Bears Get Mauled by Elephants....

CPBL:
Elephants 11 - Bears 1:

WP - Kobayashi Ryokan (8-6, 8 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 6 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP

LP - Chih-Hua Hsu (3-3, 3 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 0 K's, 3 BB's)

Elephants lineup:

DH CYC 1-3

LF Ming-Hsien Lin 1-2, RBI

1B Chia Chia 3-4, 3 RBI's

C Jui-Chang Chen 2-5

SS Sheng-Wei Wang 3-3, 3 RBI's

2B Hung-Sen Chu 2-5, 2 RBI's

3B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's

CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-5

Bears lineup: (held to 2 hits collectively)

SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4

1B Gary Burnham 1-3, RBI

Whales 5 - T-Rex 0:

WP - Nerio Rodriguez (1-0, 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 6 K's, 0 BB's) - game MVP

LP - Chih-Chung Yen (1-1, 4 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 1 K, 1 BB)

Whales lineup:

LF Yeh 2-5, RBI

DH Cheng-Chi Huang 1-5, 2B, RBI

C Yi-Wei Lee 1-3, HR #3, RBI

2B Yung-Kun Lin 1-2, 2B, RBI

T-Rex lineup: (held to 4 hits collectively)

1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-4

RF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-3


NPB:
WC Lin was 2-4 with a double and a RBI as the Tigers lost 6-4. Box


NT:
More on the 2009 WBC - Taiwan will face South Korea in its opening game of the first round. The NT will have a new head coach - a no-brainer after the Olympic debacle. Hong also proposed this preposterous idea to help keep talent domestically. Looking out for the best interest of the player? I think not.