US Minor Leaguers Lead the Way.....

NT/CPBL:
After being moved to the #4 spot in the lineup, Mariners farmhand Kuo-Hui Lo broke out of his exhibition slump in a big way: he was 2-4 with a HR and 3 RBI's against the Sinon Bulls. Red Sox minor leaguer Chih-Hsien Chiang also hit a HR - he was 2-4 with 3 RBI's as well.

NT Pitching:
Chien-Fu Yang - 5 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 1 BB
Kai-Wen Cheng - 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 K's, 0 BB's
Chen-Chang Lee - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 0 BB's
Wei-Yin Chen - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's
Chin-Hui Tsao - 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

NT Lineup:
CF Che-Hsuan Lin 2-5, 2 runs scored
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-4, RBI
1B Cheng-Min Peng 1-2, run scored, SB
DH Kuo-Hui Lo 2-4, HR, BB, 3 RBI's, 2 runs scored
3B Tai-Shan Chang 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI's
LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-4, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-5, run scored
C Chun-Chang Yeh 2-4, 2 runs scored, BB
2B-1B Chih-Hsien Chiang 2-4, HR, 3 RBI's, run scored, committed an error in the field
2B Yen-Wen Kuo 1-2, 2B, RBI, BB, run scored - off the bench
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-2, 3B, run scored

- For the Bulls, P's Chi-Wei Lin, Jose Espinal, Wen-Ping Yu, Ming-Chin Tsai, and Yung-Chi Kuo allowed 11 runs on 16 hits - while K'ing 4 and walking 3 collectively.
Offensively, DH Milton Veras was 2-4, 3B Yi-Chuan Lin was 2-4 with a double and a run scored, 1B Kuo-Long Hsu was 2-3 with a double and a RBI.


CH Chiang's blast vs. the Bulls:

KH Lo's 2-run Shot:



MILB:
Missed this from a while back - Hong-Wen Chen was promoted from Peoria to the Daytona Cubs (Hi A ball) on July 1st. He's done well so far: 2-0, 3.07 ERA (although he's also given up 7 HR's in 8 games).

R - The GCL Indians beat the Braves 6-3. CH Chen hit his 3rd HR of the year and was 1-4 with a walk and 2 RBI's. CE Hung threw 1 scoreless inning. Box


AAA - Vegas lost 8-7. CL Hu was 0-4. Box



PONY:
Taiwan's first game at the Pony League World Series is about to get underway. Click here to listen to the game.
Game Recap from WPJA.com:
"No Hitter Opens Series!
Chiang Lee Wei and Hu Chih Wei combined on a five-inning no-hitter as Chinese Taipei topped Davenport, IA, 11-0. This was the 17th no-hitter in PONY World Series history. The Asia-Pacific champions scored in four of their five at-bats, including six runs in the bottom of the fifth to end the game. Chu Li Jen stroked a three-run homer off the top of the fence in right to invoke the 10-run rule. Hsu Hao Feng also had two rbi."


In San Jose, CA (Palomino World Series), the boys moved to 2-0 by beating Ingalls Park 10-5 on Saturday.

In the Bronco World Series, Taiwan remained undefeated as it blanked Chambersburg, PA 10-0.


MLB:
The Dodgers lost 3-2 in 10. HC Kuo pitched a scoreless 9th inning. Box
*Updated


*I'll be gone a few days for some R&R - feel free to keep the updates coming in the Comments section.

7-0 Win for the NT on 8-8-08....

NT/CPBL:
The NT shut out the Lions behind Lions ace Wei-Lun Pan's strong start. Pan shut out his teammates over 5 innings, allowing 4 hits while K'ing 3 and walking 2. His relievers would hold the Lions hitless over the last 4 innings.



NT Pitching:
Wei-Lun Pan - 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's
Fu-Te Ni - 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's
Chih-Chia Chang - 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's
Chia-Jen Lo 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's



NT Lineup:
CF Che-Hsuan Lin 2-3, 2 BB's, 2 runs scored, 2 SB's
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-5, HR, 3 RBI's, 2 runs scored
1B Cheng-Min Peng 2-5, 2B, RBI, 2 runs scored
DH Chin-Feng Chen 2-5
3B Tai-Shan Chang 2-5
LF Kuo-Hui Lo 0-3
2B Chih-Hsien Chiang 2-5, 2 RBI's
C Chih-Kang Kao 0-3
SS Yen-Wen Kuo 2-2, 2B, run scored
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-2 - off the bench
LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-2, RBI - off the bench
C Feng-Min Chen 0-2 - off the bench
*Edited



-For the Lions, Lou Pote started and gave up 6 ER on 9 hits over the first 2 innings (2K's, 1BB). Yueh-Ping Lin would pitch the 9th and give up the final run to the NT (3H, 1K, 0BB's).
Offensively for the Lions: DH Lien-Hung Chen was 0-3, 3B Tilson Brito was 0-3, 1B Kuo-Ching Kao was 2-3 with a double.


CJ Lo Making His Case to be the Team's Closer - he hit 152 kph (95 mph) on the stadium gun:




MILB:
R - The AZL Mariners lost 5-4. YW Chang threw 1 scoreless inning, K'ing 2. Box

A ss - Williamsport lost 14-10. YF Lin pitched 2.1 innings of relief, giving up 3 runs on 6 hits. Box

A+ - Kinston won 12-1. SW Tseng allowed the 1 run (on a HR) in an inning of relief. Box

AAA - Vegas lost 9-5. CL Hu was 0-5. Box



PONY:
In the opening game for Taiwan at the Palomino League World Series, the team won a close game 7-6 over the US - East Zone winners (Proehlific Power).

In the Bronco League World Series, Taiwan moved to 2-0 as it defeated St. Joe's, IL 10-0.
*Updated

CFC Launches Two More...

NT/CPBL:
NT 8 - Chinatrust Whales 2:
Chin-Feng Chen and Cheng-Min Peng were a 2-man wrecking crew as they accounted for 7 of the NT's runs. NT starter Wen-Hsiung Hsu and his reliever Kai-Wen Cheng were also solid, shutting out the Whales over 8 innings.

NT Pitching:
Wen-Hsiung Hsu - 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's
Kai-Wen Cheng - 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 5 K's, 1 BB
Chin-Hui Tsao - 1 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 2 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

NT Lineup:
CF Che-Hsuan Lin 1-4, BB, run scored
RF Chien-Ming Chang 0-2, BB, RBI
1B Cheng-Min Peng 2-4, 2B, 3 RBI's, 2 runs scored
DH Chin-Feng Chen 2-4, 2 HR's, 4 RBI's, 2 runs scored
3B Tai-Shan Chang 1-3
LF Kuo-Hui Lo 0-4 (3K's)
2B-3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4, committed an error
C Feng-Min Chen 0-3, run scored
SS-2B Yen-Wen Kuo 0-4, run scored
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-1 - off the bench
C Chih-Kang Kao 0-1 - off the bench
C Chun-Chang Yeh 0-0 - off the bench


-For the Whales, Lorenzo Barcelo & Wei-Ming Chu allowed 8 runs (7 ER) on 7 hits with 3 K's and 1 BB collectively over 4.1 IP. Relievers Yu-Chan Liu, Chang-Wei Tu, & Yu-Chieh Shen combined to shutout the NT over the last 4.2 innings, allowing only 2 hits while K'ing 3 and walking 1.
Offensively, 1B Chia-Hsien Tseng was 1-3 with a double and a RBI while C Yi-Wei Lee was 1-3 with a double and a RBI.

CFC's Two Blasts:




MLB:
HC Kuo threw 1 scoreless inning of relief as the Dodgers won 4-1. Box



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 7-4 in G1 of a DH. CH Chen was 1-3 with a RBI. Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 2-1 in G2 of a DH. CT Tang was 1-3. Box



PONY:

Here are our Palomino World Series reps:

Remember this year's Yu-Shan Cup? Taichung City will be representing Taiwan at the Palomino World Series. The team is made up of kids from two Taichung high schools: Shi-Yuan and Gao-Nong. Click here to download the roster in English. The team is headlined by heralded players Wei-Da Su, Sheng-Chih Yang, Po-Cheng Chi, and Cheng-Hao Wang.
*Updated

Elephants DEFEAT the NT....

CPBL/NT:
The Brother Elephants beat the NT 7-6 in 10 innings. Hopefully the NT receives its wake up call after this embarrassment. With the extra inning affair, the game incorporated the new Olympic baseball rule in the 10th inning. Game Recap

NT Pitching Staff:
Wei-Yin Chen - 3 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 2 K's, 1 BB
Chih-Chia Chang - 2 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 2 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's
Fu-Te Ni - 1 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB's
Chia-Jen Lo - 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's
Chin-Hui Tsao - 1 IP, 1 R - 0 ER, 2 H, 0 K's, 1 BB - was saddled with the loss

NT Lineup:
CF Che-Hsuan Lin 2-4, RBI, 2 runs scored
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-4, 2B, BB
1B Cheng-Min Peng 2-4, RBI, 2 BB's - committed an error in the field
DH Chin-Feng Chen 3-6, HR, RBI, run scored, SB
3B Tai-Shan Chang 1-5, RBI - committed an error in the field
2B Chih-Hsien Chiang 1-5, run scored
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-2, 2B, 2 BB's, run scored
LF Kuo-Hui Lo 1-4, 2B, RBI, run scored
C Chih-Kang Kao 0-1
C Chun-Chang Yeh 0-1 - off the bench
C Chien-Ming Chang 0-0, BB - off the bench
C Feng-Min Chen 0-1, RBI - off the bench

-For the Elephants, Dan Core, Kobayashi Ryokan, Chia-Rui Mai, & Yung-Chieh Yeh held the NT to 6 runs on 12 hits while K'ing 2 and walking 6 collectively. Performing well against some of the country's top pitchers were:

CF Cheng-Wei Huang 3-5, RBI
DH CYC 0-3, RBI
LF-RF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
1B Carlos Rivera 2-5
RF Huai-Shan Chen 1-3, RBI
3B Chiang-Ho Chen 3-4

CFC's Blast vs. the Elephants


Here's the throw that JB was talking about (CH Lin Flashing his Gun - what's more impressive is that the guy he gunned down at home is speedy Cheng-Wei Huang, who is tied for 2nd in the CPBL in the Stolen Bases category)

*Updated



MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers lost 8-2. CT Tang was 0-4 with 3 K's. Box

R - The GCL Indians lost 7-3. CH Chen was 1-4 with a triple, but committed 2 errors. Box

A+ - Kinston lost 9-6. SW Tseng took the loss after allowing 2 runs (on 3 BB's) in 1 inning of work. Box

AAA - Vegas won 4-2. CL Hu was 0-1 off the bench. Box



PONY:
Bronco World Series - Taiwan won its opener 9-1 against Fountain Valley, CA.
Game Pics



Other:
Nice read on La New Bears ace Mike Johnson - he will represent Canada in Beijing.
*Updated

NT 3 - T-Rex 0......

NT:

1B Chia-Chia

photo from CPBL.com

The National team defeated the T-Rex 3-0 over 7 innings. Chen-Chang Lee and Kai-Wen Cheng combined on a 1-hit shutout. T-Rex starter Nathan Bland held the NT to 3 unearned runs on 5 hits over 4 IP (5 K's, 1 BB).

NT Stats:
Chen-Chang Lee (Win, 5 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 K's, 2 BB's)

Kai-Wen Cheng (Save, 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 0 BB's)

Lineup:

RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4, run scored

SS-2B Yen-Wen Kuo 2-3, run scored, committed an error

1B Cheng-Min Peng 2-3, RBI
DH Chin-Feng Chen 1-3

3B Tai-Shan Chang 0-3

LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-2

2B-1B Chih-Hsien Chiang 1-3, committed an error

C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-3

CF Che-Hsuan Lin 0-2, run scored

SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-0, off the bench

LF Kuo-Hui Lo 0-1, off the bench

Pony Baseball:

*The Bronco League World Series (11-12 year olds) kicks off today through the 12th.

The team will play:

Fountain Valley, CA - 8/6

St Joe's, IL - 8/8

Chambersburg, PA - 8/9

Monterey, CA - 8/10

The semifinals take place 8/11 (Taiwan will need to finish in the top 2 of its pool) and the championship game will be on 8/12.

*

pic from pony.org

The Pony League World Series (13-14 year olds) will begin this Saturday and run through the 16th. See here for the schedule. The team will begin the Series against the US North Zone winners. The Series is based on a double elimination format.

*Finally someone asked if we will have a representative in the Palomino League World Series (ages 17-19). It appears that we will have a team reppin the Asia-Pacific Zone. The Series begins this Friday and the team will face:

US East Zone - 8/8

US North Zone - 8/9

Host (PAL) - 8/10

The championship game (between the winner of the two brackets) will be on Monday, August 11th. The other bracket consists of Puerto Rico, Mexico, US South Zone, and US West Zone.



NPB:
CS Yang is back with the parent club. He's hitless in the two games (8/3, 8/4) since the NPB All-Star break.



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians won 3-0. CH Chen was 2-4 with a double. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox lost 5-1. CH Huang was 0-2. Box

R - The GCL Tigers beat the Braves 7-5. CT Tang was 2-4 with 2 doubles while CE Hung threw 2 innings, allowing 3 runs (1 ER) on 4 hits (including a HR). Box

R - The GCL Reds lost 6-2. TK Chiu made his 2nd appearance of the season, allowing 2 runs (1 ER) on 4 hits over 2 IP. Box
*Updated

A - Lansing lost 3-0. CH Cheng earned the loss despite pitching well. He allowed 1 run on 8 hits over 5 IP (4K's, 2BB's). Box

AAA - Vegas won 9-5. CL Hu was 0-4. Box




Other:
Get inside the head of a baseball scout in Taiwan (The Twins' Jackson Broder).
*Updated

Monday Scores...

MILB:
R - The GCL Reds beat the Red Sox 4-1. CH Huang was 2-3 with a double and a BB. CC Chen was 1-4 with a double. Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 8-4. CT Tang was 1-3 with a walk, his 2nd SB of the year, and collected an OF assist. Box

AAA - Vegas lost 3-2. CL Hu was 1-3 with a BB. Box



CPBL/Olympics:
The league is on hiatus for a short while as it will help the NT prepare for the Olympic Games.
Here's the schedule for the scrimmages:
8/5 vs. T-Rex
8/6 vs. Elephants
8/7 vs. Whales
8/8 vs. Lions
8/9 vs. Bulls

It appears as if Elephants ace Yu-Cheng Liao will serve as an insurance policy should any of the current pitchers suffer a setback prior to the OG.


Junior NT:

YJ Chen(L) & CM Su(R)

NT members Che-Ming Su and Yen-Ju Chen earned individual honors at the just-completed Junior World Championships.
Su was selected as the top RHP as he had the tourney's lowest ERA and most Wins.
Chen had the most SB's in the tourney.

Juniors Place 5th at World Championships.....

World Junior Championships:
Just like in 2006, Taiwan finished 5th at this year's World Junior Championships. Taiwan sealed the deal by beating the host nation Canada 11-4. SP Kuan-Yu Chen (here's his blog/album) earned the win while #3 and 4 hitters Yu-Hsiang Chen and Fu-Lin Kuo blasted the team's first and only home runs of the tourney (back-to-back in the 4th inning). Box/Recap/Final Team Stats
Meanwhile in the day's other action, South Korea defended its world crown by shutting down perennial power - the US, 7-0. Cuba garnered third place with a 6-2 win over Australia.

Fu-Lin Kuo

Yu-Hsiang Chen

Leading the way offensively for the team were infielders Yu-Hsiang Chen (here's his blog/album) and Fu-Lin Kuo and OF Yen-Ju Chen (here's his blog/album).

YH Chen hit .355 in 31 AB's with 1 HR, 4 2B's, 5 BB's, 3 SB's, 2 RBI's
YJ Chen hit .346 in 26 AB's with 2 2B's, 4 BB's, 6 SB's, 3 RBI's
FL Kuo hit .323 in 31 AB's with 1 HR, 1 3B, 3 2B's, 0 BB's, 2 SB's, 7 RBI's

Performance-wise, Che-Ming Su was the top pitcher for Taiwan.
In 20 innings, he had an 0.90 ERA, picked up 2 W's and a Save, while K'ing 19.

All-in-all, the team did fairly well (aside from getting slammed by Cuba), losing to the eventual champs by 1 run, avenging an earlier loss to Canada, and they did all of this with ace Rong-Hao Hsieh having perhaps the worst performance in his young career.

Che-Ming Su vs. Brett Lawrie


Kuan-Yu Chen vs. Brett Lawrie


Chia-Liang Hung vs. Mexico


For more coverage of the junior NT, check out this guy's vids.



MILB:
R - The GCL Reds won 2-0, completing a game from 7/24th - YW Kuo was 0-1 on that day. TK Chiu is also back for the Reds (missed this earlier).

AAA - Vegas lost 1-0. CL Hu was 1-3 with a double, a BB, and committed his first error with Vegas. Box


MLB:
The Dodgers beat the D-Backs 9-3. Kuo threw 1.1 scoreless innings. Box

Lopsided Win in a CPBL Heavyweight Battle.....

CPBL:
Lions 14 - Bears 3:
WP - Wei-Lun Pan (9-1, 7 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Chih-Chia Chang (1-3, 1.1 IP, 5 R, 3 H, 3 K's, 3 BB's)

Lions lineup:
CF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-2, RBI
2B Sen Yang 3-4, 3 2B's
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-3, 2B, 3 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 3-3, 2B, HR# 17, 6 RBI's - game MVP
1B KC Kao 2-5
LK Tai-Chi Kuo 2-5, RBI
C Chih-Kang Kao 1-3, RBI
SS Sheng-Chieh Hsu 1-4, RBI
2B Feng-Pin Hsu 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Bears lineup:
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4
DH CFC 2-4, HR #16, RBI
LF Cheng-Yu Chung 3-3, 2B, RBI
2B Chin-Ping Lin 0-1, RBI - off the bench



Elephants 4 - Whales 1:
WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (11-2, 9 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 9 K's, 4 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Hung-? Huang (4-5, 1.2 IP, 3 R - 1 ER, 3 H, 1 K, 1 BB)

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

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 0-1, RBI

Sat. Scores...

CPBL:
Bears 4 - Lions 3:
WP - Mike Johnson (15-0, 7.2 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 6 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP (his 15 consecutive wins to open the season is a CPBL record)
LP - Luther Hackman (1-1, 6 IP, 3 R - 1 ER, 9 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)


Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-5
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-5, RBI
DH CFC 0-4
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4
2B Chih-Tsung Chiang 2-3, RBI
LF Cheng-Yu Chung 2-4, RBI
Lions lineup:
LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-3, 2B
3B Tilson Brito 2-4, 2B, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4, 3B
2B Sen Yang 2-3, RBI
C Chih-Kang Kao 1-2, RBI

Bulls 4 - T-Rex 1:
WP - Chi-Wei Lin (6-4, 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Hsien-Chih Chang (4-5, 4 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 3 K's, 5 BB's)

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 0-2
3B Tarzan 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI's
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 2-3

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 3-4, 2B
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-3
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-3, RBI



World Junior Championships:
Taiwan beat Mexico 1-0 on the strength of SP Chia-Liang Hung's CG shutout. Taiwan will get a chance tomorrow to lock up the 5th spot in the tourney against the winner of the Canada-Puerto Rico matchup. Box
The gold medal game will feature a rematch of the 2006 championship game between the US and South Korea - South Korea prevailed in that game.




MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 6-5. CH Chen was 1-3 and was able to gun down 2 out of 3 base runners. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox lost 10-8. CH Huang was 1-5 with a RBI while WY Lin earned the L (allowed 6 runs on 4 hits over 3 IP). Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 2-1 in game 2 of a DH. CT Tang was 0-3. Box

R - The AZL Mariners are down 12-0 in the 5th. YW Chang has allowed 7 runs on 4 hits in 1 IP (1 K, 4 BB's). Box

A ss - Williamsport lost 10-0. YF Lin pitched 3 innings of relief, giving up 2 runs - 1 ER on 4 hits. Box

A - Asheville lost 12-7. SA Kuo was saddled with the loss after giving up 9 runs - 7 ER on 6 hits over 1.2 IP (1 K, 4 BB's). Box

A+ - Kinston won 6-4. SW Tseng threw 2 innings of middle relief and allowed 3 runs on 3 hits. Box

AAA - Vegas lost 4-3. CL Hu was 2-4. Box




MLB:
Given an opportunity to close out the game against the D-Backs, Kuo was unable to shut the door on the opposition. Kuo threw 1.1 innings, giving up 1 run on 1 hit. CH Park came in and relieved Kuo, picking up the save in the process. The Dodgers won 4-2. Box


The earliest CMW will return, if at all, is October.
*Updated

5-4 Loss to South Korea...

World Junior Championships:
The team lost in the quarterfinals to South Korea 5-4 on Friday. Min-Hao Tsai led the way for Taiwan; he was 2-3 with the lone XBH for his team and drove in 3 runs. Box
The team is out of contention for a medal and will now play in the consolation bracket to determine their final seeding.*Edited


CPBL:
T-Rex 6 - Bulls 1:
WP - Cory Bailey (7-4, 7 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP

LP - Chien-Fu Yang (4-9, 6 IP, 3 R, 6 H, 2 K's, 2 BB's)

T-Rex lineup:

SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-5, HR #2, 3 RBI's
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4

LF Chuan-Chia Wang 3-4

CF Yuan-Chia Chen 2-3, 2 RBI's

DH Chi-Peng Chen 0-0, RBI - off the bench

Bulls lineup:

RF Hsien-Ming Yu 3-4, RBI

CF Chien-Ming Chang 0-4

3B Tarzan 1-4

Elephants 5 - Whales 4:

WP - Pao-Hsien Wu (2-1, 1.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)

LP - Fu-Te Ni (4-9, 6.2 IP, 5 R - 2 ER, 11 H, 6 K's, 3 BB's)

Elephants lineup:

LF CYC 1-3, 2 BB's

RF Kuan-Jen Chen 3-5, RBI - game MVP

1B Chia Chia 0-1

DH Carlos Rivera 2-3, RBI

SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-4, 2 2B's

1B Huai-Shan Chen 2-4 - off the bench

Whales lineup:

2B Yi-Min Wang 3-5, 2B

SS Chia-Yuan Chang 2-4, RBI

3B Wilton Veras 2-4, RBI

DH Cheng-Chi Huang 3-4, 2 2B's, RBI

LF Yeh 1-3, RBI

JULY PITCHING MVP HONORS: Wei-Lun Pan (Lions)

JULY OFFENSIVE MVP HONORS: Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions)



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians beat the Tigers 2-1. CH Chen was 1-3 while CT Tang was also 1-3. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 10-4. WY Lin earned a ND after allowing 4 runs (2 ER) on 8 hits over 4 IP - 6 K's, 0 BB's. CH Huang was 1-4. Box
The Red Sox lost the second game to the Twins 4-1. CH Huang was 0-1 with 2 BB's while CC Chen was 0-3. Box

R - The GCL Braves lost 10-0. CE Hung threw 1.1 scoreless innings. Box

AA - Tulsa lost 8-7. CL Lo started but was pulled after allowing 3 runs on 7 hits (including 2 HR's) over 3 IP. He earned a ND. Box

AAA - Vegas won 5-4. CL Hu was 1-4 with a SB. Box
*Updated

2008 IBA Boys and Junior World Champs.....

12 and under Champs

A team from Taipei County won the recently completed 26th annual boys IBA (International Boys Baseball Nankyu Baseball Association) World Championship (use of a rubber ball with a hollow air center). The tourney for players 12 and under ran from July 26th-28th.
Bracketed with a team from Japan, South Korea, and the Philippines, the kids from Taiwan managed to win all of their preliminary games. Then in the final round, Taiwan beat China 10-0 in its opening game before defeating a team from Mexico 5-0 in the semifinals. Taiwan beat Edogawa, Japan in the championship game 10-0. Taiwan won its last title in 2006.

15 and under Champs

Taiwan also sent a representative to participate in the 5th annual junior IBA World Championships (for players 15 and under). The tourney ran from the 27th-29th of July. The team won its pool and then proceeded to beat two teams from Japan in the semifinals (4-2) and finals (1-0) to win its third championship in this event.

News & Notes...

NT:

L-R: CH Lin, KH Lo, CH Chiang, Coach Gong, CJ Lo, KW Cheng, YW Kuo, CC Lee

Here's an album featuring pics of the weary-eyed duo of Yen-Wen Kuo and Che-Hsuan Lin from yesterday. Lin is holding a replica of the bat he used to slug a HR at the ASFG.

Vid - Press conference with all of the kids from the US and the amateur pitchers:



Miscellaneous:
Ray Poitevint (the Chicago White Sox Special Assistant to the General Manager, International Operations) was recently in Taiwan checking out some IBB clients including RHP Ying-Shan Wang. The IBB rep in charge of RHP Ying-Shan Wang is Samuel Fu, the former White Sox scout in Taiwan (in 2007). Interesting note is that Ray Poitevint was the former head of IBB. The lone Taiwanese player in the White Sox organization, RHP Po-You Lin is also an IBB client.

Juniors Beat Puerto Rico.......

World Junior Championships:

Che-Ming Su

Yu-Hsiang Chen

Taiwan beat Puerto Rico 2-1 in 11 innings to lock up the #3 spot in their pool. Game MVP? That would go to SP Che-Ming Su, who threw a CG (11 innings), allowing 1 unearned run on 4 hits. Su has now thrown 16 innings without allowing an ER and owns 2 of Taiwan's victories. The #3 and 4 hitters in the lineup continued to hit well (1B Yu-Hsiang Chen was 2-5 with a double/.368 BA overall while SS Fu-Lin Kuo was 1-5 with a double/.333 BA overall) Box
The team will now play an extremely talented South Korean squad tomorrow. The winner will advance to the semifinals. Jiayo!


CPBL:
Whales 3 - Bulls 2:
WP - Chang-Wei Tu (3-6, 6.2 IP, 1 R, 9 H, 0 K's/BB's) - game MVP
LP - Jeff Farnsworth (1-2, 2.1 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 1 K, 2 BB's)

Whales lineup:
SS Yi-Min Wang 4-5, 2B
RF Hsin-Min Wang 2-4, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 1-4, 2B, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 0-4, RBI

Bulls lineup:
LF Hsien-Ming Yu 2-5
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4
DH Mike Vento 2-4
3B Tarzan 2-4, 2B, RBI
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 2-4
C Hsun-? Lin 1-1, HR #1, RBI - off the bench


Lions 5 - Elephants 4:
WP - Cheng-Feng Lin (2-2, 2.2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Kobayashi Ryokan (6-5, 6.1 IP, 5 R - 3 ER, 8 H, 5 K's, 2 BB)

Lions lineup:
CF Kan-Lin Huang 2-4, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-4, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 1-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 0-4
C Chih-Kang Kao 2-3

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 2-4
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 1-4, RBI
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-5, RBI
1B Chia Chia 2-4
DH Carlos Rivera 2-5, HR #3, 2 RBI's
C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-2, 2B


MILB:
R - The GCL Red Sox lost 4-2. CH Huang hit his first HR of the year (and pro career) and was 2-4 with a double and a RBI. CC Chen was 0-2. Box

AAA - Vegas won 4-3. CL Hu was 1-4 with a BB. Box



MLB:
HC Kuo threw 1.2 more scoreless innings despite his team's 2-1 loss to the D-Backs. Box
*Updated

Wednesday Scores....

CPBL:
Bears 11 - T-Rex 9:
WP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (7-3, 7 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 4 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Nathan Bland (1-2, 3 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 5 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)

- The T-Rex made things interesting by putting up 6 runs in the top of the 9th to make the final score respectable.

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-5, RBI
RF Chin-De Yu 2-3
LF CFC 3-5, 2B, 5 RBI's - game MVP
DH Gary Burnham 2-5, HR #7, 2 RBI's
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5
2B Chih-Tsung Chiang 3-4, 2 2B's, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 3-4, 3B, RBI
LF Chia-Hui Wu 1-4, RBI
3B Jose Leon 2-4, HR #2, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-5, 2 RBI's
DH Chuan-Chia Wang 1-5, RBI
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-4, 2B
CF Yu-Hua Lu 1-1, HR #1, 2 RBI's - off the bench



Elephants 10 - Lions 5:
WP - Dan Core (6-2, 6 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 4 K's, 1 BB) - on a 4-game winning streak
LP - Lou Pote (11-4, 6.1 IP, 6 R - 5 ER, 8 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's)

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 3-5, RBI
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-5, 2B, RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-3, RBI
DH Carlos Rivera 2-3, RBI
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 1-5, RBI
C Yi-Feng Kuo 3-5, HR #2, 2 RBI's - game MVP
DH Huai-Shan Chen 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Lions lineup:
3B Tilson Brito 0-3
1B KC Kao 2-4, 2B, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, 2 RBI's
RF Fu-Hao Liu 1-4, RBI
C Chih-Kang Kao 2-4, RBI



MLB:
CMW Update - CMW had his cast removed from his foot yesterday.



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians won 7-2. CH Chen was 2-3 with a double, a RBI, and 2 BB's. Chen's been swinging a hot bat as of late. He's hitting .333 in his last 30 AB's with 2 HR's and 7 RBI's. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 8-7. CH Huang was 1-3 with 2 BB's. Box

A ss - Williamsport lost 8-1. YF Lin threw a scoreless 9th inning. Box

A - Lansing won 4-2. CH Cheng evened his record at 5-5 after giving up 2 runs on 6 hits over 5 IP. Box

AAA - Vegas won 5-3. CL Hu was 1-5. Box



NT:

Home Again - Lin & Chiang

CH Chiang, CH Lin, and YW Kuo are all back home. Along with KH Lo and CH Tsao, the guys will register for the team tomorrow in Taichung. NPB player Wei-Yin Chen is expected back in Taiwan on the 31st. From August 5th - 9th, the team will scrimmage against CPBL teams in preparation for the games. The team will depart for Beijing on the 10th. The Olympic Games baseball competition will take place from the 13th - 23rd.
OG Schedule




World Junior Championships:
Rain postponed today's game against Puerto Rico. Thanks to Canada's big win over Puerto Rico the night before, the team has a chance to lock up spot #3 in the pool if it can beat PR tomorrow.
*Updated

What's Up with Rong-Hao Hsieh?

The one-time phenom's struggles of late (in Canada) can be explained in this vid taken from today's game against Cuba:





The kid was clocked in the 84-86 mph range on average. He's clearly lost a few ticks off of his fb.

Kai-Wen Cheng/Royals Update....

Here's an update to an earlier post on scouting in Taiwan (Samuel Fu is no longer with the White Sox, Allen Lin has signed Chao-Ting Tang, and Ken Su is the Yankees local scout). The Kansas City Royals' main man in Taiwan is Adam Hislop.
The Royals scout was rumored to have met with RHP Kai-Wen Cheng this past week. Cheng, along with Chia-Jen Lo are two of the bigger named unsigned amateur players in Taiwan. It's no coincidence that these 2 kids (along with RHP CC Lee) are the only amateur players on the Olympic national team. Cheng, who reportedly turned down a $30K offer from the Twins, is supposedly seeking $300K.

MC Lin

Chung-Dao HS senior to be- Ming-Chie Lin was also rumored to have been on Hislop's radar recently. Lin, who has good size - standing in at 6'2", throws in the low 80's but has a poor delivery.
It will be interesting to see if the Royals' history of financial constraints will hinder its abilities to sign kids in Taiwan. None the less, you gotta give the Royals some credit for stepping up their international presence in Asia.

Tuesday Scores...

CPBL:
Whales 4 - Bulls 3:
WP - Steve Watkins (4-9, 8 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 6 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Jose Espinal (4-5, 1 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)

- Earning a ND for the Bulls was starter Wen-Ping Yu (7 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's) after JE blew a 3-1 lead in the 9th.

Whales lineup:
RF Hsin-Min Wang 2-4, 3B
1B Chia-Hsien Tseng 1-3, HR #4, 4 RBI's - game MVP (hit GW 3-run HR in the 9th)
2B Che-Wei Kang 2-2

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4, RBI
3B Tarzan 2-3
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 0-3, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-4, 2B, RBI



NT:

Welcome Home Lo!

KH Lo is back in Taiwan; CH Lin and CH Chiang are on their way back today.



NPB:
Two days after picking up his first career W in the NPB, YH Yang was saddled with a loss after failing to get out of the first inning. Yang allowed 4 ER on 0 hits and was wild - walking 2 and hitting 2 of the 5 batters he faced. He topped out at 89 mph. The Hawks lost 5-2. Box
*Updated



World Junior Championships:
The junior NT got hammered by the Cuban squad 13-3 in a 10-run rule mercy-shortened 7 inning game. Rong-Hao Hsieh took his 2nd loss of the tourney after allowing 5 runs over 2 IP and the defense committed an uncharacteristic 5 errors in the game.
Box
Taiwan's final game in pool play is against Puerto Rico - win or lose, Taiwan should finish as the #4 seed in their bracket. The bad news is that Taiwan will then face the #1 seed in pool A - the winner of tomorrow's USA vs. South Korea game.


MILB:
R - The GCL Tigers won 5-3. CT Tang was 1-4 with a triple. Box

R - Completing a game from 7/18, the GCL Indians won 7-3. CH Chen cracked a HR (he's got 2 now) and was 2-3 with a walk and a RBI. More importantly, he gunned down the leadoff hitter on the opposing team. Box

A+ - Kinston won 7-2. SW Tseng started and earned a ND - he threw 4.2 shutout innings. Box
*Updated

Current CPBL Leaders......

CPBL:
With typhoon Fung-Wong ravaging the island with heavy rain, the game between the Elephants and Lions was rained out.

With that said, let's take a look at some of the league leaders. (Once again, CFC is contending for triple crown honors, while Yu-Cheng Liao is in the top 3 for pitching triple crown categories.)

Batting Average:
1)Cheng-Min Peng (Chia Chia) .393
2)Chin-Feng Chen (CFC) .364
3)Wu-Hsiung Pan .355
4)Chih-Sheng Lin .346
5)Long-Yi Huang .344

HR's:
1)Tilson Brito 16
2)CFC 15
3)Wu-Hsiung Pan 12
4)Chia-Hsien Hsieh 10
5)Long-Yi Huang 9

RBI:
1)Tilson Brito 64
2)CFC 63
3)Kuo-Ching Kao (KC Kao) 56
4)Kuan-Jen Chen 56
5)Tai-Shan Chang (Tarzan) 49

Stolen Bases:
1)Chia Chia 16
2)Sheng-Wei Wang 16
3)Chi-Yuan Chen 12
4)Cheng-Wei Huang 12
5)Long-Yi Huang 12

Wins:
1)Mike Johnson 14
2)Lou Pote 11
3)Yu-Cheng Liao 10
4)Wei-Lun Pan 8
5)Yueh-Ping Lin 7

ERA:
1)Wei-Lun Pan 2.09
2)Yu-Cheng Liao 2.46
3)Dan Core 2.59
4)Mike Johnson 2.79
5)Kobayashi Ryokan 2.96

K's:
1)Fu-Te Ni 95 (102 IP)
2)Yu-Cheng Liao 84 (109.2 IP)
3)Jose Espinal 82 (83 IP)
4)Kobayshi Ryokan 82 (121.2 IP)
5)Mike Johnson 77 (126 IP)

Saves:
1)Jermaine Van Buren 11
2)Yong-Chih Kuo 10
3)Chia-Rui Mai 6
4)Chi-Wei Lin 5
5)Ricky Stone 4



NPB:
WY Chen started for the Dragons and was responsible for the 9-3 loss. Chen allowed 5 ER on 8 hits over 5 IP. Box

The Marines won 4-3. SY Wu also started for his team, but earned a ND after lasting only 1.2 innings - giving up 1 run on 2 hits (4 BB's, 1 K). Box


MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 6-1. CH Chen was 1-4. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 5-3. CH Huang was 1-4 with a RBI and his 1st SB of the year. Box

A - Asheville won 6-4. SA Kuo earned his 9th win of the year after allowing 4 runs - 3 ER on 7 hits over 5 IP. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 6-2 in the 7th. CL Hu is 1-3 with a RBI. Box



World Junior Championships:
Taiwan beat the Czech Republic 10-0. Box
Tomorrow, the team will attempt to repeat what the junior NT in 2006 did - beat Cuba.


MLB:
HC Kuo threw a perfect 9th inning, K'ing 2. The Dodgers fell 7-6 to the Giants. Box
*Updated

CJ Lo Gathering Some Royal(s) Interest.......

CJ

The KC Royals are interested in righty Chia-Jen Lo. Word has it that the Royals scout in Taiwan went to see Lo several times when he was working out in Kaohsiung's training complex. (The Royals scout has refuted the rumor of seeing Lo in person). Lo has garnered attention from the Red Sox, Rangers, Twins, and A's - but has not been offered the amount he's looking for. Lo, who just completed a 3rd place showing in Czechoslovakia, and collegiate NT mate Kai-Wen Cheng are heading back to Taiwan to join the Olympic team.*Updated

Lo's web album

Bronze for the Collegiate NT......

CPBL:
Bears 4 - Elephants 4 (8) - Called due to rain:

Chih-Hua Hsu (Bears reliever) - game MVP: 3.2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 0-4
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, RBI
LF CFC 2-4
DH Gary Burnham 2-4, 2B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-4, 2B, RBI
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-4
C Feng-Min Chen 1-3, RBI

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 1-5
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-4
1B Chia Chia 1-4
3B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4
C Yi-Feng Kuo 1-4, 3B, RBI
2B Keng-Hsin Lin 2-4, 2 RBI's


Bulls 8 - Lions 4:
WP - Chi-Wei Lin (5-4, 6 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 7 H, 5 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Po-Tsang Shen (1-1, .2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-5
DH Mike Vento 2-5
3B Tarzan 5-5, 2B, 3B, 3 RBI's - game MVP
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 3-5, 2 2B's, 3 RBI's
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-5, 2B
C Chun-Chang Yeh 3-5, 2 RBI's

Lions lineup:
2B Sen Yang 2-5, 2B, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 2-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-3, 2B, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-4
RF Fu-Hao Liu 1-4, 2B, RBI



WUBC:
Taiwan claimed third place at the World University Baseball Championships by shutting out South Korea 7-0 on Sunday. Box


MILB:
Heading to Beijing - KH Lo will be on his way to join his teammates for the OG. Nice Read.

R - The AZL Mariners are down 6-0 in the 6th. YW Chang has thrown 1.2 scoreless innings, K'ing and walking 2. Box

A - Greenville won 5-3. CH Lin was 1-4 with a BB, but was CS. Box

A+ - Lancaster beat High Desert 8-6. KH Lo was 1-4 with his 18th SB. Box

AA - Tulsa lost 6-5. CL Lo earned the L, allowing 6 runs (3 ER) on 5 hits in 7 IP. Box

AAA - Vegas won 8-7. CL Hu was 3-3 with a BB. Box



MLB:
HC Kuo threw 1 scoreless inning of relief as the Dodgers beat the Nationals 2-0. Box


NPB:
The Hawks won 3-2. YH Yang earned his first NPB win after throwing .1 scoreless innings. Box


World Junior Championships:
Taiwan beat Italy 6-0 as expected. Box
*Updated

Lin Sets Taiwanese SB Record........

Pony:
Here's a pic of the kids who will represent Taiwan in the Bronco World Series. Star players Lee and Tu are in the 2nd row - far left.



MILB:
R - The GCL Indians lost 10-5 in G1 of a DH. CH Chen hit his first pro HR, he was 1-3 with 2 RBI's. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox lost 8-4. CH Huang was 1-2 with a BB and RBI. Box

R - The GCL Reds lost 6-3. YW Kuo was 0-3 with a BB while committing error #5. Box

R - The GCL Tigers lost 3-2. CT Tang was 0-4. Box

A - Greenville won 15-9. CH Lin was 1-6 with a double, a RBI, and SB #33. Box
Lin stands alone at the top, one ahead of KH Lo, and two above CFC.

A+ - High Desert is beating Lancaster 9-7 in the 6th. KH Lo is 1-3 while CH Chiang is 2-3 with 2 RBI's. Box

AAA - Vegas is up 9-8 in the 7th. CL Hu is a HR short of the cycle - he's 3-4 with a double, triple, and 3 RBI's. Box



World Junior Championships:
Taiwan lost 7-6 to Canada despite rallying to tie the game at 6 in the top of the 9th. RH Hsieh came in the bottom of the 9th and allowed the GW run. Box
*Updated

Juniors To Test Their Mettle Today....

WUBC:
Well consistent to form (swept in the 10 games they played against the US this summer), the collegiate NT lost to the US 3-0 in the WUBC semifinals. Leadoff hitter, 2B Chih-Hsiang Lin managed the only 2 hits of the game for the team. Taiwan will now face the loser of the Japan-South Korea matchup for 3rd place tomorrow. Box/Recap/Game Log


World Junior Championships:
Opening games were yesterday. Taiwan's first game is against Canada today - this is an opponent that the team should know well. Box


CPBL:
Lions 14 - Bulls 3:
WP - Wei-Lun Pan (8-1, 6 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 7 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Chien-Fu Yang (4-8, 3 IP, 8 R - 6 ER, 7 H, 2 K's, 6 BB's)

Lions lineup:
2B Sen Yang 2-5
LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-1, 3 BB's
3B Tilson Brito 4-4, 2 HR's, 2B, 7 RBI's! - game MVP
1B KC Kao 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
DH Kan-Lin Huang 1-4, RBI
RF Fu-Hao Liu 0-2, 2 BB's, 2 RBI's
C CK Kao 0-2, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-2, 2B, RBI - off the bench

Bulls lineup:
DH Mike Vento 2-4
3B Tarzan 1-4
SS Chung-Nan Lin 1-4, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-3, 2B, RBI


Whales 9 - T-Rex 5:
WP - Yu-Chan Liu (5-1, 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Ming-Chin Lee (1-1, 1.1 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 0 K's, 1 BB)

Whales lineup:
CF Chin-Chang Lin 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
RF-1B Hsin-Min Wang 1-4, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 2-4, 2B
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 1-4, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Tseng 3-4, HR #3, 2B, 2 RBI's - game MVP
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, RBI
2B-SS Che-Wei Kang 0-2, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
LF-CF Chia-Hui Wu 2-5, 3B
3B Jose Leon 1-3, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 3-5, RBI
DH Chuan-Chia Wang 2-4, 2B
2B-3B Wei Kao 0-2, RBI
C Ko-Fan Chen 2-4, 2B, RBI

Hsin-Hong Tsai Pics....

Your Newest Cubbie - HH Tsai

Ok, so here's Hsin-Hong Tsai's website. The kid has himself listed at 186 cm (6'1") and 70 kg (154 pounds). He's 18 (DOB: 4/24/1990). Read the original post on Tsai's signing here.

Braves Signees (C Tsai & P Huang) Updates....

Meng-Hsiu Tsai and P Wei-Chen Huang are holding their own over in Australia (MLBAAP).

Tsai is hitting .324 with 2 HR's (and slugging .541) in 37 AB's.
Huang is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 12 innings of action.

Cubs signee Hak-Ju Lee is hitting .286.

Bailey Throws a CG 1-Hit Shutout....

CPBL:
T-Rex 1 - Whales 0:
WP - Cory Bailey (6-4, 9 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Fu-Te Ni (4-8, 9 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 9 K's, 3 BB's)

CB outdueled Ni, as both pitchers threw a CG. Ni might've been just as impressive, but his only mistake of the game was a solo HR allowed in the 4th inning to DH Jose Leon (1-4, RBI). Whales RF Hsin-Min Wang broke up Bailey's no-hit bid with a single in the bottom of the 5th inning.


Elephants 5 - Bears 2:
WP - Kobayashi Ryokan (6-4, 9 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 6 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Ying-Feng Tsai (0-3, 1 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)

- earning a ND for the Bears was SP Chih-Chia Chang (7 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 2-4, RBI
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI's
1B Chia Chia 1-4, RBI
C Chui-Chang Chen 1-1, HR #3, RBI - game MVP off the bench

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-4, HR #9, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4
1B Chung-Wei Pan 0-4, RBI
LF CFC 0-1 off the bench


MILB:
R - The GCL Indians won 7-6. CH Chen was 2-5. Box

R - The GCL Braves beat the Tigers 9-8. Despite earning the W, CE Hung blew a save opportunity, giving up 1 run on 1 hit (and 3 walks) over 1.1 innings. CT Tang was 2-5 with a double, triple, and 3 RBI's. Box

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

R - Bristol won 10-4. PY Lin earned the W, allowing 1 run on 5 hits over 6 IP (8K's, 1BB). Box

A ss - Williamsport fell 8-1. YF Lin gave up 3 runs on 4 hits in an inning of relief. Box

A - Greenville won 4-1. CH Lin was 3-5 with SB #32. Box Lin's next SB will break KH Lo's mark of 32 set last year.

A - Lansing lost 13-4. CH Cheng was the loser, giving up 9 runs (5 ER) on 7 hits over 4.1 IP (4K's, 3 BB's, 2 HR's allowed). Box

A+ - Kinston lost 5-4. SW Tseng threw 1.1 shutout innings, K'ing 2. Box

A+ - High Desert beat Lancaster 6-3. KH Lo was 0-4 while CH Chiang was 0-1. Box

AAA - Vegas won 7-1. CL Hu was 0-3. Box
*Updated

Cubs Sign Pitcher from Taiwan.....

The Cubs inked their third kid from Taiwan: RHP Hsin-Hong Tsai from Chiayi County's Tong-Shi HS. He follows his predecessors: Hong-Wen Chen and Chih-Hsiang Wen (has since been released). Tsai stands 6'0'' & is listed at 177 pounds (may be closer to ~150 pounds). His pitching repertoire includes a FB that tops out at 90 (sits around 86-89), below avg breaking stuff, below avg command, decent arm action, - he has some projectability. The Cubs beat out the Twins by signing him for $130k.
*edited


SCORES
MILB:
A+ - High Desert is down 7-5 in the 7th. KH Lo has slammed his 8th HR of the year (doubling last year's output), he's 2-3 with a double, a BB, 2 RBI's, and his 17th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is tied at 4 in the 8th. CH Chiang is 0-4. Box



WUBC:
Taiwan lost 3-2 to the US in 11 innings. Taiwan has lost all 3 of its games by 1 run (also to Japan and South Korea). Box
Despite the loss, Taiwan is matched up against the US again on Saturday in one semifinal.



CPBL:
More bad publicity for an already struggling league: A bomb shell was dropped by T-Rex GM Chin-Hsin Shih who made allegations that CPBL games are still being fixed.

Lions 10 - T-Rex 9 (10):
Brief highlights -
*Rex 1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh blasted HR #10 and was 2-5 with 3 RBI's.
*Lions OF Wu-Hsiung Pan was 2-5 with a triple and 2 RBI's. Teammates 3B TB was 1-5, 1B KC Kao was 2-4 with 2 RBI's, C Chun-Hui Chen was 2-4 with HR #1 and 3 RBI's, reserve SS Tzu-Sung Wang was the game MVP - going 3-3 with a RBI.

Elephants 8 - Bulls 7 (12):
Brief highlights -
*Elephants LF CYC was the game MVP, as he hit HR #9 and was 3-6 with 2 RBI's - his teammates: 1B Chia Chia was 2-6 with a RBI, 2B Keng-Hsin Liu was 3-6, P Chia-Rui Mai won his 3rd game of the year - 1 ER on 3 H over 5 IP (3K's, 1BB).
*For the Bulls, DH Tarzan was 3-6 with a double and 3 RBI's. Teammates OF Chien-Ming Chang was 1-6 with a double and LF Da-Hung Cheng was 3-5 with a double and 2 RBI's.

7/23 Scores...

CPBL:
Elephants 5 - Bulls 4:
WP - Pao-Hsien Wu (1-1, 1.1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
LP - Ming-Jin Tsai (1-6, 1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 K's/BB's)

- Starters Wen-Ping Yu (Bulls): 5 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 4 K's, 3 BB's & Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants): 5 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 6 H, 1 K, 3 BB's both earned ND's

Elephants lineup:
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 0-3
1B Chia Chia 0-3, BB
LF CYC 1-2, 2 BB's
2B Hung-Sen Chu 1-1, 2B, 2 RBI's
C Yi-Feng Kuo 1-3, 2B, 2 RBI's - game MVP
2B Keng-Hsin Liu 1-3, RBI - off the bench

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-4, 2B, RBI
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4
DH Tarzan 1-3, RBI
1B Chung-Yi Huang 1-4, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 3-4
2B Chia-Hao Chang 2-3, RBI


Bears 9 - Whales 6 (10):
WP - Jermaine Van Buren (2-1, 2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Lorenzo Barcelo (1-2, 2 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)

- Bears starter and NT member Wen-Hsiung Hsu earned a ND: 5 IP, 4 R, 9 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's

Bears lineup:
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, HR #9, 3 RBI's - game MVP
LF CFC 1-4
DH Gary Burnham 2-3, 2B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4, 2B, RBI
1B Chung-Wei Pan 3-5, 2B, 4 RBI's

Whales lineup:
2B Yi-Min Wang 2-4, 2B
SS Chia-Yuan Chang 2-6, 2B
3B Wilton Veras 4-5, 2B, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Tseng 1-5, 2B, 3 RBI's
C Hsin-Min Wang 2-4, 2 RBI's


Current 2nd half standings:
1)Bears 12-4
2)Bulls 9-6 2.5 GB
3)Lions 9-7 3 GB
4)Elephants 7-8 4.5 GB
5)Whales 8-11 5.5 GB
6)T-Rex 5-14 8.5 GB



NPB:
YH Yang took the loss after giving up 2 runs in .1 innings of work. The Hawks lost 5-4. Box


WUBC:
Taiwan beat Lithuania 7-1. Chih-Lung Huang picked up the W, giving up 1 run 3 hits over 6 IP (5 K's, 2 BB's). Box


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

R - The GCL Red Sox won 3-2. CH Huang was 0-4 while CC Chen was 0-2 with a BB. Box

R - The GCL Reds lost 9-4. YW Kuo was 1-4. Box

A - Greenville lost 4-2. CH Lin walked in his only PA. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 5-1 in the 6th. CH Chiang is 0-2 with a BB. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 4-1 in the 7th. KH Lo is 0-3. Box

AAA - Vegas is up 8-5 in the 6th. CL Hu is 2-3 with a double. Box



Junior NT:
The team lost to the US 4-2 Wednesday. 3B Fu-Lin Kuo was 2-3 with 2 RBI's. Box/Recap/Game Log
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LL Update...

LL:
There will be no Williamsport this year for the kids from Taiwan. In a do-or-die game, Taiwan lost to Hong Kong 4-1 on Wednesday. Hong Kong will now face Guam in the Asia-Pacific championship game on Thursday for the right to play in Pennsylvania.

On to Monterey and Washington!

LL/Pony:

KY Lee (L) & CM Tu (R)

Taiwan pulled out a close 2-1 decision over Japan in the Bronco division (Pony) Asia-Pacific Zone Tourney to advance to Monterey, CA. Starting pitcher Chia-Ming Tu (hit 75 mph) was spot-on, holding the team from Japan to 1 run over 7 innings, K'ing 9. Kuan-Yi Lee would come on in the 8th and overpower his opponents with an 80 mph fastball (a plus-plus fb at this age level) to pick up the win!
Chia-Ming Tu would lead the tourney with an .800 BA, while Kuan-Yi Lee won the HR crown (with 1). The tourney MVP would go to their teammate Kuan-Yu Shih.
With two aces, this team should fare very well in the US.
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The reps from Taichung in the Pony division also wrapped up a spot in Washington, PA by beating both Japan 12-4 and South Korea 8-0 to take the Asia-Pacific crown.


Over in Hong Kong (LL action), the boys lost 4-2 to South Korea, putting them in a must-win situation over the host team tomorrow. The team will also need some help from the Thai team (either a win or score a lot of runs).



CPBL:
Bears 7 - Whales 3:
WP - Mike Johnson (14-0, 6 IP, 3 R - 1 ER, 7 H, 3 K's, 3 BB's)
LP - Chang-Wei Tu (2-6, 5.2 IP, 6 R - 4 ER, 11 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's)

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-5, RBI
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-5
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-5, HR #8, RBI
DH CFC 2-5, RBI
1B Gary Burnham 3-4, HR #6, 4 RBI's - game MVP
C Feng-Min Chen 2-4, 2B

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 1-3, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Tseng 1-2, 2B, RBI



Lions 10 - T-Rex 9 (12):
WP - Yi-Cheng Tseng (2-0, 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Chien-Fu Chen (3-9, 4.2 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 5 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

Lions lineup:
CF Wu-Hsiung Pan 3-6, HR #12, 5 RBI's
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-5, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 4-7, 2 2B's, GWRBI - game MVP
1B KC Kao 2-7, 2B
2B Sen Yang 2-5, 2 2B's, 2 RBI's
SS Tzu-Sung Wang 2-4 - off the bench

T-Rex lineup:
RF - Ssu-Chi Chou 1-5, RBI
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 3-6, RBI
3B Jose Leon 1-2, 2B, 2 RBI's
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
C Ko-Fan Chen 3-6, 2B
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 1-4, 2B, RBI
IF Shih-Hao Huang 1-2, RBI



NPB:
The Dragons won 7-1. WY Chen picked up the win, giving up 1 run on 3 hits over 6 IP (7K's, 4 BB's). Box

The Hawks lost 4-2. YH Yang threw 2/3 of a scoreless inning. Box


WUBC:
Taiwan lost 4-3 to South Korea. Box


MILB:
R - The GCL Indians won 9-2. CH Chen had his best showing as a pro at the plate going 2-4 with a double, a triple, SB #1, and 3 RBI's. Box

R - The GCL Red Sox won 3-2. WY Lin started and earned a ND. He allowed 2 unearned runs on 4 hits over 4.2 IP (5 K's, 2 BB's). CH Huang was 1-3 with a RBI. Box

R - The AZL Mariners lost 7-0. YW Chang threw 1 inning of relief, giving up 1 ER. Box

A - Asheville is tied at 5 in the 12th. SA Kuo started and earned a ND (4 R - 3 ER on 6 H over 6 IP). Box

A+ - High Desert is up 2-1 in the 2nd. Follow KH Lo here.

AAA - Vegas is down 4-0 in the 2nd. Follow CL Hu here.


Junior NT:
The boys lost 6-1 to Canada.
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