his 5th HR of the year. Teammate Tilson Brito was 2-3. Pete Munro picked up his 9th win of the year with a complete game effort - allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 8 hits - he also had 6 K's and no walks. Also throwing a complete game for the Bulls was hard-luck loser Iba Tomokazu. Tarzan was 2-4 for the Bulls.

Monday Minors....

Minors:

R - The Cubs won 8-0 in the AZL. Wen made a PH appearance and was 0-1. Box

A - Lansing is losing 7-4 in the 8th inning. Keng has pitched 1.1 scoreless innings so far. Box

A - Greenville won 8-2. Chiang collected his first hit in his last 6 game appearances as he was 3-5 with a double. Box

AAA - Vegas played two against Tacoma today. Hu was 0-4 as Vegas lost 3-2 in game 1. Box

Hu was hitless (0-4 with a K) in game 2's loss as well. Box



Majors:
Wang pitches against Scott Elarton and the Royals tomorrow

Sunday Scoreboard....

US Minors:
R - The Red Sox beat the Twins 5-3. WW Lin made an appearance in the game as a PR, while CH Lin was 1-3 with a double and a RBI. Huang was 0-2 with a RBI. Box

R - The Cubs lost to the Mariners 6-0. Wen was 0-3 with a walk and was PO/CS . Box

AA - Tulsa is down 3-1 in the 4th. CL Lo is on the mound for the Drillers. Box

AAA - Completing a game that was suspended due to rain yesterday, Vegas lost to Tacoma 4-3 in 8 innings. Hu was 2-4. Box Vegas won 6-2 in the second game. Hu was 1-4 and was CS. Box
In the 10 games at AAA, Hu is hitting .500 in 42 AB's. Aside from the impressive power numbers he's put up so far (3 HR's, 12 RBI's), Hu's most impressive stat might be the fact that he has only 1 K at this level (and 2 walks) - Hu's strike zone judgement has been phenomenal - he was one of the toughest guys to K among the Southern League batting leaders - K'ing once in nearly 10 AB's at Jacksonville this year.


CPBL:

Game MVP

The Red squad beat the White squad in the 2007 CPBL All-Star game by an 11-3 count. Speedster Chun-Lin Ji of the Whales (Red squad) picked up game MVP honors after going 2-3 with a HR (off of Kevin Huang) with 2 RBI's in the game. Bears SB leader Long-Yi Huang (White squad) was 2-2 with 2 RBI's and cracked a HR as well. The third HR hit of the night belonged to Wu-Hsiung Pan (White squad) who was 2-5 with a double and a RBI. The winning pitcher was Elephants submariner Yu-Cheng Liao who threw 2 scoreless innings to start the game while Wei-Lun Pan took the loss, allowing 2 runs in his 2 innings of work.
Notable hitters for both sides:

White:
1)Tarzan was 0-2
2)CFC was 0-3
3)Kuo-Ching Kao was 0-2
4)Chih-Sheng Lin was 2-2
5)Tilson Brito was 0-2
Red:
1)Chia-Chia was 2-5 with 2 RBI's
2)Chia-Hsien Hsieh was 2-3 with a RBI
3)Guan-Ren Chen was 1-2
4)Wei Kao was 1-3 with 2 RBI's

Other:
Talk about some serious BS - it's been brought to my attention that the kids who will represent Taiwan in Williamsport ate nothing but Instant Noodle for all their meals while they were in Hong Kong. Due to a lack of subsidized funding from the government, these 11-12-13 year olds kids really couldn't afford much else. I hope the government hasn't forgotten that the LLWS did help to put Taiwan on the map in the eyes of a lot of Americans. *updated*

Hsieh - 2007 CPBL HR Champ...

CPBL:

Cobras slugger CH Hsieh won the 2007 CPBL HR derby by defeating the defending CPBL HR derby champ Kwei-Yu Huang of the Whales 5-4 in the final round. Surprisingly, Lions slugger Tilson Brito was unable to hit any HR's in the opening round - while Chih-Sheng Lin of the Bears hit the night's longest HR - at 496 feet. Chia-Chia and CFC did not compete in the competition.

US Minors:
R - The Red Sox lost to the Pirates 7-5. CH Lin hit HR #3 and was 1-4 with 2 RBI's. Box

A ss - Williamsport lost 4-1. YF Lin pitched 2 innings, allowing 1 run on 2 hits. Box

A - Greenville lost 9-8. Chiang continues to struggle at the plate as he was 0-5. His BA has plummeted to .254 after tonight. Box

A - Wisky lost 5-1. KH Lo was 0-3 with a walk and his 20th SB of the season. Box

A - Kinston lost 8-5. Tseng earned a ND after his reliever blew a 1 run lead. Tseng pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits - he also had 4 K's and 3 walks. Box

AAA - Vegas is playing two today against Tacoma. Game 1 - The 51's are up 3-2 in the 6th inning. Hu is currently 2-3. Box

Friday News...

US Minors:
R - CH Lin was 3-6 with a double, a RBI, and 2 SB's (he was also thrown out trying to steal home). CH Huang was 3-5. The Red Sox lost to the Orioles 6-5 in extra innings. Box

R - The Twins beat the Pirates 6-4. WW Lin was 0-4 with 4 K's. Box

R - Po-Yu Lin earned a ND despite throwing a shutout over 8.1 innings. Lin allowed 4 hits to go along with 5 K's and 2 walks. Bristol won 1-0. Box

A - Greenville won 5-3. Chiang was 0-4. Box

A - Wisky lost 2-0. KH Lo was 1-4 with a double. Box

Other - SH Kuo will miss today's start to rest a "tired arm."

CPBL:

Pan & Liao

No games scheduled today. All-Star weekend takes place tomorrow (home run derby) and Sunday (All-Star game). Scheduled starters for the All-Star game are Wei-Lun Pan for the White squad and Yu-Cheng Liao for the Red squad.

Tough Loss for Wang......

MLB:

Well, it had to happen some time. CM Wang took his first loss in nearly 2 months. Despite leading 2-0 (and allowing only 3 hits through 6) heading into the 7th inning, Wang ran into some bad luck in the 7th - a slow roller that stayed fair, a ball hit off of Wang's ankle, all led to a big inning for the Blue Jays as they rallied for 3 runs on 4 hits in the inning. Wang's final line of the night: 7 IP, 3 ER, 7 hits, 3 K's. Wang falls to 10-5 on the year. Final tally: Blue Jays 3 - Yankees 2. Box/Recap 1 Recap 2

US MINORS:

R - Red Sox 5 - Reds 2: CH Lin was 2-3 with a double and 2 walks. TK Chiu pitched in relief for the Reds and threw 3.2 scoreless innings, allowing 1 hit to go along with 2 K's and 1 walk. Box

R - The Cubs lost 2-0. CH Wen was 0-2 with 2 K's. Box In 15 AB's so far on the season, Wen has 11 K's, 6 walks, and 1 hit.

A - Greenville lost 7-1. Chiang was 0-3 with a walk. Box

A - Wisky lost game 1 of a doubleheader 3-1. Lo was 0-4 with 2 K's. Box

A - Keng pitched a scoreless 9th for Lansing as his team won 9-2. Box

AAA - Las Vegas and Portland are in the 1st. Box

CPBL:

Bears 5 - Bulls 4: CFC hit HR #15, driving in 3 runs on the roundtripper (that was his only hit in 4 AB's). CFC was voted game MVP. Bears SP Yu-Wei Hsu picked up win #5, as he allowed 3 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits over 6.1 innings - he also had 6K's and 1 walk. Bulls SP Chien-Fu Yang picked up his 8th loss of the season as he allowed 4 runs (3 on CFC's bomb) on 6 hits over 7 innings - he did have 7 K's and 1 walk. Tarzan was 0-4 while Chih-Sheng Lin was 1-4.

Lions 9 - Elephants 4: The Lions combined for 3 HR's in the 4th inning to plate 7 and take an insurmountable lead. Sen Yang (game MVP) hit HR #4 (2-3, 2 RBI's), Wu-Hsiung Pan hit HR #6 (1-4, 3 RBI's), and Tilson Brito hit HR #25 (1-4, 1 RBI). Chia-Chia was 0-2 with 2 walks.

Chun-Hsiu Chen In the News...

Per Taiwanese news reports, Chun-Hsiu Chen is currently in the US working out for ML ball clubs. Chen, who recently graduated from high school, was the top offensive prospect/power hitter in his graduating class (that includes Che-Hsuan Lin). Chen, currently 18 (DOB: 11/1/1988) is solidly put together - standing 6'1" and weighing in at 190 pounds.

In high school, Chen received more press as a pitcher - and rightfully so, since he was one of the better pitchers on the island. Chen was a member of the 2006 junior NT and despite an 0-2 record/4.66 ERA in Cuba - he did manage to shut down the US junior NT (whose batting lineup included 2007 MLB 1st round picks: M.Moustakas #2, J.Vitters #3, & M.Dominguez #12) in an exhibition game last September - throwing 5 innings allowing 1 unearned run on 4 hits to go along with 5 K's and 2 walks. However, what left most observers scratching their heads was the fact that Chen's bat was underutilized at the World Junior Baseball Championships. In limited AB's - used mostly at 1B/DH, Chen actually led the junior NT with a .417 BA while slugging .500.


Chen's best tool is his power potential (he has good bat speed)- he also has the ability to hit for average. Currently, C.H. Chen's power is better at this stage in his career as compared to former Dodger slugger Chin-Feng Chen as an 18 year old. Chen also has a strong arm - as a pitcher he clocked 88-89 mph consistently on his fastball with flashes of 91-92. Here's a look at Chen's batting stroke in HS: Having primarily pitched in HS out of necessity because of the fact that he was the team's ace (he has also played 1B/3B/C), Chen is currently brushing up on his catching skills - he has experience playing that position as a youth. Chen's soft hands, plus arm, and quick release will serve him well in that position.

Wednesday News....

MLB:
Chien-Ming Wang will face off against Dustin McGowan of the Jays tomorrow.

US MINORS:
A - Greenville won 7-3. Chiang was 0-3 with a walk. After a hot start in May (.309 BA), Chiang's been mired in a slump - he hit .266 in June and after today's game, he's hitting .206 in July. Box

AAA - Hu and the 51's are playing Portland at home. It's scoreless in the first and Hu is currently 0-1. Box

Other - Per BA, Braves prospect Chen-En Hong has been placed on the 60-day DL. *Updated*

NPB:

WC Lin was 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI's as the Tigers beat the Giants 5-3. Chiang made another relief appearance, throwing 1.1 innings - allowing 1 run on 2 hits to go along with 2 K's. Box

The Fighters lost 7-1. CS Yang was 1-1 with a pinch hit single in the 9th inning. Box

CPBL:

Bears 10 - Cobras 6: Gary Rath won his 10th game for the Bears, throwing 7 innings - allowing 1 run on 5 hits to go along with 5 K's and 2 walks. Rath received plenty of run support from his 2 big guns: Chih-Sheng Lin hit HR #9 and was game MVP for his 3-5, 3 RBI night while CFC hit HR #14 and was 1-3 with 3 RBI's. For the Cobras, CH Hsieh was 2-5 with a RBI.

Elephants 3 - Whales 0: Yu-Cheng Liao was dominant against the Whales lineup, picking up win #3. Liao, game MVP, threw a 1 hit shutout over 7 innings - he had 3 K's and 2 walks. Chia-Chia was 2-4.

Amateur:

In an effort to match their 11 and 12 year old brethren in Williamsport, two more youth/junior aged teams from Taiwan will try and qualify for the World Series in the Pony Baseball organization. Taiwan has a representative in the Pony Division (ages 13-14) and in the Palomino Division (ages 17-19). To qualify for the Pony World Series, Taiwan will play in the Asia-Pacific qualifier taking place from July 31st - August 4th. The Asia-Pacific qualifier for the Palomino World Series will take place in Taipei, Taiwan from July 22nd through the 26th.

Heng-Hsiao Kuo Update....

Amateur:

HH Kuo (L) & Sheng-Chieh Yu (R)-
Fukuoka Daiichi Teammates

Kuo
photos - Liberty Times

Heng-Hsiao Kuo threw a complete game win for his HS (Fukuoka Daiichi) yesterday. In the 9 inning affair, Kuo allowed 1 run on 5 hits and K'd 18 batters!! Although the lefty has been clocked close to 93 mph in the past, he was throwing around 86-87 mph in the game.*edited* Kuo, mentioned in an earlier post, is expected to be a high draft pick in the NPB HS draft.


NPB:

The Tigers beat the Giants 4-0. WC Lin was 1-4 with a double. The game marked the return of CM Chiang to the parent club. Chiang faced Lin in the 6th inning, inducing a ground out. Chiang pitched 1.1 scoreless innings for the Giants. Box

The Fighters won 3-0. CS Yang started at SS and was 2-3 with a RBI. Box


US MINORS:
R - The Red Sox lost to the Twins 15-4. CH Lin was 0-4 while CH Huang was 1-3 with a double and a walk. Box

R - The Cubs lost 10-4. Wen was 0-2 with 3 walks. Box

A - Greenville lost 11-1. Chiang was 0-3 and committed his 7th error of the season. Box

A - Wisky is up 3-2 in the 7th. KH Lo is currently 1-2 with a double, a RBI, 2 walks, and his 19th SB of the season. Box

AA - Tulsa is up 5-3 in the 7th inning. CL Lo is in line to get the win if his team holds on to the lead. Lo pitched 6 innings, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits - to go along with 6 K's. Lo was also 1-3 at the plate. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 2-1 in the first inning. Hu is currently 1-1. Box

CPBL:
Bears 8 - Cobras 2: Chih-Sheng Lin (game MVP) had a big night at the plate, going 2-4 with a double, triple, and 2 RBI's. CFC was 1-4. For the Cobras, slugger CH Hsieh was 1-4, while C Ko-Fan Chen hit his 2nd HR of the season.

Elephants 8 - Whales 7: Game MVP Cheng-Wei Huang was 2-6 with a double and a RBI to help his team win in extra innings. Chia-Chia was 1-4. For the Whales, Chun-Chiang Kao was 4-6 with a triple and 2 RBI's.

Monday Happenings...

NPB:

The Tigers lost 4-2. WC Lin was 1-4 with a RBI. Box


US MINORS:
R - Big day for CH Lin, he was 4-6 with a double, a triple, and 4 RBI's as the Red Sox won 15-0. Box

R - The Twins won 11-5. WW Lin was 0-3 with 2 walks and 3 K's. Box

R - The Cubs lost 8-7. Wen was 0-2 with 3 walks, 2 K's, and 2 SB's. Box

AAA - Vegas is at home vs. Portland. Follow how Hu does here. Box

Other - Short blurb on Sheng-An Kuo - with a link to a video on Kuo.

Sunday Scores...

US MINORS:
AAA - Hu has been tearing things up since being called up to AAA. The confidence he's gained from a good first half showing in AA and at the Futures All-Star game is evident as he hit his 3rd HR (in 4 games) in AAA and was 3-4 with 2 RBI's today. Vegas won 6-5 Box

Here's a good read on Hu from the LVRJ.

A - Greenville lost 11-5. Chiang was 1-4 with a double. Box

A - Lansing beat Wisky 6-2. KH Lo finally returned to the lineup and was 1-4. Keng pitched a scoreless 9th inning for Lansing. Box

A ss - Kuo started for Tri-City and lasted only 4 innings - he allowed 4 runs on 4 hits and gave up a HR. Kuo is in line to take the loss as Tri-City is down 4-0 in the 6th inning. Box

R - CH Lin hit his 2nd HR of the season, he was 2-5 with a RBI and another OF assist - gunning down a runner at home. Huang was 0-4 with 3 K's. The Red Sox lost 8-3. Box



Other - WY Lin who is out for the season - will need Tommy John surgery per Taiwan news reports. Lin was making great progress prior to his injury - clocking up to 90-91 mph on his fb recently - remember 2 years ago, prior to being converted to a full-time pitcher, he was topping out in the high 70's.


MLB:
Tsao is back on the DL - Kuo is out indefinitely. *Updated*


NPB:
WC Lin was 2-4 with a double and a RBI as his club lost to the Dragons 6-3. Box


CPBL:
Lions 9 - Elephants 2: Pete Munro was game MVP, winning his 8th game of the season. Munro pitched 7 innings, allowing 1 run (none earned) on 5 hits to go along with 5 K's. Tilson Brito supported Munro with his 24th HR of the season - he was 1-4 with 3 RBI's. Teammate Kuo-Ching Kao was 2-4 with 2 RBI's. For the Elephants, Chia-Chia was 1-3 with a RBI.

Bears 6 - Bulls 5: Despite Tarzan hitting his 10th HR of the season (he was also 3-4 with a double), the Bears would prevail on some clutch hitting from game MVP OF Chin-Deh Yu who was 3-4 with a RBI. Teammate CFC was 2-4 with a double and a RBI, while 3B Chin-Ping Lin was 2-3 with his 2nd HR of the season and 2 RBI's.


ALASKA:
CK Lee pitched in relief for the Bucs as they lost 7-4 Sunday. Lee allowed 1 run on 3 hits over 3.2 IP. Box/PlayByPlay

Heading to the Keystone State.....Wang Wins #10

LLWS:
As reported by Tsong, Taiwan advanced to the LLWS in PA by beating CNMI in the championship game 12-0. The star of the game was SP Chi-Yuan Chen, who threw a complete game (5 innings) 3 hitter to go along with 10 K's. Chen was also the #3 hitter in the lineup - he had 2 hits today.

As for the LLWS, Taiwan is in Pool D - alongside Latin America, Mexico, and EMEA. The good news is that all of Taiwan's games will be broadcast on ESPN or ESPN2 - check here for Taiwan's schedule. To advance to the next round, Taiwan must finish in the top 2 of its pool.


MLB:
CM Wang picked up win #10 with his performance against the D-Rays today. Wang threw 6 innings, allowing 3 runs on 7 hits - all three runs came in the first inning when the D-Rays were aggressive at the plate, swinging at Wang's first offering to them. Wang K'd 6 and walked none. Wang is on a roll. Box/Recap

CH Tsao got rocked in a relief appearance against the Giants today. Tsao came on in the 8th inning with the Dodgers up 7-2. Tsao allowed a single to the first batter he faced before getting 2 quick outs. He then promptly hit a batter and walked the next hitter to load the bases. The next batter, Randy Winn, would hit a grand slam off of Tsao to finish off his night. Final line for Tsao: 0.2 IP, 2 hits, 4 ER, 0 K's, 1 BB - Tsao's ERA on the year is now 4.38. The Dodgers would manage to win the game in extra innings 8-7. Box/Recap


US MINORS:
R - The GCL Red Sox beat the Reds 5-1. CH Lin DNP. TK Chiu started for the Reds and pitched well, despite earning a ND. Chiu allowed 1 run on 2 hits over 5 innings, picking up 6 K's to go along with 1 walk. Box

R - In AZL action, the Cubs beat the Giants 6-5. CH Wen was 0-4 with 3 more K's. Box

R - PY Lin had his worst outing of the season, as he gave up 5 runs on 7 hits (including 3 HR's!) over 4.2 innings. He did have 9 K's and 3 walks. Bristol lost 10-4 as Lin picked up his first loss of the season. Box

A - Chiang was 0-3 with a walk as Greenville lost 5-4 in extra innings. Box

AAA - Vegas is playing Salt Lake. Follow Hu's AB's here. Box


CPBL:
Lions 3 - Elephants 0: Game MVP honors went to Lions SP Brian Reith, who threw 8 shutout innings, allowing only 6 hits to go along with 9 K's. The hard luck loser was Chun-Nan Liu, who allowed only 1 earned run (3 runs) over 8.1 innings. The teams' two big guns: Chia-Chia and Tilson Brito were both 0-4.

Bulls 3 - Bears 0: Iba Tomokazu (game MVP) picked up his 8th win of the season, as he threw 5 shutout innings, allowing only 1 hit. Kevin Huang started for the Bears and earned the loss - allowing 2 runs - 1 earned over 5.1 innings. Tarzan was 1-4 with a double, while CFC was 0-4.

Friday Recap.....

US MINORS:

R - Chih-Hsiang Wen was 1-5 with 4 K's in his debut with the AZL Cubs. The Cubs won 9-7. Box

*More on Wen: In the 2007 Spring League Tournament (Senior level), Wen hit .333 in 69 AB's. He had 3 doubles, 2 triples, 0 HR's, 13 RBI's, 11 SB's, & 19 K's/9 BB.

As for Wen's teammate HW Chen - he will need to completely shut things down for 2 weeks because of fatigue to his throwing arm - he will be reevaluated then.

A ss - YF Lin pitched a scoreless 8th inning, allowing 1 hit and K'ing 2 as Williamsport lost 5-1. Box

A - Lansing won 8-5 vs Wisky. Keng pitched the 9th inning and allowed 1 run (via a HR) on 1 hit - he did have 2 K's to end the inning. Box

A - Greenville lost 1-0. Chiang was 0-1 with a K. Box

AAA - Las Vegas is down 1-0 early in the first. Follow Hu's AB's here: Game Log/Box


MLB:
Chien-Ming Wang pitches tomorrow night against the Ray's Andy Sonnanstine.

ALASKA:

CC Lee earned a ND on Thursday night as the Bucs fell 4-3. Lee pitched 5.2 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits. PlayByPlay/Box


LLWS:
Saipan news on the matchup between CNMI and Taiwan in the Asian-Pacific Championship game.


CPBL:
No game summaries>CPBL official site is down.

One More Win 'Till Williamsport....

LLWS:
Taiwan defeated HK 3-1 today to finish 3-0 in Asian pool play. Taiwan will now face undefeated CNMI in the championship game tomorrow(our time - the 14th in HK). The winner will head to Willamsport, PA and compete in the LLWS. Taiwan's last appearance in PA was in 2004 - but before 2004, Taiwan's last appearance in Williamsport was in 1996! *edited*



NPB:
The Tigers beat the Giants 4-3 in extra innings. WC Lin was 2-4 with 2 walks. Box


CS Yang came in the game late as a defensive replacement at SS for the Fighters. He had no PA's. The Fighters won 8-0. Box




US MINORS:
R - The Twins beat the Red Sox 7-1 in the GCL. CH Lin DNP, while WW Lin was 0-4. Box


A - Greenville lost 10-8. Chiang was 1-5 with a RBI. Box

AA - Lo will earn a ND as Tulsa is currently losing 5-4 in the 8th inning. Lo pitched 6 innings, allowing 4 runs on 7 hits. Box

AAA - Hu is making his debut in AAA Vegas tonight. So far he is 0-1 as his team is down 2-1 in the second inning. Game Log/Box




CPBL:
Cobras 7 - Elephants 3: Cobras 1B Chuan-Chia Wang picked up game MVP honors, with a 3-4/2 doubles/3 RBI night. Hsien-Chih Chang picked up win #7, throwing 7 innings allowing 3 runs (1 earned) on 7 hits to go along with 5 K's and 1 walk. Yu-Cheng Liao earned a ND for the Elephants, allowing 2 runs (0 earned) over 5 innings. TJ Yeh ended up with the loss for the Elephants. Chia-Chia was 1-4.


Whales 6 - Bears 5: Game MVP honors went to Whales LF Tai-Yong Kuo, who was 3-5 with a RBI. CFC had a big night for the Bears, hitting HR #12 and was 3-5 with 2 RBI's.


MISC:
Be sure to check out these great pics of CM Wang, KH Lo, CL Lo, and CH Cheng taken by Dean, a fellow Taiwanese baseball fan. Thanks for sharing!

Wed. Recap...

NPB:

The Tigers beat the Giants 9-4. WC Lin was 2-5 with a double and a RBI. Box

US MINORS:

R - The GCL Red Sox lost 5-4. CH Lin was 2-5 with 2 RBI's. Box

A - Greenville lost 13-3. Chiang was 2-4. Box

CPBL:

Lions 2 - Cobras 1: Wei-Lun Pan won his 11th game of the season as he allowed 1 run on 7 hits over 6 innings - he had 3 K's and 1 BB. Kuo-Ching Kao (game MVP) drove in the GWRBI with a solo HR (his 13th) in the 4th inning (he was 1-4). Fellow slugger Tilson Brito was 0-4.

Whales 4 - Bulls 1: Whales SP Fu-Te Ni (game MVP) picked up win #4 with an impressive start against the Bulls, allowing 1 run on 6 hits over 7.1 innings - he had 6 K's and 3 walks. Chien-Fu Yang was the hard luck loser for the Bulls, allowing 2 runs over 6 innings. Fellow Bull Tarzan was 0-3.

LLWS:
Well, it all comes down to one game - after defeating South Korea 2-0 on Wed, Taiwan will play undefeated HK tomorrow to determine who will play in the Asia-Pacific Championship game.

CNMI has won the Pacific bracket already and will play in the title game against the Asian pool winner.

ALASKA:

CK Lee took his third loss of the season with his shortest appearance yesterday. Lee pitched 1.2 innings, allowing 6 runs on 5 hits. The Bucs lost 10-6. Box/PlayByPlay

Tues. Scoreboard.....

NPB:

The Tigers won 2-1 over the Giants. WC Lin was 2-3. His team was outhit 6-5, but won on the strength of 2 solo HR's. Box

The Fighters lost 7-4. CS Yang was 1-2 at SS. Box


US MINORS:
R - The Red Sox won 7-2. CH Lin was 0-4 with a sac-fly RBI and 2 K's. Box

R - The Twins won 4-3. WW Lin was 0-3. Box

CPBL:

Lions 13 - Cobras 4: Pete Munro won his 7th game for the Lions, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) over 7 innings. Munro received plenty of run support from slugger Tilson Brito (game MVP) who hit his 23rd homerun (and was 2-4 with 4 RBI's), Wu-Hsiung Pan who was 3-4 with HR #5 and 3 RBI's, and Sen Yang who was 2-4 with HR #3 and 4 RBI's. For the Cobras, Ivanon Coffie managed to hit HR #11.

Bulls 6 - Whales 5: Kuo-Long Hsu hit his 4th HR of the year, driving in 3 key runs in the 3rd inning - it was his only hit in 4 AB's. Hsu earned game MVP honors. Tarzan was 1-4 with a double. Alfredo Gonzalez picked up win #5, allowing 4 runs over 7 innings.

Tuesday Minor League News...

US MINORS:
AA - Although selected to play in the Southern League All Star Game today, Hu will not be participating because of yesterday's obligations in SF.

A - Lansing won 11-5. Keng picked up save #2, throwing 1.1 shutout innings. Box

A - Greenville lost 7-6. Chiang doubled in his last at bat, driving in 2 runs to help tie things up in the top of the 9th. That was Chiang's only hit in 5 AB's - he also committed his 6th error of the season. Box

A ss - Tri-City is losing 1-0 in the 2nd innings. SA Kuo is starting for Tri-City. Game Log/Box

R - GCL action: Red Sox 12 - Reds 5 > A lot of Taiwanese kids in action, CH Lin was 1-3 with a triple, 2 walks. CH Huang was 0-1 and committed his first error of the season at 3B. Facing the Red Sox was TK Chiu, who earned the loss in the game. Chiu threw 4 innings, allowing 5 runs on 7 hits - he did have 5 K's/1BB. Box

R - Bristol won 5-3. PY Lin earned victory #3, throwing 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 7 hits. Box

LLWS:
As mentioned in the comments section, China withdrew from the LLWS - Asian/Pacific Regional. So Taiwan will get 2 days off before facing off against SK and HK. I assume that July 13th will be left open for games that are potentially rained out earlier in the week. The team with the best record will advance to the championship game. Should there be a tie, the team with the lowest RAR # (Runs Against/Innings Played?) after pool play will play the Pacific Champions on July 14th. In this scenario, the only must-win game for Taiwan is HK, it can still advance to the championship game as long as its pitching staff keeps the scores down against SK and HK. Of course, a sweep would be ideal!

2007 Midseason Report - MLB/MiLB

As of 7/8/07

MLB:
1)Chien-Ming Wang: 9W - 4L / 3.36 ERA / 104.1 IP / 48 K's / 27 BB
2)Hong-Chih Kuo: 1W - 4L / 7.42 ERA / 30.1 IP / 27 K's / 14 BB
minors: (AAA) 0W - 1L / 3.60 ERA / 20.0 IP / 28 K's / 8 BB
3)Chin-Hui Tsao: 0W - 1 L / 3.00 ERA / 24.0 IP / 16 K's / 7 BB
minors: (AAA) 0W - 1L / 3.60 ERA / 5.0 IP / 9 K's / 1 BB

MiLB:
1)Yung-Chi Chen (AAA): .333 BA / 15 AB's / 2 2B / 3 RBI's / 1 SB
2)Chin-Lung Hu (AA): .329 BA / 325 AB's / 30 2B / 5 3B / 6 HR's / 34 RBI's / 12 SB's
3)Chao-Kuan Wu (A+): .286 BA / 21 AB's / 1 RBI
4)Kuo-Hui Lo (A): .275 BA / 229 AB's / 8 2B / 3 3B / 2 HR's / 27 RBI's / 18 SB's
5)Chih-Hsien Chiang (A): .279 BA / 208 AB's / 16 2B / 2 3B / 4 HR's / 29 RBI's / 1 SB
6)Che-Hsuan Lin (R): .200 BA / 45 AB's / 2 2B / 1 HR / 5 RBI's / 4 SB's
7)Wang-Wei Lin (R): .250 BA / 28 AB's / 3 2B / 2 RBI's / 2 SB's
8)Chih-Hsiang Huang (R): .200 BA / 30 AB's / 4 2B / 3 RBI's / 1 SB

9)Ching-Lung Lo (AA): 4W - 6L / 5.74 ERA / 78.1 IP / 46 K's / 38 BB
10)Sung-Wei Tseng (A+): 3W - 7L / 3.87 ERA / 95.1 IP / 64 K's / 27 BB
11)Po-Hsuan Keng (A): 1W - 4L / 5.28 ERA / 30.2 IP / 29 K's / 13 BB
12)Sheng-An Kuo (A-ss): 2W - 1L / 3.24 ERA / 25.0 IP / 23 K's / 9 BB
13)Yen-Feng Lin (A-ss): 0W - 1L / 3.12 ERA / 8.2 IP / 5 K's / 4 BB
14)Po-Yu Lin (R): 2W - 0L / 0.64 ERA / 14.0 IP / 17 K's / 2 BB
15)Tzu-Kai Chiu (R): 0W - 1L / 7.00 ERA / 9.0 IP / 8 K's / 2 BB

16)Wang-Yi Lin: Out for 2007 with injury
17)Chi-Hung Cheng : Scheduled to return sometime in August
18)Chia-An Huang : Serving in the military in Taiwan
19)Chen-En Hong: No appearances in 2007 - on GCL active roster

The Road to Williamsport - 2007.....

Ok, I found the official website for the 2007 LL Asia-Pacific Tourney.
This is our team:

Taiwan's schedule:
1)July 9 - vs. China
2)July 10 - off day
3)July 11 - vs. Korea
4)July 12 - vs. Hong Kong
5)July 13 - ???
6)July 14 - Championship Game

2007 Junior NT Final Roster.....

The final roster has been set - these 18 young men (selected out of 36 contestants) will represent Taiwan in the 2007 Asian Junior Baseball Championships. Expect to see a few of these names with a ML organization in the future.

Pitchers (7):
1)Hsien-Ting Peng
2)Rong-Hao Hsieh
3)Shih-Chieh Hsu
4)Wen-Hao Cheng
5)Hao-Chun Chiu
6)Chih-Lung Huang
7)Chia-Liang Hong

Catchers (2):
1)Chia-Chu Chen
2)Chun-Sheng Huang

Infielders (5):
1)Wei-Ting Lin
2)Po-Yi Wu
3)Chen-Yu Hong
4)Chih-Yuan Lian
5)Po-Ting Hsiao

Outfielders (4):
1)Shen-Kuo Feng
2)Yu-Hsin Chu
3)Jui-Hua Yang
4)Ming-Jen Hsieh

Busy Day: Monkey Off His Back..Hu Game MVP...Lin HR #13

MLB:
Chien-Ming Wang finally defeated the AL West leaders - the LA Angels for the first time in his career. Wang's last loss was to the LAA back in late May. In throwing a shutout over 6.1 innings, Wang has a 13.1 inning scoreless streak going. Wang allowed 5 hits, K'd 3, walked 2 and received plenty of run support from his offense - as the game was out of reach in the 4th inning. Wang was consistently around 91-94 and topped out at 95 a few times. With the win, Wang picks up victory #9 and drops his ERA to 3.36. Final score Yankees 12 - Angels 0. Box/Recap


Chin-Hui Tsao is pitching the 9th inning against the Florida Marlins. The Dodgers are up 9-3. Box


NPB:
Wei-Chu Lin cracked HR #13 for the Tigers as his team won 6-3. Lin was 2-5 with a double and 2 RBI's. Box

The Fighters won 4-1 as CS Yang collected a rare multi-hit game going 2-3. Box


US MINORS:
All-Star Futures Game: CL Hu was 2-2 with a double, 2 RBI's, and a SB. Both of Hu's hits came off of two well respected power pitchers. For his efforts, Hu was selected game MVP. Game Recap
The game announcers mentioned that Hu would get the call up to AAA Vegas after today.

R - WW Lin was 0-1 as a PH. The Twins lost 9-7. Box

A - The game between Greenville and August is underway after a rain delay. Follow how Chiang fares here. Box

A+ - Tseng is starting against Winston-Salem - follow the game action here. Box


LLWS:
Taiwan won it's opening game in the Asian pool. Taiwan defeated Thailand 17-2. The shocker of the day was Korea being upset by HK 9-4. Traditionally, aside from Japan, Korea has been the toughest opponent Taiwan faces in the Asian regional qualifiers.

Alaska:

Lee x 2
photo - Marc Lester

Nice article on Chu-Kuan Lee and Chen-Chang Lee in the ABL.


CPBL:
Whales 5 - Bears 0: Lorenzo Barcelo was game MVP with a dominant performance, throwing 8 innings of shutout ball - allowing 7 hits to go along with 4 K's. CFC was 2-4 with a double.

Cobras 5 - Elephants 4: Cobras CF Si-Chi Chou was 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBI's - he was game MVP. Chia-Chia was 0-3.
*Updated*

2007 Midseason Roundup - NPB

With the MLB All-Star Break coming up, let's take a look at how the players in Japan are doing midway through the summer.

NPB: (All stats through July 7th, 2007)
1)Wei-Chu Lin: 237 AB's/.312 BA (7th in CL)/10 2B/12 HR's (10th in CL)/33 RBI's/1 SB/14 BB

2)Chung-Shou Yang: 66 AB's/.197 BA/5 2B/2 3B/4 RBI's/1 SB/1 BB
nigun - 100 AB's/.310 BA/7 2B/1 3B/3 HR's/10 RBI's/5 SB's/5 BB's

3)Ping-Yen Lee:No appearances with parent club
nigun - 25 AB's/.360 BA/2 2B/1 HR/4 RBI's/3 BB's

4)En-Yu Lin: 1W-2L/3.42 ERA/23.2 IP/14 K's/10 BB
nigun: 0W-0L/2.70 ERA/10 IP/4 K's/3 BB

5)Ying-Chieh Lin: 0W-0L/1.80 ERA/5 IP/3 K's/2 BB
nigun: 2W-6L/5.21 ERA/46.2 IP/31 K's/17 BB

6)Chien-Ming Chiang: 1W-4L/4.64 ERA/33 IP/21 K's/12 BB
nigun: 1W-1L/3.42 ERA/23.2 IP/21 K's/4 BB

7)Ming-Chieh Hsu: 0W-0L/1.80 ERA/5 IP/2 K's/1 BB
nigun: 2W-2L/5.73 ERA/22 IP/12 K's/6 BB

8)Si-Yo Wu:No appearances with parent club
nigun: 2W - 2L/6.61 ERA/31.1 IP/17 K's/14 BB

9)Yao-Hsun Yang: No appearances in 2007

10)Yi-Hao Lin: No appearances in 2007

11)Wei-Yin Chen: Recovering from injury in 2007

-Photos from respective NPB official team sites

7/7/07 Recap

NPB:
WC Lin was 1-3 in the Tigers 3-0 loss. Box

CS Yang was 0-2 as the Fighters won 5-4 in extra innings. Box


US MINORS:
R - CH Lin was 0-3 with 2 walks and his 4th SB of the season. The Red Sox lost to the Twins 5-4 in GCL play. Box

A - Greenville lost 7-3. Chiang was 1-4 with a RBI. Box

AA - CH Lo picked up another win...his 2nd win in 3 decisions. Lo threw 6 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits. Box


CPBL:
Bears 4 - Whales 2: Wen-Hsiung Hsu earned game MVP honors after relieving starter Gary Rath, who left the game early. Hsu pitched 4.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 5 hits. CFC was 1-3 with a RBI.

Cobras 16 - Elephants 2: Hsien-Chih Chang picked up win #6 for the Cobras as he threw 8 innings, allowing 2 runs on 8 hits. He received plenty of run support from Ivanon Coffie who was 2-4 with 4 RBI's - including HR #10, and game MVP Hung-Yuan Lin who was 2-5 with 5 RBI's - including HR #7. Chia-Chia was 0-4.


TV:
The All-Star Futures Game will be on ESPN2 tomorrow at 1 PM Pacific - follow how Hu fares against Team USA.

For those of you in So Cal, Wang's start against the Angels will be broadcast on KCOP tomorrow at 10 AM Pacific.

Friday Scoreboard...

NPB:
The Tigers won 2-0 behind WC Lin's 2 RBI's. Lin's clutch 2-out hit in the 1st inning would prove to be the difference in the game. It would be Lin's only hit in 4 AB's. Box


US MINORS:
R - CH Lin was 0-2 with a walk and a RBI in his team's 5-2 win. Box

R - The Twins beat the Reds 10-5. WW Lin was 2-4 with a RBI. Box
Here are pics from WW Lin's own weblog-site.

A - Greenville lost 6-5. Chiang was 0-5 with a RBI. Box

AA - Jacksonville won 16-6. Hu had a huge night at the plate, missing the cycle by a triple. Hu was 3-6, hit his 6th HR of the season and drove in 6 runs! Box


CPBL:
Lions 6 - Whales 1: Tilson Brito continues to crush the ball - he hit his 22nd HR of the season and was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI's. Lions starter Brian Reith won his first game in the CPBL with an impressive showing - allowing 1 run on 5 hits over 8 innings - he was game MVP.

Cobras 11 - Bulls 5: Cobras 3B Wei Kao had a huge night at the plate, going 4-4 with 2 doubles, a HR and 4 RBI's. Teammate Ivanon Coffie supplied some more offense with his 8th HR of the year - he was 2-4 with 3 RBI's. For the Bulls, Tarzan was 1-3 with a double and a RBI.


Alaska:
CK Lee pitched 2 scoreless innings of relief yesterday for the Bucs who lost 7-0. Box/PlayByPlay

Thursday Rundown...

NPB:
The Tigers lost 4-1. Wei-Chu Lin managed to collect one of the team's 4 hits - he was 1-3. Box

The Fighters lost 8-0. Yang made a PH appearance and made the most of his opportunity - smacking a double in his only AB. Box

Yang crackin' a double
photo - fighters.co.jp

US MINORS:
AA - Hu was 0-3 with a walk and his 12th SB of the season as Jacksonville lost 5-2. Box

A - Greenville won 6-3. Chiang was 1-5 with a double. Box

R - The Red Sox lost to the Orioles 8-3 in the GCL. CH Lin hit his first pro HR and was 2-5 with a double and a RBI. Teammate Huang was 0-5. Box


CPBL:
Whales 8 - Lions 5: Chang-Long Yeh was game MVP after a 2-3 3 RBI night for the Whales. For the Lions, Tilson Brito was 1-5 and hit his 21st HR of the season. Brito's teammate, Kuo-Ching Kao was 1-5.

Cobras 4 - Bulls 2: Jeremy Hill picked up win #5 and picked up game MVP honors for his outstanding performance on the mound. Hill threw 7 innings, allowing 2 runs (none earned) on 4 hits. Tarzan was o-4 for the Bulls.