Alaska, Ho!

ABL:
Alaska has been a springboard for Taiwanese ball players in the past - Sung-Wei Tseng (Indians) and Po-Yu Lin (White Sox) have been alumni on ABL teams.
This year, the National Taiwan Sports University is in Alaska competing against ABL teams. Last night the team lost to the Anchorage Glacier Pilots 8-1. Tonight, the NTSU defeated the Anchorage Bucs 4-3. Box/Log
The team is scheduled to play the Bucs again tomorrow, followed by two games against the Glacier Pilots on Wed. and Thursday, then 3 games against the Peninsula Oilers (7/7 to 7/9). The Matsu Miners are also on the schedule - Sat. July 5th & Friday July 11th.

Monday Minors...

MILB:
R - The GCL Reds beat the Red Sox 6-0. YW Kuo was 1-5 with a RBI while CH Huang was 1-3 with a double and a BB. Box

A - Greenville lost 9-3. CH Lin was 0-5 and committed his 7th error of the year. Box

A+ - Kinston lost 17-3. SW Tseng threw 2.1 scoreless innings. Box

A+ - High Desert and Lancaster are tied at 5 in the 2nd inning. KH Lo has walked in his only PA. Box

Other:

Your newest Atlanta Brave: Wei-Chen Huang

It's official - Huang had his press conference - check out the above pics. He becomes Nan-Ying HS's fifth ML signee: following Hong-Chih Kuo, Chin-Lung Hu, Yen-Wen Kuo, and Che-Hsuan Lin.

Three Games on the CPBL Sunday Slate...

CPBL:
Bears 9 - T-Rex 0: Bears SP Yu-Wei Hsu picked up his 2nd win of the year (2-3) after blanking the Rex over 8 innings (5H, 4K's, 1BB). He was selected game MVP.
Taking the loss for the Rex was Chun-Nan Lai (5-5). Lai allowed 5 ER on 7 H over 6 innings (5K's, 1BB).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 3-4, 2 2B's
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
RF CFC 1-4, HR #10, RBI
DH Gary Burnham 2-4, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4, 2 RBI's
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI's

The T-Rex were held to 5 hits with SS Shih-Hao Huang collecting 2 of them (2-4).


Bulls 3 - Whales 1: Fu-Jen Shen improved his record to 4-5 after shutting out the Whales over 5.2 IP (2H, 5BB's, 1K).
Whales SP Fu-Te Ni was on the losing end (3-6) after allowing 3 runs on 9 hits over 7 IP (7K's, 1BB).

Bulls lineup:
LF Da-Hung Cheng 3-4
DH Tarzan 1-4, 2B
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-4, 2B, RBI - game MVP
RF Chung-Yi Huang 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Whales lineup:
CF Yang 0-3, RBI
2B Yung-Kun Lin 2-3, 2B


Bears 6 - T-Rex 3: Bears starter Andrew Lorraine evened his record at 5-5 after allowing 3 unearned runs on 5 hits over 7 IP (3K's, 1BB).
Cory Bailey took the L for the Rex, falling to 5-2 after giving up 5 runs on 7 hits over 6 IP (4K's, 1BB).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-4, 2 2B's
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 3-4, 2B, 3B, HR #6, 3 RBI's - a single shy of hitting for the cycle - game MVP
DH CFC 2-4, 3 RBI's
2B Chin-De Yu 2-3

Rex lineup:
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
C Hao-Jan Huang 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI's
2B Shih-Yang Deng 1-4, RBI


NPB:
The Tigers lost 9-5. WC Lin was 2-5 with a double. Box


MILB:
R - The AZL Mariners lost 10-7. YW Chang pitched 1 scoreless inning. Box

A - Greenville won 13-12. SA Kuo started and earned a ND - he didn't make it out of the first inning - giving up 6 unearned runs on 2 hits and 4 BB's. CH Lin was the star of the game - he drove in the GW runs on a walk-off 3-run shot in the bottom of the 9th. Lin was 4-5 with 2 doubles, HR #5, a BB, and 6 RBI's. Box

A+ - High Desert lost 6-4. KH Lo was 1-4 with a triple and an RBI. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 16-9. CH Chiang was 2-5 with a double and a RBI. Box

AAA - Yung-Chi Chen is scheduled to undergo right knee surgery - his season is pretty much over - as are his Olympic aspirations. The young man can't seem to find a break from the injury bug.



Collegiate NT:
The NT remains winless against the US collegiate NT after losing 7-3 in 8 innings on Sunday.
Recap/Box/Log
The series ends tomorrow.
*Updated

Braves Staying Busy in Taiwan (Signing Wei-Chen Huang)....

After the recent announcement of Meng-Hsiu Tsai's signing, the Braves signed their 3rd player out of Taiwan - Nan-Ying ace Wei-Chen Huang, as reported by the China Times. The 18 year old (DOB: 3/6/1990) stands 5'11", weighs 172 pounds, and is a righty. He's been clocked at a high of 89 mph (his fb usually sits ~ 85-87) and also has a curveball & changeup as part of his repertoire.
The Bros client was scouted by Jeremy Chou and Phil Dale and received a signing bonus of ~ $120K.

Sat. Scores & News....

NPB:
The Tigers won 7-2. WC Lin was 1-4. Box

The Dragons lost 3-1. WY Chen pitched 1 scoreless inning. Box

The Lions lost 11-3. MC Hsu allowed 1 run in his 1 inning of work. Box


MILB:
R - In the GCL, the Indians lost 5-3. CH Chen was 1-4 with a PB. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 7-5 in 10. WY Lin started, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits in 4 IP - earning a ND. Box

R - The GCL Tigers got blanked 16-0. CT Tang was 0-4 with an error. Box

R - The GCL Braves won 6-1. CE Hung picked up his first pro win - throwing 3 shutout innings, giving up 1 hit while K'ing 4. Box

R - The AZL Mariners won 11-4. In his second appearance, YW Chang had some command issues. Facing 3 batters, Chang hit 2 batters, had a balk called and then walked his last batter before being pulled from the game. Box

A - Greenville won 4-1. CH Lin hit his 4th HR of the year and was 1-3 with a RBI, a BB, and his 24th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 3-0 in the 4th. CH Chiang is 1-1 with his first SB of the year. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 2-0 in the 4th. KH Lo is 0-2. Box


Amateur News:
UDN news (Babel fish required) is confirming Yu-Hung Lee's signing with the Yomiuri Giants. Like the Red Sox and Mariners, the Giants now have (at least) 3 Taiwanese players in their organization (P's Chien-Ming Chiang, Yi-Hao Lin). YH Lee's little brother, Lee-Wei Chiang is an 8th grader in Taiwan; he is already taller than his older bro - standing in at 6'1". He reportedly has a fb that approaches 87 mph.


Collegiate NT:
The NT was blown out by the US NT 12-1 Sat. night. Taking the loss was starter Chih-Lung Huang. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits over 2.2 IP - K'ing 3 with no BB's.
Recap/Box/Log
*Updated

Friday Scoreboard...

MILB:
R - In the GCL, the Indians beat the Tigers 4-2. CT Tang was 2-4 while CH Chen 0-3 with a BB. Box

A - Greenville won 9-3.CH Lin was 1-3 with 2 BB's. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 5-2 in the 4th. CH Chiang is 1-2. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 6-3 in the 4th. KH Lo is 1-1 with a BB. Box


Collegiate NT:
The NT lost its 3rd consecutive game to the US NT - 4 to 2 on Friday night.
Recap/Box/Log

The NT's schedule for the WUBC has been released:(official site)

July 18th - vs. Canada
July 19th - vs. Japan
July 20th - vs. India
July 21st - vs. Czech Republic
July 22nd - vs. South Korea
July 23rd - vs. Lithuania
July 24th - vs. USA

Che-Hsuan Lin Honored....

Che-Hsuan Lin was named to the 2008 World Roster for the upcoming All-Star Futures Game. He joins countrymen CFC, Chien-Ming Wang, Chin-Hui Tsao, Yung-Chi Chen, and last year's ASFG MVP Chin-Lung Hu - as participants in this prestigious event.



CPBL:
T-Rex 9 - Bulls 0: Rex starter Chien-Fu Chen's record is only 3-8, but he spun a gem of a game on Thursday against the Sinon Bulls. Chen threw a CG shutout, allowing only 3 hits while K'ing 3 and walking 1. He was the game's MVP.

Taking the loss for the Bulls was Chien-Fu Yang - he falls to 3-6 after giving up 8 runs (4 ER) on 8 hits in 3 IP (3K's, 1BB).

T-Rex lineup:

RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-5, 2 RBI's

SS Ming-Jen Kuo 3-5, 2B, RBI

LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-3, 3B, RBI

DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-3

3B Napoleon Calzado 2-5, 2 RBI's

1B Wei Kao 0-3, RBI

2B Shih-Hao Huang 2-4

Bulls lineup:

DH Tarzan 0-2, BB

2B Chung-Nan Lin 2-3

*The Lions and Bears were tied at 3 in the 5th when heavy rains halted the game. The game will be made up in mid-July.

MILB:
R - The GCL Reds lost to the Twins 9-7 in 13 innings (the game was a continuation of a game that began play on 6/21). YW Kuo was 0-1. Box
In today's regular scheduled game, YW Kuo was 1-4 with 3 RBI's as his team won 9-3. Box

R - Bristol won 8-7. PY Lin started, throwing 6 innings - allowing 2 runs on 3 hits; he earned a ND. Box

R - The GCL Indians won 4-2. CH Chen was 1-4 with a RBI. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox lost 4-1. CH Huang was 0-2 with a BB. Box

A ss - Williamsport is tied at 5 in the 11th. YF Lin threw 1 inning of middle relief, giving up 2 runs on 2 hits. Box

A - Greenville lost 8-0. CH Lin was 0-3 with a BB. Box

A - Lansing lost 4-2. CH Cheng started and took the L. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits over 4.2 IP. Box

A+ - Kinston lost 10-6. SW Tseng was charged with the L after blowing a save opportunity - he gave up 2 runs on 3 hits in 2 IP. Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 4-2 in the 7th. CH Chiang is 2-3 with a double and 2 RBI's. Box

A+ - High Desert is tied at 3 in the 6th. KH Lo is 0-3 while committing error #7 on the year. Box


Collegiate NT:
The NT lost the US NT 4-3 in 12 innings on Wednesday night. Recap/Box/Log

The NT also lost another close one to the US NT tonight. The final score was 4-2 that lasted through 11 innings. 2B Chih-Hsiang Lin cracked a solo HR for the team. Recap/Box/Log

Wed. Wrap Up....

CPBL:
Bulls 4 - T-Rex 1: Game MVP Jose Espinal won his 4th game of the year (4-3) after giving up only 1 ER on 5 hits over 7 IP - he had 10 K's and 2 BB's. Taking the loss for the Rex was starter Chia-Hung Chen. Chen (1-6) allowed 3 ER on 8 H over 5 IP (3K's, 1BB).

Bulls lineup:
LF Da-Hung Cheng 3-4
DH Tarzan 2-4, 2B, RBI
RF Mike Vento 2-4
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 3-4, 2 RBI's
2B Chia-Hao Chang 1-1, RBI - off the bench

T-Rex lineup:
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-4
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
1B Wei Kao 2-4, 3B



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 5-0. CH Chen was 2-3. Box

R - The GCL Tigers won 14-3. CT Tang was 1-5. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox beat the Reds 16-5. CH Huang was 1-3, a double, a RBI, and 3 BB's. CC Chen was 1-3 with a RBI and 2 BB's. YW Kuo was 2-5. Box

A - Greenville lost 6-5. CH Lin was 1-5. Box

A - Peoria won 3-1. HW Chen started and won - improving his record to 2-4. He allowed 1 run on 5 hits in 6 IP. Box

Losing - A Foreign Concept for WL Pan....

CPBL:
Whales 7 - Elephants 6: Whales SP Yu-Chan Liu picked up win #4 (4-1) after holding the Elephants offense to 2 runs on 8 hits over 6 IP (2K's, 1BB). Taking the loss for the Elephants was Chia-Rui Mai, who fell to 2-4 after giving up 4 runs on 7 hits over 7 IP (2K's, 3BB's).

Whales lineup:
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 1-4, RBI
1B Chia-Hung Chen 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 2-4, RBI
2B Yi-Min Wang 2-3, RBI - off the bench
CF Chin-Chang Lin 2-2, GWRBI - off the bench - GAME MVP

Whales lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 1-4, RBI

SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5, 2B, RBI
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 3-5, RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-3

2B Chiang-Ho Chen 3-4, 2B, RBI

C Kuo 2-3, RBI
LF Huai-Shan Chen 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Bears 7 - Lions 3: Bears starter Mike Johnson improved his record to a perfect 12-0 after holding the Lions to 2 runs on 7 hits over 6 IP (5K's, 4BB's). Taking the loss was Wei-Lun Pan - his first in over a year - his last loss was on March 23, 2007! (He falls to 5-1 after allowing 7 ER on 12 hits over 6 IP - 3 K's, 0 BB's).

Bears lineup:

RF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-3, 2B, RBI

SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, HR #5, 2 RBI's

DH CFC 3-3, 2B, 3 RBI's - GAME MVP
1B Gary Burnham 1-4, 2B, RBI

C Chia-Hao Liu 2-4
2B Chin-De Yu 2-4

Lions lineup:

CF Feng-Pin Hsu 3-4, 2B
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-5, HR #5, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 3-3, HR #13, 2 RBI's

DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-5

SS Tung-Yi Yang 2-3

MILB:
R - The GCL Braves lost 6-2. CE Hung threw 2 shutout innings, K'ing 2. Box

R - The Blue Jays lost 9-5 to the Tigers in the GCL. Po-Hsuan Keng made his seasonal debut - giving up 2 runs on 5 hits in 1/3 of an inning. CT Tang was 2-3 with a BB and a RBI (he was also CS/PO). Box

R - In game 2 of a DH, the GCL Reds defeated the Orioles 16-4. YW Kuo was 2-5 with a double and a RBI. Box

A - Greenville lost 8-2. CH Lin was 0-3 with 2 BB's. Box

A - Asheville lost 7-1. SA Kuo took the loss, falling to 8-5 on the year. He gave up 4 runs (3 ER) on 4 hits in 4.1 IP (4K's, 6BB's, 2 HR's allowed). Box

A Slow Monday....

NPB:
The Lions lost 10-5. MC Hsu pitched 1/3 of an inning - facing one batter in the 3rd inning. Box

MILB:
R - The GCL Reds won 9-2. YW Kuo was 1-5 but committed 2 errors in the game. Box

R - In the GCL, the Indians won 5-3 in 7. CH Chen was 0-3. Box

R - The GCL Tigers beat the Yankees 2-1. CT Tang was 2-4 with a double. Box

A - Greenville lost 5-3. CH Lin was 1-5. Box

A - Lansing lost 2-0. CH Cheng threw 2 shutout relief innings, K'ing 3. Box

OTHER - As reported by Dianna in the comments section, Twins minor leaguer Wang-Wei Lin had TJ surgery (like his bro - WY Lin) and is out for the season.

Collegiate NT:

The team is back in action on Wednesday as it kicks off a 6 game series against the US collegiate NT.
As previously mentioned in the comments section, there was a Chih-Lung Huang sighting yesterday - and he performed well - throwing 6 shutout innings while holding the NJCAA All-Star squad to 1 hit. While he did K 3, he also walked 4 batters. Well regarded reliever Chia-Jen Lo also made his first appearance of the series - throwing a perfect 9th inning. 3B Chih-Pei Huang cracked the only HR of the series (for Taiwan) in the 5th inning. Box/Play-By-Play

Yao-Wen Chang Makes US Debut......

MILB:
R - Yao-Wen Chang made his US debut in fine fashion. The 17 year old threw 3 shutout innings (in middle relief), allowing 1 hit while K'ing 3 and walking 3. The AZL Mariners lost 5-2. Box

R - In the GCL, the Red Sox beat the Twins 9-2. CH Huang was 2-4 with a walk and 2 RBI's. CC Chen was 4-4 with a double, a BB, and a RBI. Wang-Yi Lin was back in action, starting for the RS - giving up 1 run on 3 hits in 3 IP. Box

R - Williamsport lost 5-1. YF Lin threw 3 innings of middle relief, allowing 1 run on 1 hit. Box

A - Greenville won 10-5. CH Lin was 2-5 with a RBI and 2 SB's - giving him 23 on the year. Box
*Updated


CPBL:
Elephants 4 - T-Rex 3: Team starters Dan Core and Cory Bailey both earned ND's despite decent outings from each of them. DC gave up 3 runs on 7 hits over 6 IP (2K's, 2BB's) while CB allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 8 hits over 6.1 IP (4K's, 3BB's).

Elephants lineup:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-3, 2 RBI's
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 0-4
1B Chia Chia 2-5, GWRBI (bottom of the 9th) - game MVP
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-3
LF Ming-Hsien Lin 2-2, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-2, HR #6, 2 BB's, 2 RBI's - left the game with an injury in the 8th
DH Wei Kao 4-4, 2 2B's


Lions 5 - Whales 4: Lions starter Lou Pote won his 10th game of the year (10-1) after allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 9 hits over 6 IP (5K's, 1BB).
Chao-Hao Tseng took the loss for the Whales (0-1) after giving up 3 runs on 8 hits over 3.1 IP.

Lions lineup:
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-4, 2B, HR #4, RBI - game MVP
3B Tilson Brito 2-3, 2B, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2B, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-4, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-3, 2 2B's

Whales lineup:
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 2-3, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 1-5, 2B, RBI
1B Chia-Hung Chen 2-4, 2B
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4
OF Chin-Chang Lin 1-1, 2B, RBI - off the bench


NPB:
The Tigers won 5-3. WC Lin was 1-4. Box


MLB:
The Dodgers won 4-3. HC Kuo threw 1 scoreless inning, K'ing 1. Box


Collegiate NT:
Missed this earlier - thanks to Cor for pointing this out - In the International Baseball Series against an NJCAA All-Star team, the collegiate NT split its first two games:
Game 1 - Won 8-6 Box/Play-By-Play
Game 2 - Lost 10-1 Box/Play-By-Play
Game 3 - Going on today


Also the collegiate NT's roster has been released for the upcoming Honkbalweek Tournament.
There's been a few adjustments made from this preliminary list:
-Subtract P Fan-Shuo Chen
-Subtract C Jui-Mu Chen

6/21 Scoreboard....

MLB:
The Indians and Dodgers are tied at 1 in the 10th. HC Kuo pitched 2 innings of middle relief, allowing no hits while K'ing 3 and walking 1. Box


NPB:
The Dragons won 6-1. WY Chen pitched 1.2 innings of shutout ball. Box

WC Lin was 1-3 as the Tigers lost 4-0. Box


CPBL:
Elephants 10 - T-Rex 3: Yu-Cheng Liao won his 8th game of the year (8-1) and Chia Chia blasted HR #3 to help keep the T-Rex winless in the second half of the season. Liao allowed 3 runs (1 earned) on 8 hits in 5.1 IP (5K's, 4BB's).
T-Rex starter Chun-Nan Lai was hit hard, giving up 9 runs (8 earned) on 10 hits over 5.2 IP. He falls to 5-4 on the year.

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI's
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5, 3B, RBI
LF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-5, RBI
1B Chia Chia 3-3, HR #3, 2 RBI's - game MVP
DH Carlos Rivera 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI's
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-4, 2B, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-5, RBI
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4, 2B
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-4
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-3


Bears 14 - Bulls 9:

CFC - game MVP

The Bears and the Bulls continued their offensive fireworks as the two teams combined for another 5 HR's. Bears starter Chih-Hua Hsu earned his first win (1-0) after giving up 4R (3ER) on 8 hits over 5 IP (4K's, 2BB's). Bulls SP Chi-Wei Lin took the loss (3-4) after allowing 5R (4ER) on 6 hits over 4 IP (6K's, 2BB's).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 4-6, 2B
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4
LF CFC 4-5, HR #9, 4 RBI's - game MVP
DH Gary Burnham 1-6, 2B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5, RBI
1B Chung-Yi Huang 1-4, HR #5, 2 RBI's
2B Chin-De Yu 3-4
RF Min-Yen Chang 1-3, HR #1, 3 RBI's - off the bench
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI's

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 1-5, 2 RBI's
LF Da-Hung Cheng 1-5, HR #1, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
DH Tarzan 2-5, HR #5, 3 RBI's
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-4, 2B
C Chun-Chang Yeh 2-3, 2B


Current CPBL Standings:
2nd Half:
1)Bears 3-1
2)Bulls 3-1
3)Elephants 2-1 .5 GB
4)Lions 1-2 1.5 GB
5)Whales 1-2 1.5 GB
6)T-Rex 0-3 2.5 GB

1st Half:
1)Lions 34-16
2)Bears 27-19-3 5 GB
3)Elephants 24-22-3 8 GB
4)T-Rex 21-28-1 12.5 GB
5)Whales 20-30 14 GB
6)Bulls 19-30-1 14.5 GB


MILB:
R - The GCL Red Sox won 5-2. CH Huang was 2-4 with a double and a RBI. Box

A - Greenville lost 8-5. CH Lin was 0-5. Box

A+ - Kinston won 3-1. SW Tseng threw 1.1 scoreless innings, K'ing 3. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 9-5. CH Chiang was 1-3 with a double and a BB. Box

A+ - High Desert won 7-6 in 11. KH Lo was 1-4 with a double, 2 BB's, and 3 RBI's. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 4-2. YC Chen was 0-4. Box
*Updated

Making It Official.....Meng-Hsiu Tsai & the Braves....

MLB SIGNING:

MH Tsai

Meng-Hsiu Tsai's signing with the Braves was made public today with a press conference in Taiwan. He reportedly received a $100K signing bonus and supposedly drew interest from the Red Sox, Twins, and Mariners. He has a pop time of 1.98 - which would grade out as an average tool on the ML level. Tsai's idols are Yankees C Jorge Posada and La New Bears OF/DH CFC. He is scheduled to go to Australia in July and then the Dominican Republic in September. 2009 will be his ETA in the US.
*Updated



CPBL:
Whales 13 - Lions 1: Chang-Wei Tu ended a 12 game losing streak and picked up his first win of the year (1-5) after shutting down the Lions over 6 innings (1ER, 8 H, 0K's/BB's). Taking the loss for the Lions was Chih-Chiang Chang (5-4, 5IP, 7ER, 8H, 3K's, 2BB's).


Whales lineup:
CF Tai-Yung Kuo 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Wilton Veras 2-5
RF Carlos Villalobos 3-5, 2B, HR #5, 2 RBI's
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 1-3, 2 RBI's
1B Chia-Hong Chen 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
C Yi-Wei Lee 3-4, 3B, HR #2, 3 RBI's - game MVP
SS Yung-Che Chen 2-5, RBI


Lions lineup:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-3
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-4, 2B
1B KC Kao 1-4
3B Tilson Brito 0-3
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-4, 2B
2B Sen Yang 1-3, RBI




Bulls 8 - Bears 6: Responding to the Bears' two stars (CFC and Chih-Sheng Lin) launching home runs, the Bulls surprised the Bears with their own power outburst - cracking 3 solo HR's in the 6th inning. Fu-Jen Shen earned his 3rd win of the year (3-5) after holding the Bears to 2 runs on 5 hits in 5 IP (2K's, 4BB's). Bears starter Yu-Wei Hsu (1-3) was on the losing end of things (5IP, 5ER, 8H, 2K's, 0BB's).


Bulls lineup:
DH Tarzan 4-4, HR #4, 4 RBI's - game MVP
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-4, HR #4, RBI
RF Chien-Rong Su 1-4, HR #1, 2 RBI's
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, RBI


Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-5, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 3-5, HR #4, 2 RBI's
DH CFC 1-3, HR #8, RBI
C Sheng-Kai Lin 0-4, RBI
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-3, 2 2B's, RBI


MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers won 7-5. CT Tang in his US debut was 0-3 with a BB and 2 RBI's. Box

R - The GCL Reds beat the GCL Red Sox 15-2. YW Kuo was 3-5 with a double, a BB, and 2 RBI's. CH Huang was 0-4. CC Chen in his debut was 0-2 with a BB. Box

R - Bristol won 7-6. PY Lin earned a ND after allowing 5 runs (3 earned) on 7 hits in 3.1 IP. Box

R - In game 2 of a DH, the GCL Indians lost 2-1. CH Chen in his debut was 1-3. Box

A - Peoria lost 5-1. HW Chen falls to 1-4 after giving up 2 runs on 6 hits in 6 IP (6K's, 0BB's). Box

A - Greenville won 5-4. CH Lin was 2-3 with a triple, but committed his 6th E of the season. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 8-3 in the 6th. KH Lo is 1-3 with a double. Box

A+ - CH Chiang hit a PH 3-run HR to propel Lancaster to a come-from-behind 9-8 win. Box

AAA - Tacoma is beating Vegas 14-1 in the 7th. YC Chen is 2-3 with a double and a RBI. Box
*Updated

Odds and Ends....

Some misc. news to boot around:

-Ching-Lung Lo is out for the time being with tendonitis

-Chen-En Hung (GCL Braves) was clocked ~ 85-89 mph today in his outing

-Rong-Hao Hsieh, who topped out at 89 mph in the Yu-Shan Cup has reportedly attracted the attention of the Atlanta Braves

-Speaking of the Braves, they will be formally announcing the signing of C Meng-Hsiu Tsai today (Friday in Taiwan)

-Yi-Hao Lin (Yomiuri Giants) has had his delivery modified by the Giants coaching staff

-Chao-Ting Tang is in the US and we'll probably see him soon in a game with the GCL Tigers

Thursday News and Scores...

CPBL:
Bulls 9 - Whales 0: Bulls SP Chien-Fu Yang picked up his 3rd win of the year (3-5) and game MVP honors after blanking the Whales over 7 innings (5H, 2K's, 1BB). Fellow NT regular Fu-Te Ni took the loss for the Whales (3-5, 7 IP, 6 H, 4 R - 3 ER, 4 K's, 2 BB's).

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-5
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-3, 2 RBI's
DH Tarzan 2-5, HR #2, 2 RBI's
3B Chih-Wei Chen 1-4, HR #3, 3 RBI's
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 2-4, HR #1, 2B, RBI
2B Chung-Nan Lin 2-4

Whales lineup:
The team was limited to 6 hits with Wilton Veras and Carlos Villalobos collecting the only XBH's with a double each.


Elephants 9 - Lions 1: Rookie Chia-Min Tseng earned his 3rd victory of the year (3-3) after shutting out the Lions offense over 6 innings (3H, 4K's, 3BB's). He earned game MVP honors. Taking the L for the Lions was starter Yueh-Ping Lin (6-2). Lin allowed 8 ER in 4 IP (12H, 1BB, 0K's).

Elephants lineup:
LF Ming-Hsien Lin 2-4, 2 RBI's
DH Kuan-Jen Chen 2-4, RBI
RF Chia Chia 2-4, HR #2, RBI
1B Carlos Rivera 3-5, 2 RBI's
2B/3B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4, 2B
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-4, 2B, HR #1 (first professional roundtripper), 3 RBI's

Lions lineup:
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2B
3B Tilson Brito 0-4
OF Kan-Lin Huang 0-2, RBI


MILB:
R - Chen-En Hung made his pro debut as the GCL Braves won 7-1. Hung allowed 1 run on 0 hits in 1 IP (3BB's, 1K). Box

A - Greenville won 11-6. CH Lin was 1-5 with a double and a RBI. Box

A - Asheville lost 5-2. SA Kuo took the L after giving up 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits in 6 IP (7K's, 2BB's). Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 6-1 in the 7th. YC Chen is 1-4 with a RBI. Box


Other:
A quick update - contrary to what was reported earlier, Chen-Chang Lee is NOT coming to the US - he's still recovering from his injury.

6/18 Scores...

MLB:
HC Kuo continues to pitch well in his long-relief role. The Dodgers beat the Reds 6-1. Kuo threw 2.2 shutout innings of middle relief - he allowed 4 hits and K'd 4 (including Kid Wonder - Jay Bruce once), lowering his ERA to 1.88. Box


NPB:
WC Lin was 0-3 with a BB as the Tigers beat the Eagles 8-1. Box


CPBL:
Bears 8 - T-Rex 3: Bears SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu is now 6-1 on the year after giving up 3 unearned runs over 6 IP (6H, 4K's, 5BB's). Chih-Chia Chang relieved Hsu and threw 2 perfect innings - K'ing 1.
Nathan Bland took the loss for the Rex (he falls to 1-1 after allowing 5 runs on 8 hits in 5 IP - 0K's, 1BB).

Bears lineup:
RF/2B Chin-De Yu 4-5, HR #1, 3 RBI's - game MVP
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4, RBI
DH CFC 3-4, 2 2B's, HR #7, 2 RBI's
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-4, 2B
2B Chung-Yu Tsai 1-1, 2B, RBI
RF Chung-Wei Pan 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Rex lineup:
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-3, 2B
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-4
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 1-3, 2 RBI's
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-4, 3B


Lions 10 - Elephants 6: Lions SP Wei-Lun Pan continues his winning streak (21 consecutive wins without a loss), he's now 5-0 after giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits in 5 IP (4K's, 2BB's).
Kobayashi Ryokan lost for the Elephants (he falls to 5-4 after allowing 6 runs (4 ER) on 8 hits in 5 IP (1K, 2BB's).

Lions lineup:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 1-6, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-4, HR #7, 2 RBI's
1B KC Kao 1-5, 2 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 4-5, 2B, HR #12, 4 RBI's - game MVP
SS Tung-Yi Yang 4-5, 2B, RBI

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-4, 2 RBI's
LF CYC 1-4
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-5, 3B
1B Chia Chia 0-2, RBI
DH Carlos Rivera 1-3, 2B, RBI
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-4, 2B, RBI
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4
C Chih-Hong Chen 1-1, RBI - off the bench


MILB:
A+ - High Desert is up 5-0 over Lancaster. KH Lo is 1-2, with HR #4, a BB, and a RBI. CH Chiang is 0-2. Box

AAA - Tacoma is beating Vegas 7-2 in the 7th. YC Chen is 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI's. Box

Collegiate NT Update....

P Chen-Chang Lee will be traveling to the US along with the rest of the collegiate NT for the upcoming exhibition matches next week. Lee was recovering from an injury when the 2008 collegiate NT was being selected.
Pitchers Chia-Jen Lo and Kai-Wen Cheng are peaking at the right time. Lo was clocked at a high of 95 mph while Cheng hit 91 mph in recent exhibition matches in Taiwan.
Former ML'er Mickey Brantley is assisting the team in his area of expertise: hitting (ex-Blue Jay hitting coach).

Minor League Updates...

Here's an update to this earlier post - there are several players repeating last year's level of play.

Po-Yu Lin will repeat his stay with the Bristol White Sox (R).

Chih-Hsiang Huang is listed on the GCL Red Sox (R) roster.

Tzu-Kai Chiu is listed on the GCL Reds (R) roster.

Wang-Wei Lin is on the Twins' GCL roster (R).

Chen-En Hung will hopefully make his long-awaited US debut with the GCL Braves (R).

Po-Hsuan Keng is on the DL with the Lansing Lugnuts (A).
*Edited

2008 Junior NT Roster...

Here are the 20 young men chosen to represent Taiwan at the AAA Junior World Championships (to be held in Edmonton, Canada from July 25th - August 3rd).

Pitchers (8):
1)Rong-Hao Hsieh (Taipei County - BC)
2)Kuan-Yu Chen (Taipei County - BC)
3)Hao-Chun Chiu (Taoyuan County)
4)Po-Ru Lin (Taoyuan County)
5)Chung-Hao Wang (Pingtung County)
6)Chia-Liang Hong (Tainan City)
7)Che-Min Su (Taitung County)
8)Chung-Chien Lin (Hualien County)

Catchers (2):
1)Ming-Yen Kan (Taipei County - BC)
2)Min-Hao Tsai (Yilan County)

Infielders (5):
1)Ho Lin (Taipei County - BC)
2)Wei-Chen Wang (Taipei County - BC)
3)Yu-Hsiang Chen (Taipei County - BC)
4)Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City)
5)Chun-Yi Wu (Taipei County - BC)

Outfielders (4):
1)Yen-Ru Chen (Taipei County - BC)
2)Hsiao-Yi Kao (Taipei County - BC)
3)Hsing-Kuan Chen (Taitung County)
4)Keng-Hao Chang (Tainan City)

P/DH (1):
1)Jui-Hua Yang (Taoyuan County)


WHERE IS WEI-DA SU?!

Tuesday Scores...

CPBL:
Bears 8 - T-Rex 5: Bears starter Mike Johnson continued his impressive winning streak as he racked up his 11th win of the year (11-0). MJ allowed only 1 ER on 10 hits in 8 IP (2K's, 2BB's).
He earned game MVP honors.
Taking the loss for the Rex was SP Chien-Fu Chen (2-8, 5 IP, 6 ER, 10 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's).

Bears lineup:
RF Chin-De Yu 1-5, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-5, 2B, RBI
DH CFC 0-4
1B Gary Burnham 2-4
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 1-2, 2B, RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 1-3, 2 RBI's

T-Rex lineup:
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, 2 RBI's
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-3, 2B
DH Wei Kao 3-4, 2B, RBI
C Ko-Fan Chen 2-4
SS Chia-Hui Wu 1-1, RBI - off the bench



Bulls 9 - Whales 0: Bulls starter Jose Espinal threw a CG 1-hit shutout (6K's, 1BB) to pick up win #3 (3-3) and game MVP honors. Collecting the lone hit for the Whales was 2B Yong-Kun Lin

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-5, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-5, 2B
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-4
DH Tarzan 1-5, 3 RBI's
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-5, 3 RBI's
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, RBI



NPB:
The Dragons won 5-2. WY Chen threw 1 scoreless inning. Box

The Tigers won 5-3. WC Lin was 1-1 in a PH role. Box


MILB:
A ss - It looks like YF Lin has been demoted from Lakewood - Lin pitched tonight for Williamsport, throwing 2 shutout innings as his team lost 4-3. Box

A+ - Kinston won 4-3. SW Tseng threw 1 inning, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits. Box

A+ - High Desert and Lancaster are tied at 8 in the 5th. KH Lo is 1-3 with a RBI and has committed his 6th error of the year. CH Chiang is 0-1 with a BB. Box

AAA - Tacoma is losing 2-1 to Vegas in the 6th. YC Chen is 1-2. Box
*Updated

The King Out for the Rest of the Season?

MLB:
Wow - devastating news regarding Wang's injury.

You can draw some eerily similar comparisons between Taiwan bemoaning the misfortune suffered by Wang and China losing its superstar center Yao Ming to a foot fracture earlier this year.



MILB:
A+ - High Desert is up 8-6 over Lancaster in the 8th. KH Lo has hit his 3rd HR of the year and is 2-3 with 2 RBI's and his 15th SB of the year. CH Chiang is 1-4. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 8-2 in the 8th. YC Chen is 0-3. Box

AAA - CL Hu has been placed on the DL due to blurry vision in his right eye - an affliction he suffered from 2 years ago.

Redemption for Taipei County (Ban-Chiao)....

Yu-Shan Cup:

The Champs


Tourney MVP Kuan-Yu Chen


All-Star P Hao-Chun Chiu


Rong-Hao Hsieh



All-Star CF Hsiao-Yi Kao


All-Star DH Jui-Hua Yang

Taipei County (Ban-Chiao) defeated Taoyuan County 3-1 in the championship game, thus avenging last year's 2-1 loss. Despite tossing 3 shutout innings in the semifinals yesterday (gave up 1 hit and hit a high of 90 mph), Rong-Hao Hsieh started the game and lasted 3.2 innings (giving up 1 run on 5 hits), before he was replaced by tourney MVP - Kuan-Yu Chen. Chen completed the game, throwing 5.1 scoreless innings (allowing 1 hit and K'ing 5). Prior to the championship game, Hsieh had thrown 16 cumulative innings in the tourney, giving up 3 runs (only 1 was earned).

Hao-Chun Chiu (clocked consistently in the high 80's - topping out at 89 mph) started for Taoyuan County and managed to tame Taipei County's offense for the most part (7.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R) - unfortunately the defense behind Chiu committed 4 costly errors - leading to Taipei County's 3 runs.

Taipei County (BC) was undefeated - going 9-0 in the tourney and blitzed through the field - scoring 80 total runs in the YS Cup.

Taitung County defeated Tainan County 3-1 to take 3rd place in the tourney.

Hence, the NT's backbone will be made up of players from Ku-Pao High School. The junior NT roster should be made available tomorrow.

Tourney Awards: (Team/DOB/HT/WT/Throws/Bats)

Highest BA: Tung-Hsiao Yi (Chiayi County - 2/1/90 - 5'9"/154 - R/L) .588

Most Wins: Rong-Hao Hsieh (Taipei County - BC - 7/9/90 - 6'1"/178 - R/R) 2

Most HR's: Ho Lin (Taipei County - BC - 1/31/90 - 5'8"/147 - R/L) 1

Top RBI man & Tourney MVP: Kuan-Yu Chen (Taipei County - BC - 10/19/90 - 5' 8.5"/154 - L/L) 14 RBI's

*Edited

All-Star Team: (Team/DOB/HT/WT/Throws/Bats)

P: Hao-Chun Chiu (Taoyuan County - 12/29/90 - 5'11"/154 - R/R)
C: Ming-Yen Kan (Taipei County - BC - 1/15/1990 - 5'8"/167 - R/R)
1B: Chia-Liang Hong (Tainan City - 12/20/90 - 5'11"/172 - R/R)
2B: Ho Lin (Taipei County - BC) (see above)
3B: Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City- 1/7/91 - 6'0"/176 - R/R)
SS: Hong-Hsiang Pan (Yilan County - 1/10/90 - ?/132 - R/S)
RF: Yen-Ru Chen (Taipei County - BC - 11/2/90 - 5'10"/161 - R/R)
CF: Hsiao-Yi Kao (Taipei County - BC - 5/29/90 - 5'9"/156 - R/R)
LF: Hsing-Kuan Chen (Taitung County - 1/15/90 - 5'11"/187 - R/R)
DH: Jui-Hua Yang (Taoyuan County - 3/10/90 - 5'6"/163 - L/L)

Uncertainty on Father's Day.....

MLB:
CMW earned his 8th win of the year as the Yankees blanked the Astros 13-0. Wang pitched 5 shutout innings, giving up 6 hits. He K'd 3 and walked none. Wang was 0-3 at the plate and appeared to injure his right foot rounding 3rd base in the 6th inning. Only time will tell how serious the injury is. Box

With an injury to starter Brad Penny, HC Kuo may get an opportunity to start again.



CPBL:
Lions 6 - Elephants 1: Lions SP Lou Pote improved his record to 9-1 after taming the Elephants offense - he held the pachyderms to 1 run on 3 hits over 6 IP (5K's, 5BB's). Taking the loss for the Elephants was starter Dan Core (6.2 IP, 4R - 3 ER, 7H, 8K's, 4BB's).

Lions offense:
DH Wu-Hsiung Pan 3-4, 2 RBI's - game MVP
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-3, 2 RBI's
1B Nai-Wen Cheng 2-4
3B Chin-Dian Shih 1-4, RBI
SS Tung-Yi Yang 2-4

Elephants offense:
LF CYC 0-5
1B Chia Chia 2-5, 2B, RBI

T-Rex 4 - Bulls 0: Rex SP Chia-Hong Chen (game MVP) earned his first victory of the year (1-5) after holding the Bulls scoreless over 5 innings (3H, 4K's, 0BB's). Chih-Wei Lin took the L for the Bulls (3-3, 4.1 IP, 4R - 2ER, 5H, 3K's, 2BB's).

Rex offense:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4
3B Napoleon Calzado 1-4, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-4
DH Wei Kao 1-4, RBI

Bulls offense:
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 3-4, 3B
DH Tarzan 0-4
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-4



MILB:
A - Greenville is tied at 2 in the 4th. CH Lin is 0-1 with a BB and his 21st SB of the year. Box



NPB:
The Tigers lost 10-9. WC Lin was 0-1 as a PH. Box



Yu-Shan Cup:

Taipei County

Taoyuan County

After rain delayed everthing by a day, things returned to normal as last year's two finalists earned their way back to the championship game. Taipei County (Ban-Chiao) will seek to avenge last year's loss to Taoyuan County.
Taipei County defeated Tainan City 7-0, led by Wei-Chen Wang's 3 hits (3-5, including a triple and 2 RBI's) in one semifinal.
Taoyuan County squeaked by Taitung County 4-2 in the other semifinal. The gold and bronze medal games will take place tomorrow.

Saturday Scoreboard...

CPBL:
Whales 4 - Lions 3: Whales starter Steve Watkins, relievers Yu-Chieh Shen, Min-Ching Kao, and Chang-Wei Tu combined on a 3-hit shutout of the top offense in the league. Watkins threw only 2 innings (and therefore ineligible for a decision) before being relieved by Shen. Shen threw 4.1 shutout innings, allowing 1 hit and K'ing 1 (walking none) in route to winning game MVP honors and his 5th win of the year (5-5).
Taking a tough loss for the Lions was starter Yueh-Ping Lin (6-1); it was his first blemish of the year. Lin allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 5 IP (3K's, 2BB's).

Whales lineup:
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 0-3, RBI
OF Tai-Yong Kuo 1-2, 2 BB's, 2 RBI's
3B Wilton Veras 2-4
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 2-4, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 3-4, 2B

Lions lineup:
3B Tilson Brito 0-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-3
2B Sen Yang 1-3, 2B
1B Nai-Wen Cheng 1-2, 2B



NPB:
The Lions lost 8-1. MC Hsu threw 1 inning of relief, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits. Box

The Tigers lost 10-6. WC Lin was 1-3. Box

The Dragons lost 4-3. WY Chen threw 1 scoreless inning of relief. Box



MILB:
A - Greenville won 8-5. CH Lin was 1-5. Box

Check out MILB's site for other updates -the site is delayed on reporting scores.

Friday Scoreboard...

CPBL:
Elephants 7 - Bears 3: Game MVP Yu-Cheng Liao picked up his 7th win of the year (7-1) after throwing a CG victory. He allowed 3 runs on 8 hits over 9 (7K's, 1BB). Bears starter Andrew Lorraine absorbed the loss after giving up 6 runs (5 earned) on 8 hits over 3 IP (1K, 2BB's).

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-5
LF CYC 0-3, RBI
1B Chia Chia 3-4, 2 2B's, 3 RBI's
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 3-5, 2 RBI's
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-3, 2B, RBI

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 0-4
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4
DH CFC 0-3
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, RBI
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 0-2, RBI


T-Rex 2 - Whales 0: Rex starter Nathan Bland earned his first win of the year (1-0) and game MVP honors after throwing a shutout over 6.2 IP (6H, 5K's, 1BB). Despite tossing a CG, Fu-Te Ni earned the loss (he's 3-4 now - 9 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 8 K's, 2 BB's).

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4, 3B
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-3, 2 RBI's
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4

The Whales were limited to 6 hits offensively, one less than the T-rex managed. LF Kuan-Chung Lin collected the only XBH for his team and was 1-3 with a double.



MLB:
CMW will face Roy Oswalt and the Astros on Sunday.


MILB:
A - Peoria lost 1-0. HW Chen started and threw 6.2 shutout innings - earning a ND. Box

A+ - Kinston lost 8-5. SW Tseng threw 2 scoreless innings in relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 4-0 in the 6th. CH Chiang is 1-3. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 3-2 in the 5th. KH Lo is 2-3 with a double. Box

AAA - Vegas is up 6-4 in the 8th. CL Hu is 1-3 with a double. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 4-3 in the 7th. YC Chen is 0-2. Box



Yu-Shan Cup:
After rain put things on hold for a day, Taoyuan and Taitung County advanced to the semifinals with victories on Friday. Taoyuan County defeated Yilan County 5-4 while Taitung County beat Kaohsiung City 6-0.
Today's semifinals matchups will feature: Taoyuan County versus Taitung County & Taipei County versus Tainan City.

Thursday Happenings...

NPB:
Wei-Chu Lin was 0-4 as the Tigers lost 6-3. Box

The Dragons lost 3-2. WY Chen threw 2 scoreless innings in relief, K'ing 3. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 4-1. CH Lin was 1-4 with his 20th SB of the year. Box

A - Lakewood lost 6-0. YF Lin allowed 2 runs on 3 hits (including a 2-run HR) in 2 innings of relief. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 2-1 in the 6th. KH Lo is currently 1-3. Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 7-4 in the 9th. YC Chen is 0-3 with a RBI and 2 BB's. Box

AAA - Vegas is up 5-2 in the 6th. CL Hu is 0-2. Box


MLB:
Pitching in back-to-back nights, HC Kuo gave up his first run since May 11th as he allowed 1 run on 2 hits in 2 innings of relief - he also had 5 K's. Box

6/11 Yu-Shan Cup Update...

We've got one team in the final 4 - that being powerhouse Taipei County (Ku-Pao HS).

On Tuesday, Taipei County defeated Kaohsiung City (San-Min & San-Hsin HS kids) 5-2. Rong-Hao Hsieh started the game for his team and was reportedly clocked at a high of 88 mph.
In Tuesday's other game, Taoyuan County (defending Yu-Shan Cup champs) defeated Tainan City 3-2.

In Wednesday's action, Taipei County won again, this time beating Taitung County 8-3. Tainan City (Nan-Ying HS) managed a win against Yilan County 4-3 on Wed. as well.

Thursday's two games will see Yilan County and Taoyuan County face off in one game while Taitung County will meet Kaohsiung City in the day's other match up.

Wed Lowdown.....

CPBL:
Bulls 9 - T-Rex 2: Fu-Jen Shen picked up a win (2-5) and game MVP honors after he shut down the T-Rex offense over 6.2 innings (8H, 1 ER, 2K's, 1BB). Taking the loss for the T-Rex was starter Willy Lebron (0-3, 3.2 IP, 9R, 12H, 5K's, 4BB's).

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-6, 2B
DH Tarzan 2-3, 2 RBI's
1B Chung-Yi Huang 2-4, 2B, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-4, 2B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Chen 1-5, 2B, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
2B Chia-Hao Chang 1-4, 2 RBI's

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-3
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-4, 2B, HR #3, 2 RBI's
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 2-4, 2B


Bears 1 - Elephants 1 (12): There were no winners or losers in this game despite both teams needing a win in their chase to catch the Lions.
Elephants starter Kobayshi Ryokan managed to pick up game MVP honors after holding the Bears to 1 run on 7 hits over 8 IP (3K's, 0BB's).
For the Bears, SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu and Chih-Hua Hsu combined to throw 6.2 shutout innings while reliever Kevin Huang would shutout the Elephants over the last 3 innings (2H, 4K's, 2BB's).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-6, HR #8, RBI
SS Chih-Wei Shih 2-5
DH CFC 0-4
1B Hsiao-Wei Huang 2-5
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-5

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 1-6, RBI
1B Chia Chia 2-5
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-4



Miscellaneous - (Non-Baseball Related):
If you grew up rooting for Michael Chang like I did, then here's some great news:
Tsung-Hua Yang won the junior boys singles tennis title at the French Open this past weekend.

Fellow teen Yani Tseng won the LPGA championship this past weekend.


NPB:
The Tigers beat the Lions 6-4. WC Lin was 2-4 with a double for the Tigers while MC Hsu pitched 2.1 inning of relief, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits. Box


MILB:
A - Asheville won 3-2 in a 7 inning doubleheader. SA Kuo won his 8th game of the year after shutting out the opposition over 5 innings. Box

A - Greenville won 5-2. CH Lin legged out his 5th triple of the year as he was 1-4 with a walk. Box

A - Lansing lost 4-1. CH Cheng earned his 3rd loss of the year after giving up 3 runs in 2.1 innings of relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster is knotted up at 1 run a piece in the 5th. CH Chiang is currently 0-2. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 1-0 in the 6th. KH Lo is 0-3. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 8-2 in the 5th. CL Hu is 0-2. Box



MLB:
HC Kuo threw 1 scoreless inning, K'ing 2 as the Dodgers fell 4-1 to the Padres. Box
*Updated

At Last.......

MLB:
CMW picked up his first win in over a month as the Yankees beat the A's 3-1. Wang allowed 1 run on 7 hits over 7.1 IP. He escaped a jam in the 7th when with the bases loaded and 1 out, he coaxed a ground ball that led to an inning-ending double play.
Box/Recap


MILB:
A - Greenville won 10-9. CH Lin was 2-4 with a BB, 2 RBI's, and his 19th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Kinston won 3-2. SW Tseng threw 2 shutout innings in relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 2-0. CH Chiang was 1-4. Box

A+ - High Desert won 17-7. KH Lo was 1-3 with a BB, a RBI, and his 13th SB of the year. Box

AA - Tulsa won 6-2. CL Lo continued his encouraging performances of late by winning his 5th game of the year (his 4th win in his past 5 starts). He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 7 IP. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 7-4. YC Chen was 0-4. Box

6/10 CPBL Scoreboard...

CPBL:
Bears 4 - Elephants 2: Mike Johnson won his 10th game of the year, continuing his unbeaten streak as he picked up game MVP honors as well. MJ allowed 2 ER on 4 hits over 7 IP (3K's, 1BB). Rookie Chia-Ming Tseng earned a ND for the Elephants as he started and threw 5 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits (7K's, 7BB's).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-3
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 0-4, RBI
SS Chih-Wei Shih 1-1, 4 BB's, 2 RBI's
DH CFC 0-4, RBI

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 0-4
1B Chia Chia 0-4
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-3, 2 RBI's


Whales 7 - Lions 5: Whales SP Hong-Yuan Huang improved his record to 3-1 as he allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits over 6 IP (4K's, 1BB). Huang was the game MVP.
Lions starter Chih-Chiang Chang took the loss (5-3) after giving up 5 runs on 8 hits in 3 IP (4K's, 2BB's).

Whales lineup:
CF Tai-Yong Kuo 3-5, 2B, RBI
RF Abraham Nunez 1-3, RBI
1B Hsin-Min Wang 1-3, RBI
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 1-4, 2B, RBI
DH Cheng-Chu Huang 2-2, 2B, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, HR #1, 2 RBI's

Lions lineup:
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-5, 2B, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 2-3, BB, RBI
RF Fu-Hao Liu 2-4, 2B
DH Po-Chao Yang 1-4, 2B, RBI
1B Nai-Wen Cheng 1-4, RBI
IF Feng-Pin Hsu 2-2, BB - off the bench

Yu-Shan Cup Brief...

Yu-Shan Cup:

The Final 6

What was once 18 teams has now been whittled down to a field of 6 in the Yu-Shan Cup. The remaining teams are:

1)Taoyuan County
2)Taitung County
3)Kaohsiung City
4)Tainan City
5)Yilan County
6)Taipei County (Ban-Chiao)

One of the tourney pre-faves - Taichung City was knocked out early - as noted by Jackson over at EWC (EWC also has a nice interview explaining where the hell Bears slugger Gary Burnham is - read more here).

I'll be shocked if Wei-Da Su (barring injury), who was on the Taichung City roster, is not selected to the junior NT.

Taipei County (team's roster is entirely from Ku-Pao HS), the odds-on-favorite to win it all, is looking to avenge a poor showing in the Taiwan Cup and play like it did when they won the 2007 National HS Wood Bat Tourney.




*In other news, NT coach Hong will be on a whirlwind tour throughout the US this month through July to check out how the kids are doing stateside. His tentative schedule was released by the CTBA:
6/15 - Arrive in Los Angeles
6/16 - Check out Chin-Hui Tsao at a rehab center in LA
6/17-18 - Check out Chih-Hsien Chiang & Kuo-Hui Lo in Lancaster, CA (Mavs vs. Jethawks)
6/19 - Check out Yung-Chi Chen (& now Chin-Lung Hu) in Las Vegas, NV (51's vs. Rainiers)
6/20-22 - Check out Ching-Lung Lo in Tulsa, OK (Drillers vs. Cardinals)
6/23-24 - Check out Hong-Wen Chen in Burlington, IA (Bees vs. Chiefs)
6/25-26 - Check out Chi-Hung Cheng & Po-Hsuan Keng in Lansing, MI (Lugnuts vs. Loons)
6/27-29 - Check out Sung-Wei Tseng in Akron, OH (Aeros vs. Phillies) - (Does coach know something we don't? Last time I checked, Tseng was struggling in Kinston, NC)
6/30-7/1 - Check out Po-Yu Lin in Hagerstown, MD (Suns vs. Blue Claws)
7/2-3 - Check out Che-Hsuan Lin in Greenville, SC (Drive vs. Sand Gnats)
7/4-5 - Check out Yen-Wen Kuo & Chun-Hsiu Chen in Tampa, FL (Winter Haven/Sarasota)
7/6 - Leave Tampa, FL for Holland (to watch the collegiate NT compete in the Haarlem Baseball Week Tournament)

Monday Scores...

CPBL:
Whales 9 - Bulls 5: A pitching duel over the first 7 innings turned into a slugfest over the last few innings as the two teams would combine to score 10 runs over the last 2 innings. Despite earning ND's, the SP's from both squads pitched well. Bulls starter Chien-Fu Yang allowed 1 unearned run over 6 IP (4H, 4K's, 2BB's) while Whales SP Chao-Hao Tseng gave up 1 run on 6 hits over 6.1 IP (0K's, 0BB's).

Whales lineup:
2B Yi-Min Wang 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Wilton Veras 3-4, 2 RBI's
RF-1B Abraham Nunez 2-4
DH-1B Hsin-Min Wang 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI's
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 3-5, 3B, 3 RBI's - game MVP

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-4, 3B, RBI
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-4, RBI
3B Tarzan 1-4, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, 3B, RBI


*With the All-Star break not too far off, here's the breakdown of fan voting for the starters for the Red and White squads. Based on current tallies, the Elephants are very popular with the fans in Taiwan. There's also a close battle for the White squad starter's role at DH between brothers Lien-Hung Chen and CFC.

Red squad
SP:
1)Yu-Cheng Liao 55,191
2)Fu-Te Ni 49,538

C:
1)Rui-Chang Chen 54,033
2)Ko-Fan Chen 37,121

1B:
1)Cheng-Min Peng 78,381
2)Chia-Hsien Hsieh 37,713

2B:
1)Shih-Yang Deng 47,070
2)Hong-Sen Chu 46,161

3B:
1)Jui-Chen Chen 73,323
2)Carlos Villalobos 37,237

SS:
1)Sheng-Wei Wang 62,577
2)Ming-Jen Kuo 51,012

OF:
1)Chih-Yuan Chen 72,310
2)Ssu-Chi Chou 59,577
3)Cheng-Wei Huang 52,829
4)Yuan-Chia Chen 43,908
5)Tai-Yong Kuo 43,249

DH:
1)Kuan-Jen Chen 65,534
2)Chuan-Chia Wang 47,313



White Squad
SP:
1)Wei-Lun Pan 34,328
2)Chien-Fu Yang 29,087

C:
1)Chun-Chang Yeh 47,186
2)Chih-Kang Kao 45,993

1B:
1)Kuo-Ching Kao 59,166
2)Chung-Wei Pan 37,924

2B:
1)Sen Yang 59,787
2)Chih-Tsung Chiang 27,013

3B:
1)Tai-Shan Chang 53,404
2)Tilson Brito 46,746

SS:
1)Chih-Sheng Lin 44,967
2)Sheng-Chieh Hsu 35,724

OF:
1)Chien-Ming Chang 60,790
2)Wu-Hsiung Pan 52,988
3)Long-Yi Huang 52,159
4)Fu-Hao Liu 46,918
5)Hua-Wei Tseng 35,741

DH:
1)Lien-Hung Chen 43,962
2)Chin-Feng Chen 43,575



NPB:
Wei-Chu Lin was 0-1 as a PH as the Tigers won 4-1. Box


MILB:
A+ - High Desert is down 14-2 in the 5th. KH Lo is back from the DL; he's currently 1-1 with a walk and his 12th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 9-1 in the 6th. CH Chiang is 0-2. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 8-7. YC Chen was 2-4 with a double, a RBI, and error #8 on the year. Box



MLB:
Wang faces the A's tomorrow.

CL Hu was optioned to AAA.
*Updated

Sunday Scores..

CPBL:
Lions 5 - Bulls 0: Wei-Lun Pan finally earned a W after several ND's - it was his 2oth consecutive win without a loss. Pan, earning game MVP honors, shut out the Bulls over 7 innings, giving up 7 hits and K'ing 4. He's now 4-0 on the year.
Taking the loss for the Bulls was Jose Espinal (2-3). He allowed 5 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits in 6 IP (3K's, 3BB's).

Lions lineup:
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 0-5
1B KC Kao 0-5
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-3
C CK Kao 0-3, RBI
SS Tung-Yi Yang 1-4, RBI
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-4, 2B, RBI - off the bench

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-5
3B Tarzan 0-4
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 3-4
C Chun-Chang Yeh 2-4


T-Rex 3 - Bears 2: Although he earned a ND, T-Rex starter Chien-Fu Chen pitched well enough to win. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 innings (3K's, 2BB's). Taking the loss was Bears SP Yu-Wei Hsu (1-2). He gave up 3 runs on 6 hits over 7+ IP (1K, 1BB).

T-Rex lineup:
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, HR #5, RBI
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-3, HR #3, RBI
2B Hong-Yuan Lin 1-1, GWRBI - off the bench, drove in the GW run in the bottom of the 8th - game MVP

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-3, HR #7, 2B, 2 RBI's
DH CFC 0-3
C Feng-Min Chen 2-3


NPB:
MC Hsu took the loss for the Seibu Lions as his team fell to the Giants 4-0. Hsu allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in an inning. Box

WC Lin was 0-1 in a PH appearance as his team won 4-3. Box


MILB:
A+ - Lancaster lost 9-3. CH Chiang was 0-4. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 10-7. YC Chen was 1-5 with his 9th SB of the year. Box
*Updated