Sat. Scores & News....

NPB:
The Tigers won 7-2. WC Lin was 1-4. Box

The Dragons lost 3-1. WY Chen pitched 1 scoreless inning. Box

The Lions lost 11-3. MC Hsu allowed 1 run in his 1 inning of work. Box


MILB:
R - In the GCL, the Indians lost 5-3. CH Chen was 1-4 with a PB. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 7-5 in 10. WY Lin started, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits in 4 IP - earning a ND. Box

R - The GCL Tigers got blanked 16-0. CT Tang was 0-4 with an error. Box

R - The GCL Braves won 6-1. CE Hung picked up his first pro win - throwing 3 shutout innings, giving up 1 hit while K'ing 4. Box

R - The AZL Mariners won 11-4. In his second appearance, YW Chang had some command issues. Facing 3 batters, Chang hit 2 batters, had a balk called and then walked his last batter before being pulled from the game. Box

A - Greenville won 4-1. CH Lin hit his 4th HR of the year and was 1-3 with a RBI, a BB, and his 24th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 3-0 in the 4th. CH Chiang is 1-1 with his first SB of the year. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 2-0 in the 4th. KH Lo is 0-2. Box


Amateur News:
UDN news (Babel fish required) is confirming Yu-Hung Lee's signing with the Yomiuri Giants. Like the Red Sox and Mariners, the Giants now have (at least) 3 Taiwanese players in their organization (P's Chien-Ming Chiang, Yi-Hao Lin). YH Lee's little brother, Lee-Wei Chiang is an 8th grader in Taiwan; he is already taller than his older bro - standing in at 6'1". He reportedly has a fb that approaches 87 mph.


Collegiate NT:
The NT was blown out by the US NT 12-1 Sat. night. Taking the loss was starter Chih-Lung Huang. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits over 2.2 IP - K'ing 3 with no BB's.
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The Pipeline to Japan Continues....With Yu-Hung Lee

YH Lee

From YH Lee's album

Another top young pitching prospect from Taiwan is heading to Japan. Following in the footsteps of phenom Yi-Hao Lin, lefty Yu-Hung Lee will reportedly join the Yomiuri Giants after his jr. HS graduation in June.

Lee, who plays at Shi-Yuan jr. HS, was the star for Taiwan during last year's Pony League World Series. The Puerto Rican PWS coach paid Lee the highest compliment possible when he said that Lee was a future major leaguer. Just like Yi-Hao, Lee who tops out ~ 86 mph, had his deal negotiated by his jr HS coach Wu-Hsiung Huang and Taiwan PE College head coach Hua-Wei Lin. Lee reportedly received a ~$100K signing bonus.

Here's YH Lee's site. The 15 year old (DOB: 2/22/93) lists himself as 6'0" tall and 175 pounds.
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Thursday Highs and Lows...

Amateur:

Taiwan lost to Puerto Rico 4-2 in the semifinals today. Ace Yu-Hung Lee chalked up double digit K's against PR, but ultimately lost his second game of the tourney to the talented squad. With the loss, Taiwan's last chance to win a world championship will begin tomorrow at the LLWS.

Taiwan will seek to host the next World Youth Championships.

US MINORS:
R - The Red Sox lost 8-3. CH Huang was 1-3 with a double, a walk, and a RBI. Box

A ss - Williamsport won 4-2. YF Lin picked up his second save of the season with a perfect 9th inning. Box

A - Greenville lost 5-0. Chiang was 0-4 with 2 K's. Box

A - Wisky is up 7-3 in the 8th. KH Lo has stolen his 25th base of the season and is currently 1-4 while committing error #7, picking up an OF assist, and has also been CS. Box

A+ - Tseng won his 6th game of the season as Kinston won 7-2. Tseng lasted 6 innings, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits. Box

AAA - Vegas lost game 1 of a DH 3-1. Hu was 0-2 with a walk and committed error #6. Box
Vegas won game 2, 5-3. Hu smacked his 6th HR for the 51's and was 2-4 with 2 RBI's. Box

NPB:
The Tigers lost 3-2. WC Lin was 0-4 with 2 K's. Box

The Fighters won 8-1. CS Yang was 1-3 with a walk and a RBI. Box

CPBL:

Elephants 2 - Bulls 1: Joey Dawley (game MVP) won his 7th game for the Elephants in a rain-shortened 8 inning game. JD allowed 1 earned run on 3 hits over 6 IP - he also had 7 K's and 2 BB's. The tough luck loser for the Bulls was Iba Tomokazu who allowed 2 unearned runs over 7 IP. Leading the way offensively for the Elephants was none other than Chia-Chia who was 3-3. For the Bulls, Tarzan was 1-3 while Chao-Hsing Cheng hit HR #7 - a solo shot in the 4th inning.

Cobras 6 - Lions 5: Wei-Lun Pan earned a ND after allowing 3 runs over 5 IP. He was seeking victory #13. Wei Kao earned game MVP honors after his 1-4, 2 RBI night. The sluggers from both sides cracked HR's: CH Hsieh of the Cobras hit HR #15 while Lion Kuo-Ching Kao hit HR #15 and was 2-4 with 2 RBI's. Fellow Lion Tai-Chi Kuo hit HR #5 and was 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI's. Tilson Brito was 0-3 with a walk.