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!
3 comments:
A good beginning for Hu, who collected two extra-base hits including a solo shot tonight.
AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG
Hu, 5 2 2 1 0 1 2 0 0 .400
I had the pleasure of going to Williamsort twice- 1995 (they won it all!) and 2004 (they lost to a Latin American team). It's amazing to watch all of these teams execute plays like pros. Of course, it's also exciting to cheer on our boys from Taiwan. I really, really hope they win this weekend. I'd be making my third trip to PA if they do.
One thing I did see in 2004 was that our coach was steaming for losing to Latin America. Apparently, their pitcher was "tipping" his pitches but yet our hitters couldn't put together enough hits to win. Our coach was yelling and screaming so obviously it wasn't too much "fun" for our boys. They truely looked scared being chewed out right in front of the international media. Anyway, best of luck this weekend. I hope to see them later this summer. Go Taiwan!
-Dodger Fan in NY
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