Che-Hsuan Lin on the Rise....

MILB:

A- Greenville won 5-2. Che-Hsuan Lin was 2-4 with a triple and 2 RBI's to extend his hitting streak to 15 games. Lin's on a roll, he's #6 on this week's Prospect Hot Sheet from Baseball America:

"Team: low Class A Greenville (South Atlantic)
Age: 19
Why he's here: .385/.500/.654 (10-for-26), 1 2B, 2 HR, 7 RBIs, 4 R, 1 SB
The Scoop: The Red Sox signed Lin for $400,000 out of Taiwan last June and he went on to hit .243/.317/.408 in the GCL and New York-Penn leagues in his U.S. debut. While his numbers at the plate weren't mind blowing, he showed off some impressive tools, particularly in the field where his speed, instincts, and arm strength caught scouts' eyes. This year, his bat has come along with his defense. Lin has emerged as Greenville's leadoff hitter as he's batting .291/.395/.425 on the season. He turned in three multi-hit games this week and is currently riding a 14-game hitting streak." - Baseball America


Also from BA's Q&A with Ben Badler -

"Q: james from texas asks:
could CHE-HSUAN LIN become a 5 tool prospect

A: Ben Badler: Lin is one of the most interesting prospects in the lower minors right now. He already has the 70 arm, plus speed and fielding skills, and he's got a good approach at the plate. The bat is a weapon too... not sure if that fifth tool, the power, will be an above-average tool, but there's some projection there too. Right now he's more of a line-drive hitter."

Lin's got some new pics up on his site. Here's one with him and SA Kuo.

A - Asheville won 9-3. SA Kuo won his third game of the year after allowing 1 run on 5 hits in 7 IP. Box

A - Peoria lost 7-6. HW Chen started and earned a ND. He allowed 1 run on 3 hits in 4 IP. Box

A+ - High Desert is tied 2-2 in the 6th. KH Lo is currently 0-2 and struggling to stay above the Mendoza Line. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 3-0. YC Chen was 0-4. Box

MLB:
CL Hu is currently 0-2 as the Dodgers are down 6-0 to the Astros in the 6th inning. Game Day



CPBL:

Elephants 2 - Whales 1: Despite being held to only 3 hits as a team, the Whales would score 2 runs in the bottom of the eighth to erase a 1-0 deficit. Elephants 1B Chin-Yong Wang collected game MVP honors after driving in the GW run, he was 1-2 with a RBI. Collecting the other 2 hits for the team was RF Huai-Shan Chen who was 2-4. LF CYC was 0-3 with the team's other RBI. Elephants starter Kobayashi Ryokan earned a ND despite allowing only 1 unearned run on 5 hits over 7 IP to go along with 6K's and 2BB's.

Also earning a ND was Whales rookie starter Min-Ching Kao. He allowed 1 earned run on 2 hits over 7 IP (4K's, 3BB's). 2B Shui-Yin Lin collected half of the team's 6 hits (in 4 AB's).

T-Rex 12 - Bulls 3: T-Rex LF Chuan-Chia Wang earned game MVP honors after his 3-4, triple, 2 RBI night at the plate. Other T-Rex in the lineup: RF Ssu-Chi Zhou was 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI's/ 3B Napoleon Calzado was 2-6 with 3 RBI's/ 1B Wei Kao was 2-3 with a double and a RBI/ C Ko-Fan Chen was 2-4 with 3 RBI's/ 2B Jen-Wei Hu was 1-4 with a RBI.

T-Rex starter Cory Bailey improved his record to 2-0 after allowing 3 runs on 10 hits over 6 IP (2K's, 1BB). Earning a ND for the Bulls was starter Fu-Jen Shen. He allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 8 hits in 5 IP (3K's, 2BB's). Offensively for the Bulls: RF Chien-Ming Chang was 2-5/ 2B Chia-Hao Chang was 1-3 with a RBI/ CF Hua-Wei Tseng was 2-3/ C Chun-Chang Yeh was 1-3 with a RBI.

NPB:
The Dragons beat the Giants 7-4. WY Chen pitched 1 perfect inning, K'ing 1. Box

5/8 Scores....

CPBL:
Lions 16 - Whales 6: Lions SP Yueh-Ping Lin improved his record to 4-0 with an impressive performance against the Whales. Lin allowed only 1 run on 5 hits in 5 IP (5K's, 4BB's). Lin received plenty of run support as the Lions racked up 19 hits and 2 HR's. Game MVP 3B Tilson Brito hit his 6th HR of the year and was 2-4 with a double and 6 RBI's. Other Lions teammates: OF Wu-Hsiung Pan was 3-4 with 2 doubles and a RBI/ RF Fu-Hao Liu was 2-3 with 2 RBI's/ 1B KC Kao was 1-5 with a RBI/ DH Lien-Hung Chen was 0-1 with 3 walks/ 2B Sen Yang was 1-4 with 2 RBI's/ C CK Kao was 1-3 with a RBI/ reserve C Chuang-Hsun Tu hit his 1st HR of the year and was 2-2 with a RBI/ RF Tai-Chi Kuo was 1-2 with 2 RBI's coming off the bench.

For the Whales, starter Steve Watkins lost his 3rd game of the year (3-3) after allowing 6 runs on 5 hits in 1.2 innings. Offensively, the Whales managed 2 HR's and 13 hits with: DH Carlos Villalobos hitting his 3rd HR of the year as he was 2-3 with 2 walks and a RBI/ 1B Chia-Hsien Tseng was 3-5 with HR #1 and 3 RBI's/ RF Abraham Nunez was 1-3 with a RBI off the bench/ reserve SS Yong-Che Chen was 1-3 with a RBI.

Bulls 7 - Bears 6: Jose Espinal picked up his first win of the year in relief of starter Jeremy Cummings (3IP, 3R-2ER, 5H, 1K, 1BB). JE allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 2 IP (2K's, 0BB's). Offensively for the Bulls: RF Chien-Ming Chang was 3-5 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI's/ LF Da-Hung Cheng was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI's/ reserve CF Hua-Wei Tseng was 2-2 with a RBI; he was selected the game MVP.

Kevin Huang started for the Bears and was fortunate to receive a ND - he allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits in 1 IP (0K's, 2BB's). Yu-Wei Hsu, who pitched in relief of Huang, earned the L after allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits in 4 IP (0K's, 1BB).
Carrying a big stick for the Bears was OF CFC - he was 3-5 with a double and 4 RBI's. Other Bears teammates: 3B Chih-Wei Shih was 3-5 with a double/ SS Chih-Sheng Lin was 0-2 with 2 walks and a RBI/ 1B Chung-Wei Pan was 0-4 with a RBI/ C Feng-Min Chen was 3-4.


MILB:
A - Greenville won 5-3. CH Lin was 1-4 with 2 RBI's, a BB, and his 13th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is beating High Desert 6-2 in the 6th. KH Lo is currently 0-3. CH Chiang is 0-2 with a RBI. Box

AA - Tulso won 7-0 in one game of a doubleheader. CL Lo had his finest outing of the season as he threw 7 shutout innings, giving up only 2 hits. He's now 1-5 on the year. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 12-4. YC Chen was 1-3 with 2 BB's. Box
*Updated

Lee Outduels Wang....

MLB:

Cliff Lee did the near unthinkable, lowering his ERA from a miniscule 0.96 to 0.81 after blanking the Yankees 3-0 on Wednesday. The loss was CMW's first blemish of the year. Wang allowed 3 runs on only 5 hits over 7 IP (4K's, 3BB's). Box


The Dodgers lost to the Mets 12-1 today. The team managed only 4 hits collectively. Fortunately, CL Hu managed one of those hits as he was 1-3 with a double. Box

More on Kuo's performance last night.



NPB:
The Dragons won 10-3. WY Chen threw one inning of relief, giving up 2 runs on 3 hits (2K's, 1BB). Box

The Fighters lost 4-3. CS Yang was 2-4 with a triple. Box

CPBL:
Bears 8 - Bulls 1: Bears SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu improved his record to 3-1 while garnering game MVP honors. Hsu allowed 1 run on 6 hits in 6 IP (5K's, 0BB's). Backing Hsu's strong start were:

3B Chih-Wei Shih who was 3-4 with 2 RBI's/ CF Long-Yi Huang who was 2-5 with 2 doubles and a RBI/ DH CFC who was 2-4 with a RBI/ 1B Gary Burnham was 1-3 with a double and a RBI/ LF Hao-Chu Tseng was 1-2 with a RBI/ C Feng-Min Chen was 1-3 with a RBI/ reserve OF Chung-Wei Pan was 1-1 with a RBI. SS Chih-Sheng Lin was 0-4 with 2 K's.

For the Bulls, 3B Chih-Wei Chen was 2-3 with 2 doubles/ 1B Chung-Yi Huang was 0-4 with a RBI/ LF Hsien-Ming Yu was 2-4/ RF Chien-Ming Chang was 1-4 with a double.


MILB:
A - Greenville lost 5-1. CH Lin was 2-4 with a double. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 2-0 in the 5th over Lancaster. CH Chiang is currently 0-1. KH Lo is currently on the bench. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 4-3. YC Chen was 2-4 with a walk and his 7th SB of the season. Box


Other:
Per BA, CH Cheng has been added to the 7 day DL/ Chao-Ting Tang's signing with Detroit has been confirmed.
*Updated

Tuesday Scoreboard....

CPBL:
Lions 4 - Whales 2: Despite being outhit 10-5, the Lions came up big behind some clutch hitting from game MVP - 1B KC Kao. Kao hit his 4th HR of the year (a 2-run shot) to help erase a 2-run deficit in the 7th and then drove in the go-ahead runs in the 8th to help power his team to the W. KC was 2-4 with a double, a HR, and 4 RBI's. RF Fu-Hao Liu collected 2 of the team's other hits and was 2-4. Earning a ND for the Lions was starter Wei-Lun Pan, who was seeking his 20th consecutive regular season win without a loss (after starting the year 0-2 in 2007, Pan reeled off 16 consecutive W's). Pan allowed 2 runs on 7 hits in 6 IP (3K's, 1BB).
Also earning a ND for the Whales was starter Chang-Wei Tu. Tu gave up 2 runs on 3 hits in 7 IP (5K's, 0BB's).
Offensively for the Whales: DH Carlos Villalobos was 1-4 with a RBI/ RF Abraham Nunez was 2-4 with a RBI/ C Yi-Wei Lee was 2-4/ CF Tai-Yong Kuo was 2-3.



MLB:
CMW faces current AL and MLB ERA leader Cliff Lee (0.96 ERA!) & the Indians tomorrow.


The Dodgers are currently leading the Mets 5-4 in the 7th inning. HC Kuo relieved SP Hiroki Kuroda and is now in line to get the W, should the Dodgers hold on. Kuo needed only 10 pitches to K the first 3 batters he faced before running into some minor problems in the 5th. So far through 3.2 innings of relief, Kuo has 8 K's and allowed no hits. Kuo's fb has been consistently in the low 90's, topping out at 95 mph. CL Hu got his first start of the season at SS today and is currently 0-3. Last year's Taiwan Series MVP - Figgy started for the Mets. Game Day Live


NPB:
WY Chen threw 2 scoreless innings in relief. He allowed 1 hit and had 2 K's as the Dragons tied the Carp 1-1. Box

CS Yang was 1-3 with a walk as the Fighters lost 3-1. Box



MILB:
A - Lakewood won 5-2. YF Lin threw 2 perfect innings in relief of starter J. Sampson. Box

A - Greenville lost 11-5. CH Lin launched his 3rd HR of the year and was 1-4 with a walk and 3 RBI's. Box

A+ - Lancaster is leading High Desert 6-4 in the 7th. KH Lo is currently 0-3 with 2 K's while CH Chiang is now 2-2 with a walk. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 5-2. YC Chen was 2-5 while committing his 3rd error of the year. Box



OTHER:
If you're headed to Edmonton, Canada in July/August, you can find the schedule for this year's edition of the World Junior Baseball Championships here.
Taiwan's preliminary schedule:
1)July 26th vs. Canada
2)July 27th vs. Italy
3)July 28th vs. the Czech Republic
4)July 29th vs. Cuba
5)July 30th vs. Puerto Rico
The top 4 seeds from each pool advance to the quarterfinals, with the winner of those games heading to the semifinals, and so forth.

*Updated

Cinco de Mayo Recap....

NPB:

SY WU

Si-Yo Wu earned a ND in his first start with the parent club. Wu threw 6.1 innings, allowing 1 run on 4 hits (4 K's, 3 BB's). He was clocked at a high of 91 mph. The Marines lost 6-3. Box

The Fighters lost 8-6. CS Yang was 1-3 with a walk. Box


CPBL:
Current standings as of 5/5 -
1)Lions 20-8
2)Bears 15-11-2 4 GB
3)Whales 13-15 7 GB
4)Elephants 11-15-2 8 GB
5)T-Rex 11-16-1 8.5 GB
6)Bulls 11-16-1 8.5 GB



MILB:
A - Greenville lost 4-3. CH Lin was 2-3 with a walk and his 12th SB of the year. Box

Chang Makes His CPBL Debut/ Lin Returns.....

CPBL
Bears 2 - Elephants 2 (12): In a game that featured the CPBL debut of Chih-Chia Chang and the return of SS Chih-Sheng Lin for the Bears, the headlines were stolen by the strong pitching performances from both team's starters. Game MVP honors went to Elephants starter Yu-Cheng Liao. Liao threw 9 innings, allowing 2 runs (none were earned) on 3 hits to go along with 9 K's and 3 BB's.
Bears starter Mike Johnson was nearly as effective, allowing 2 earned runs on 6 hits in 7 IP (6K's, 3BB's). Chih-Chia Chang relieved MJ in the 8th inning and threw 1 scoreless/hitless inning, although he did walk 2 (with no K's).
Offensively for the Elephants (8 hits collectively): 1B Chin-Yong Wang hit his 1st HR of the season and was 2-5 with a RBI/ LF CYC was 0-3 with 3 walks/ DH Kuan-Jen Chen was 1-3 with a double and a RBI.
The Bears managed only 5 hits as a team: with DH Gary Burnham collecting the only XBH; he was 1-3 with a double/ SS Chih-Sheng Lin showed some rust as he was 0-5 with 3 K's/ 1B CFC was 0-1 off of the bench.
Lions 8 - Bulls 0: Lions starter Lou Pote improved his record to a perfect 5-0 in route to winning game MVP honors. LP threw 6 shutout innings, allowing only 3 hits to go along with 4K's and 2BB's.
Offensively for the Lions: 1B KC Kao was 2-4 with 2 RBI's/ 3B Tilson Brito was 2-4/ C CK Kao was 1-3 with a double and a RBI/ SS Sheng-Chieh Hsu was 2-4 with 2 RBI's/ LF Kan-Lin Huang was 1-2 with a RBI coming off of the bench.
The Bulls managed only 5 hits collectively as: RF Chien-Ming Chang was 0-4 and DH Tarzan in a reserve role was 1-1.

MLB:
The Dodgers lost to the Rockies 7-2. CL Hu was 0-3. Box

NPB:
WY Chen picked up his second W of the year, pitching in relief as his Dragons beat the Tigers 3-2 in 10 innings. Chen pitched a scoreless/hitless 10th inning. Box

The Fighters lost 7-1. CS Yang was 0-4. Box

MILB:
A - Peoria lost 2-0. HW Chen was the hard-luck loser after giving up 2 runs on 7 hits in 5 IP. Box

A - Asheville lost 2-0. In his finest outing of the season, SA Kuo earned a ND despite 7 shutout innings, allowing only 4 hits. Box

A - Greenville won 5-0. CH Lin cracked his 2nd HR of the season and was 1-3 with a RBI and a BB. Box

A+ - High Desert lost 13-11. KH Lo was 2-6 with his 2nd HR of the year, 2 RBI's, and an OF assist. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 3-2. CH Chiang was 2-4 with a double and his 10th error of the season. Box

AA - Akron lost 8-5. SW Tseng, pitching in relief, allowed 3 runs on 5 hits in 2 IP. Box

AAA - Omaha lost 8-0. CH Tsao gave up 4 run on 5 hits (including a HR) in 1 inning. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 10-4. YC Chen was 1-5 with a RBI. Box

Sat. Scores...

CPBL:
Elephants 5 - Bears 3: Thanks to LF CYC's big night at the plate, the Elephants defeated the struggling Bears. The game MVP was 4-4 with his 6th HR of the year and 2 RBI's. Elephants SP Kobayashi Ryokan improved his record to 2-2 after allowing 3 runs on 6 hits in 7 IP (9K's, 1BB).
Other Elephants at the plate: DH Kuan-Jen Chen was 3-4 with 2 RBI's/ RF Huai-Shan Chen was 1-3 with a RBI.
Earning a ND for the Bears was starter Yu-Wei Hsu. He allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in 5 IP (1K, 1BB).
Offensively for the Bears: 1B Chung-Wei Pan blasted his 4th HR of the year and was 1-4 with 2 RBI's/ LF CFC was 1-2 with a double and a RBI/ DH Gary Burnham collected the only other XBH for his team and was 1-3 with a double.

T-Rex 7 - Whales 1: T-Rex starter Cory Bailey won his first game of the season and game MVP honors after shutting down the opposition over 7 IP. He allowed 1 unearned run on 3 hits (4K's, 0BB's). Backing up CB's strong start were: 2B Shih-Yang Deng who was 2-4 with HR #2 and 2 RBI's/ CF Yuan-Chia Chen was 2-5 with a double and a RBI/ DH Chuan-Chia Wang was 2-4 with 2 doubles and a RBI/ 3B Napoleon Calzado was 0-4 with a RBI/ 1B Wei Kao was 3-4 with a double and a RBI.
Abraham Nunez, Carlos Villalobos, and Chun-Chiang Kao collected the only hits (3 singles) of the game for their team.


NPB:
The Fighters beat the Eagles 12-5. CS Yang (1-4 with a RBI) cracked his 2nd HR of the year off of YC Lin (2R, 3H, 2 IP). Box


MLB:
HC Kuo won his first game since June 12th of last year, when he hit his memorable HR against the Mets. Kuo, pitching in relief of starter Esteban Loaiza, allowed 1 run (a solo HR on the first offering from Kuo) on 3 hits in 3.2 innings (5K's, 0BB's). The Dodgers beat the Rockies 12-7. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 3-2. CH Lin was 1-5 with the GW RBI in the 9th. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 3-1 in the 8th. KH Lo is currently 0-3. Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 7-3 in the 8th. CH Chiang is currently 1-3 with a double and a walk. Box

AAA - Tacoma is tied at 3-3 with Oklahoma. YC Chen is currently 1-3 with a RBI and his 6th SB of the season. Box
*UPDATED

Six and Counting...

MLB:

CMW picked up win #6 with another impressive outing, this time facing off against another staff ace in Eric Bedard and the Seattle Mariners. Despite giving the home crowd a scare in the 5th inning, Wang lasted 6 innings, allowing 1 run on 3 hits (to go along with 5 K's and 2 BB's). The Yankees won 5-1. Box/Game Recap


CPBL:
Lions 8 - Bulls 1: Lions SP Yueh-Ping Lin improved his record to 3-0 after stifling the Bulls offense. Lin allowed 1 run on 3 hits in 6 IP (6K's, 2BB's) to earn game MVP honors.

Backing Lin's strong start were: OF Wu-Hsiung Pan who was 3-4 with a double, a HR (#1) and 2 RBI's/ RF Fu-Hao Liu was 1-3 with a triple and 3 RBI's/ 1B KC Kao was 0-4/ 3B Tilson Brito was 2-4 with a double/ DH Lien-Hung Chen was 3-4 with a double and a RBI/ 2B Sen Yang was 0-3 with a RBI/ SS Sheng-Chieh Hsu was 2-4 with a RBI.

Offensively for the Bulls: SS Tsung-Nan Lin drove in the lone run and was 1-3/ C Chun-Chang Yeh was 2-3/ 3B Chao-Hsing Cheng was 2-3/ RF Chien-Ming Chang was 0-4.

Whales 7 - T-Rex 6: Whales reliever Yu-Chan Liu earned his second win of the year to earn game MVP honors. He threw 4 scoreless innings (4th through the 7th) allowing 2 hits while K'ing 7 and walking 1. Earning the loss for the T-Rex was Leovildo Pargas. He allowed 7 runs on 4 hits in 2.2 IP (0K's, 7BB's).*edited

Offensively for the Whales: SS Che-Wei Kang was 2-3 with a double, a triple and 3 RBI's/ 3B Chun-Chiang Kao was 2-4 with a double and a RBI/ DH Carlos Villalobos was 1-5 with a double.

For the T-Rex: LF Chia-Hui Wu was 3-4 with a double and a RBI/ DH Chuan-Chia Wang was 1-2 with a RBI/ 1B Wei Kao was 2-5 with 2 RBI's/ SS Jen-Wei Hu was 1-5 with a double and a RBI.



NPB:
The Fighters won 5-1. CS Yang was 0-4. Box



MILB:
A - Greenville won 5-4. CH Lin was 2-3 with 2 walks, but was also CS (#3). Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 7-2 in the 8th. CH Chiang is currently 2-4 with a RBI. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 2-1 in the 8th. KH Lo is having a rough night so far, K'ing 3 times in 4 AB's. Box

AA - Tulsa lost 8-7 in 10 innings. CL Lo earned a ND after allowing 4 runs (2 earned) on 5 hits in 4 IP. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 5-0 in the 9th. YC Chen is 0-3 so far. Box

5/1 Scores...

MLB:
The Dodgers beat the Marlins 5-3. CL Hu got the start at 2B. He was 1-3. Box

CMW is scheduled to face Eric Bedard and the Mariners tomorrow.



NPB:
The Dragons won 2-1. WY Chen allowed 1 run on 2 hits in an inning of relief. Box

The Fighters won 6-1. CS Yang was 0-2 with 2 walks. Box

The Eagles lost 6-1. YC Lin threw 1 scoreless inning, but walked 3 batters. Box



MILB:
A - Greenville lost 5-0. CH Lin was 1-5 while committing his 4th error of the season. Box

A - Lakewood lost 6-3. YF Lin took the loss after allowing 2 runs on 5 hits in 3 innings of middle relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost game 1 4-3. CH Chiang was 0-3. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 5-1 in the 7th. KH Lo is currently 0-3. Box

AA - Akron won 6-2. SW Tseng threw 2.1 inning, allowing 1 run on 2 hits. Box

AAA - Omaha and Sacramento are tied 3-all in the 7th. CH Tsao is currently pitching for Omaha. Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 3-1 in the 8th. YC Chen is currently 0-3 with a walk. Box


CPBL:
T-Rex 8 - Lions 5: The T-Rex rallied for 6 runs in the top of the 9th to pull out the come-from-behind win. Lions SP Wei-Lun Pan was in line to pick up a W before his bullpen blew a 5-2 lead in the 9th. Pan allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 IP (6K's, 1BB). Game MVP honors went to T-Rex SS Min-Jen Kuo who was 2-5 with a RBI. Other T-Rex in the lineup: 2B Shih-Yang Deng was 2-5 with a RBI/ LF Chuan-Chia Wang was 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI's/ C Ko-Fan Chen was 2-2 with 2 RBI's.
Offensively for the Lions: 1B KC Kao was 3-5 with a double and a RBI/ 3B Tilson Brito was 2-3 with 2 RBI's/ DH Lien-Hung Chen was 2-3 with a double and 2 RBI's.

Bulls 8 - Elephants 4: Bulls SP Jeremy Cummings picked up game MVP honors after his first win of the season. JC allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in 6 IP (3K's, 1BB).
Backing up JC's performance offensively were: RF Chien-Ming Chang was 2-3 with 2 RBI's/ DH Da-Hung Cheng was 1-5 with a double and a RBI/ 3B Chih-Wei Chen was 1-2 with a RBI/ CF Hua-Wei Tseng was 2-4 with a RBI/ 2B Chia-Hao Chang was 1-3 with a RBI.
The Elephants slugged 2 HR's, but it wasn't enough. 2B Hung-Sen Chu hit his 1st HR of the year and was 1-4 with 3 RBI's/ LF CYC hit his 4th HR of the year and was 2-4 with a RBI.
Rookie SP Chia-Rui Mai lost his 3rd game of the season after allowing 7 runs (6 earned) on 9 hits in 6.1 IP.

Enter the Tigers....

CT TANG

Since 1999, 13 Major League organizations (Blue Jays, Braves, Cubs, Dodgers, Indians, Mariners, Phillies, Reds, Red Sox, Rockies, Twins, White Sox, and Yankees) have signed and developed Taiwanese prospects in their farm systems. The 14th ML team to join that list is the Detroit Tigers.



The first Taiwanese signing by a ML club for 2008 is OF Chao-Ting Tang. Tang, who has been profiled before, is a former HS teammate (San-Min HS) of Red Sox farmhands Chih-Hsien Chiang and Chih-Hsiang Huang. The 20 year old (DOB: 10/12/1987), who was on the 2005 junior NT, reportedly received a signing bonus in the area of ~ $40K to $60K with some incentives involved from the Tigers. *Updated*

Interpreter Wanted in So Cal......

A MLB team is seeking a part-time interpreter for a player in Southern California. If you have any interest, please contact me.

Wed. Scores...

CPBL:
Bears 22 - Whales 2: Yea, you read that right. The Bears scored a ridiculous 22 runs on 26 hits including 3 bombs to demolish the Whales and break their 5-game losing skid. While everyone in the Bears starting lineup collected a hit, I'll just highlight a select few: CF Long-Yi Huang was 3-6 with HR # 4 and 3 RBI's/ DH Gary Burnham had a huge night - he was 4-7 with 2 doubles, a HR (#5) and 6 RBI's!/ LF CFC was 2-3 with HR #4, a double, 2 walks, and a RBI/ IF Chin-De Yu was 5-6 with a double and 2 RBI's/ 1B Chung-Wei Pan was 2-5 with a double and 2 RBI's/ C Chia-Hao Liu was 3-5 with a double and a RBI/ reserve OF Chen-Yu Chung was 2-3 with a triple and 2 RBI's.
Despite the team's offensive fireworks, Bears SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu earned game MVP honors. Hsu improved his record to 2-1 after allowing 2 runs (1 earned) on 4 hits in 6 IP (5K's, 1BB).
Rookie Min-Ching Kao got shelled in his 1.2 innings of work - giving up 5 runs on 6 hits (he falls to 2-3 on the year). One of the few bright spots for the Whales offensively was 3B Carlos Villalobos - he was 2-4 with a RBI.

Bulls 5 - Elephants 0: Bulls SP Wen-Ping Yu combined with reliever Ming-Chin Tsai on a CG 2-hit shutout. Yu, the game MVP allowed only 2 hits in his 8 innings of work (3K's, 1BB). Bulls LF Hsien-Ming Yu was the main catalyst on offense for his squad as he was 3-5 with 3 RBI's. Collecting the team's other RBI was Tarzan (1-1 with a RBI), coming off the bench in a DH role. Good to see Tarzan back.
There's not much to write about the Elephants, but starter Dan Core earned a ND despite pitching well. DC threw 5.2 shutout innings, allowing 5 hits to go along with 5 K's and 1 BB.


MLB:
The Dodgers beat the Marlins 13-1. CL Hu was 0-2 at the plate while HC Kuo threw 2 scorless innings in relief of starter Chad Billingsley. Kuo allowed 2 hits and K'd 4 while walking 1. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 6-2. CH Lin was 2-5 with 2 RBI's and ran buck-wild on the Rome Braves. CH Lin had 3 SB's in the game! Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 7-6 in the 8th. YC Chen is currently 2-3 with a double and a walk. Box

Chih-Chia Chang Joins the Bears....

It's official; pitcher Chih-Chia Chang is a La new Bear. He'll be a key addition to the starting rotation for the slumping Bears. He's expected to join the rotation sometime in the next 2 weeks.


NPB:
CS Yang hit his 1st career NPB HR against the Marines. Prior to hitting his HR, Yang was mired in a 0-17 slump. He was 1-4 on the night with a RBI as his team won 3-2. Box

Speaking of the NPB, Deanna over at her site as a nigun recap of Si-Yo Wu's game yesterday. Wu threw 5 shutout innings, giving up 2 hits and K'ing 7. There's also a pic of Wu.

4/29 Scores..

CPBL:
Whales 7 - Bears 1: The Bears lost their 5th straight game, falling to Steve Watkins and the Whales. SW improved his record to 3-2 after allowing only 1 run on 5 hits in 7 IP (5K's, 1BB). Losing for the Bears was SP Andrew Lorraine, who fell to 2-3. AL gave up 3 runs on 6 hits in 6 IP (4K's, 2BB's).
Game MVP honors went to Whales OF Tai-Yong Kuo who hit 2 HR's and was 3-4 with 3 RBI's. Other Whales of note in the lineup: 3B Chun-Chiang Kao was 1-3 with a RBI/ C Yi-Wei Lee was 2-3 with a double and a RBI/ DH Hsin-Min Wang was 2-4 with a double.
For the Bears: DH Gary Burnham drove in the lone run, he was 1-4 with a double and a RBI/ LF CFC was 0-3.

Lions 10 - T-Rex 6: Lions starter Lou Pote is now 4-0 on the season. LP allowed 3 runs on 6 hits in 6 IP (4K's, 1BB). Game MVP honors went to teammate OF Wu-Hsiung Pan who was 3-5 with a double and a RBI. Other Lions on the prowl: CF Sung-Hsien Yang was 2-3/ RF Fu-Hao Liu was 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI's/ 1B KC Kao was 1-2 with 2 walks and a RBI/ 3B Tilson Brito was 2-4 with 3 RBI's/ DH Lien-Hung Chen was 2-5 with a RBI/ 2B Sen Yang was 1-4 with a RBI/ reserve 1B Ching-Ho Chuang was 1-1 with a RBI.
Offensively for the T-Rex: SS Ming-Jen Kuo was 2-5 with a RBI/ CF Yuan-Chia Chen was 1-4 with a triple and a RBI/ 3B Napoleon Calzado was 2-4 with a RBI/ 2B Shih-Yang Deng was 2-3 with a RBI/ C Ko-Fan Chen was 1-2 with 2 walks and a RBI/ reserve RF-1B Wei Kao was 2-3 with a triple and a RBI.


MILB:
A - Peoria lost 3-2. HW Chen started and earned a ND - he allowed 2 runs on 3 hits in 5 IP. Box

A - Asheville won 16-1. SA Kuo evened his record to 2-2, allowing only 1 run on 5 hits in 7.2 IP. Box

A - Greenville won 8-4. CH Lin was 2-5 with his 8th SB of the season. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 5-3 in the 8th. CH Chiang is currently 0-4. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 7-5 in the 8th. KH Lo is currently 2-4 with a RBI, but was CS. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 7-3 in the 9th. YC Chen is currently 2-3 with a walk and 2 SB's (#'s 4 and 5 on the year). Box
*Updated

Monday Minors...

MILB:
A - Greenville lost 9-8 in 10. CH Lin was 1-6 with his 7th SB of the season and 2nd OF assist. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 9-2 in the 8th. KH Lo was 0-2. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 5-3 in the 7th. CH Chiang is currently 0-3 while committing his 8th error of the season. Box

AAA - Omaha lost 7-5. CH Tsao pitched a scoreless 8th inning. Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 11-4 in the 7th. YC Chen is currently 1-2 with 2 walks. Box



Other:
More on the upcoming World Junior Baseball Championships coming up in July/August. This year the tourney will be held in Edmonton, Canada.
Taiwan is grouped with Cuba, Canada, Puerto Rico, Italy, and the Czech. Republic.

Taichung, Taiwan will host the 13th World Youth Baseball Championships - although the dates haven't been specified.

Five and Counting....

MLB:
CMW got the proverbial monkey off his back with a dominating performance against the Indians. Wang threw 7 shutout innings, allowing only 4 hits while K'ing a season-high 9 (he also walked 2). He then handed the ball off to Joba Chamberlain and Mariano Rivera who helped to preserve the 1-0 win for the Yankees. Recap/Box



CL Hu is starting at 2B for the Dodgers today against the Rockies. He is currently 0-1 in the 3rd. HC Kuo will be pitching out of the bullpen for now.



CPBL:
Whales 4 - Bulls 3: Whales SP Yu-Chieh Shen picked up game MVP honors after winning his second game of the season (2-2 overall). Shen allowed 3 runs on 3 hits in 8 IP (5K's, 3BB's).
Supporting Shen's strong start were: 2B Yi-Min Wang who was 3-4 with a RBI/ C Yi-Wei Lee who was 1-3 with a double and a RBI/ DH Chun-Hsiung Lu was 1-3 with a RBI/ 3B Carlos Villalobos was 1-4 with a RBI.
Offensivley for the Bulls: DH Chien-Ming Chang was 0-3/ 1B Chung-Yi Huang was 1-4 with a double and a RBI/ 2B Chao-Hsing Cheng was 0-2 with 2 RBI's.

T-Rex 6 - Bears 4: With the win the T-Rex now find themselves tied with the Bulls for last place in the current CPBL standings:
1)Lions 17-7
2)Bears 14-9-1 2.5 GB
3)Whales 11-13 6 GB
4)Elephants 10-13-1 6.5 GB
5)T-Rex 9-14-1 7.5 GB
6)Bulls 9-14-1 7.5 GB
Reliever Chun-Nan Lai picked up his 5th win of the year (5-2) after throwing 2 scoreless/hitless innings (2K's, 1BB). Earning a ND for the T-Rex was starter Cory Bailey (5 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's). Also earning a ND for the Bears was starter Mike Johnson (7.1 IP, 3 R (1 ER), 10 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's).
Offensively for the T-Rex: SS Ming-Jen Kuo was 2-5 with 2 doubles and a RBI/ CF Yuan-Chia Chen was 1-5 with a RBI (and selected game MVP)/ 3B Napoleon Calzado was 2-5 with a RBI/ RF Chia-Hui Wu was 2-5 with a double and a RBI/ C Ko-Fan Chen was 1-4 with a double and a RBI/ LF Chih-Peng Chen was 1-3 with a RBI.
For the Bears: RF Chien-Wei Tsai was 2-4 with a RBI/ DH CFC was 3-4/ C Feng-Min Chen was 2-4 with a RBI/ SS Chin-De Yu was 1-3 with a RBI.


NPB:
The Fighters lost 5-0 to the Eagles. CS Yang was 0-3. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 10-4. CH Lin was 1-5 with a double, a walk and a RBI. Box

A+ - High Desert lost 5-2. KH Lo was 1-4. Box

AA - Akron won 4-2. SW Tseng threw 2/3 of a scoreless inning. Box

AA - Tulsa is losing 3-1 in the 8th. CL Lo is in line to take the loss. He allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits over 6 IP. Box

AAA - Tacoma and Tuscon are scoreless in the 7th. YC Chen is currently 0-1 with a walk. Box
*Updated

Saturday Scores....

CPBL:
Whales 6 - Bulls 3: Whales lefty Fu-Te Ni improved his record to 2-3 after a nice outing against the Bulls. Ni allowed 2 runs on 6 hits over 5.1 IP (5K's, 3BB's). His opposing mound mate Chien-Fu Yang didn't fare as well, allowing 6 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits in 2.2 IP. Yang's record falls to 1-3 on the year.
Game MVP honors went to Whales 1B Chia-Hsien Tseng who was 2-2 with a double and 3 RBI's. Here's how Tseng's teammates fared: 2B Yi-Min Wang was 1-3 with a RBI/ C Yi-Wei Lee was 2-4/ RF Abraham Nunez was 1-5/ 3B Carlos Villalobos was 0-5.
Offensively for the Bulls: DH Chien-Ming Chang was 1-5/ 1B Chung-Yi Huang was 3-5/ 2B Chao-Hsing Cheng was 2-5/ RF Chien-Jung Su was 0-2 with a RBI/ C Chun-Chang Yeh was 1-4 with a RBI.

Lions 9 - Elephants 3: The Lions gained a half game on the idle Bears as Tilson Brito continued his power surge. TB earned game MVP honors after he launched his 5th HR of the year and was 2-3 with a double and 4 RBI's. Lions starter Yueh-Ping Lin earned his 2nd win of the year (2-0) after allowing 1 run on 3 hits over 5 IP (3K's, 5BB's).
Other Lions of note: CF Sung-Hsien Yang was 1-4 with a RBI/ RF Fu-Hao Liu was 2-4 with a RBI/ 1B KC Kao was 1-4/ 2B Sen Yang was 1-3/ DH Tai-Chi Kuo was 1-4 with a RBI/ IF Tzu-Sung Wang was 1-2 with a RBI.
Losing for the first time this year was Elephants starter Yu-Cheng Liao (4-1). He gave up 5 runs on 6 hits in 5 IP (4K's, 4BB's).
For the Elephants: SS Sheng-Wei Wang was 2-3 with a double/ DH CYC was 1-5/ 3B Jui-Chen Chen was 1-4 with a RBI/ RF Huai-Shan Chen was 0-3 with a RBI/ reserve 1B Ming-Hsien Lin was 0-1 with a RBI.

Other CPBL News:
CFC set a CPBL record as the fastest man to reach 50 HR's, doing it in 193 games and 821 plate appearances.

Former Seibu Lion and NT star Chih-Chia Chang is expected to finalize a one year deal with the La new Bears next week. Reports state that Chang will make roughly ~ 200,000 NT/month. Conversion


MILB:
A - Greenville is losing 7-2 in the 9th. CH Lin is currently 2-5. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 6-3 in the 6th. KH Lo is currently 1-1 with a walk and his 4th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 7-5. CH Chiang was 1-5. Box

AAA - Tacoma is tied at 11 with Tuscon in the 7th. YC Chen is currently 2-4 with a RBI. Box



NPB:
The Fighters lost 4-0 to the Eagles. CS Yang was 0-3. Box


MLB:
The Dodgers are up 11-3 heading into the 9th. CL Hu is in the game as a late inning defensive replacement. Barring a miraculous rally from the Rockies, Hu will not get a PA tonight. Game Live
*Updated

The Big Guns Sound Off in the CPBL.....

CPBL:

CFC

T-Rex 5 - Bears 3: The last place T-Rex surprised the Bears despite CFC's big night at the plate. CFC, playing in LF for the Bears hit 2 HR's (3 on the year now) and was 2-4 driving in all 3 of his team's runs. Bears starter Kevin Huang took the loss, falling to 1-2 after allowing 2 runs on 4 hits in 2 IP.
Picking up game MVP honors for the T-Rex was reliever Ming-Chin Lee. Lee held the Bears scoreless over 2 innings.
Providing offensive support for the T-Rex were: 2B Shih-Yang Deng who was 2-5 with a RBI/ 1B Chuan-Chia Wang who was 1-5 with a RBI/ LF Chih-Peng Chen who was 3-4 with a RBI/ RF Chia-Hui Wu who was 1-4 with a RBI.

KC Kao

TB

Lions 12 - Elephants 4: Coupled with the Bears loss, the Lions pulled 1.5 games ahead of their rival today. Lions starter Chih-Chiang Chang was solid, allowing only 2 runs on 3 hits in 7 IP (4K's, 1BB) to even his record to 2-2. Chang's teammate > 1B KC Kao earned his second consecutive game MVP honor after a perfect night at the plate. He was 5-5 with his 3rd HR of the year, 2 doubles, and 4 RBI's. Backing up Kao's big night were: LF Kan-Lin Huang who was 3-5 with a RBI/ 3B Tilson Brito who was 1-3 with his 4th HR of the year and a RBI/ DH Lien-Hung Chen who was 1-4 with 2 RBI's/ SS Tzu-Sung Wang was 2-5 with a triple and 4 RBI's.
Taking the L for the Elephants was starter Kobayashi Ryokan. He allowed 6 runs in 3 IP. The Elephants managed only 6 hits with: SS Sheng-Wei Wang 1-4 with a triple and a RBI/ DH CYC 1-4 with a double/ RF Huai-Shan Chen 0-4 with a RBI.


NPB:
CS Yang was 0-3 as the Fighters lost 6-1. Box


MILB:
A - Lansing lost 13-2. CH Cheng got pounded for 7 runs (6 earned) on 7 hits (including 2 HR's) in 4 IP. Box

A - Lakewood won 12-11 (11). YF Lin threw 2.2 innings, allowing 1 run on 4 hits. Box

A - Greenville lost 11-3. CH Lin was 1-4 with a double. Box

A+ - High Desert won 13-8. KH Lo was 0-4 with a walk, a RBI, and his 2nd SB of the season. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 7-5. CH Chiang was 2-4 with a RBI. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 6-4. YC Chen was 1-4 with a RBI. Box


MLB:
CL Hu is in the game late - a 9th inning defensive replacement for Jeff Kent at 2B. The Dodgers and Rockies are tied at 7 heading into the bottom of the 9th. Game Live
*Updated

A Milestone Set...

CPBL:

Pan

Lions 3 - Bears 2: With the win, the Lions vaulted themselves back into first place (half a game ahead of the Bears). Lions SP Wei-Lun Pan picked up win #3 on the season (and in doing so, became the youngest pitcher to win 70 games in the CPBL) with another impressive performance - he allowed 1 run on 6 hits over 6 IP (1K, 3BB's). Game MVP honors went to teammate 1B KC Kao who was responsible for driving in 2 of his team's runs (1-4 with a double). Lions' sluggers Lien-Hung Chen and Tilson Brito were a combined 0-7.
Pitching valiantly for the Bears was starter Wen-Hsiung Hsu. Hsu threw a CG, giving up 3 runs on 5 hits (6K's, 2BB's). Hsu picked up the L, falling to 1-1 on the year.
Offensively for the Bears: CF Long-Yi Huang was 3-4/ RF Chien-Wei Tsai was 3-5 with a double/ DH CFC was 0-3/ 1B Gary Burnham was 1-3 with a RBI/ reserve C Chung-Wei Pan was 1-1, hitting his 3rd HR of the year - a solo shot.

Bulls 4 - T-Rex 3: T-Rex starter Chien-Fu Chen fell to 1-5 on the year despite pitching well. Chen allowed only 1 earned run (4 total) in 8 innings. SP Jeremy Cummings earned a ND for the Bulls after giving up 1 ER (2 total) on 6 hits over 5 IP.
Bulls 1B Chung-Yi Huang was elected the game MVP as he was 3-4 with a double and a RBI. Other Bulls of note: 2B Chao-Hsing Cheng was 1-4 with a double and a RBI/ DH Chien-Ming Chang was 1-5/ SS Tsung-Nan Lin was 3-4.
Offensively for the T-Rex: CF Yuan-Chia Chen hit HR #2, he was 2-3 with a RBI/ SS Ming-Jen Kuo was 1-4 with a RBI/ 3B Napoleon Calzado was 2-4 with 2 doubles/ C Ko-Fan Chen was 2-4 with a double.

NPB:

Lefty WY Chen

The Dragons lefty earned a ND despite a tremendous showing by the young man. Chen, who was selected as the top LHP at the 2002 Junior World Championships, allowed 2 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits over 6 IP to go along with 7 K's and 2 BB's. Box



MILB:
A - Asheville 11 - Greenville 6: SA Kuo and CH Lin squared off. Lin was hitless against Kuo, but did walk twice against him. Kuo earned a ND after allowing 5 runs (3 earned) on 10 hits over 4.2 IP. CH Lin was 0-4 with 2 walks and his 6th SB of the season. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 5-1. CH Chiang was 0-3 with a walk. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 7-4 in the 10th. KH Lo is currently 1-4 with a RBI. Box

AA - Akron lost 13-6. SW Tseng allowed 3 runs on 1 hit (a 3-run HR) in 1.2 innings of relief. Box
More on Tseng's struggles this year - apparently he's lost a few mph off of his FB.

AAA - Omaha won 12-11. CH Tsao picked up the W in relief after throwing 2 scoreless innings, giving up 1 hit. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 6-3. YC Chen was 1-3 with a sac-fly RBI and his 3rd SB of the year. Box


MLB:
Wang will face CC Sabathia in a nationally televised game on TBS Sunday. Hopefully CMW can exorcise last year's playoff demons on Sunday.

Kuo may pitch on Sunday against the Rockies.

Hu is still in LA - IF Blake DeWitt was sent down to AAA to make room for a 12th pitcher.

Wed. Scores...

CPBL:
Whales 5 - Elephants 2: Whales SP Steve Watkins threw a CG gem, allowing only 2 ER on 5 hits (6K's, 1 BB) to improve his record to 2-2. Watkins got plenty of run support from: 3B Chun-Chiang Kao who was 3-4 with 2 RBI's/ CF Jen-Chieh Hsu who was 2-4 with a double and a RBI/ RF Abraham Nunez who was 0-4 with 2 RBI's. Game MVP honors went to Whales LF Tai-Yong Kuo who was 3-3 with a walk and scored 4 of his team's runs.
Elephants starter Chia-Rui Mai fell to 1-2 on the season despite a decent performance. He allowed 3 runs on 8 hits over 6 IP to go along with 8K's and 2BB's allowed.
Offensively for the Elephants: 2B Hung-Sen Chu was 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI's/ DH CYC was 0-4/ 1B Chia-Chia was 0-2.

Bulls 1 - T-Rex 1 (12): In the league's second draw of the season, there were some dominant performances from the SP's from both sides. T-Rex starter Hsien-Chih Chang threw 9 shutout innings, allowing only 4 hits to go along with 5K's and 2BB's. Chang was selected the game MVP.
For the Bulls, starter Wen-Ping Yu was also impressive after shutting out the T-Rex for 7 innings, giving up 5 hits while K'ing 5 and walking 2.
Offensively there wasn't much going on for either team. For the Bulls: reserve RF Chao-Hsing Cheng was 1-1, driving in his team's only run in the bottom of the 12th/3B Pai-Hung Wu was 2-3/ DH Chien-Ming Chang was 0-5.
For the T-Rex: C Ko-Fan Chen drove in his team's lone run in the top of the 12th and was 1-5 with a double/3B Napoleon Calzado was 2-5 with a double.


MLB:
CL Hu is currently 2-3 with 2 RBI's and a walk as the Dodgers lead the D-Backs 6-2 in the 8th inning. Game Live

Kuo to the bullpen?


MILB:
A - Greenville won 5-3. CH Lin was 0-4 with 3 K's and an OF assist. Box

A - Lansing beat Peoria 2-1. HW Chen started, giving up only 1 hit in 3 scoreless innings (3K's, 0BB's). Box

A+ - High Desert lost 6-1. KH Lo was 1-3. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 3-0. CH Chiang was 1-3 with a walk, but committed his 7th error of the year. Box



NPB:
I missed CS Yang (Yoh) getting called up to the parent club.
Yang made his season debut on 4/11 and was:
0-2 on Tuesday (4/15)
1-2 with 2 walks Sunday (4/20)
1-4 on Tuesday (4/22)
0-3 today as the Fighters lost 5-0.
*UPDATED