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.