No Bull(s) in the WBC...

CPBL:
Elephants 1 - Bulls 0:
WP - Chia-Rui Mai (4-6, 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 K's/BB's)
SP Yu-Cheng Liao threw 4 shutout innings, allowing 3 hits, while K'ing 3 and walking 2

RP Chun-Yang Tsao (former NPB'er) earned the save and game MVP honors

LP - Wen-Ping Yu (7-6, 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 1 K, 1 BB)

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 0-1
DH Kuan-Jen Chen 2-3
1B-RF Chia Chia 2-4, RBI

Bulls lineup:
DH Chien-Ming Chang 2-4
3B Tarzan 0-2

Lions 7 - T-Rex 4:
WP - Chun-Jung Pan (3-0, 5 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)

LP - Pai-Ching Chiang (3-4, 4.2 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 3 K's/BB's)

Lions lineup:
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-5, HR #12, 3 RBI's - game MVP
3B Tilson Brito 1-4, HR #23, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-5
RF Fu-Hao Liu 1-4, HR #8, 2 RBI's
SS Ching-He Chuang 1-2, HR #2, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
3B Wei Kao 1-4, RBI
1B Chih-Hsien Chiang 1-4, 2B
2B Shih-Hao Huang 1-3, 2B, RBI
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI's


*Other - The Sinon Bulls will not be permitting any members from the team to participate in the 2009 WBC, citing this year's poor team performance (last in the first half, second to last in the second half of the season) - resulting from key players being overly fatigued from NT duties over the past 2 years . This means NT regulars - OF Chien-Ming Chang, C Chun-Chang Yeh, and RHP Chien-Fu Yang will not be available for the competition. Veteran star Tai-Shan Chang is already unavailable because of his banned substance suspension.


NPB:
The Dragons lost 3-0. WY Chen earned the loss after giving up 2 runs (2 solo shots) on 5 hits over 7 IP. Box

The Tigers won 8-3. WC Lin was 0-2 with a BB. Box


MILB:
Chen-Chang Lee is back in Taiwan after completing his time in the Fall IL - he fared well in limited appearances in Arizona - 3 IP, 3 K's, 1 R, 1 Save.


MLB:
Briefs on Kuo and Hu