Thursday Highs and Lows...

Amateur:

Taiwan lost to Puerto Rico 4-2 in the semifinals today. Ace Yu-Hung Lee chalked up double digit K's against PR, but ultimately lost his second game of the tourney to the talented squad. With the loss, Taiwan's last chance to win a world championship will begin tomorrow at the LLWS.

Taiwan will seek to host the next World Youth Championships.

US MINORS:
R - The Red Sox lost 8-3. CH Huang was 1-3 with a double, a walk, and a RBI. Box

A ss - Williamsport won 4-2. YF Lin picked up his second save of the season with a perfect 9th inning. Box

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

A - Wisky is up 7-3 in the 8th. KH Lo has stolen his 25th base of the season and is currently 1-4 while committing error #7, picking up an OF assist, and has also been CS. Box

A+ - Tseng won his 6th game of the season as Kinston won 7-2. Tseng lasted 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits. Box

AAA - Vegas lost game 1 of a DH 3-1. Hu was 0-2 with a walk and committed error #6. Box
Vegas won game 2, 5-3. Hu smacked his 6th HR for the 51's and was 2-4 with 2 RBI's. Box

NPB:
The Tigers lost 3-2. WC Lin was 0-4 with 2 K's. Box

The Fighters won 8-1. CS Yang was 1-3 with a walk and a RBI. Box

CPBL:

Elephants 2 - Bulls 1: Joey Dawley (game MVP) won his 7th game for the Elephants in a rain-shortened 8 inning game. JD allowed 1 earned run on 3 hits over 6 IP - he also had 7 K's and 2 BB's. The tough luck loser for the Bulls was Iba Tomokazu who allowed 2 unearned runs over 7 IP. Leading the way offensively for the Elephants was none other than Chia-Chia who was 3-3. For the Bulls, Tarzan was 1-3 while Chao-Hsing Cheng hit HR #7 - a solo shot in the 4th inning.

Cobras 6 - Lions 5: Wei-Lun Pan earned a ND after allowing 3 runs over 5 IP. He was seeking victory #13. Wei Kao earned game MVP honors after his 1-4, 2 RBI night. The sluggers from both sides cracked HR's: CH Hsieh of the Cobras hit HR #15 while Lion Kuo-Ching Kao hit HR #15 and was 2-4 with 2 RBI's. Fellow Lion Tai-Chi Kuo hit HR #5 and was 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI's. Tilson Brito was 0-3 with a walk.