2009 Youth NTAnnounced......

CPBL:
Standings:

Team	W	D	L	GB	WP
Bears	19	0	14	--	0.576
Bulls	19	1	14	0	0.576
Lions	18	1	15	1	0.545
Elephants	11	0	24	9	0.314

Tomorrow's matchups:
Anastacio Martinez (Bulls) vs. Yu-Chan Liu (Elephants)

*Taiwanese Olympic Committee chairman Chen-Wei (Thomas) Tsai is interested in forming a 5th CPBL team for next year. Chen-Wei is from the ultra-affluent Tsai family.




MILB:
A+ - CH Lin 2-3, BB, RBI, CS, E #3, OF Assist

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 1-1, BB, RBI, SB (6), CS, E #4 (5th inning)

AAA - CL Hu 1-4 (7th inning)




Other:
*In the semifinals of the collegiate/industrial league spring tourney, the final four standing were: the Meifu Giants, Chiayi University, Taiwan Coop Bank, & Taiwan Power Co.

CH Lin

In the first semi, the Meifu Giants (Chinese Culture University) defeated Chiayi U. 10-0.
Giants starter Chen-Hua Lin threw 7 shutout innings, scattering 3 hits (2 K's, 1 BB) to pick up the W.

Taiwan Coop Bank defeated TaiPower 7-1 in the other semifinal. Chia-Chun Tang picked up the win for TCB after relieving starter Chia-Ming Cheng. Tang's line for the night: 8.1 IP, 0 R, 7 H, 4 K's/BB's. DH Shen-Fu Tsai was 2-4 with 3 RBI to help bolster the lead for TCB.


*In preparation for the 14th World Youth Championships to be held in August in Taichung, Taiwan - the 2009 Youth NT has been announced. The team is highlighted by a few big names including Lee-Wei Chiang, Chin-De Chang, Chi-Wei Lin, and Lee-Jen Chu.

PITCHERS (7):
1)Lee-Wei Chiang 14 (7/10/94) 6'0"/150 B:R/T:R
2)Chih-Wei Hu 15 (11/4/93) 6'0"/158 B:R/T:R
3)Hang Lin 16 (3/1/93) 5'8"/154 B:L/T:L
4)Chao-Wei Yu 16 (4/16/93) 5'9"/150 B:R/T:R
5)Pin-Hsueh Chen 15 (7/8/94) 6'0"/172 B:R/T:R
6)Chun-Lung Chang 15 (5/20/93) 5'9"/165 B:R/T:R
7)Keng-Sheng Lee 16 (1/15/93) 5'10"/154 B:R/T:R

CATCHERS (2):
1)Yu-Chi Lin 15 (3/25/94) 5'5"/143 B:R/T:R
2)Chin-Lung Chang 15 (4/12/94) 5'7"/154 B:R/T:R

INFIELDERS (5):
1)Lee-Jen Chu 15 (3/13/94) 5'8"/181 B:R/T:R
2)Kun-Yu Wen 16 (1/5/93) 5'9"/132 B:R/T:R
3)Chi-Wei Lin 15 (2/15/94) 5'7"/143 B:L/T:R
4)Yung-Cheng Hsu 15 (4/19/94) 5' 6.5"/137 B:L/T:R
5)Chin-De Chang 16 (5/17/93) 5'10"/154 B:L/T:R

OUTFIELDERS (4):
1)Chan-Chia Liu 16 (3/29/93) 5'8"/143 B:L/T:R
2)Chin-Yu Tseng 16 (2/11/93) 5'9"/154 B:R/T:R
3)Lee-En Pi 14 (8/14/94) 5'8"/143 B:R/T:R
4)Chia-Min Lin 15 (8/24/93) 5'6"/143 B:L/T:R

*Player locale breakdown: 7 Taichung City, 5 Kaohsiung County, 2 Taipei County - Banqiao, 2 Pingtung County, 1 Taitung County, 1 Taoyuan County

Again, player selection was largely influenced by the top teams in the recently completed Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (for 16 and under). The top 5 finishers in that tourney were:
1)Taichung City (4-1)
2)Kaohsiung County (3-2)
3)Pingtung County (2-2)
4)Taipei County - Banqiao (2-2)
5)Taoyuan County (1-2)

CMW Solid in MILB Outing.....

CPBL:
Elephants 10 - Bears 1:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	1	3	0	0	1	2	2	1	0	10	16	1
Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	5	2

Attendance: 8,668

WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (4-1, 7 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 6 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Ying-Feng Tsai (2-3, 2 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 1 K/BB)

Offense:
Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 4-5, 2 2B's, RBI, SB
2B (3B) Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-5, 2B
DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-4, 2B, HR (2), 2 RBI
LF (RF) Ssu-Chi Chou 1-5, 2B, RBI
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-3
C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-3, 2 2B's, RBI
CF Keng-Shin Liu 1-3, RBI
(LF) Chih-Peng Chen 1-3, RBI

Bears:
DH CFC 2-3
(C) Hao-Ran Huang 1-1, RBI



Bulls 10 - Lions 8 (10):

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Bulls	0	0	0	1	3	0	4	0	0	2	10	15	1
Lions	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	8	9	0

Attendance: 6,535

WP - Pedro Liriano (1-1, 2 IP, 3 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 5 BB's)
LP - Yueh-Ping Lin (0-2, 2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-5, 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 4-4, 2 HR's (4&5), 5 RBI - game MVP
DH Tarzan 1-5
LF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-5, 2B
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-5, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 2-5 (26 and counting)
C Yi-Wei Lee 1-3, RBI
(DH) Da-Hung Cheng 1-1, RBI

Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-4, 2B
RF Tai-Chi Kuo 0-5, RBI
1B KC Kao 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, 2 RBI
2B Sen Yang 1-3, HR (2), 3 RBI



MILB:
AAA - CMW W 1-0, 7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 K, 0 BB's
RECAP 1/ RECAP 2

AAA - FT Ni 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

AA - HW Chen L , 1.2 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 3 K's, 1 BB

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB, SB (5), E #2 / CH Chiang 0-3, RBI

A+ - KH Lo ?

Redemption Win for SY Wu and CFC vs. Tsao/Elephants......

CPBL:
Bears 4 - Elephants 2:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	0
Bears	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	4	9	1

Attendance: 17,123 (second highest attendance mark in league history for a regular season game)

WP - Si-Yo Wu (2-3, 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 7 K's, 4 BB's)
LP - Chin-Hui Tsao (2-2, 6 IP, 4 R, 7 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's - fatigued in the 6th inning giving up solo HR's to CFC and Shih)

CFC and Shih's 6th inning blasts

Tsao vs. CFC (4th inning K)

Tsao vs. CFC (2nd inning)

Offense:
Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr. 3-4, RBI, SB
DH CFC 1-3, HR (11), RBI - game MVP
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-3, HR (3), RBI

Elephants:
RF Robert Bozied 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 0-3



Bulls 5 - Lions 3:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	1	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	5	12	0
Lions	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	7	0

Attendance: 5,507

WP - Yu-Chieh Shen (1-1, 5 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's) - game MVP
ND - Chien-Ming Chiang (B SP, 0 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Wei-Lun Pan (4-2, 5 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 2 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 3-5, HR (2), 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI - (11 game hitting streak)
DH Tarzan 2-5, RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3, SB
3B Wilton Veras 2-4, 2B - (25 game hitting streak, chasing the record set by Elephants great Yi-Tseng Lin - 31 set in 1997)

Lions:
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-2
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-2
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2 RBI
LF (RF) Chun-Yu Kuo 1-3, RBI





MILB:
A+ - CH Lin 2-4, HR (1), BB, 5 RBI

A+ - KH Lo 2-5, 2B, RBI

AAA - CL Hu 0-3, BB, SB (4)


CJ Lo has been promoted to AA (Corpus Christi Hooks)





NPB:
Dragons 2 - BayStars 1 (10): WY Chen ND, 9 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 9 K's, 0 BB's - 1 HR allowed

CPBL Showdown Set For Tomorrow.....

CPBL:
Bears 10 - Elephants 4:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	9	2
Bears	3	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	14	1

Attendance: 2,510

WP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (3-3, 6 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

LP - Kobayashi Ryokan (2-4, 1.2 IP, 5 R, 8 H, 0 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bears:

RF Tim Raines, Jr. 2-4

3B Tsung-Yu Tsai 2-5

LF Cheng-Yu Chung 2-4, RBI

DH CFC 2-4, 3 RBI - game MVP

1B Hsiao-Wei Huang 2-5, 2B, 3B, RBI

SS Chih-Ping Lin 1-3, HR (1), 2 RBI

Elephants:
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-5, RBI

RF Robert Bozied 1-5, 2B, 2 RBI

1B Chia Chia 0-3

2B (3B) Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI

(C) Chih-Hung Chen 2-3

Lions 9 - Bulls 6:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	8	1
Lions	0	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	18	1

Attendance: 3,890

WP - Mickey Callaway (4-2, 5 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 1 K, 4 BB's)

LP - Ko-Chien Lin (4-2, 3 IP, 8 R - 7 ER, 12 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:

Lions:

CF (RF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-3

RF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-3, HR (5), RBI

1B KC Kao 3-5

DH Lien-Hung Chen 3-4, 2B

2B Sen Yang 3-3, RBI

C Chih-Kang Kao 2-5, 2 RBI

SS Ching-He Chuang 3-5, 2B, 3 RBI - game MVP

3B Tung-Yi Yang 1-4, RBI

Bulls:

RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-5, RBI

2B Chih-Wei Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI

1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-3, RBI

DH Tarzan 1-3

CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3

SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 0-3, RBI

3B Wilton Veras 1-3, RBI (new owner of CPBL record - 24 game hitting streak for foreign players)

C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4



Tomorrow's Matchups - featuring some marquee names:

Chien-Ming Chiang (Bulls) vs. Wei-Lun Pan (Lions)

Chin-Hui Tsao (Elephants) vs. Si-Yo Wu (Bears)





MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 0-2 (5th inning)

A+ - CH Cheng ND, 5.2 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 1 K/BB

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB / CH Chiang 0-4, E #1




MLB:
HC Kuo Update




Other:
Taichung City (made up of kids from Gao-Nong and Shi-Yuan HS) won the Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (for 16 and under). Leading the way for Taichung was tourney MVP Chin-De Chang.

5/14 Scores...

CPBL:
Bulls 2 - Bears 1:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
Bears	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	9	0

Attendance: 2,028

WP - Anastacio Martinez (1-1, 6.2 IP, 1 R, 7 H, 8 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Aaron Rakers (5-1, 8 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 6 K's, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-4
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, HR (5), RBI
DH Tarzan 1-4, RBI
(3B Wilton Veras was 1-4, extending his hitting streak to 23 games, tying former Bears star Gary Burnham for the longest streak by a foreign player in the CPBL)

Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr. 3-4, 3 SB's
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4
DH CFC 1-4
SS Chih-Ping Lin 2-4, 3B, RBI

MILB:
CT Tang is set to have surgery on Friday.

Vid Highlights of Wang's start on Tuesday

Nice read on FT Ni *Updated


A+ - CH Lin 3-5, SB (4) / CH Chiang 1-5

A+ - KH Lo 0-1 (2nd inning)

AAA - FT Ni 0.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

AAA - CL Hu 0-0 (1st inning)





Other:

Rong-Hao Hsieh threw 3.2 shutout innings of relief to help the Fubon Bulls beat Taiwan Beer 3-2 in the collegiate/industrial spring league tourney. Hsieh allowed no hits and K'd 5.

CYC Breaks His Fibula...

CPBL:
Elephants 3 - Lions 2:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	8	0
Lions	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	10	2

Attendance: 4,870

WP - Yu-Chan Liu (1-4, 6 IP, 1 R, 5 H, 3 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Chien-San Kao (1-1, 0.1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)

Offense:
Elephants:
DH CYC 0-1 (broke the distal end of his left fibula sliding into third base - he'll be out 3 months)
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 1-3, RBI
1B Chia Chia 1-3, SB
C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-4, 2 RBI
(DH) Chin-Yung Wang 2-3, 2B

Lions:
CF (RF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-3, 2B, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 0-3
RF (LF) Tai-Chi Kuo 3-4, 2B



NPB:
Carp 2 - Tigers 1: WC Lin 0-1



MILB:
CJ Lo potentially a starter down the road?

CMW is scheduled for another minor league start on Sunday.

AAA - CL Hu 0-1, 2 BB's (6th inning)

A+ - CH Lin 1-3, 2B, BB / CH Chiang 1-4

A+ - KH Lo 0-2 (6th inning)




Other:
*Taiwan Coop Bank is still undefeated in the current collegiate/industrial league tourney.

*The Yu-Shan Cup (HS kids) kicks off on the 25th of this month and runs through June 7th.

Strong Start for CMW...

MILB:
AAA - CMW ND 6 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 6 K's, 3 BB's
RECAP 1
RECAP 2 *Updated

AAA - CL Hu 0-3, E #5 (7th inning)

A+ - CC Lee 1.1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 1 BB

A+ - KH Lo 0-1 (3rd inning)

A+ - CH Lin 0-4 (hitless dating back to 5/5) / CH Chiang 1-5



NPB:
Tigers 1 - Carp 0: WC Lin (batting 6th) 0-2 with a BB



CBPL:
Bulls 12 - Bears 5:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	3	6	12	13	2
Bears	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	2	5	10	3

Attendance: 1,774

WP - Shoda Itsuki (4-1, 9 IP, 5 R, 10 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Chih-Chia Chang (4-2, 7.1 IP, 6 R - 4 ER, 6 H, 3 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-5, 2 2B's, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 2-5, HR (3), 2 RBI
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
DH Tarzan 1-4, HR (4), 2 RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, 3 RBI
(PH) Da-Hung Cheng 0-0, RBI

Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr. 2-4, 3B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 0-4, RBI
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, 2B
DH CFC 1-4, RBI
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-3, RBI
(PH) Chung-Wei Pan 1-1, HR (1), RBI

Injuries and More Injuries.....

MILB:
*Yung-Chi Chen is currently on the 7-day DL - he reportedly tweaked the same knee he had arthroscopic surgery for a meniscal repair last year.

*Chao-Ting Tang may have suffered a fracture to a bone in his face and will be "out for a while."

*The Atlanta Braves released RHP Chen-En Hung, their first foray into Taiwan.


Scoreboard:
AA - HW Chen ND, 5 IP, 3 R, 9 H, 3 K's, 1 BB, 1 HR allowed




NPB:
The Tigers relegated Kai-Wen Cheng to nigun status on the 10th.



CBPL:
Tomorrow's matchups:
Chih-Chia Chang (Bears) vs. Shoda Itsuki (Bulls) - Chang is seeking win #5

Update on Nate Gold - former Bears slugger

Long Weekend Roundup...

NPB:
*WY Chen took his second loss of the season, but earned some high praise from the Giants players and staff:

"We know Chen is a good pitcher," Abe said. "So I feel good to hit a home run off him, especially a game-winner."

"Chen is one of the best starters in Japan now," Hara said. "The home runs by Abe and Ramirez were very effective."



*WC Lin has been recalled up to the parent club.

*In the Japanese Independent Leagues, Cheng-Hsien Chang earned game MVP honors on the 9th, driving in the GW run to lead his team to a 4-3 win.



CPBL:
Highlight of the past few days: Chin-Hui Tsao earning his second win (2-1) and game MVP honors against the La New Bears on Saturday in front of a sold-out stadium (10,000). Tsao threw 7 shutout innings, allowing 5 hits while K'ing 7 and walking none. Taking the loss for the Bears was former NPB'er Si-Yo Wu (1-3, 7.1 IP, 3 R, 10 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's).

The Highly Anticipated Matchup between Tsao and CFC:


Game Highlights:



Standings:

Team	W	T	L	GB	WP
Bears	17	0	11	--	0.607
Lions	17	1	12	0.5	0.586
Bulls	15	1	13	2	0.536
Elephants	9	0	22	9.5	0.29

MILB:
Brief blurb on CT Tang and Mother's Day.

Player 4 day recaps:

CT Tang:
5/7 2-3
5/8 0-3
5/9 0-2, BB

CH Lin roundup:
5/7 0-3
5/8 0-4
5/9 0-3

CH Chiang:
5/9 1-4
5/10 2-4, 2B, OF Assist

KH Lo:
5/7 0-4, E #3
5/8 1-4, BB
5/9 0-2, BB
5/10 1-2, RBI

CH Cheng:
5/10 L 3-1, 3 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 0 K's, 1 BB

CC Lee:
5/8 W 2-2, 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's

CJ Lo:
5/9 2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's

FT Ni:
5/7 1 IP, 0 R/H, 1 K, 0 BB's
5/10 2.2 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 1 K, 0 BB's, 1 HR allowed

CL Hu:
5/7 3-4, RBI
5/8 2-5, SB (2), RBI
5/9 1-5, 2 RBI, E #3
5/10 1-4, BB, SB (3), E #4



MLB:
CMW update - pitching Tuesday for Scranton (AAA affiliate)*edited
Pathophysiology of CMW's injury



Other:
In the Kuo-Cheng Hsieh Cup (national tourney for 12 and under), Taoyuan County won the whole enchilada with Taitung County finishing second and Kaohsiung City placing third.

Tourney leaders:
BA: Yu-Fan Chang (Taitung County) .570
RBI: Chung-Ying Wang (Taitung County) 8
HR: Wen-Hua Sung (Taoyuan County) 2
Wins: Wen-Hua Sung (Taoyuan County) 2
MVP: Chin Ou (Taoyuan County)

Vitals:
Chung-Ying Wang IF, 12 y.o. (10/30/96), B:L/T:R, 4'9" - 88 pounds
Yu-Fan Chang OF, 12 y.o. (12/5/96), B:L/T:R, 4'9" - 90 pounds
Wen-Hua Sung P, 12 y.o. (9/2/96), B:R/T:R, 5'7" - 132 pounds
Chin Ou IF, 12 y.o. (10/30/96), B:L/T:L, 5'0" - 101 pounds

5/6 Scores...

CPBL:
Bulls 3 - Elephants 2:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	9	1
Bulls	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	8	1

Attendance: 3,587

WP - Wen-Ping Yu (2-2, 3.1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's) - game MVP
ND - Anastacio Martinez (B SP, 4.2 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 4 K's, 5 BB's)
LP - Yu-Chan Liu (0-4, 4.1 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls
3B Wilton Veras 1-4, RBI
DH Tarzan 2-3, RBI
LF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-3, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-3

Elephants:
DH CYC 1-5, 2B
LF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4
1B Chia Chia 2-3, 2B, SB
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-4, RBI
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 1-4, RBI




MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 1-5, RBI

A+ - CJ Lo 3 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 1 BB

A+ - KH Lo 1-3 (6th inning)





NPB Nigun:
Carp 5 - Tigers 1: WC Lin 2-4 / YJ (YC) Hsiao L 2-1, 5 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 3 K's, 1 BB





Other:
Collegiate/Industrial League Spring Tourney Notes:
Taiwan Coop Bank's 23 year old IF Hsin-Chuan Wang is among the tourney leaders in several offensive categories:

#1 BA - .480
T#2 HR - 2
#1 RBI - 21
#1 Hits - 24
#1 SB - 12
#3 OBP - .534

Compare to well-known NT regular - Fubon Bulls C Kun-Sheng Lin:

#4 BA - .457
#3 Hits - 21
T#3 SB - 10
#1 OBP - .561




*Will be taking a short break from blogging - here's some stats to help pass the time:

CPBL League Leaders (as of 5/6):
BA:
1)Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions) .411
2)Yi-Chuan Lin (Bulls) .400 - early candidate for ROY
3)Chih-Sheng Lin (Bears) .385
4)Cheng-Min Peng "Chia Chia" (Elephants) .378
5)Chia-Hsien Hsieh (Bulls) .371
6)Lien-Hung Chen (Lions) .367
7)Chao-Hsing Cheng (Bulls) .362
8)Kuo-Ching Kao "KC Kao" (Lions) .357
9)Chien-Ming Chang (Bulls) .343
10)Jui-Chen Chen (Elephants) .325
11)Chin-Feng Chen "CFC" (Bears) .322

HR:
1)Chih-Sheng Lin (Bears) 11
2)CFC (Bears) 8
3)Long-Yi Huang (Bears) 5
4)Nate Gold (Bears) 4 * (No longer with the team)
5)Chia Chia (Elephants) 4
6)CYC (Elephants) 4
7)Chia-Hsien Hsieh (Bulls) 4
8)Tai-Chi Kuo (Lions) 3
9)Rico Washington (Lions) 3 *(No longer with the team)
10)Hao-Chu Tseng (Bears) 2
11)KC Kao (Lions) 2
12)Chun-Yu Kuo (Lions) 2
13)Lien-Hung Chen (Lions) 2
14)Tai-Shan Chang "Tarzan" (Bulls) 2
15)Chao-Hsing Cheng (Bulls) 2
16)Chih-Wei Shih (Bears) 2

RBI:
1)Chih-Sheng Lin (Bears) 28
2)Lien-Hung Chen (Lions) 23
3)CFC (Bears) 20
4)Chao-Hsing Cheng (Bulls) 19
5)Yi-Chuan Lin (Bulls) 19
6)Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions) 17
7)CYC (Elephants) 16
8)Chia-Hsien Hsieh (Bulls) 16
9)Jui-Chen Chen (Elephants) 14
10)Chin-Yung Wang (Elephants) 14
11)Chia Chia (Elephants) 14
12)Long-Yi Huang (Bears) 14

SB:
1)Chia Chia (Elephants) 8
2)Hung-Sen Chu (Elephants) 8
3)CYC (Elephants) 4
4)Chao-Hsing Cheng (Bulls) 4
5)Sung-Hsien Yang (Lions) 4
6)Da-Hung Cheng (Bulls) 3
7)Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions) 3
8)Rico Washington (Lions) 3 * (No longer with the team)
9)Sheng-Wei Wang (Elephants) 2
10)Chih-Ping Lin (Bears) 2
Other at 2 SB's: Long-Yi Huang, Chih-Wei Shih, Chien-Wei Tsai, Chih-Sheng Lin, Robert Bozied, Chia-Hsien Hsieh, Tim Raines, Jr

Wins:
1)Chris Gissell (Lions) 4
2)Aaron Rakers (Bears) 4
3)Chih-Chia Chang (Bears) 4
4)Mickey Callaway (Lions) 3
5)Ko-Chien Lin (Bulls) 3 - Other candidate for ROY
6)Shoda Itsuki (Bulls) 3
7)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 3
8)Wei-Lun Pan (Lions) 3
9)Ying-Chieh Lin (Bulls) 2
10)Ryokan Kobayashi (Elephants) 2
11)Wen-Ping Yu (Bulls) 2
12)Chien-Fu Yang (Bulls) 2
13)Wei-Ming Chu (Lions) 2

ERA:
1)Chris Gissell (Lions) 1.77
2)Ko-Chien Lin (Bulls) 2.67
3)Aaron Rakers (Bears) 2.81
4)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 3.21
5)Ying-Chieh Lin (Bulls) 3.77
6)Wen-Ping Yu (Bulls) 3.91
7)Shoda Itsuki (Bulls) 3.91
8)Wen-Hsiung Hsu (Bears) 3.94
9)Chih-Chia Chang (Bears) 3.98
10)Wei-Lun Pan (Lions) 5.46

K's:
1)Chris Gissell (Lions) 38 - 35.2 IP
2)Ying-Chieh Lin (Bulls) 30 - 28.2 IP
3)Shoda Itsuki (Bulls) 23 - 25.1 IP
4)Chih-Chia Chang (Bears) 23 - 31.2 IP
5)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 23 - 33.2 IP
6)Wei-Lun Pan (Lions) 21 - 29.2 IP
7)Ryokan Kobayashi (Elephants) 20 - 33.1 IP
8)Wei-Ming Chu (Lions) 20 - 28.2 IP
9)Wen-Hsiung Hsu (Bears) 19 - 32 IP
10)Mickey Callaway (Lions) 18 - 24.1 IP
11)Ko-Chien Lin (Bulls) 18 - 33.2 IP

Cinco de Mayo Scores....

CPBL:
Bears 6 - Lions 3:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bears	0	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	0	6	11	1
Lions	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	3	6	2

Attendance: 1,531

WP - Chih-Chia Chang (4-1, 7 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 6 K's, 4 BB's) - game MVP
LP - Valerio de los Santos (0-2, 4.2 IP, 5 R - 4 ER, 8 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
RF Tim Raines, Jr 1-3, RBI, SB
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 1-3, RBI
DH CFC 1-5, HR (8), 3 RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-4
1B Hsiao-Wei Huang 1-4, RBI

Lions:
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-4, 2B, RBI, SB
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-2
1B KC Kao 1-4, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 0-3, RBI

CFC HR #8

MILB:
A - CT Tang 0-4

A+ - CC Lee L 1-2, 2.1 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 1 K-BB/ CH Lin 0-3, BB

A+ - KH Lo 2-2, RBI, SB (3) (5th inning)

AA - HW Chen 2 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 3 H, 3 K's, 2 BB's, 1 HR allowed (8th inning)

AAA - YC Chen 2-2, SB (3) (7th inning)

5/4 Scores...

MILB:
A - CT Tang 1-4, RBI

A+ - CH Lin 1-2, BB

A+ - CH Cheng W 3-0, 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 1 BB

AAA - YC Chen 2-3, BB, 2 RBI




MLB:
Update on Kuo - one tough hombre




CPBL:
With the worst record in the league (7-19, 9 GB), manager Kuang-Hui Wang has stepped down. Filling his spot is the team's pitching coach and former player - Nakagomi Sin.

CG Shutout For WY Chen.....

CPBL
Bears 8 - Bulls 5:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	5	17	1
Bears	1	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	0	8	12	2

Attendance: 3,086

WP - Chou-Hao Tseng (1-0, 3.2 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 0 K's/BB's) - game MVP
LP - Chien-Fu Yang (2-2, 2.2 IP, 6 R - 4 ER, 6 H, 1 K, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
LF Tim Raines, Jr 1-5, 2B, SB
SS (2B) Chih-Sheng Lin 1-3, 2 RBI
DH CFC 1-3, HR (7), RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 0-4, RBI
1B Chung-Wei Pan 3-4, RBI
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-3, 2B, 3B
2B (SS) Chih-Ping Lin 2-4, RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-4, HR (1), RBI
DH Tarzan 1-4, SB
CF (LF/RF) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 3-5, 2B, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-4, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 4-5, 2 RBI
(2B) Chih-Wei Chen 2-2

CFC - HR #7

Chang - HR #1

Lions 6 - Elephants 4:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	4	11	1
Lions	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	0	6	11	1

Attendance: 4,173

WP - Wei-Ming Chu (2-2, 6 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 10 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Ching-Lee Wang (0-1, 0.2 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)
ND - Yu-Cheng Liao (E SP, 5 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 8 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 0-3, 2 SB's (19 consecutive SB's)
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-5, 2 2B's, RBI - game MVP
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2 RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-4, 2B, 3B
SS Tung-Yi Yang 1-3, RBI
(3B) Chin-Tien Shih 1-2, RBI

Elephants:
DH CYC 2-5
LF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
RF (1B) Chia Chia 1-4
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-4, RBI
C Chun-Tai Wang 1-3, RBI





NPB:

Dragons 2 - BayStars 0: WY Chen CG Shutout, W 2-1, 9 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's - clocked at a high of 94 mph
Game Recap


Giants 4 - Tigers 0: KW Cheng L 0-1, 5 IP, 4 R, 8 H, 3 K's, 1 BB



MILB:
A+ - CH Chiang 0-3/ CH Lin 2-3 (8th inning)

A+ - KH Lo 0-0 (1st inning)

A+ - CJ Lo 0.1 IP, 3 R, 1 H, 1 K, 3 BB's

AAA - YC Chen 3-4, HR (1), BB, 2 RBI - completed from 5/1 game
YC Chen 0-2 (5th inning)

Tsao Rocked by Lions...

CPBL:
Bulls 3 - Bears 2:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	9	2
Bears	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	3	0

Attendance: 3,067

WP - Ko-Chien Lin (3-1, 8 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 3 H, 4 K's/BB's)
LP - Jermaine Van Buren (1-2, 0.0 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 K's/BB's)
ND - Si-Yo Wu (B SP, 6.2 IP, 1 R, 6 H, 7 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Bears:
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-4, RBI
DH CFC 0-3

Bulls:
DH Tarzan 0-4
LF (1B) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-4
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-4, 2B, HR (2), 3 RBI - game MVP (GW HR in the top of the 9th)
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-4

GW HR from Cheng

HR #11 for Lin, #6 for CFC (from 5/1 - yesterday's action)

Lions 13 - Elephants 4:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	12	2
Lions	0	3	6	1	1	0	2	0	0	13	15	1

Attendance: 10,095

WP - Chris Gissell (4-1, 5 IP, 4 R - 1 ER, 8 H, 7 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Chin-Hui Tsao (1-1, 2.2 IP, 9 R - 3 ER, 8 H, 4 K's/BB's) - clocked at a high of 93 mph

Offense:
Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 3-4, 2B, 5 RBI - game MVP
RF (CF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-4, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-5, HR (2), 2 RBI
1B KC Kao 3-5
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 3-5, 2B, SB
3B Chin-Tien Shih 1-3, 2 RBI
C Chuang-Hsun Tu 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI

Elephants:
LF CYC 0-2
RF (LF) Ssu-Chi Chou 2-3, 2 RBI
1B Chia Chia 0-2
C Chih-Hung Chen 2-3, RBI
CF Keng-Shin Liu 2-4
(RF) Tsung-Fan Yang 2-3
(1B) Chih-Hsiang Huang 1-3, 2B, RBI

Game Highlights

MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 2-3 (7th inning)

A+ - KH Lo 0-2 (5th inning)

A+ - CC Lee W 1-1, 2.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 K/BB

A+ - CH Lin 2-3, 2B, 2 BB's

A - CT Tang 1-4, RBI, BB



MLB:
CMW Update

The Bash Bros Do It Again.....Kuo to the DL....YC Chen Promoted to AAA.....

CPBL:
Bears 7 - Bulls 6:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	6	10	3
Bears	0	0	1	1	0	1	3	1	0	7	5	3

Attendance: 4,643

WP - Po-Hsuan Keng (1-0, 1 IP, 0 R/H/K's/BB's)
LP - Yu-Chieh Shen (0-1, 1 IP, 1 R/H/K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 0-3, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-4, HR (11), RBI
DH CFC 1-4, HR (6), RBI - game MVP (5th game this year in which CS Lin and CFC have hit a HR in the same game)
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-3, RBI
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 1-4, RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 1-3, 2 RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 4-4, 2B, RBI
2B Shih-Yang Deng 1-5, RBI
3B Wilton Veras 1-3, 2B, RBI
DH Tarzan 0-3, RBI
CF (1B) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-4, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 0-2


Lions 7 - Elephants 6 (10):

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	R	H	E
Elephants	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	6	13	1
Lions	0	0	0	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	7	12	0

Attendance: 3,116

WP - Chien-San Kao (1-0, 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Chia-Rui Mai (0-1, 1.1 IP, 1 R, 0 H, 1 K, 4 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 1-5, 2 RBI - game MVP (GW hit in the bottom of the 10th)
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-5
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-3
1B KC Kao 2-5
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-4, HR (3), 3 RBI
C Chih-Kang Kao 2-5, 2B
SS Ching-He Chuang 1-3, 2 RBI

Elephants:
DH CYC 4-5, HR (4), RBI, SB
LF Ssu-Chi Chou 1-4, RBI, SB
RF Chia Chia 1-5, RBI, SB
1B Chin-Yung Wang 1-5, HR (1), 3 RBI
C Chih-Hung Chen 3-5
SS Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4


CPBL March/April MVP:
P - Chris Gissell (Lions) 3-1, 1.76 ERA, 30.2 IP, 31 K's, 3 BB's
H - Chih-Sheng Lin (Bears) .395 BA, 11 HR, 24 RBI



MLB:
Woe is Kuo - HC Kuo joins CMW on the DL



MILB:
AAA - FT Ni BS, 0.2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 0 K's/BB's

AAA - CL Hu 0-3, BB

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB / CH Chiang 1-3, 2B, BB

A - CT Tang 1-7, RBI

Yung-Chi Chen has been bumped up to AAA - Sacramento

Chih-Sheng Lin Sets a CPBL HR Record...

CPBL:
Bears 10 - Elephants 8:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	1	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	0	8	13	1
Bears	1	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	13	4

Attendance: 3,177

WP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (1-3, 5.1 IP, 5 R - 2 ER, 9 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Iyono Takateru (0-3, 2.2 IP, 9 R, 8 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense:
Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-5, HR (5), 4 RBI - game MVP
RF Chih-Yao Chan 0-2, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-5 HR (10), RBI (Most HR's in a month - 10, fastest to 10 HR's - in 20 games played)
DH CFC 1-4, HR (5), RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-3, 2B
2B Chih-Ping Lin 3-4, 2 2B's, 3 RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 2-3

Elephants:
2B Hung-Sen Chu 2-4, RBI
DH CYC 1-5
RF Chia Chia 1-4
3B Jui-Chen Chen 3-5, HR (1), 4 RBI
1B Chin-Yung Wang 1-5, RBI
SS Chiang-Ho Chen 2-5, RBI
(PH) Tsung-Fan Yang 1-1, RBI


Lions 2 - Bull 1:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	6	0
Lions	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	1

Attendance: 2,024

WP - Mickey Callaway (3-1, 7 IP, 0 R, 3 H/K's/BB's) - game MVP
LP - Anastacio Martinez (0-1, 7 IP, 1 R - 0 ER, 5 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-4
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-4, SB
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-4
1B KC Kao 1-3, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-4, RBI

Bulls:
DH Tarzan 1-3
LF (CF) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-2
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-3, RBI





MILB:
A - CT Tang 2-4, 3B, RBI, CS

A+ - CH Lin 0-6, 4 K's!, SB (3), CS, OF A / CH Chiang 1-6, HR (2), 3 RBI

A+ - KH Lo 0-4, 3 K's

AAA - CL Hu 1-4, 2 RBI, E

CC Lee K's CH Lin.....

CPBL:
Bulls 6 - Lions 2:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	1	2	0	3	0	0	0	0	6	12	0
Lions	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	5	0

Attendance: 2,624

WP - Shoda Itsuki (3-1, 9 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 9 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Valerio de los Santos (0-1, 5 IP, 6 R, 9 H, 2 K's/BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 3-5, 2B
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-5
DH Tarzan 1-3, RBI
LF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 3-4, HR (4), 3 RBI, SB
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 2-4, RBI

Lions:
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-3, 2B, SB
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-3, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4, HR (2), RBI

Tomorrow's Matchups:
Iyono Takateru (Elephants) vs. Wen-Hsiung Hsu (Bears)

Anastacio Martinez (Bulls) vs. Mickey Callaway (Lions)





MILB:
AA - YC Chen 1-5, RBI, SB (2)

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, RBI / CC Lee 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 0-1 (3rd inning)





Other:
Final standings of the recently completed Under-15 National Tourney:

1)Taitung County (5-1)
2)Taichung City (6-2) - stacked team made up of kids from Shi-Yuan Jr HS - see last year's Pony League WS reps (Lee-Wei Chiang, Chao-Min Wang, Chi-Yuan Chen).
3)Taipei County (Banqiao) (3-2)
4)Kaohsiung County (4-2)
5)Taoyuan County (3-2)
6)Tainan Ciy (2-2)
7)Pingtung County (2-2)
8)Taipei City (1-2)

Tourney Awards:
MVP: Cheng-Yuan Yang (Taitung County)
Top BA: Chih-Chieh Su (Taitung County) .588
Top RBI Total: Chih-Chieh Su (Taitung County) 7
Top HR Total: Chih-Chieh Su (Taitung County) 1
Most Wins: Lee-Wei Chiang (Taichung City) 3

Vitals:
Lee-Wei Chiang P 14 y.o. (7/10/94)/ 6'1"/ 150 pounds
Cheng-Yuan Yang P/OF 14 y.o. (9/16/94)/ 5' 8 1/2"/ 143 pounds
Chih-Chieh Su P/OF 14 y.o. (7/28/94)/ 5' 7 1/2"/ 123 pounds

Bears Use the Long Ball to Help Defeat the Elephants....

CPBL:
Bears 11 - Elephants 3:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	3	9	0
Bears	0	0	0	3	0	8	0	0	0	11	11	0

Attendance: 2,158

WP - Chih-Chia Chang (3-1, 6 IP, 2 R, 6 H, 5 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Dan Core (0-2, 3 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 1 K, 1 BB)

Offense:
Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 0-3, SB, RBI
SS (2B) Chih-Sheng Lin 3-4, HR (9), 2 RBI (9 HR's in the month of April ties a CPBL record)
DH CFC 2-4, HR (4), RBI - (back to back HR's in the 4th inning with Lin)
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5, HR (2) - grand slam, 4 RBI - game MVP
LF Chih-Yao Chan 2-2, RBI
(PH) Hao-Chu Tseng 1-1, 2 RBI

Elephants:
2B Hung-Sen Chu 2-4
LF CYC 0-3
1B Chia Chia 2-4, 2 RBI
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-4
SS Chiang-Ho Chen 1-3, RBI


Tomorrow's matchups:
Shoda Itsuki (Bulls) vs. Valerio de los Santos (Lions)




MILB:
Kuo-Hui Lo earned offensive POW honors in the CAL league (for the week ending 4/26).

A - CT Tang 1-4

A+ - CH Cheng W, 2-0, 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's, 1 HR allowed

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB, 2 OF A's / CH Chiang 0-4

A+ - KH Lo 0-1, E (3rd inning)

AA - YC Chen 2-4, E

AAA - CL Hu 1-4, RBI




Collegiate/Industrial League Spring Tourney Highlight:
Ying-Shan Wang picked up a W for the Fubon Bulls - throwing 5 innings, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits. The Bulls won 6-5.
*Updated

Monday News and Scores...

CPBL:
Standings as of 4/27:

Team	W	T	L	GB	WP
Bulls	11	1	7	--	0.611
Lions	11	1	8	0.5	0.579
Bears	9	0	9	2	0.5
Elephants	7	0	14	5.5	0.333

Tomorrow's Matchups:
Dan Core (Elephants) vs. Chih-Chia Chang (Bears)


*The Lions acquired P Yu-Wei Hsu from the Bears for 3 million NT (~ $89 K USD). The deal raises some eyebrows as the Bears have had ongoing financial difficulties. Hsu will continue to make 120 K NT/month (~$3,500 USD/mo).




MILB:
AA - YC Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI

AA - HW Chen ND, 5 IP, 4 R, 8 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - CJ Lo S (1), 2.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's

A - CT Tang 0-2, BB

Kai-Wen Cheng Makes NPB Debut....

CPBL:
Elephants 4 - Bulls 3:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3	11	1
Elephants	0	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	4	10	0

Attendance: 8,284

WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (3-1, 5.2 IP, 3 R, 9 H, 1 K, 3 BB's)
E Reliever - Ching-Lee Wang (1.1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's) - game MVP

LP - Chien-Fu Yang (2-1, 5 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 8 H, 0 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Elephants:
2B Hung-Sen Chu 2-4, SB
LF CYC 2-4, 2B, RBI
1B (RF) Chia Chia 2-2
DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-4, RBI
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 1-2, 2B, RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-4
3B Wilton Veras 2-5, RBI
DH Tarzan 1-5
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-3, 2B
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-3, 3B, 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-3, 2B




MILB:
A - G2 CT Tang 1-3, 2B

A+ - CH Chiang 1-5

A+ - KH Lo 3-5, 2 HR's, 3 RBI, OF assist

AA - YC Chen 1-4, 2B, RBI

AAA - FT Ni 2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's/BB's

AAA - CL Hu 1-4, RBI




NPB:

Carp 2 - Tigers 1: KW Cheng ND, 6 IP, 0 R, 5 H, 2 K's, 1 BB





Spring League Industrial/Collegiate Tourney Highlight:
Chih-Lung Huang threw a CG one-hitter to lead Taiwan Beer to a 10-1 victory.
Huang's line for the night: 9 IP, 100 pitches, 1 unearned R, 1 H (to former HS teammate Kuo-Lung Lo), 6 K's, 2 BB's - he topped out at 91 mph.

Tsao Wins in His CPBL Debut....

CPBL:
Elephants 7 - Bulls 5:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	10	2
Elephants	1	0	0	2	0	3	1	0	0	7	11	3

Attendance: 10,000 - sellout

WP - Chin-Hui Tsao (1-0, 6 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 5 H, 4 K's, 1 BB) -
game MVP - topped out at 94 mph




LP - Ko-Chien Lin (2-1, 5.2 IP, 6 R - 5 ER, 9 H, 4 K's, 3 BB's)

Offense:
Elephants:
2B Hung-Sen Chu 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, SB
LF CYC 1-5, HR (3), RBI
1B (RF) Chia Chia 1-2, RBI
DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-3
C Chih-Hung Chen 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI
CF Chih-Peng Chen 2-4, RBI

Bulls:
DH Tarzan 0-4
CF Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-3, 2B
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-4, 2B
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 0-4, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 1-2, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, RBI



Lions 6 - Bears 4:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lions	1	0	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	6	10	0
Bears	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	10	1

Attendance: 3,375

WP - Wei-Ming Chu (1-2, 6 IP, 4 R, 8 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)
LP - Ying-Feng Tsai (1-2, 5.2 IP, 6 R - 4 ER, 7 H, 3 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Lions:
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-5
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, 2B, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-3, 2B
LF Kan-Lin Huang 1-4, RBI
2B Sen Yang 1-4, HR (1), 3 RBI - game MVP
C Chih-Kang Kao 1-3, RBI

Bears:
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 1-3, 2B, RBI
2B Chih-Sheng Lin 1-3, RBI
DH CFC 0-4
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4
C Feng-Min Chen 2-3, RBI





NPB:
Giants 5 - Dragons 4: WY Chen SP - ND, 7 IP, 2 R - topped out at 93 mph





MLB:
CMW on the DL





MILB:
AAA - FT Ni 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

AA - YC Chen 0-3, RBI

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 K's, 1 BB, 1 HR allowed

A+ - CJ Lo 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - CH Lin 0-4 / CH Chiang 1-4, 2B, RBI

YC Lin Tosses a Gem....

CPBL:
Bulls 9 - Elephants 2:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	9	17	2
Elephants	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	2	5	3

Attendance: 5,827

WP - Ying-Chieh Lin (2-0, 7 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 6 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Yu-Chan Liu (0-3, 1 IP, 5 R, 6 H, 1 K/BB)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4, 2 RBI
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-5, SB
DH Tarzan 2-4, 2B, RBI
CF (1B) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-3, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 3-4, SB, RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 3-4, 2 RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 1-4, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, 2B

Elephants:
DH CYC 0-3
RF Chia Chia 0-3
CF Chih-Peng Chen 0-2, RBI
(PH) Yu-An Liu 1-1, RBI


Lions 8 - Bears 2:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lions	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	4	0	8	16	0
Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	10	3

Attendance: 1,860

WP - Chris Gissell (3-1, 6.1 IP, 1 R, 9 H, 4 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (0-3, 6 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 8 H, 0 K's, 2 BB)

Offense:
Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-5, 2B
RF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-6, 2 2B's, 3 RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 3-5, 2B, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4, RBI
2B Sen Yang 1-4, RBI
C Chuang-Hsun Tu 1-5, RBI
SS Tung-Yi Yang 2-5
(LF) Kan-Lin Huang 2-4
(3B) Yu-Chen Liu 2-4, RBI

Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-4, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-2
DH CFC 1-3
1B Nate Gold 1-4, HR (4), RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 2-4




MLB:
CMW Update - XST appearance / More on his stint in XST

HC Kuo Update




MILB:
A - CT Tang 2-4

A+ - CH Chiang 1-3, 3B /CH Lin 0-4

A+ - KH Lo 1-2, HR (2), 2 RBI (5th)

AA - YC Chen 1-4, SB (1), RBI

AAA - CL Hu 1-5, 2B