Monday Scores...

WUBC:
Taiwan narrowly avoided an upset to the home team (the Czech Republic) after it managed to rally from a 2-0 deficit and pull out a 3-2 win. Box Score/Pics


Junior NT:
The US junior NT flexed its muscles and shut down the Taiwanese juniors 6-0 on Monday. The team managed only 2 hits, with pitcher Rong-Hao Hsieh collecting one of the hits. Hsieh threw 3 innings of relief and gave up 2 runs on 3 hits (2K's, 2 BB's). Box


MILB:
R - The GCL Red Sox lost game 1 of a DH 5-1. CH Huang was 0-3 while CC Chen was 1-3. Box
In game 2, the Red Sox were tripped up yet again 9-1. CH Huang was 2-3. Box

R - The GCL Reds lost 2-1. YW Kuo was 0-3. Box In game 2 of the twin billing, YW Kuo was 2-3 with a RBI as the Reds won 5-1. Box

A - Greenville won 5-2. CH Lin was 0-4. Box

A+ - Kinston lost 7-5. SW Tseng blew a save opportunity and earned the loss after giving up 4 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits over 1.1 IP. Box

A+ - Lancaster is beating High Desert 5-4 in the 4th. KH Lo is 1-1 with a double and a BB. Box

AA - Tulsa won 12-3. CL Lo earned the win in relief, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits over 5 IP. Box

AAA - Vegas is tied at 4 in the 6th. CL Hu is 1-2. Box



CPBL:
Troubling news for the CPBL: according to team ownership, popular CPBL franchise - the Brother Elephants may be forced to fold next year if its losses exceed 40 million TWD (~ $1.3 million USD) in 2009. The team has continued to report financial losses annually over the past few years.


MLB:
Kuo is human after all; he allowed 2 runs (the first runs he's given up since July 1st) in the bottom of the 9th. The Dodgers beat the Rockies 16-10. Box
He was clocked at 95-97 mph.
*Updated

Amateur Updates....

LL/Pony:
LL action - Taiwan beat Thailand 5-1 Monday. The team managed only 10 hits, but fortunately, two-way star Cheng-Yu Tsai stepped up big at the plate, cracking a 3-run HR. He also shut down the Thai team over 1.2 relief innings, K'ing 3. Thailand scored its lone run in the bottom of the 6th inning. Taiwan will now face it's last two (and toughest) opponents in South Korea and Hong Kong in pool play over the next two days.

In Pony action (13-14 age group), Taiwan defeated South Korea 6-2. The team is from Taichung, represented by youth powerhouse Shi-Yuan jr. high (past alumni include Yao-Wen Chang and Yu-Hung Lee).

In the Bronco division (11-12 year olds) of Pony bb, Taiwan beat the Philippines 19-2. With the win, a showdown has been set up with Japan (who are also undefeated) tomorrow. The winner, representing the Asian/Pacific zone will move on to Monterey, CA. Expect to see aces Kuan-Yi Lee and Chia-Ming Tu in the matchup against Japan.

All-Star Sunday...

CPBL All-Star Game:

Yuan-Chia Chen - All-Star Game MVP

Red 10 - White 6:
Game Recap

Red Pitching Staff:
SP - Yu-Cheng Liao (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 1 BB)
Fu-Te Ni (2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's)
Cory Bailey (2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's)
Yu-Chieh Shen (2 IP, 3 R - 1 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB's) - WP
Yung-Chieh Yeh (2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's)

White Pitching Staff:
SP - Wei-Lun Pan (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
Mike Johnson (1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K's/BB's)
Wen-Hsiung Hsu (1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
Chih-Chiang Chang (2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)
Feng-Hua Lee (0.2 IP, 6 R, 5 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)
Chi-Wei Lin (1.1 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 3 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
Yueh-Ping Lin (1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)

Red lineup:
LF CYC 1-5, HR, 2 RBI's
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 0-3, 2 BB's
DH Kuan-Jen Chen 1-2
1B Chia Chia 0-2
3B Jui-Chen Chen 0-0
CF Tai-Yung Kuo 0-0
2B Shih-Yang Deng 0-1
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 0-2
C Jui-Chang Chen 1-1
3B Wilton Veras 2-5 - off the bench
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 0-2 - off the bench
2B Hung-Sen Chu 3-3 - off the bench
C Ko-Fan Chen 1-3, RBI - off the bench
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-2, BB, 2 RBI's - off the bench
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 1-2, HR, 3 RBI's - off the bench - GAME MVP
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-2 - off the bench
DH Chuan-Chia Wang 0-2, BB, RBI - off the bench

White lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-4, RBI
LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-3, 2B
RF Chien-Ming Chang 0-1
3B Tarzan 1-3, HR, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-3
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, 2B
2B Sen Yang 1-2
SS Sheng-Chieh Hsu 1-2
C Chun-Chang Yeh 0-2
RF Fu-Hao Liu 1-3, HR, 2 RBI's - off the bench
2B Chia-Hao Chang 1-2 - off the bench
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-2, 2B - off the bench
C Chih-Kang Kao 0-1, RBI - off the bench
LF Da-Hung Cheng 0-2 - off the bench
3B Tilson Brito 1-2, HR, RBI - off the bench
1B Chung-Wei Pan 0-1 - off the bench



MILB:
R - The GCL Red Sox beat the Reds 5-4. YW Kuo was 1-5 while CH Huang was 0-3 with a BB. Box

R - Bristol lost 3-1. PY Lin took the loss, giving up 2 runs (1 ER) on 5 hits over 5 IP (6K's, 1 BB). Box

A - Greenville lost 4-1. CH Lin was 1-4 with his 31st SB. Box

A+ - Lancaster beat High Desert 13-1. CH Chiang was 0-2 while KH Lo was 0-4. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 5-0 in the 8th. CL Hu is 1-3. Box


WUBC:
Taiwan has the day off. Box Scores for Friday's game against Canada and yesterday's game versus Japan.



LL/Pony:

Slugger Cheng-Yu Tsai

In Hong Kong (LL), Taiwan won its second game 16-0 against India. The team racked up 13 hits and the pitching staff combined on a 1 hitter (K'ing 10) over 4 innings.

KY Lee (3 pics below)

In Pony action (Bronco division), Taiwan beat Taipei City 15-0. 12 year old Kuan-Yi Lee has established himself as the star of the team. The 5'10", 172 pound two-way star was clocked at 75 mph and also hit the team's 1st HR in the game.


Junior NT:
The boys beat the Canadian junior NT 11-1 yesterday. The team will be playing in the International Super Series starting tomorrow.
*Updated

7/19 Scores...

MILB:
R - The GCL Reds won 6-2. YW Kuo was 1-3 with a RBI and a BB. Box

R - The GCL Tigers beat the Indians 3-2. CT Tang was 0-3 while CH Chen was 0-2 with a BB. Box

A - Greenville won 7-5. CH Lin was 1-5 with a RBI. Box

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

AAA - Hu's Back! He's currently 0-2 as Vegas is down 6-1 in the 7th. Box
*Updated


WUBC:
Taiwan lost a close game to Japan (2-1) on Saturday.



CPBL:

TB

It's all-star weekend in the CPBL. The Lions' Tilson Brito put on a power display: easily winning the HR derby on Saturday - he crushed 27 home runs in the final round (46 total over 4 rounds: 10 in round 1, 5 in the next round, & 4 in the semifinals) to beat T-Rex veteran slugger Chia-Hsien Hsieh (had only 5 dingers in the final round).

The AS game will take place tomorrow.


LL/Pony:
Taiwan won it's opening game against China 22-1 in the AP Regional LL tourney.

Taiwan also won it's first game in the Bronco Division of the AP Regional tourney. Taiwan shutout Hong Kong 29-0. Taipei City lost to Japan 9-0 in the day's other action.

Friday Scores...

MLB:
The Dodgers and DBacks are tied at 7 in the 9th. HC Kuo threw 2 scoreless innings, K'ing 4. Box



MILB:
R - The GCL Reds lost 5-2 in game 1 of a DH. YW Kuo was 0-3 with a walk and an error committed. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox lost 5-1 in game 1 of a DH. CH Huang was 1-3 while CC Chen was 1-3 with a double. Box
The Red Sox won 7-4 in game 2 of a DH. CH Huang was 1-1 with a double and 2 BB's. Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 17-1. CT Tang was 0-3 while collecting an OF assist. Box

A - Greenville lost 5-1. CH Lin was 0-5 with 3 K's. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 6-3. CH Chiang was 1-4. Box

A+ - High Desert lost 7-0. KH Lo was 0-3. Box



WUBC:
Taiwan won its opening game against Canada 6-4. Pics



Junior NT:
Taiwan tied Canada 9-9 yesterday before picking up its first win against an extremely talented Canadian squad (Brett Lawrie was drafted in the first round in this year's draft) today (4-1).
Read more on Thursday's game here and today's game here.

7/17 Scores & News...

CPBL:
Elephants 4 - Whales 0:
WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (10-2, 7 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 8 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Steve Watkins (3-9, 7.1 IP, 4 R, 9 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

Elephants lineup:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 3-4, RBI
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-4, RBI
1B Chia Chia 0-4
LF CYC 1-3
3B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI

The Whales were limited to 5 hits as a team.



MILB:
R - The GCL Braves won 13-10. CE Hung picked up the W after giving up 4 runs (2 ER) on 4 hits over 4 IP. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox lost 3-1. WY Lin started and earned a ND - allowing 1 unearned run on 3 hits over 4 IP - 4 K's, 1 BB. Box

R - The AZL Mariners lost 10-9. YW Chang threw 2/3 of a scoreless inning. Box

A ss - Williamsport won 5-1. YF Lin threw 1 scoreless inning. Box

A- Greenville won 6-5 in 10. CH Lin was 2-3 with 2 walks, committed an error, and also stole 3 bases in the game (giving him 30 on the year). Box

A - Asheville lost 2-1. SA Kuo took the tough loss after allowing 2 runs on 3 hits over 6.2 IP (he had 9K's, 3BB's, and gave up 2 solo shots). Box

A+ - Lancaster won 8-7. CH Chiang's on fire - he was 3-4 with a double, HR #9, and 2 RBI's to raise his BA to .307 on the year. Box After a slow start, Chiang has hit .373 in June and a scorching .432 so far this month!

A+ - High Desert is down 6-1 in the 6th. KH Lo is 1-2 and has collected an OF assist. Box



Amateur:
*In addition to the LLB A-P Tourney going on this weekend, the Pony Baseball organization's Bronco division (11-12 year olds) will be kicking off its Asia-Pacific Zone tourney this weekend as well.

There are five teams competing:
1)Chinese Taipei (Taiwan)
2)Hong Kong
3)Japan
4)Taipei City
5)the Philippines

The tourney will take place from the 19th of this month through the 22nd.
The winner will advance to the Bronco World Series located in Monterey, CA from August 5th - 12th.


*The World University Baseball Games are underway. Taiwan will play tomorrow against Canada. Click here for the schedule.



Olympic Games:
Japan has named a star-studded 24-man roster led by Yu Darvish.

7/16 Scores....

NPB:
Wei-Yin Chen picked up a W after giving up 1 run on 2 hits over 7 innings against the Yomiuri Giants. Chen also had 7 K's and 1 BB as the Dragons won 5-1. Box

The Hawks won 6-5. YH Yang faced one batter in the 6th, giving up a hit and a run. Box


CPBL:
Lions 8 - Elephants 5:
WP - Luther Hackman (1-0, 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
- starter Wei-Lun Pan earned a ND (6 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's)

LP - Pao-Hsien Wu (0 IP, 3 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
- starter Kobayashi Ryokan also earned a ND (6 IP, 4 ER, 5 H, 7 K's, 5 BB's)

Lions lineup:
2B Sen Yang 1-3, 2 RBI's
CF Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-2, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2 RBI's - game MVP
RF Fu-Hao Liu 1-3, RBI
SS Tai-Chi Kuo 1-1, 2 RBI's - off the bench

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-4, RBI
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5, RBI
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 0-5
1B Chia Chia 3-4, HR #5, 2 RBI's
LF CYC 1-4



Whales 10 - T-Rex 7:
WP - Wei-Ming Chu (2-2, 2.1 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
- earning a ND was Fu-Te Ni (4.2 IP, 5 R, 10 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)

LP - Willy Lebron (0-5, 2.1 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 2 H, 3 K's, 4 BB's)
- Cory Bailey earned a ND (4.2 IP, 3 R - 0 ER, 3 H, 3 K's, 5 BB's)

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 1-5, HR #5, 3 RBI's - game MVP
RF Carlos Villalobos 1-4, 2B, RBI
2B Lin 1-1, 2 RBI's - off the bench
LF Chun-Hsiung Lu 0-3, RBI - off the bench

T-Rex lineup:
C Ko-Fan Chen 2-5
DH Hung-Yuan Lin 4-4, 2 RBI's
1B Wei Kao 1-5, RBI
OF Yuan-Chia Chen 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
2B Ren-Wei Hu 3-5, 2B, RBI
OF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-2, RBI - off the bench


MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers won 3-1 in game 2 of a DH. CT Tang was 1-2 with a RBI and BB. Box

A - Greenville won 2-1. CH Lin was 1-4 with a RBI. Box

A+ - High Desert lost 6-1. KH Lo was 0-4. Box



Olympic Games:
The US has announced its 24 man roster.


Junior NT:
Here's the box score from yesterday's game against the Canadian junior NT.
RH Hsieh started, allowing 1 run on 5 hits over 3 IP. HS teammate Kuan-Yu Chen finished, giving up 2 unearned runs over the last 2 innings - K'ing 3.
Regarding two of the more heralded names in the lineup: SS Wei-Chen Wang was 0-3 while 3B Fu-Lin Kuo was 2-4.


The junior NT won 6-1 over the Thunder Bay Select team today. Check the box for results.

In the second game played on Tuesday, the team was blanked by the Canadian junior NT 8-0. Read more here and here. Box
*Updated

Tuesday Scores...

CPBL:

Bears 4 - Lions 3:

WP - Chih-Hua Hsu (3-0, 1.1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 K, 1 BB)

LP - Chih-Chiang Chang (5-5, 6 IP, 3 R, 9 H, 2 K's, 5 BB's)

Bears lineup:

CF Long-Yi Huang 3-4, 2B, RBI - game MVP

SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-2, 2B, RBI, 2 BB's

LF CFC 1-4, RBI
DH Gary Burnham 2-4, 2B

1B Chung-Wei Pan 3-4, RBI

2B Chin-De Yu 2-4

Lions lineup:

CF Feng-Pin Hsu 0-2, RBI

LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-2, RBI, 3 BB's

3B Tilson Brito 1-5, 2B

1B KC Kao 1-5

2B Sen Yang 1-3, RBI

C CK Kao 3-3, 2B

T-Rex 6 - Whales 5:

WP - Hsien-Chih Chang (4-4, 2.1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 2 BB's)

LP - Hung-? Huang (4-4, 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)

T-Rex lineup:

3B Napoleon Calzado 2-5

CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4

C Ko-Fan Chen 4-4, 2B, 3 RBI's - game MVP

DH Shih-Yang Deng 2-3, RBI

SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-4, 2 2B's

LF Chia-Hui Wu 1-2, 2B, RBI - off the bench

Whales lineup:

LF Kuan-Chung Lin 2-3, 2B

SS Yi-Min Wang 0-4, RBI

3B Wilton Veras 2-3, RBI

RF Carlos Villalobos 2-3

1B Chia-Hsien Tseng 0-3, RBI

CF Chin-Chang Lin 2-4

DH Chun-? Lu 0-1, RBI - off the bench

1B Chia-Hung Chen 0-0, RBI - off the bench

MILB:
R - The GCL Red Sox beat the Reds 6-4. YW Kuo was 0-4 while CH Huang was 1-4 with a double. Box

R - Bristol lost 6-5 after giving up a 5-0 lead in the 9th. PY Lin started and threw 7 shutout innings, earning a ND. Box

A+ - Kinston lost 10-2. SW Tseng started and took the loss. He allowed 4 runs (3 earned) on 6 hits over 3 IP. Box

AA - Tulsa won 14-2. CL Lo earned the victory to even his record at 7-7. Lo gave up 2 runs (1 ER) over 5 IP. Box


Olympic Games:
South Korea has finalized its roster for the OG. Read more here.

Canada has posted its 24-man roster.


Junior NT:
The junior NT lost to the Canadian junior NT 8-4 on Tuesday. Read more here.
*Updated

The Road to Williamsport - 2008.....

The Asia-Pacific regional tourney kicks off this coming weekend in Hong Kong. This year, there are 12 teams competing for the one spot in Williamsport. Taiwan is grouped in the Asia pool along with China, South Korea, Hong Kong, Thailand, and India. The winner of the Asia pool will play the winner of the Pacific pool - which includes: Guam, Philippines, Australia, CNMI, New Zealand, and Indonesia. The championship game will take place next Thursday(7/24).

Two kids to keep an eye on:

Cheng-Yu Tsai
5'5", 150 pounds, B-R/T-R



Che-Wai Lin
5'4 1/2", 110 pounds, B-L/T-L

CFC Smacks 3 Bombs....

CPBL:
Bears 12 - Elephants 5:
WP - Yu-Wei Hsu (3-3, 7.1 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 5 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Wang (0-3, 2.1 IP, 4 R, 8 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-4, 2B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-5, RBI
DH CFC 4-4, 3 HR's (15 on the year), 5 RBI's - game MVP
(Chen's 13 total bases in one game sets a CPBL record - he now leads the CPBL in HR's - Tilson Brito of the Lions has 14) *Edited

1B Gary Burnham 3-4
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-3
2B Chih-Tsung Chiang 2-5, RBI
LF Min-Yen Chang 1-3, RBI
C Chia-Hao Liu 1-4, RBI
LF Yen-Wei Shih 1-2, 3B, 2 RBI's - off the bench

Elephants lineup:
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-3, RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-4
DH Carlos Rivera 2-4, RBI
LF CYC 2-4, HR #8, 3 RBI's
3B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4



MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers won 5-4. CT Tang was 0-4. Box

R - The GCL Reds won 9-7. YW Kuo was 2-6 with 2 doubles and 2 RBI's. Box

A - Greenville won 3-1. CH Lin was 0-4 with his 27th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 6-2 in the 5th. CH Chiang is 1-2 with 2 RBI's and his 2nd SB of the year. Box



ABL:
Chia-Hang Lee helped lead his team (the Oilers) to a victory on Sunday over the Pilots. Read more here. Team stats

Your 2008 Olympic Squad......

Taiwan's 24 man roster for the Olympic Games was announced Monday:

Pitchers (10):
1)Chin-Hui Tsao
2)Chih-Chia Chang (Bears)
3)Wei-Lun Pan (Lions)
4)Wen-Hsiung Hsu (Bears)
5)Chien-Fu Yang (Bulls)
6)Chen-Chang Lee (Amateur)
7)Fu-Te Ni (Whales)
8)Wei-Yin Chen (Dragons)
9)Chia-Jen Lo (Amateur)
10)Kai-Wen Cheng (Amateur)

Catchers (3):
1)Chun-Chang Yeh (Bulls)
2)Feng-Min Chen (Bears)
3)Chih-Kang Kao (Lions)

Infielders (6):
1)Tai-Shan Chang (Bulls)
2)Cheng-Min Peng (Elephants)
3)Chih-Sheng Lin (Bears)
4)Yen-Wen Kuo (Reds)
5)Chih-Hsien Chiang (Red Sox)
6)Chih-Wei Shih (Bears)

Outfielders (5):
1)Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions)
2)Kuo-Hui Lo (Mariners)
3)Che-Hsuan Lin (Red Sox)
4)Chien-Ming Chang (Bulls)
5)Chin-Feng Chen (Bears)

MC Elected to the HOF....

I know I'm a day late on this and this has nothing to do with baseball, but Michael Chang (an ABC) was elected to the Tennis HOF yesterday. MC, whose parents grew up in Taiwan, was one of my idols in my formative years. There weren't that many Asian (Asian-American) role models at the time, but MC stood out as an underdog whose grit, determination, & athletic gifts allowed him to compete and succeed at the highest level in the tennis world.

2008 XMASFG MVP: CH Lin....

All-Star Futures Game:


The World team beat the US team 3-0 on Sunday. Che-Hsuan Lin, making his first plate appearance of the game in the 7th, would launch the first pitch he saw over the left field fence to plate 2 runs. Lin would finish the game 2-2 and pick up game MVP honors, following in the footsteps of his fellow brethren - Chin-Lung Hu (picked up game MVP honors in 2007).
Box/Recap
Congrats to Lin!
Great read on the kid. And another one.
Pics from Lin's site on his unforgettable day.
*Updated


CPBL:
Lions 9 - Bears 3:
WP - Lou Pote (11-3, 7 IP, 1 ER, 6 H, 3 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (6-3, 4.1 IP, 7 ER, 5 K's, 3 BB's)

Lions lineup:
2B Sen Yang 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 1-5, 2 RBI's
1B KC Kao 2-5, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-5, HR #8, 3 RBI's
LF Kan-Lin Huang 2-3
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-2, RBI - 0ff the bench

Bears lineup:
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 3-3, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4
DH CFC 0-4
1B Gary Burnham 2-4, 2B
LF Min-Yen Chang 1-4, RBI


Bulls 3 - T-Rex 0:
WP - Jeff Farnsworth (1-1, 5.1 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Pai-Ching Chiang (2-1, 6 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)

Bulls lineup:
DH Tarzan 1-4, HR #7, RBI
3B Chi-Wei Chen 1-4, 2B, RBI
1B Chung-Yi Huang 3-4, 2B
RF Mike Vento 2-4, 2B
C Chun-Chang Yeh 2-4
2B Chung-Nan Lin 2-3, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4



HBWT:
Taiwan avenged an earlier loss to Japan and earned a third place showing in the tourney with a 2-0 shutout. 1B Chih-Pei Huang continued his hot hitting (2-4, RBI) and was easily the team's offensive MVP in Holland. Box/Pics
The US beat Cuba 4-1 in the championship game.



MILB:
R - The GCL Red Sox won 3-0 in 6. CH Huang was 1-2 with a BB while CC Chen was 1-3. Box

A - Lansing is up 5-4 in the 9th. CH Cheng started, allowing 2 runs on 6 hits in 6 IP (6 K's). Box

A+ - Kinston won 7-5. SW Tseng threw 1 scoreless inning. Box

A+ - High Desert lost 7-1. KH Lo had a rough game, going 0-3 with a BB and 3 K's - he was also CS. Box Completing an earlier suspended game, KH Lo cracked his 5th HR of the year and was 1-5 with 2 RBI's. HD lost 10-6. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 12-4. CH Chiang was 2-4 with a double and 2 RBI's. Box
*Updated

Junior NT Update...

The junior NT is participating in the Warm up to the Worlds in Thunder Bay, Canada.
The team will:
1) take BP Monday, July 14th
2) play the Canadian junior NT on Tuesday, July 15th
3) play a DH on Wed., July 16th against the Canadian junior NT and a Thunder Bay select squad

Here's the NT's roster with the player's vital stats
(Jung-Hao Hsieh = Rong-Hao Hsieh on the blog)

Prospect News.....

Amateur Front:

*RHP Kai-Wen Cheng (album) reportedly turned down a $30k offer from the Twins.





*KDN is still shopping around RHP Wen-Hao Cheng, whose velocity has been down this year, he's now around 86-90mph.



*Bros Sports now represents Nan-Ying HS 2B Ping-Chieh Chen - 5'11'', 168lbs, bats L, throws R, time to 1st base around 4 seconds, high OBP player willing to take pitches, good swing but no power, below average arm.

*CSMG is closing in on Ku-Pao HS LHP Kuan-Yu Chen - 5'9'', 187lbs, 84-87mph, good control & command, curveball, slider.


*The CPBL is planning to start drafting graduating HS players in 2009 in order to compete against MLB and the NPB.



CPBL:
Whales 9 - Elephants 5:
WP - Wei-Ming Chu (1-2, 5.2 IP, 1 ER, 4 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Yu-Cheng Liao (9-2, 5 IP, 9 R - 3 ER, 6 H, 3 K's, 7 BB's) - 6 BB's came in the 2nd inning when the Whales would plate 8 runs!

Whales lineup:
2B Yi-Min Wang 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI's
C Yi-Wei Lee 0-5, RBI
CF Chin-Chang Lin 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI's

Elephants lineup:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-4
1B Chia Chia 1-3, RBI
LF CYC 2-4, 2B, RBI
2B Hung-Sen Chu 2-4, RBI
3B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI


Lions 5 - Bears 3:
WP - Yueh-Ping Lin (7-3, 6 IP, 3 ER, 9 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Chin-Chih Huang (2-3, 0 IP, 3 ER, 3 H, 0 K's/BB's) - starter Chih-Chia Chang earned a ND despite allowing 1 run on 7 hits over 6.1 IP (7 K's, 1 BB)

Lions lineup:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-5
2B Sen Yang 3-4, RBI
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 3-5, 2B, HR #10, 3 RBI's - game MVP
3B Tilson Brito 2-5, RBI
1B KC Kao 2-5
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-5, 2B

Bears lineup:
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 4-5, 2B, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4
DH CFC 1-3, RBI
2B Chih-Tsung Chiang 2-4, RBI


MILB:
R - The GCL Indians won 3-2. CH Chen was 1-3 with a RBI. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 3-2. CH Huang was 1-4 with a double and an error. CC Chen was 0-2. Box

R - The AZL Mariners lost 5-3. YW Chang threw 1 scoreless inning. Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 5-2. CT Tang was 0-3 with his first SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 3-1 in the 5th. CH Chiang is 0-1. Box



HBWT:
Taiwan was swept by the US collegiate NT this summer as the team fell 5-2. Box/Pics
Taiwan will get a rematch with Japan in the third-place match-up tomorrow.


Olympic Games:

Tsao & Coach Hsieh

Chin-Hui Tsao hit a high of 92 mph in a bullpen session back home in Taiwan. Tsao impressed the NT's pitching coach - CT Whales HC Chang-Heng Hsieh sufficiently enough to get a strong endorsement from him in regards to making the OG NT final roster.
*Updated

Friday Scoreboard....

CPBL:
Whales 11 - Elephants 9:
WP - Fu-Te Ni (4-7, 7 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Chia-Min Tseng (3-4, 2 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 4 H, 1 K, 2 BB's)

Whales lineup:
2B Yi-Min Wang 5-6, 2B, 3 RBI's - game MVP
3B Wilton Veras 2-4, 2B, HR #4, 5 RBI's
RF Carlos Villalobos 0-4, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, 2B, RBI
SS Che-Wei Kang 2-4, RBI

Elephants lineup:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 3-5, RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-3
DH Carlos Rivera 3-5, 2B, 5 RBI's
LF CYC 1-5, 2 RBI's


Bulls 9 - T-Rex 6:
WP - Chien-Fu Yang (4-7, 6 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Cory Bailey (5-4, 3.1 IP, 6 ER, 4 H, 3 K's, 8 BB's)

Bulls lineup:
LF Chien-Ming Chang 1-2, 2 RBI's
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 0-3, RBI
DH Tarzan 1-5, 2B, RBI
3B Chi-Wei Chen 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI's - game MVP
1B Chung-Yi Huang 1-5, RBI
RF Mike Vento 1-4, HR #1, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4, 2 RBI's
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 1-4, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, HR #9, 2 RBI's
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 3-4, 2 2B's
LF Chia-Hui Wu 0-3, RBI



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 19-8. Playing at 1B, CH Chen was 0-2. Box

A - Greenville lost 4-2. CH Lin was 0-4. Box

A+ - High Desert lost 18-2 in game 1 of a DH. KH Lo was 1-3. Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 15-2 in the 5th. CH Chiang is 2-4 with a RBI. Box



HBWT:
Taiwan split a DH on Friday, losing 3-1 to the US and winning 8-5 over the winless Dutch Caribbean (Netherlands Antilles) team.
US Box/Recap/Pics (Starter Wen-Yang Liao allowed 1 run on 3 hits over 5 IP - K'ing 8)
DC Box/Pics (Chih-Lung Huang started but was unimpressive - C Chun-Chieh Wang smacked a HR - reliever Kai-Wen Cheng threw 4.1 shutout innings)
Taiwan plays the US again tomorrow in one semifinal.

Toot Toot's No-No.....

CPBL:

Toot Toot

Lions 7 - Whales 0:
WP - Wei-Lun Pan (7-1, 9 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 9 K's, 0 BB's) - first career no-hitter for Pan, 6th in CPBL history (the last no-no was back in May of 1999!). Pan was an error away from a perfect game - easy pick for game MVP.
Read more here.

LP - Hung-? Huang (4-3, 5 IP, 6 R, 8 H, 2 K's, 4 BB's)

Lions lineup:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 0-3, RBI
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 1-3
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2 RBI's
2B Sen Yang 2-4
SS Sheng-Chieh Hsu 1-3, RBI


MLB:
The Dodgers are down 4-3 to the Marlins in the 5th. HC Kuo has come on in relief of starter CH Park and has thrown 1 scoreless inning - he's also 1-1 at the plate. Box


MILB:
R - The GCL Braves lost 6-5 in 11. CE Hung was saddled with the loss, allowing 3 runs (1 ER) on 3 hits over 3 IP. Box

R - The GCL Indians won 14-13 in 10. CH Chen was 0-3 and allowed 2 more PB's (5 on the year). Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 10-2. CT Tang was 1-4. Box

R - The Reds beat the Red Sox 7-3 in the GCL. YW Kuo was 1-4 with a BB and a RBI. CC Chen was 0-3 with a BB. WY Lin started, earning a ND - giving up 3 runs on 7 hits over 5 IP. Box

A - Asheville won 9-8 in 10. SA Kuo earned a ND after giving up 7 runs on 7 hits (2 HR's) in 6 IP. Box

A - Greenville lost 14-0. CH Lin was 1-3. Box
Don't forget to catch Lin in action on Sunday in the 2008 XM Futures All-Star Game on ESPN2 at 12:30 Eastern.

A+ - In game 2 of a DH, SW Tseng started and earned a ND - giving up 1 run on 2 hits over 3 IP. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 7-2 in the 6th. KH Lo is 1-3 with a BB. Box

AA - Tulsa won 6-5. CL Lo made his return off the DL a successful one - picking up a W after shutting out his opponent over 5 IP. Box


ABL:
The Oilers won 5-4 on Wednesday over the NTSU. Ying-Shan Wang started, giving up 1 run over 4 IP. NTSU player Chia-Hang Lee was signed by the Oilers for the remainder of the season.

When It Rains, It Pours - More Bad News....

CPBL:
T-Rex 9 - Elephants 3:
WP - Hsien-Chih Chang (3-4, 6 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Wang (0-2, 1.2 IP, 6 R, 5 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)

T-Rex lineup:
3B Napoleon Calzado 1-5, HR #3, 3 RBI's
C Ko-Fan Chen 1-3, HR #1, RBI
SS Shih-Hao Huang 1-3, HR #2, 2 RBI's
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 2-4
LF Chia-Hui Wu 3-4
SS Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-1, HR #8, 3 RBI's - off the bench - game MVP

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-5, RBI
LF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-5, 2B, RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-3, 2B
C Yi-Feng Kuo 3-4, 3B, HR #1, RBI


Bears 8 - Bulls 7:
WP - Feng-Hua Lee (3-2, 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K's/BB's)
LP - Yong-Chih Kuo (1-1, 1.2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI's - game MVP
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4
DH CFC 2-4, 2B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-3, 2B, RBI
1B Chung-Wei Pan 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI's

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-5, 2B, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-5
DH Tarzan 3-5, 2 RBI's
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 1-3, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-5, 2 RBI's

*The Bears signed Brent Metheny from Canada. According to the article, he'll make ~ $10K a month.



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians beat the Tigers 5-1. CT Tang was 1-2 with a RBI while CH Chen was 0-2. Box In game 2, the Tigers won 11-9. CT Tang walked in his only PA while CH Chen was 0-1. Box

R - The GCL Reds lost 4-2. YW Kuo was 1-5. Box

A - Greenville lost 3-1. CH Lin was 1-4. Box
Lin was selected by his organization as the top defender in their minor league system for the month of June.



Olympic Games:
Wei-Chu Lin (injury to his lefty knee) and En-Yu Lin (recurring shoulder pain) will not be playing for Taiwan in Beijing. With CL Hu and YC Chen out as well, the NT will have to rely on its domestic stars and young minor leaguers from abroad.
How much more bad news (injury-related) can Taiwanese bb fans take?!



ABL:
The Oilers beat the NTSU 1-0 on Tuesday. Recap



HBWT:
Taiwan lost 3-0 to the Cubans. Despite the loss, starter CC Lee (not listed on the official roster) pitched well - giving up only 1 run over 6 innings, while CPBL #1 pick Yi-Chuan Lin was 3-4. Box/Pics

Tuesday Scores & News.....

CPBL:
Elephants 10 - T-Rex 5:
WP - Rong-Yi Huang (1-0, 6 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Chun-Nan Lai (6-6, 2 IP, 7 R, 7 H, 1 K, 1 BB)

Elephants lineup:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-4, RBI
OF Kuan-Jen Chen 3-4, 3B, 2 RBI's
1B Chia Chia 2-5, HR #4, 3 RBI's
DH Carlos Rivera 2-5, 2B, HR #2, RBI
RF Huai-Shan Chen 1-3, 2 RBI's
2B Hung-Sen Chu 2-4
3B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4, RBI
1B Wei Kao 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI's
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3
C Ko-Fan Chen 2-3
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 2-4
RF You-Hua Lu 1-2, RBI - off the bench
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-2 - off the bench
SS Ren-Wei Hu 0-1, RBI - off the bench


Whales 2 - Lions 0:
WP - Chang-Wei Tu (2-5, 7 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Lou Pote (10-3, 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 7 K's, 1 BB)

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 2-4
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 2-4, 3B
C Yi-Wei Lee 0-4, RBI
CF Chin-Chang Lin 0-2, RBI

Lions lineup:
3B Tilson Brito 0-2
1B KC Kao 1-3
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-2

Current 2nd Half Standings:
1)Bears 9-2
2)Elephants 6-4 2.5 GB
3)Bulls 7-5 2.5 GB
4)Whales 5-7 4.5 GB
5)Lions 4-6 4.5 GB
6)T-Rex 3-10 7 GB



ABL:
The Oilers beat the NTSU 2-1 on Monday night.


NPB:
The Tigers won 5-3. WC Lin was 1-2 with 2 RBI's. Box


MILB:
R - The GCL Reds won 7-1. YW Kuo was 1-4 with a double. Box

A - Greenville won 4-1. CH Lin was 0-3 with 2 walks and his 26th SB of the year. Box
Read more on Lin here.

A+ - Lancaster is up 2-0 in the 6th. CH Chiang hit his 7th HR of the year and is 1-2 with a RBI. Box



MLB:
Chien-Ming Wang and Joba Chamberlain have been invited by the CTBA to Taiwan. MLB and the New York Yankees will be putting on a pitching camp for top HS pitchers in December.

7/7 Minors Roundup....

MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers lost 8-6. CT Tang hit his first pro HR, he was 2-4 with a double, a HR, a RBI, and an OF assist. Box

R - The AZL Mariners lost 8-6. YW Chang gave up 2 runs on 1 hit in one inning of relief. Box

A - Lansing won 6-2. CH Cheng earned the win to even his record at 4-4 after giving up 1 run on 6 hits over 5 IP. Box

A - Greenville lost 2-1 in 11. CH Lin was 0-5. Box

A+ - High Desert is tied with its opponent at 4-4 in the 7th. KH Lo is 0-2 with a walk and a RBI. Box

Sunday Recaps....

MLB:
HC Kuo threw 2 scoreless innings of relief as the Dodgers beat the Giants 5-3. Box


ABL:
The team picked up win #2 in Alaska, 4-2 over the Mat-su Miners in extra innings on Saturday night. There was a Ying-Shan Wang sighting (the top name on the squad - see here for more info on Wang). Wang threw 3 perfect innings, K'ing 2. Box/Play-by-Play


HBWT:
Taiwan evened its record at 1-1 after beating the host nation 6-4. Box/Pics


CPBL:
Elephants 9 - Bulls 3:
WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (9-1, CG - 9 IP, 3 ER, 6 H, 6 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Jeff Farnsworth (0-1, 2.2 IP, 7 R - 6 ER, 7 H, 1 K, 3 BB's)

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 1-5, RBI
1B Chia Chia 4-5, 2B - game MVP
DH Carlos Rivera 2-4, HR #1, 2 RBI's
RF Huai-Shan Chen 2-5, RBI
2B Hung-Sen Chu 3-4, 2B, RBI
C Yi-Feng Kuo 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-5, RBI

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-4, HR #1, RBI
DH Tarzan 1-4, HR #6, RBI
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 1-4, HR #2, RBI

Bears 12 - Whales 9:
WP - Chi-Hua Hsu (2-0, 0.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Lorenzo Barcelo (1-1, 2.2 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 1 K, 2 BB's)

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI's
2B Chin-De Yu 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, 3B, HR #7, RBI
DH CFC 1-3, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5, RBI
1B Chung-Wei Pan 3-5, 2B, RBI
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-4, HR #3, 2 RBI's
RF Yen-Wei Shih 2-2, 2B, RBI - off the bench - game MVP

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 1-5, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Tseng 2-3, 2B, RBI
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 2-4, 2B, RBI
SS Chia-Yuan Chang 0-5, RBI
DF Chin-Chang Lin 1-3, RBI
RF Chin-? Yang 1-2, RBI - off the bench
C Hsin-Min Wang 2-3 - off the bench
CF Yeh 1-2, RBI - off the bench


MILB:
R - The GCL Red Sox won 3-0. CC Chen was 1-2 with a RBI. Box

A ss - Williamsport is tied at 5 with Aberdeen in the 11th. YF Lin has thrown 1 scoreless inning. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 4-3. CH Chiang was 1-4. Box

A+ - High Desert is tied at 1 in the first. KH Lo is in the game. Box



NPB:
The Tigers won 8-7. WC Lin was 1-5. Box

The Dragons lost to the Giants 7-3. WY Chen started and earned a ND - he allowed 1 run (on a solo HR) on 4 hits over 5.2 IP (7K's, 1BB). He was 0-2 at the plate. Box

The Lions lost 7-5. MC Hsu was charged with the loss after giving up 2 runs on 1 hit (3 BB's) in one inning of relief. Box

7/5 Scores and News...

CPBL:
Lions 6 - T-Rex 5:
WP - Chien-San Kao (1-2, 1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Cory Bailey (5-3, 6.2 IP, 6 ER, 9 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's)

Lions lineup:
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-5, HR #9, RBI
2B Sen Yang 3-4, 2B, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 3-4, 2B, HR #14, 4 RBI's - game MVP
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-4
1B KC Kao 3-5

Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-5, HR #4, 3 RBI's
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-3
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 2-3


Bears 4 - Whales 2:

CCC - Game MVP

WP - Chih-Chia Chang (1-2, 6 IP, o R, 6 H, 9 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Fu-Te Ni ( 3-7, 7 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 5 H, 3 K's, 3 BB's)

Bears lineup:
RF Yen-Wei Shih 1-3, 2B, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-4, 2B, RBI
DH CFC 0-3
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4, RBI

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 2-5
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 2-3, 2B, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4



NPB:
The Tigers won 9-4. WC Lin was 2-5. Box



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 1-0. CH Chen was 0-4. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox beat the Reds 5-2. CH Huang was 0-3. WY Lin started and threw 4 scoreless innings, earning a ND. YW Kuo was 0-4 with an error. Box

A - Asheville won 13-6. SA Kuo started but earned a ND. He allowed 4 runs on 3 hits in 2.2 IP. Box
*Updated


Amateur Front:
Wei over at Saber-Scouting has a good recap of the top signable kids in Taiwan:

"Wei // Jul 3, 2008 at 12:47 am

Some agents are shopping around their clients in Taiwan.

CSMG-RHP Rong-Hao Hsieh, 18, 6′1”, 188, fastball 86-89mph, highest velocity 91mph, slider. Good command of pitches. But has regressed this year velocity not as good as before. Does not have good changeup or forkball. Heard that the asking price is $400,000. Braves appear to be the only team interested.

WMG-RHP Cheng-Hao Wang, 18, 5′10”, 180, fastball 87-92mph, slider, forkball. Asking price is $300,000. Cubs not long ago had tryout.

Jerry Sung-RHP Chih-Lung Huang, 19, 5′9”, 174, fastball 86-90mph, highest velocity 92mph, slider, forkball. Asking price is $300,000. Word is that Rangers had some interest.

Bros Sports-RHP Kai-Wen Cheng, 20, 5′9”, 176, fastball 87-90mph, highest velocity 93mph, good slider, quality command. Asking price is $150,000. Twins interested.

IBB-RHP Ying-Shan Wang, 19, 6′1”, 178, fastball 87-89mph, highest velocity 90mph, good curveball, has a changeup. Okay delivery. Asking price is $250,000.

IBB-C Kun-Sheng Lin, 21, 5′9”, 180, good defensively, good hands. White Sox interested.

KDN-RHP Chia-Jen Lo, 22, 5′11”, 180, fastball 89-93mph, highest velocity is 94mph, hard curveball, forkball. Asking price is $400,000. Red Sox, Rangers, and Athletics interested.

KDN-LHP Yi-Cheng Wang, 22, 6′3”, 174, fastball 86-90mph, highest velocity is 91mph, slider, forkball. Asking price is $400,000. Yankees interested."

*Here's an additional two kids:

Bros Sports - RHP Chun-Chen Chiang, 5'10'', 177lbs, FB 86-89, 92 tops, slider. Asking price > $100K. Reds and Red Sox have worked him out.

WMG - RHP Yi-Che Kan, 22, 6'1'', 185lbs, 86-89, 90 tops, slider, split, asking price is $300k, had knee surgery before.

Independence Day Roundup....

MLB:
HC Kuo threw 2 perfect innings, K'ing 3. The Dodgers beat the Giants 10-7. Box



MILB:
R - The GCL Braves lost 5-3 in 11. CE Hung pitched 2 innings, giving up 1 run on 2 hits, while K'ing 4. Box

R - The GCL Reds won 12-0. YW Kuo was a perfect 4-4 with a walk and 3 RBI's. Box

R - The GCL Tigers won 7-1. CT Tang was 0-4. Box

A - Greenville lost 4-3. CH Lin was 1-3. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 5-3 in the 9th. CH Chiang is 1-3 and has driven in all 3 runs. Box



CPBL:
T-Rex 5 - Lions 1:
WP - Pai-Ching Chiang (2-0, 7 IP, 1 ER, 5 H, 4 K's, 3 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Yueh-Ping Lin (6-3, 7 IP, 5 ER, 7 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's)

T-Rex lineup:
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4, 2B
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 0-2, RBI
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 1-4, RBI
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 3-4, 2 2B's, HR #7, 3 RBI's

Lions lineup:
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-3, HR #8, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-3
3B Tilson Brito 1-4
1B KC Kao 0-4


Bulls 5 - Elephants 3:
WP - Wen-Ping Yu (6-2, 7 IP, 3 ER, 5 H, 8 K's 2 BB's)
LP - Yung-Chieh Yeh (5-7, 1 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 2 BB's)

Bulls lineup:
DH Tarzan 2-3, RBI
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 2-4, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, 2 RBI's - game MVP
2B Chia-Hao Chang 1-4, RBI

Elephants lineup:
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-4, 2 RBI's
1B Chia Chia 1-3
2B Hung-Sen Chu 1-4, 2B, RBI


NPB:
The Tigers won 7-0. WC Lin was 1-4 with a walk and a RBI. Box


ABL:
The NTSU was swept by the Anchorage Glacier Pilots - losing both Tuesday (5-4) and Wednesday (7-1).


HBWT:
Over in Holland, the collegiate NT dropped its first game to Japan 5-4. Despite earning a ND, SP Kai-Wen Cheng had a decent outing - 6 IP, 3 ER, 7 H, 6 K's, 1 BB. Box/Pics

Check here for vids of the past USA/Taiwan exhibition matches.

7/3 Festivities....

CPBL:

Lions 7 - Bears 1:

WP - Wei-Lun Pan (6-1, 6 IP, 1 ER, 3 H, 6 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP

LP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (6-2, 4.2 IP, 6 R - 2 ER, 8 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's)

Lions lineup:

RF Wu-Hsiun Pan 2-4, HR #7, RBI

2B Sen Yang 4-5, 2B, RBI

3B Tilson Brito 0-2, 2 BB's, RBI

1B KC Kao 0-3

DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-3, RBILF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-4, HR #8, 2 RBI's

CF Ching-Ho Chuang 2-4, HR #1, RBI

Bears lineup:

SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4

DH CFC 3-4, HR #12, RBI

Whales 3 - Bulls 2:
WP - Hung-Ren Huang (4-2, 8 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 12 H, 3 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP

LP - Chien-Fu Yang (3-7, 8 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 8 H, 6 K's, 0 BB's)

Whales lineup:

3B Wilton Veras 1-4, RBI

DH Carlos Villalobos 3-3, HR #6, 2 RBI's

2B Che-Wei Keng 2-3

Bulls lineup:

CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-4

SS-3B Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-4, 2B

DH Tarzan 2-3, 2B, RBI

2B-SS Chung-Nan Lin 2-4, 2B

3B Pai-Hung Wu 2-2


NPB:
The Tigers beat the Dragons 4-1. WC Lin was 2-4. WY Chen was saddled with the loss after giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits in 1/3 of an inning. Box


MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 11-6. CH Chen was 0-3 with a BB. Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 6-2. CT Tang was 0-1 as a PH. Box

R - The GCL Reds lost 6-4. YW Kuo was 1-4. Box

A ss - Williamsport lost 12-3. YF Lin pitched 1.1 innings, giving up 1 unearned run. Box

A - Greenville lost 9-1. CH Lin was 0-4 with a RBI - and despite committing error #8, he did collect another OF assist. Box

A+ - Lancaster is beating High Desert 2-0 in the 6th. CH Chiang is 0-2. Box

Wed. Recap....

CPBL:
T-Rex 8 - Elephants 5:
WP - Chun-Nan Lai (6-5, 1.2 IP - 1 ER, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
LP - Chia-Rui Mai (2-5, 1 IP - 4 ER, 4 H, 0 K's, 3 BB's)

T-Rex lineup:
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-5, HR #2, RBI
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-3, 2 BB's
DH Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3, 2 BB's
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 1-3, RBI
1B Wei Kao 3-5, 4 RBI's - game MVP
C Ko-Fan Chen 2-4, RBI
RF Hung-Yuan Lin 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-3, 2 BB's
LF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-4
1B Chia Chia 2-4, 2B, RBI
DH Carlos Rivera 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI's
C Chih-Hung Chen 1-1, HR #1, 2 RBI's off the bench


Whales 9 - Bulls 8 (10):
WP - Lorenzo Barcelo (1-0, 4 IP - 0 ER, 2 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Wen-Ping Yu (5-2, 2.1 IP - 1 ER, 1 H, 1 K, 3 BB's)

Whales lineup:
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI's
CF Yang 1-2, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 3-5, 2B, 2 HR's (3 on the year) - 5 RBI's - game MVP
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-5, 2B
SS Chia-Yuan Chang 3-4
2B Che-Wei Kang 3-3 - off the bench


Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-6, 2 2B's, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 3-5, 2B, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 3-5, 2B, RBI
3B Tarzan 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 1-5, RBI
2B Chung-Nan Lin 1-4, RBI
RF Chia-Hao Chang 1-4, RBI





NPB:
The Tigers beat the Dragons 4-3. WC Lin was 2-5. WY Chen pitched 2 scoreless innings. Box





MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers lost 5-2. CT Tang was 0-5. Box

R - The AZL Mariners lost 7-6. YW Chang threw 2 scoreless innings, K'ing and walking 2. Box

R - Bristol lost 9-7. PY Lin earned the L after giving up 2 runs on 6 hits over 4.1 innings of middle relief. Box

A - Greenville won 4-3. CH Lin was 2-5 with his 25 SB of the year and an OF assist. Box

A+ - High Desert won 7-6 over Lancaster. CH Chiang was 1-1 as a PH. Box

Another One Bites the Dust.....& A Rising Junior Prospect.....

*The Blue Jays have reportedly released Po-Hsuan Keng, adding to the now growing list of Taiwanese players who never made it to the Show (Kevin Huang, TJ Yeh, Chih-Hsiang Wen).

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Wei-Chen Wang

Apple Daily is reporting that the NY Yankees and several other ML clubs are interested in 2008 junior NT member Wei-Chen Wang. The 16 year old is a HS junior (class of 2009 - DOB: 7/3/1991) at traditional powerhouse Ku-Pao. He's got good blood-lines (father is ex-CPBL star Guang-Hui Wang) and he plays at at premium defensive position - SS.
Here's Wang's scouting report:
Good size - 5'11" Plus runner Bats lefty, Throws righty Decent bat control - swing needs work Lacks power - still growing, weighs only ~ 157 pounds Average range Below average arm
Wang will receive plenty of international scouting exposure when he plays for the junior NT in Canada later this month.

Tuesday Wrap....

CPBL:
Elephants 7 - T-Rex 4: Elephants starter Dan Core won his 5th game of the year (5-2) after holding the Rex to 4 runs on 5 hits in 7 IP (1K, 5BB's).
Rex SP Chia-Hung Chen lost his 7th game of the year (1-7) after lasting only 1 inning (5R, 4ER, 7H, 0K's, 1BB).

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-4
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-5, RBI
1B Chia Chia 2-4, 2 RBI's - game MVP
DH Carlos Rivera 1-4, RBI
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-5, RBI
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-5, RBI
C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-4, 2B

Rex lineup:
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 0-4, RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-2, 2 BB's
3B Napoleon Calzado 1-4, RBI
1B Wei Kao 0-2, RBI, 2 BB's
C Ko-Fan Chen 1-3, RBI


Bears 4 - Lions 1: Two of the league's top foreign pitchers faced off with the Bears' Mike Johnson triumphing over Lou Pote thanks to CFC's big blast in the 5th inning to break a 1-all tie. MJ continues his unblemished run and is now 13-0. He allowed 1 run on 6 hits over 6 IP (6K's, 4BB's).
Lou fell to 10-2 after allowing 3 runs on 9 hits over 5.2 IP (8K's, 3BB's).

Bears lineup:
DH CFC 3-4, 2B, HR #11, 2 RBI's - game MVP
3B Chih-Wei Shih 3-5, 2 RBI's
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-5
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 3-5, 2B
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-5

Lions lineup:
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-3, HR #6, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 0-3
1B KC Kao 2-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-3, 2B
2B Sen Yang 2-3




Collegiate NT:
The NT was swept by the US collegiate NT after falling 5-3 last night. The good news (if any)? Chih-Lung Huang and Chia-Jen Lo combined to throw 3 shutout innings (with 3 K's).
Recap/Box/Log
The same two teams will meet again on July 10th in the Haarlem Baseball Week Tourney.



NPB:
The Tigers won 8-3. WC Lin was 3-4 with a BB. Box

The Lions won 12-7. MC Hsu pitched 1.2 scoreless innings. Box



MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers are down 3-1 in the 7th. CT Tang is 1-3 with a BB. Box

A - Lansing won 9-6. CH Cheng started, allowing 4 runs (3 ER) on 5 hits over 4.2 IP (5K's, 3BB's) in earning a ND. Box



MLB:
HC Kuo faced two batters in the 7th before being pulled - he K'd 1 and walked the other batter who came around to score later in the inning - Kuo was charged with the ER. The Dodgers and Astros are tied at 6 in the 7th. Box



ABL:
The NTSU lost to the Anchorage Bucs 4-1 on Tuesday. Box/Log
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