Second Round Action Kicks Off.....

HS Wood Bat Tourney:
-Chung-Dao HS won a 1-0 thriller over Da-Li HS. Combining on the 3 hit shutout for CDHS were starter Yan-Wei Lee (7 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's) and Yu-Te He (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's). He, playing in RF for most of the game was 1-3 while teammate 1B MC Lin was also 1-3 at the plate. Taking the hard-luck loss for DLHS was Yao-Chun Lin (8 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 2 K's 0 BB's).

-Taichung Gao-Nong won 9-2 in 7 innings over Qiang-Shu. GNHS starter Meng-Chen Fan (3 IP, 1 unearned run, 2 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's) combined with heralded teammates Wei-Da Su (3 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 1 K, 0 BB's, 1-3 with a RBI at the plate) and Cheng-Hao Wang (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB) to shut down Qiang-Shu's offense. GN 3B Chin-De Chang was 2-4 with a double, triple, and 4 RBI.

-Ku-Pao won 9-5 over Taoyuan Agricultural HS. Kuan-Yu Chen started for KPHS and shut down TAHS over the first 3 innings (0 R, 2 H, 3 K's, 1 BB). He was also 1-2 at the plate with a RBI and SB. Ku-Pao leadoff hitter SS Wei-Chen Wang was 2-5 with a triple and a RBI.

-Nan-Ying shutout Hualien PE 7-0 in 8 innings. NYHS starter Chia-Liang Hung threw 8 shutout innings, allowing only 2 hits to go along with 9 K's and 2 BB's. Taking the loss for HPE was starter Chung-Cheng Chiang (5.2 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 8 H, 9 K's, 1 BB). Nan-Ying 3B Fu-Lin Kuo was 2-4 with a SB.

-Mei-Ho HS beat Shi-Yuan 4-1. Wen-Hao Cheng pitched in relief of the starter and picked up his second win of the tourney. Cheng threw 6 shutout innings, allowing only 2 hits to go along with 3 K's and 3 BB's.

-Ping-Zhen HS blanked Kao-Yuan 7-0 in 7 innings. Starter Po-Ru Lin is now 3-0 in the tourney. He allowed only 2 hits in 7 innings, K'ing 9 and walking 1. PZHS 2B Hao-Chun Chiu was 3-4 with a double and a RBI.

-San-Min won 4-2 over Cheng-Kung. Both team's starters threw CG's. San-Min's Chun-Po Wang earned the W, allowing 2 unearned runs in his 9 innings of work (6 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's). Taking the loss was Che-Wai Lin (9 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 9 H, 6 K's, 4 BB's/ was also 2-4 with a 2B at the plate).

-San-Hsin HS shutout Chiayi HS 7-0 over 8 innings. Kuo-Hua Lo threw 8 shutout innings for SHHS (3 H, 7 K's, 2 BB's). Teammate Chia-Ming Huang, playing at 3B, was 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI.


*Other:
A brief metion of the Taiwan 5 in LA, hanging out with the Pirates farmhands. It looks like the workout will be held at USC's Dedeaux Field. See pic below:

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