Friday Scores...

NT:

#11 Liao
(pic from summer of '05)

The NT lost game 2 to the Perth Heat 5-4 on Friday. Ming-Chieh Hsu pitched 7.0 innings, allowing 5 runs (only 1 was earned) on 8 hits. The Taiwanese NT played a sloppy game, committing 4 errors. Again, the bright spots came from US minor leaguers Kuo-Hui Lo, who was 2-4 & Chih-Hsien Chiang who was 1-4 with a double and a RBI. Amateur OF Ying-Chieh Liao was the offensive star of the game. Liao was 2-4, cracking a HR and driving in two. Like fellow amateur Yi-Chuan Lin, Liao has been on the NT for the past few years (both Lin and Liao played on the 2005 NT that traveled to So Cal) - this past summer, he led the NT at the Italian Baseball Week Tourney - hitting .333 with a HR and 5 RBI's. Chia-Chia and Tarzan, the two CPBL veteran stars on this roster, were a combined 0-8 at the plate. Box/Play-By-Play

AFL:
Hu's team lost 2-0 today. Hu was 0-4. Box

CPBL:
The Taiwan series kicks off tomorrow in Kaohsiung. Game 1 will pit Kevin Huang of the Bears against Nelson Figueroa of the Lions.

Olympics:
It seems that several countries are upset at the timing of the wild card entry Olympic Qualifiers taking place in Taiwan next year (March 2007).