Odds and Ends....

Some misc. news to boot around:

-Ching-Lung Lo is out for the time being with tendonitis

-Chen-En Hung (GCL Braves) was clocked ~ 85-89 mph today in his outing

-Rong-Hao Hsieh, who topped out at 89 mph in the Yu-Shan Cup has reportedly attracted the attention of the Atlanta Braves

-Speaking of the Braves, they will be formally announcing the signing of C Meng-Hsiu Tsai today (Friday in Taiwan)

-Yi-Hao Lin (Yomiuri Giants) has had his delivery modified by the Giants coaching staff

-Chao-Ting Tang is in the US and we'll probably see him soon in a game with the GCL Tigers

Thursday News and Scores...

CPBL:
Bulls 9 - Whales 0: Bulls SP Chien-Fu Yang picked up his 3rd win of the year (3-5) and game MVP honors after blanking the Whales over 7 innings (5H, 2K's, 1BB). Fellow NT regular Fu-Te Ni took the loss for the Whales (3-5, 7 IP, 6 H, 4 R - 3 ER, 4 K's, 2 BB's).

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 2-5
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-3, 2 RBI's
DH Tarzan 2-5, HR #2, 2 RBI's
3B Chih-Wei Chen 1-4, HR #3, 3 RBI's
1B Kuo-Long Hsu 2-4, HR #1, 2B, RBI
2B Chung-Nan Lin 2-4

Whales lineup:
The team was limited to 6 hits with Wilton Veras and Carlos Villalobos collecting the only XBH's with a double each.


Elephants 9 - Lions 1: Rookie Chia-Min Tseng earned his 3rd victory of the year (3-3) after shutting out the Lions offense over 6 innings (3H, 4K's, 3BB's). He earned game MVP honors. Taking the L for the Lions was starter Yueh-Ping Lin (6-2). Lin allowed 8 ER in 4 IP (12H, 1BB, 0K's).

Elephants lineup:
LF Ming-Hsien Lin 2-4, 2 RBI's
DH Kuan-Jen Chen 2-4, RBI
RF Chia Chia 2-4, HR #2, RBI
1B Carlos Rivera 3-5, 2 RBI's
2B/3B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4, 2B
SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-4, 2B, HR #1 (first professional roundtripper), 3 RBI's

Lions lineup:
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2B
3B Tilson Brito 0-4
OF Kan-Lin Huang 0-2, RBI


MILB:
R - Chen-En Hung made his pro debut as the GCL Braves won 7-1. Hung allowed 1 run on 0 hits in 1 IP (3BB's, 1K). Box

A - Greenville won 11-6. CH Lin was 1-5 with a double and a RBI. Box

A - Asheville lost 5-2. SA Kuo took the L after giving up 5 runs (4 earned) on 5 hits in 6 IP (7K's, 2BB's). Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 6-1 in the 7th. YC Chen is 1-4 with a RBI. Box


Other:
A quick update - contrary to what was reported earlier, Chen-Chang Lee is NOT coming to the US - he's still recovering from his injury.

6/18 Scores...

MLB:
HC Kuo continues to pitch well in his long-relief role. The Dodgers beat the Reds 6-1. Kuo threw 2.2 shutout innings of middle relief - he allowed 4 hits and K'd 4 (including Kid Wonder - Jay Bruce once), lowering his ERA to 1.88. Box


NPB:
WC Lin was 0-3 with a BB as the Tigers beat the Eagles 8-1. Box


CPBL:
Bears 8 - T-Rex 3: Bears SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu is now 6-1 on the year after giving up 3 unearned runs over 6 IP (6H, 4K's, 5BB's). Chih-Chia Chang relieved Hsu and threw 2 perfect innings - K'ing 1.
Nathan Bland took the loss for the Rex (he falls to 1-1 after allowing 5 runs on 8 hits in 5 IP - 0K's, 1BB).

Bears lineup:
RF/2B Chin-De Yu 4-5, HR #1, 3 RBI's - game MVP
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-4, RBI
DH CFC 3-4, 2 2B's, HR #7, 2 RBI's
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-4, 2B
2B Chung-Yu Tsai 1-1, 2B, RBI
RF Chung-Wei Pan 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Rex lineup:
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-3, 2B
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 2-4
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 1-3, 2 RBI's
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-4, 3B


Lions 10 - Elephants 6: Lions SP Wei-Lun Pan continues his winning streak (21 consecutive wins without a loss), he's now 5-0 after giving up 3 runs (2 earned) on 7 hits in 5 IP (4K's, 2BB's).
Kobayashi Ryokan lost for the Elephants (he falls to 5-4 after allowing 6 runs (4 ER) on 8 hits in 5 IP (1K, 2BB's).

Lions lineup:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 1-6, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-4, HR #7, 2 RBI's
1B KC Kao 1-5, 2 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 4-5, 2B, HR #12, 4 RBI's - game MVP
SS Tung-Yi Yang 4-5, 2B, RBI

Elephants lineup:
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-4, 2 RBI's
LF CYC 1-4
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-5, 3B
1B Chia Chia 0-2, RBI
DH Carlos Rivera 1-3, 2B, RBI
3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-4, 2B, RBI
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4
C Chih-Hong Chen 1-1, RBI - off the bench


MILB:
A+ - High Desert is up 5-0 over Lancaster. KH Lo is 1-2, with HR #4, a BB, and a RBI. CH Chiang is 0-2. Box

AAA - Tacoma is beating Vegas 7-2 in the 7th. YC Chen is 1-4 with a double and 2 RBI's. Box

Collegiate NT Update....

P Chen-Chang Lee will be traveling to the US along with the rest of the collegiate NT for the upcoming exhibition matches next week. Lee was recovering from an injury when the 2008 collegiate NT was being selected.
Pitchers Chia-Jen Lo and Kai-Wen Cheng are peaking at the right time. Lo was clocked at a high of 95 mph while Cheng hit 91 mph in recent exhibition matches in Taiwan.
Former ML'er Mickey Brantley is assisting the team in his area of expertise: hitting (ex-Blue Jay hitting coach).

Minor League Updates...

Here's an update to this earlier post - there are several players repeating last year's level of play.

Po-Yu Lin will repeat his stay with the Bristol White Sox (R).

Chih-Hsiang Huang is listed on the GCL Red Sox (R) roster.

Tzu-Kai Chiu is listed on the GCL Reds (R) roster.

Wang-Wei Lin is on the Twins' GCL roster (R).

Chen-En Hung will hopefully make his long-awaited US debut with the GCL Braves (R).

Po-Hsuan Keng is on the DL with the Lansing Lugnuts (A).
*Edited

2008 Junior NT Roster...

Here are the 20 young men chosen to represent Taiwan at the AAA Junior World Championships (to be held in Edmonton, Canada from July 25th - August 3rd).

Pitchers (8):
1)Rong-Hao Hsieh (Taipei County - BC)
2)Kuan-Yu Chen (Taipei County - BC)
3)Hao-Chun Chiu (Taoyuan County)
4)Po-Ru Lin (Taoyuan County)
5)Chung-Hao Wang (Pingtung County)
6)Chia-Liang Hong (Tainan City)
7)Che-Min Su (Taitung County)
8)Chung-Chien Lin (Hualien County)

Catchers (2):
1)Ming-Yen Kan (Taipei County - BC)
2)Min-Hao Tsai (Yilan County)

Infielders (5):
1)Ho Lin (Taipei County - BC)
2)Wei-Chen Wang (Taipei County - BC)
3)Yu-Hsiang Chen (Taipei County - BC)
4)Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City)
5)Chun-Yi Wu (Taipei County - BC)

Outfielders (4):
1)Yen-Ru Chen (Taipei County - BC)
2)Hsiao-Yi Kao (Taipei County - BC)
3)Hsing-Kuan Chen (Taitung County)
4)Keng-Hao Chang (Tainan City)

P/DH (1):
1)Jui-Hua Yang (Taoyuan County)


WHERE IS WEI-DA SU?!

Tuesday Scores...

CPBL:
Bears 8 - T-Rex 5: Bears starter Mike Johnson continued his impressive winning streak as he racked up his 11th win of the year (11-0). MJ allowed only 1 ER on 10 hits in 8 IP (2K's, 2BB's).
He earned game MVP honors.
Taking the loss for the Rex was SP Chien-Fu Chen (2-8, 5 IP, 6 ER, 10 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's).

Bears lineup:
RF Chin-De Yu 1-5, RBI
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-5, 2B, RBI
DH CFC 0-4
1B Gary Burnham 2-4
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 1-2, 2B, RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 1-3, 2 RBI's

T-Rex lineup:
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, 2 RBI's
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-3, 2B
DH Wei Kao 3-4, 2B, RBI
C Ko-Fan Chen 2-4
SS Chia-Hui Wu 1-1, RBI - off the bench



Bulls 9 - Whales 0: Bulls starter Jose Espinal threw a CG 1-hit shutout (6K's, 1BB) to pick up win #3 (3-3) and game MVP honors. Collecting the lone hit for the Whales was 2B Yong-Kun Lin

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-5, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-5, 2B
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 2-4
DH Tarzan 1-5, 3 RBI's
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-5, 3 RBI's
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, RBI



NPB:
The Dragons won 5-2. WY Chen threw 1 scoreless inning. Box

The Tigers won 5-3. WC Lin was 1-1 in a PH role. Box


MILB:
A ss - It looks like YF Lin has been demoted from Lakewood - Lin pitched tonight for Williamsport, throwing 2 shutout innings as his team lost 4-3. Box

A+ - Kinston won 4-3. SW Tseng threw 1 inning, allowing 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits. Box

A+ - High Desert and Lancaster are tied at 8 in the 5th. KH Lo is 1-3 with a RBI and has committed his 6th error of the year. CH Chiang is 0-1 with a BB. Box

AAA - Tacoma is losing 2-1 to Vegas in the 6th. YC Chen is 1-2. Box
*Updated

The King Out for the Rest of the Season?

MLB:
Wow - devastating news regarding Wang's injury.

You can draw some eerily similar comparisons between Taiwan bemoaning the misfortune suffered by Wang and China losing its superstar center Yao Ming to a foot fracture earlier this year.



MILB:
A+ - High Desert is up 8-6 over Lancaster in the 8th. KH Lo has hit his 3rd HR of the year and is 2-3 with 2 RBI's and his 15th SB of the year. CH Chiang is 1-4. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 8-2 in the 8th. YC Chen is 0-3. Box

AAA - CL Hu has been placed on the DL due to blurry vision in his right eye - an affliction he suffered from 2 years ago.

Redemption for Taipei County (Ban-Chiao)....

Yu-Shan Cup:

The Champs


Tourney MVP Kuan-Yu Chen


All-Star P Hao-Chun Chiu


Rong-Hao Hsieh



All-Star CF Hsiao-Yi Kao


All-Star DH Jui-Hua Yang

Taipei County (Ban-Chiao) defeated Taoyuan County 3-1 in the championship game, thus avenging last year's 2-1 loss. Despite tossing 3 shutout innings in the semifinals yesterday (gave up 1 hit and hit a high of 90 mph), Rong-Hao Hsieh started the game and lasted 3.2 innings (giving up 1 run on 5 hits), before he was replaced by tourney MVP - Kuan-Yu Chen. Chen completed the game, throwing 5.1 scoreless innings (allowing 1 hit and K'ing 5). Prior to the championship game, Hsieh had thrown 16 cumulative innings in the tourney, giving up 3 runs (only 1 was earned).

Hao-Chun Chiu (clocked consistently in the high 80's - topping out at 89 mph) started for Taoyuan County and managed to tame Taipei County's offense for the most part (7.1 IP, 5 H, 3 R) - unfortunately the defense behind Chiu committed 4 costly errors - leading to Taipei County's 3 runs.

Taipei County (BC) was undefeated - going 9-0 in the tourney and blitzed through the field - scoring 80 total runs in the YS Cup.

Taitung County defeated Tainan County 3-1 to take 3rd place in the tourney.

Hence, the NT's backbone will be made up of players from Ku-Pao High School. The junior NT roster should be made available tomorrow.

Tourney Awards: (Team/DOB/HT/WT/Throws/Bats)

Highest BA: Tung-Hsiao Yi (Chiayi County - 2/1/90 - 5'9"/154 - R/L) .588

Most Wins: Rong-Hao Hsieh (Taipei County - BC - 7/9/90 - 6'1"/178 - R/R) 2

Most HR's: Ho Lin (Taipei County - BC - 1/31/90 - 5'8"/147 - R/L) 1

Top RBI man & Tourney MVP: Kuan-Yu Chen (Taipei County - BC - 10/19/90 - 5' 8.5"/154 - L/L) 14 RBI's

*Edited

All-Star Team: (Team/DOB/HT/WT/Throws/Bats)

P: Hao-Chun Chiu (Taoyuan County - 12/29/90 - 5'11"/154 - R/R)
C: Ming-Yen Kan (Taipei County - BC - 1/15/1990 - 5'8"/167 - R/R)
1B: Chia-Liang Hong (Tainan City - 12/20/90 - 5'11"/172 - R/R)
2B: Ho Lin (Taipei County - BC) (see above)
3B: Fu-Lin Kuo (Tainan City- 1/7/91 - 6'0"/176 - R/R)
SS: Hong-Hsiang Pan (Yilan County - 1/10/90 - ?/132 - R/S)
RF: Yen-Ru Chen (Taipei County - BC - 11/2/90 - 5'10"/161 - R/R)
CF: Hsiao-Yi Kao (Taipei County - BC - 5/29/90 - 5'9"/156 - R/R)
LF: Hsing-Kuan Chen (Taitung County - 1/15/90 - 5'11"/187 - R/R)
DH: Jui-Hua Yang (Taoyuan County - 3/10/90 - 5'6"/163 - L/L)

Uncertainty on Father's Day.....

MLB:
CMW earned his 8th win of the year as the Yankees blanked the Astros 13-0. Wang pitched 5 shutout innings, giving up 6 hits. He K'd 3 and walked none. Wang was 0-3 at the plate and appeared to injure his right foot rounding 3rd base in the 6th inning. Only time will tell how serious the injury is. Box

With an injury to starter Brad Penny, HC Kuo may get an opportunity to start again.



CPBL:
Lions 6 - Elephants 1: Lions SP Lou Pote improved his record to 9-1 after taming the Elephants offense - he held the pachyderms to 1 run on 3 hits over 6 IP (5K's, 5BB's). Taking the loss for the Elephants was starter Dan Core (6.2 IP, 4R - 3 ER, 7H, 8K's, 4BB's).

Lions offense:
DH Wu-Hsiung Pan 3-4, 2 RBI's - game MVP
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-3, 2 RBI's
1B Nai-Wen Cheng 2-4
3B Chin-Dian Shih 1-4, RBI
SS Tung-Yi Yang 2-4

Elephants offense:
LF CYC 0-5
1B Chia Chia 2-5, 2B, RBI

T-Rex 4 - Bulls 0: Rex SP Chia-Hong Chen (game MVP) earned his first victory of the year (1-5) after holding the Bulls scoreless over 5 innings (3H, 4K's, 0BB's). Chih-Wei Lin took the L for the Bulls (3-3, 4.1 IP, 4R - 2ER, 5H, 3K's, 2BB's).

Rex offense:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4
3B Napoleon Calzado 1-4, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-4
DH Wei Kao 1-4, RBI

Bulls offense:
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 3-4, 3B
DH Tarzan 0-4
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-4



MILB:
A - Greenville is tied at 2 in the 4th. CH Lin is 0-1 with a BB and his 21st SB of the year. Box



NPB:
The Tigers lost 10-9. WC Lin was 0-1 as a PH. Box



Yu-Shan Cup:

Taipei County

Taoyuan County

After rain delayed everthing by a day, things returned to normal as last year's two finalists earned their way back to the championship game. Taipei County (Ban-Chiao) will seek to avenge last year's loss to Taoyuan County.
Taipei County defeated Tainan City 7-0, led by Wei-Chen Wang's 3 hits (3-5, including a triple and 2 RBI's) in one semifinal.
Taoyuan County squeaked by Taitung County 4-2 in the other semifinal. The gold and bronze medal games will take place tomorrow.

Saturday Scoreboard...

CPBL:
Whales 4 - Lions 3: Whales starter Steve Watkins, relievers Yu-Chieh Shen, Min-Ching Kao, and Chang-Wei Tu combined on a 3-hit shutout of the top offense in the league. Watkins threw only 2 innings (and therefore ineligible for a decision) before being relieved by Shen. Shen threw 4.1 shutout innings, allowing 1 hit and K'ing 1 (walking none) in route to winning game MVP honors and his 5th win of the year (5-5).
Taking a tough loss for the Lions was starter Yueh-Ping Lin (6-1); it was his first blemish of the year. Lin allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 5 IP (3K's, 2BB's).

Whales lineup:
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 0-3, RBI
OF Tai-Yong Kuo 1-2, 2 BB's, 2 RBI's
3B Wilton Veras 2-4
DH Cheng-Chi Huang 2-4, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 3-4, 2B

Lions lineup:
3B Tilson Brito 0-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-3
2B Sen Yang 1-3, 2B
1B Nai-Wen Cheng 1-2, 2B



NPB:
The Lions lost 8-1. MC Hsu threw 1 inning of relief, allowing 2 runs on 4 hits. Box

The Tigers lost 10-6. WC Lin was 1-3. Box

The Dragons lost 4-3. WY Chen threw 1 scoreless inning of relief. Box



MILB:
A - Greenville won 8-5. CH Lin was 1-5. Box

Check out MILB's site for other updates -the site is delayed on reporting scores.

Friday Scoreboard...

CPBL:
Elephants 7 - Bears 3: Game MVP Yu-Cheng Liao picked up his 7th win of the year (7-1) after throwing a CG victory. He allowed 3 runs on 8 hits over 9 (7K's, 1BB). Bears starter Andrew Lorraine absorbed the loss after giving up 6 runs (5 earned) on 8 hits over 3 IP (1K, 2BB's).

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

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 0-4
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-4
DH CFC 0-3
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, RBI
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 0-2, RBI


T-Rex 2 - Whales 0: Rex starter Nathan Bland earned his first win of the year (1-0) and game MVP honors after throwing a shutout over 6.2 IP (6H, 5K's, 1BB). Despite tossing a CG, Fu-Te Ni earned the loss (he's 3-4 now - 9 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 8 K's, 2 BB's).

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4, 3B
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-3, 2 RBI's
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4

The Whales were limited to 6 hits offensively, one less than the T-rex managed. LF Kuan-Chung Lin collected the only XBH for his team and was 1-3 with a double.



MLB:
CMW will face Roy Oswalt and the Astros on Sunday.


MILB:
A - Peoria lost 1-0. HW Chen started and threw 6.2 shutout innings - earning a ND. Box

A+ - Kinston lost 8-5. SW Tseng threw 2 scoreless innings in relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 4-0 in the 6th. CH Chiang is 1-3. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 3-2 in the 5th. KH Lo is 2-3 with a double. Box

AAA - Vegas is up 6-4 in the 8th. CL Hu is 1-3 with a double. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 4-3 in the 7th. YC Chen is 0-2. Box



Yu-Shan Cup:
After rain put things on hold for a day, Taoyuan and Taitung County advanced to the semifinals with victories on Friday. Taoyuan County defeated Yilan County 5-4 while Taitung County beat Kaohsiung City 6-0.
Today's semifinals matchups will feature: Taoyuan County versus Taitung County & Taipei County versus Tainan City.

Thursday Happenings...

NPB:
Wei-Chu Lin was 0-4 as the Tigers lost 6-3. Box

The Dragons lost 3-2. WY Chen threw 2 scoreless innings in relief, K'ing 3. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 4-1. CH Lin was 1-4 with his 20th SB of the year. Box

A - Lakewood lost 6-0. YF Lin allowed 2 runs on 3 hits (including a 2-run HR) in 2 innings of relief. Box

A+ - High Desert is down 2-1 in the 6th. KH Lo is currently 1-3. Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 7-4 in the 9th. YC Chen is 0-3 with a RBI and 2 BB's. Box

AAA - Vegas is up 5-2 in the 6th. CL Hu is 0-2. Box


MLB:
Pitching in back-to-back nights, HC Kuo gave up his first run since May 11th as he allowed 1 run on 2 hits in 2 innings of relief - he also had 5 K's. Box

6/11 Yu-Shan Cup Update...

We've got one team in the final 4 - that being powerhouse Taipei County (Ku-Pao HS).

On Tuesday, Taipei County defeated Kaohsiung City (San-Min & San-Hsin HS kids) 5-2. Rong-Hao Hsieh started the game for his team and was reportedly clocked at a high of 88 mph.
In Tuesday's other game, Taoyuan County (defending Yu-Shan Cup champs) defeated Tainan City 3-2.

In Wednesday's action, Taipei County won again, this time beating Taitung County 8-3. Tainan City (Nan-Ying HS) managed a win against Yilan County 4-3 on Wed. as well.

Thursday's two games will see Yilan County and Taoyuan County face off in one game while Taitung County will meet Kaohsiung City in the day's other match up.

Wed Lowdown.....

CPBL:
Bulls 9 - T-Rex 2: Fu-Jen Shen picked up a win (2-5) and game MVP honors after he shut down the T-Rex offense over 6.2 innings (8H, 1 ER, 2K's, 1BB). Taking the loss for the T-Rex was starter Willy Lebron (0-3, 3.2 IP, 9R, 12H, 5K's, 4BB's).

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-6, 2B
DH Tarzan 2-3, 2 RBI's
1B Chung-Yi Huang 2-4, 2B, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-4, 2B, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Chen 1-5, 2B, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 3-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
2B Chia-Hao Chang 1-4, 2 RBI's

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-3
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-4, 2B, HR #3, 2 RBI's
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 2-4, 2B


Bears 1 - Elephants 1 (12): There were no winners or losers in this game despite both teams needing a win in their chase to catch the Lions.
Elephants starter Kobayshi Ryokan managed to pick up game MVP honors after holding the Bears to 1 run on 7 hits over 8 IP (3K's, 0BB's).
For the Bears, SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu and Chih-Hua Hsu combined to throw 6.2 shutout innings while reliever Kevin Huang would shutout the Elephants over the last 3 innings (2H, 4K's, 2BB's).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-6, HR #8, RBI
SS Chih-Wei Shih 2-5
DH CFC 0-4
1B Hsiao-Wei Huang 2-5
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-5

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 1-6, RBI
1B Chia Chia 2-5
RF Kuan-Jen Chen 2-4



Miscellaneous - (Non-Baseball Related):
If you grew up rooting for Michael Chang like I did, then here's some great news:
Tsung-Hua Yang won the junior boys singles tennis title at the French Open this past weekend.

Fellow teen Yani Tseng won the LPGA championship this past weekend.


NPB:
The Tigers beat the Lions 6-4. WC Lin was 2-4 with a double for the Tigers while MC Hsu pitched 2.1 inning of relief, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits. Box


MILB:
A - Asheville won 3-2 in a 7 inning doubleheader. SA Kuo won his 8th game of the year after shutting out the opposition over 5 innings. Box

A - Greenville won 5-2. CH Lin legged out his 5th triple of the year as he was 1-4 with a walk. Box

A - Lansing lost 4-1. CH Cheng earned his 3rd loss of the year after giving up 3 runs in 2.1 innings of relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster is knotted up at 1 run a piece in the 5th. CH Chiang is currently 0-2. Box

A+ - High Desert is up 1-0 in the 6th. KH Lo is 0-3. Box

AAA - Vegas is down 8-2 in the 5th. CL Hu is 0-2. Box



MLB:
HC Kuo threw 1 scoreless inning, K'ing 2 as the Dodgers fell 4-1 to the Padres. Box
*Updated

At Last.......

MLB:
CMW picked up his first win in over a month as the Yankees beat the A's 3-1. Wang allowed 1 run on 7 hits over 7.1 IP. He escaped a jam in the 7th when with the bases loaded and 1 out, he coaxed a ground ball that led to an inning-ending double play.
Box/Recap


MILB:
A - Greenville won 10-9. CH Lin was 2-4 with a BB, 2 RBI's, and his 19th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Kinston won 3-2. SW Tseng threw 2 shutout innings in relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 2-0. CH Chiang was 1-4. Box

A+ - High Desert won 17-7. KH Lo was 1-3 with a BB, a RBI, and his 13th SB of the year. Box

AA - Tulsa won 6-2. CL Lo continued his encouraging performances of late by winning his 5th game of the year (his 4th win in his past 5 starts). He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 7 IP. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 7-4. YC Chen was 0-4. Box

6/10 CPBL Scoreboard...

CPBL:
Bears 4 - Elephants 2: Mike Johnson won his 10th game of the year, continuing his unbeaten streak as he picked up game MVP honors as well. MJ allowed 2 ER on 4 hits over 7 IP (3K's, 1BB). Rookie Chia-Ming Tseng earned a ND for the Elephants as he started and threw 5 shutout innings, allowing 2 hits (7K's, 7BB's).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-3
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 0-4, RBI
SS Chih-Wei Shih 1-1, 4 BB's, 2 RBI's
DH CFC 0-4, RBI

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 0-4
1B Chia Chia 0-4
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-3, 2 RBI's


Whales 7 - Lions 5: Whales SP Hong-Yuan Huang improved his record to 3-1 as he allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits over 6 IP (4K's, 1BB). Huang was the game MVP.
Lions starter Chih-Chiang Chang took the loss (5-3) after giving up 5 runs on 8 hits in 3 IP (4K's, 2BB's).

Whales lineup:
CF Tai-Yong Kuo 3-5, 2B, RBI
RF Abraham Nunez 1-3, RBI
1B Hsin-Min Wang 1-3, RBI
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 1-4, 2B, RBI
DH Cheng-Chu Huang 2-2, 2B, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-4, HR #1, 2 RBI's

Lions lineup:
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-5, 2B, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 2-3, BB, RBI
RF Fu-Hao Liu 2-4, 2B
DH Po-Chao Yang 1-4, 2B, RBI
1B Nai-Wen Cheng 1-4, RBI
IF Feng-Pin Hsu 2-2, BB - off the bench

Yu-Shan Cup Brief...

Yu-Shan Cup:

The Final 6

What was once 18 teams has now been whittled down to a field of 6 in the Yu-Shan Cup. The remaining teams are:

1)Taoyuan County
2)Taitung County
3)Kaohsiung City
4)Tainan City
5)Yilan County
6)Taipei County (Ban-Chiao)

One of the tourney pre-faves - Taichung City was knocked out early - as noted by Jackson over at EWC (EWC also has a nice interview explaining where the hell Bears slugger Gary Burnham is - read more here).

I'll be shocked if Wei-Da Su (barring injury), who was on the Taichung City roster, is not selected to the junior NT.

Taipei County (team's roster is entirely from Ku-Pao HS), the odds-on-favorite to win it all, is looking to avenge a poor showing in the Taiwan Cup and play like it did when they won the 2007 National HS Wood Bat Tourney.




*In other news, NT coach Hong will be on a whirlwind tour throughout the US this month through July to check out how the kids are doing stateside. His tentative schedule was released by the CTBA:
6/15 - Arrive in Los Angeles
6/16 - Check out Chin-Hui Tsao at a rehab center in LA
6/17-18 - Check out Chih-Hsien Chiang & Kuo-Hui Lo in Lancaster, CA (Mavs vs. Jethawks)
6/19 - Check out Yung-Chi Chen (& now Chin-Lung Hu) in Las Vegas, NV (51's vs. Rainiers)
6/20-22 - Check out Ching-Lung Lo in Tulsa, OK (Drillers vs. Cardinals)
6/23-24 - Check out Hong-Wen Chen in Burlington, IA (Bees vs. Chiefs)
6/25-26 - Check out Chi-Hung Cheng & Po-Hsuan Keng in Lansing, MI (Lugnuts vs. Loons)
6/27-29 - Check out Sung-Wei Tseng in Akron, OH (Aeros vs. Phillies) - (Does coach know something we don't? Last time I checked, Tseng was struggling in Kinston, NC)
6/30-7/1 - Check out Po-Yu Lin in Hagerstown, MD (Suns vs. Blue Claws)
7/2-3 - Check out Che-Hsuan Lin in Greenville, SC (Drive vs. Sand Gnats)
7/4-5 - Check out Yen-Wen Kuo & Chun-Hsiu Chen in Tampa, FL (Winter Haven/Sarasota)
7/6 - Leave Tampa, FL for Holland (to watch the collegiate NT compete in the Haarlem Baseball Week Tournament)

Monday Scores...

CPBL:
Whales 9 - Bulls 5: A pitching duel over the first 7 innings turned into a slugfest over the last few innings as the two teams would combine to score 10 runs over the last 2 innings. Despite earning ND's, the SP's from both squads pitched well. Bulls starter Chien-Fu Yang allowed 1 unearned run over 6 IP (4H, 4K's, 2BB's) while Whales SP Chao-Hao Tseng gave up 1 run on 6 hits over 6.1 IP (0K's, 0BB's).

Whales lineup:
2B Yi-Min Wang 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Wilton Veras 3-4, 2 RBI's
RF-1B Abraham Nunez 2-4
DH-1B Hsin-Min Wang 3-5, 3B, 2 RBI's
LF Kuan-Chung Lin 3-5, 3B, 3 RBI's - game MVP

Bulls lineup:
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-4, 3B, RBI
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-4, RBI
3B Tarzan 1-4, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, 3B, RBI


*With the All-Star break not too far off, here's the breakdown of fan voting for the starters for the Red and White squads. Based on current tallies, the Elephants are very popular with the fans in Taiwan. There's also a close battle for the White squad starter's role at DH between brothers Lien-Hung Chen and CFC.

Red squad
SP:
1)Yu-Cheng Liao 55,191
2)Fu-Te Ni 49,538

C:
1)Rui-Chang Chen 54,033
2)Ko-Fan Chen 37,121

1B:
1)Cheng-Min Peng 78,381
2)Chia-Hsien Hsieh 37,713

2B:
1)Shih-Yang Deng 47,070
2)Hong-Sen Chu 46,161

3B:
1)Jui-Chen Chen 73,323
2)Carlos Villalobos 37,237

SS:
1)Sheng-Wei Wang 62,577
2)Ming-Jen Kuo 51,012

OF:
1)Chih-Yuan Chen 72,310
2)Ssu-Chi Chou 59,577
3)Cheng-Wei Huang 52,829
4)Yuan-Chia Chen 43,908
5)Tai-Yong Kuo 43,249

DH:
1)Kuan-Jen Chen 65,534
2)Chuan-Chia Wang 47,313



White Squad
SP:
1)Wei-Lun Pan 34,328
2)Chien-Fu Yang 29,087

C:
1)Chun-Chang Yeh 47,186
2)Chih-Kang Kao 45,993

1B:
1)Kuo-Ching Kao 59,166
2)Chung-Wei Pan 37,924

2B:
1)Sen Yang 59,787
2)Chih-Tsung Chiang 27,013

3B:
1)Tai-Shan Chang 53,404
2)Tilson Brito 46,746

SS:
1)Chih-Sheng Lin 44,967
2)Sheng-Chieh Hsu 35,724

OF:
1)Chien-Ming Chang 60,790
2)Wu-Hsiung Pan 52,988
3)Long-Yi Huang 52,159
4)Fu-Hao Liu 46,918
5)Hua-Wei Tseng 35,741

DH:
1)Lien-Hung Chen 43,962
2)Chin-Feng Chen 43,575



NPB:
Wei-Chu Lin was 0-1 as a PH as the Tigers won 4-1. Box


MILB:
A+ - High Desert is down 14-2 in the 5th. KH Lo is back from the DL; he's currently 1-1 with a walk and his 12th SB of the year. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 9-1 in the 6th. CH Chiang is 0-2. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 8-7. YC Chen was 2-4 with a double, a RBI, and error #8 on the year. Box



MLB:
Wang faces the A's tomorrow.

CL Hu was optioned to AAA.
*Updated

Sunday Scores..

CPBL:
Lions 5 - Bulls 0: Wei-Lun Pan finally earned a W after several ND's - it was his 2oth consecutive win without a loss. Pan, earning game MVP honors, shut out the Bulls over 7 innings, giving up 7 hits and K'ing 4. He's now 4-0 on the year.
Taking the loss for the Bulls was Jose Espinal (2-3). He allowed 5 runs (3 earned) on 4 hits in 6 IP (3K's, 3BB's).

Lions lineup:
OF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-4, 2B, 2 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 0-5
1B KC Kao 0-5
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-3
C CK Kao 0-3, RBI
SS Tung-Yi Yang 1-4, RBI
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-4, 2B, RBI - off the bench

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-5
3B Tarzan 0-4
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 3-4
C Chun-Chang Yeh 2-4


T-Rex 3 - Bears 2: Although he earned a ND, T-Rex starter Chien-Fu Chen pitched well enough to win. He allowed 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 innings (3K's, 2BB's). Taking the loss was Bears SP Yu-Wei Hsu (1-2). He gave up 3 runs on 6 hits over 7+ IP (1K, 1BB).

T-Rex lineup:
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, HR #5, RBI
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-3, HR #3, RBI
2B Hong-Yuan Lin 1-1, GWRBI - off the bench, drove in the GW run in the bottom of the 8th - game MVP

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-3, HR #7, 2B, 2 RBI's
DH CFC 0-3
C Feng-Min Chen 2-3


NPB:
MC Hsu took the loss for the Seibu Lions as his team fell to the Giants 4-0. Hsu allowed 4 runs on 5 hits in an inning. Box

WC Lin was 0-1 in a PH appearance as his team won 4-3. Box


MILB:
A+ - Lancaster lost 9-3. CH Chiang was 0-4. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 10-7. YC Chen was 1-5 with his 9th SB of the year. Box
*Updated