Elite Cup Update...

HS Baseball: Elite Cup 
-Action from the 25th:
*San-Min eliminated Kao-Yuan 2-1 in extra innings to move on to the Elite Eight.  Yi-Hsiang Lin started for San-Min (6.2 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 9 K's, 1 BB) and had the GW sacrifice hit in the bottom of the 10th.   Ren-He Tseng closed out the game for San-Min (3.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 6 K's, 2 BB's).    For Kao-Yuan, Tzu-Wei Lin was 2-4 with a BB.

* Nan-Ying also moved on to the Elite Eight with a 7-0 win over Da-Li HS.  Nan-Ying starter Po-Hsien Hsieh was dominant, throwing a CG shutout.  He allowed only 1 hit, while K'ing 4 and walking 2.

*Ku-Pao is also in the final 8 after shutting out Hsin-She HS 7-0.   Ku-Pao coach Tsai noted that P Chun-Lung Chang has an opportunity to play overseas in Japan.   Also, two-way player Shao-Ching Chiang has a strong desire to play in the US.  Chiang closed out the game for Ku-Pao, throwing one perfect inning, and was 3-4 at the plate with a 2B, BB, and 2 RBI.

*Chang-Yi defeated Ren-Yi HS 6-4.

*Ping-Zhen advanced with a 7-1 victory over Tung-Shih HS. 

*Chung-Dao defeated Chiayi HS 5-4 in extra innings.


-Action from the 26th:
*San-Hsin defeated Chung-Dao 6-3 to advance.  Kuo-Hua Lo picked up the W for San-Hsin.

*Mei-Ho shut out Chang-Yi 4-0 to advance to the Elite Eight.

*Cheng-Kung beat Shan-Hua 5-0 to continue in the tourney.

*Shi-Yuan advanced with a 7-4 victory over Hualien PE.

-The quarterfinals of the tourney will take place on the 29th: 
Mei-Ho vs. San-Hsin
Ku-Pao vs. Nan-Ying
Shi-Yuan vs. Cheng-Kung
San-Min vs. Ping-Zhen


CPBL:
*Sung-Wei Tseng may be the opening day starter for the Elephants.

*RHP En-Yu Lin's recovery has been slow; his shoulder still doesn't feel well after throwing at 35 M.

*C Kun-Sheng Lin has reported to the Bulls' camp.



NPB:
*Dragons lefty Wei-Yin Chen received a hefty raise for 2011.  He'll receive 170 million yen (~2.07 million USD) in 2011, plus the opportunity to bonus an additional 50 million yen based on performance incentives.

Continued Coverage of the Ta-Tung Cup....

Ta-Tung Cup:

*The story of the day was Nan-Ying RHP Cheng-Han Tsai's (pictured above) CG shutout against Taichung Gao-Nong. Nan-Ying won 7-0. Tsai's stats: W, 9 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 10 K's, 0 BB's. Gao-Nong's heralded young slugger & cleanup hitter Chin-De Chang was 0-4 with a K against Tsai.

Tsai, who has good size at 6'2", was clocked at a high of 87 mph (he tops out at 90).

*San-Hsin RHP Kuo-Hua Lo picked up a W in relief for his school. San-Hsin won 2-0 over Hualien PE. Lo's line: W, 6 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 6 K's, 0 BB's.

*Ku-Pao won 4-0 on Tuesday. 4 pitchers (Chi-Yu Lin, Chun-Lung Chang, Ping-Hsueh Chen, Chieh Pan) combined on the shutout with all 4 hitting the radar gun close to 87 mph (per UDN). Chen hit 89 mph.

CY Lin Vid:

PH Chen Vid:

*The day's other winner was Taitung PE. Chih-Lung Yang picked up the W in Taitung PE's 3-0 win.

*Taiwanese coaches are heading to China (Former NPB'er Chuang will be in Jiangsu)

*Prospect review of Chia-Jen Lo

*CMW update

Ku-Pao.....2009 HBT Wood Bat Champs!

WBT:
Ku-Pao defeated Kao-Yuan 9-1 in 7 innings on Sunday to sweep the 2 game series (best of 3 ) and earn bragging rights as the '09 HBT Wood Bat champs.

Ku-Pao RHP starter Chun-Lung Chang held Kao-Yuan to 1 run (unearned) on 6 hits over 7 IP (5 K's, 3 BB's). The 16 year old, who was clocked at a high of 90 mph, was a member of this year's '09 youth national team. KP LF Jui-Lin Chang was 3-4 with a 2B and 2 RBI.

Kao-Yuan starter Sheng-Nan Chen wasn't so fortunate as he was shelled in his 5 innings of work (7 runs - 6 ER, 11 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's). In all fairness to Chen, he was pitching on one day of rest after throwing a CG on Friday.

UDN reported that reps/scouts from 15 MLB teams were present at the tourney.




Other:
Nice read on Che-Hsuan Lin. More news on Lin.