6/7 Scoreboard....

CPBL:
Elephants 4 - Whales 1: Dan Core won his 4th game of the year (4-1) as he also earned game MVP honors. DC allowed 1 ER on 5 hits in 7 IP (3K's, 2BB's). Chang-Wei Tu took the loss for the Whales (he's still winless at 0-5) as he gave up 4 runs (2 earned) on 9 hits in 7.1 IP (5K's, 2BB's).

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 0-5
1B Chia Chia 3-4
DH Carlos Rivera 2-3
3B Jui-Chen Chen 0-3, RBI
C Rui-Chang Chen 1-3, 2B, RBI
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 3-4
C Yi-Wei Lee 1-3, RBI


Bears 6 - T-Rex 5 (10): Chih-Wei Shih, the game MVP, had a double in the top of the 10th and was driven in by CFC to score the GW run. The Bears win spoiled T-Rex slugger Chia-Hsien Hsieh's 100th career HR (giving him the record for the fastest native player to hit 100 - in 516 CPBL games).
Both team's starters earned ND's: Andrew Lorraine (Bears) - 6IP, 7H, 4ER, 5K's, 1BB / Cory Bailey (T-Rex) - 6IP, 8H, 5R - 4ER, 2K's, 1BB.

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-4, RBI
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-4
SS Chih-Wei Shih 2-5, 2B
DH CFC 1-4, 2 RBI's
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-5
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI's

T-Rex lineup:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 0-5, RBI
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, HR #4, 2 RBI's
DH Kao Wei 3-4
C Ko-Fan Chen 1-3, RBI


NPB:
The Dragons beat the Fighters 4-1. WY Chen threw 1 scoreless inning. Box


MLB:
The Dodgers beat the Cubs 7-3. CL Hu was 0-4. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville beat Asheville 7-3. CH Lin was 1-5. Box

A+ - Kinston won 10-9 in 10. SW Tseng allowed 3 runs on 3 hits in 1.2 IP. Box

A+ - Lancaster is up 10-5 in the 9th. CH Chiang is currently 2-5. Box

AAA - Tacoma won game 1, 12-3. YC Chen was 2-4 with a double and a RBI. Box
Game 2 will be underway shortly.
*Updated

Friday Scores....

CPBL:
Elephants 2 - Whales 1: In a showdown between SP's Yu-Cheng Liao and Steve Watkins, the two teams were limited to 5 hits a side. Yu-Cheng Liao fared slightly better than Watkins as he earned the win (6-1) and game MVP honors after shutting down the Whales over 6 IP (1 unearned run, 4 H, 5K's, 2BB's). SW fell to 3-7 despite holding the Elephants to 2 runs (both earned) on 5 hits over 8 IP (6K's, 3BB's).

Elephants lineup:
DH CYC 0-3, BB
1B Chia Chia 1-3, 2 RBI's
RF Huai-Shan Chen 2-4

Whales lineup:
3B Wilton Veras 1-3, RBI
OF Tai-Yong Kuo 1-4, 2B

Lions 9 - Bulls 5: Lions starter Lou Pote is now 8-1 on the year. After allowing 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 IP (6K's, 3BB's), Lou picked up game MVP honors. Taking the loss for the Bulls was starter Fu-Jen Shen (1-5) - 7R, 3.1 IP, 9H, 1K, 1BB.

Lions lineup:
CF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-5, 2 RBI's
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-4, HR #6, 3 RBI's
3B Tilson Brito 0-5, RBI
1B KC Kao 2-5, 2B
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-3, HR #7, 2 RBI's
SS Tung-Yi Yang 3-4, RBI

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 3-5, 2 RBI's
DH Tarzan 0-2, BB
LF Chien-Rong Su 1-4, RBI
SS Chung-Nan Lin 2-4, RBI
C Hsun-Wei Lin 1-1, RBI


MLB:
CL Hu was 0-4 with 3 K's as the Dodgers beat the Cubs 3-0. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville lost 6-3. CH Lin was 2-4 with a triple. Box

A - Lansing lost 11-5. CH Cheng took the loss after allowing 4 runs (none were earned) on 1 hit over 2.2 IP (4K's, 1BB). Box

A - Peoria won 10-5. HW Chen earned a ND after giving up 4 runs on 8 hits in 4 IP. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 11-9. CH Chiang was 3-5 with a triple. Box
*Updated

Wang Fortunate to Earn a ND......

MLB:
CMW earned yet another ND in a game that he probably should have lost. If not for Jason Giambi's 2-run bomb in the bottom of the 9th, Wang would have lost his 3rd game of the year. Instead, the Yankees rallied to beat the Blue Jays 9-8 on the walk-off HR. CMW continued to struggle with his command as he allowed 7 runs (6 earned) on 5 hits in 4.1 IP (he walked 4 batters and also served up his 4th HR of the year). Box

CL Hu is currently 1-2 with a triple, a nice sac-bunt, and a RBI. The Dodgers are trailing the Cubs 4-3 in the 8th inning. Box



NPB:
The Dragons won 4-1. WY Chen pitched 2/3 of a scoreless inning. Box



CPBL:
Whales 6 - T-Rex 1: In his finest outing of the season, Whales SP - lefty Fu-Te Ni allowed only 1 run on 8 hits in 8.1 IP. He also K'd 13 (tying a team record) while walking none - making him the easy choice for game MVP honors. Ni is now 3-3 on the year.
Willy Lebron earned the loss for the T-Rex (6IP, 8H, 4R - 3ER, 5K's, 2BB's) to fall to 0-2 on the year.

Whales lineup:
1B Chun-Chiang Kao 0-4, RBI
2B Yong-Kun Lin 2-4
OF Tai-Chi Kuo 2-4
RF Abraham Nunez 2-3
DH Chia-Hsien Tseng 0-3, RBI
C Yi-Wei Lee 2-3, 2 RBI's
SS Chi-Wei Kang 1-4, RBI

T-Rex lineup:
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 2-4
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4
DH Wei Kao 2-4


Bears 8 - Bulls 2: Bears SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu picked up win #5 after blanking the Bulls over 6 IP(5H, 4K's, 0BB's). He earned game MVP honors. Bull starter Mike Connolly fell to 0-3 after allowing 4 ER in 3.1 IP (4H, 4K's, 5BB's).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-2, 2B, 3 RBI's
OF Chin-De Yu 2-6, RBI
DH CFC 1-4, 3B, 2 RBI's
C Feng-Min Chen 1-3, RBI
OF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-3 - off the bench

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-2
1B Chung-Yi Huang 1-4, HR #2, 2 RBI's
DH Tarzan 0-4



MILB:
A - Greenville won 6-4. CH Lin was 0-4. Box

A - SA Kuo won his 7th game of the year. Asheville won 5-4. Kuo threw 5 innings, allowing 4 runs on 8 hits (including 2 HR's). Box

A+ - In game 1 of a doubleheader, CH Chiang posted the line of the night. He was 2-2 with a 2B, HR #5, a BB, and 3 RBI's. Lancaster won 9-7 in 7. Box

A+ - KH Lo is currently on the 7 day DL per BA.

AA - Tulsa lost 3-2. Despite earning a ND, CL Lo continued his solid play of late, allowing 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 IP - to go along with 7 K's and no walks allowed. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 3-1 in the 6th. YC Chen is currently 0-2. Box

Wed. Scores...

CPBL:
Lions 4 - Elephants 3: Lions SP Yueh-Ping Lin picked up his 6th win of the year (6-0) in leading his team to another W. Lin allowed 2 unearned runs on 4 hits in 7 IP (6K's, 4BB's) while earning game MVP honors. Kobayashi Ryokan took the loss (5-3) after giving up 4 runs (3 earned) on 6 hits in 7.2 IP - 4K's, 3BB's.

Lions lineup:
LF Wu-Hsiun Pan 2-4, HR #3, 1 RBI
RF Fu-Hao Liu 1-3, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 0-3
1B KC Kao 1-4, 2B
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-3
2B Sen Yang 0-3, RBI

Elephants lineup:

LF CYC 2-4
1B Chia Chia 0-3, RBI
RF Huai-Shan Chen 2-4
C Rui-Chang Chen 0-1, RBI





Bears 5 - Bulls 0: Mike Johnson spun a CG shutout against the Bulls. MJ allowed only 2 hits, while K'ing 6 and walking none. He picked up game MVP honors while improving his record to a perfect 9-0. Taking the loss for the Bulls was starter Chien-Fu Yang. Yang's record fell to 2-5 on the year despite a decent performance from him. He gave up 2 runs on 8 hits in 6 IP (1K, 1BB).

Bears lineup:
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-4, 2B
3B Chih-Wei Shih 1-5, 2 RBI's
DH CFC 1-5, 2B
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-2
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-4, RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI's

Bulls lineup:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 0-4
DH Tarzan 0-3
3B Chih-Wei Chen 1-3
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 1-3


MLB:
CL Hu collected his first hit since May 23rd - he was 1-2, scoring the team's lone run in the Dodgers 2-1 loss to the Rockies. Box


NPB:
The Lions won 2-1. MC Hsu threw 1/3 of a scoreless inning. Box
*Updated

News Briefs....

Olympics:
Reportedly, Chin-Hui Tsao, Che-Hsuan Lin, Chih-Hsien Chiang, Chung-Shou Yang, and Yen-Wen Kuo have been given the green light by their respective teams to participate in the Olympics if they are selected to the final roster.


Other:
Chin-Hui Tsao has been released by the Kansas City Royals organization. Sad to say, but this former phenom's playing career is slowly winding down to an end.


Yu-Shan Cup:
After reviewing the rosters for the current HS tourney, there's a few teams with stacked rosters.

The Taichung City team, represented by Shi-Yuan and Gao-Nong HS kids features several former players with international experience:
1)IF Wei-Da Su - JR left-handed bat extraordinaire
2)P Sheng-Chih Yang - 2006 Asian Youth Championships - Tourney MVP
3)P Meng-Chen Fan - on the 2007 Youth NT - top pitcher in the 2007 Hsieh Kuo-Cheng Cup
4)IF Chao-Hsiang Chen - on the 2007 Youth NT - MVP of the '07 HKC Cup/top RBI man in the Cup/all-tourney selection of the '08 Taiwan Cup
5)C Shih-Hao Liu - on the 2007 Youth NT - teammate of Yao-Wen Chang on '05 PWS Championship team
6)IF Shang-Ying Tsai - on the '07 Youth NT
7)IF Sheng-Po Yu - on the '06 Youth NT
8)IF Yi-Ren Lin - on the '06 Youth NT
9)OF Yong-Rong Lee - on the '06 Youth NT

RHP Rong-Hao Hsieh will represent Taipei County (Ban-Chiao) - roster full of Ku-Pao HS kids. He will be joined by:
-C Ming-Yan Kan - '06 Youth NT
-IF Ho Lin - '06 Youth NT
-IF Wei-Chen Wang - '07 Youth NT/son of current CPBL Elephants head coach and ex-slugger Kuang-Hui Wang/Led the '07 HKC Cup (16-under national tourney) with a .580 BA

Tuesday Scores....

CPBL:
Rain postponed today's scheduled games. Standings as of today:
1)Lions 30-14
2)Bears 23-17-2 5 GB
3)Elephants 21-19-2 7 GB
4)Bulls 18-24-1 11 GB
5)T-Rex 18-25-1 11.5 GB
6)Whales 16-27 13.5 GB


MLB:
The Dodgers lost 3-0 to the Rockies. CL Hu was 0-2 with a BB. Box

Wang's next start is Thursday against the Blue Jays.


NPB:
The Tigers lost 11-4. WC Lin was 0-3. Box

The Lions won 7-3. MC Hsu pitched 1 scoreless inning in relief. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 5-3. CH Lin was 2-4 with a triple and 3 RBI's. He was CS, the 5th of the year for him. Box

A - Lakewood lost 5-3. YF Lin threw 2 scoreless innings in relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 8-3. CH Chiang was 2-3 with a double. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 6-2. YC Chen was 2-4 with a double and 3 RBI's. Box

Monday Scores....

MILB:
A - Greenville lost 5-4. CH Lin was 1-5. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 6-3 in the 7th. YC Chen is currently 1-2, with his 3rd HR of the year and 2 RBI's. Box



MLB:
The Dodgers lead the Rockies 7-1 in the 7th. CL Hu is currently 0-3. Box



Other:
The 2008 Yu-Shan Cup is underway - the tourney will have major implications in deciding who will be on the junior NT, as the winning team will make up the backbone of the squad that will represent Taiwan in Canada later in July/August.

6/1 Scoreboard...

CPBL:
Elephants 5 - Bulls 2: Game MVP Dan Core won his third game of the year (3-1) after shutting out the Bulls for 7 innings (8H, 2K's, 1BB). Jose Espinal took the L (2-2) after giving up 5 runs on 9 hits in 6 IP (2K's, 4BB's).

Bulls lineup:
LF Da-Hung Cheng 3-4
DH Tarzan 3-3, 2 RBI's
C Chun-Chang Yeh 2-4, 2B

Elephants lineup:
LF CYC 0-3
1B Chia Chia 3-4, 2B, RBI
DH Kuan-Jen Chen 2-4, 3 RBI's
RF Huai-Shan Chen 2-4


Lions 2 - T-Rex 1: Lions SP Chih-Chiang Chang outdueled T-Rex starter Cory Bailey in a closely contested game. Chang (5-2), earning game MVP honors, shut out the T-Rex over 7 innings - allowing 5 hits while K'ing 6 and walking 2. CB earned his first loss of the year (5-1) after giving up 2 runs - 1 earned on 5 hits in 6 IP (4K's, 4BB's).

T-Rex lineup:
OF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4, 2B
OF Chuan-Chia Wang 0-3
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 1-4, HR #3, RBI
DH Napoleon Calzado 3-4
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 1-2, 3B - off the bench

Lions lineup:
3B Tilson Brito 1-4
1B KC Kao 1-3
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4
2B Sen Yang 2-4, RBI



MLB:
Some light on Hu's struggles at the plate

*HC Kuo pitched in relief of starter Hiroki Kuroda and proceeded to throw 4.1 shutout innings against the NY Mets. The Dodgers lost 6-1. Box/Recap


NPB:
The Tigers won 5-4. WC Lin was 0-1 in a PH role. Box

Seibu beat the Dragons 10-3. MC Hsu pitched one inning of relief, allowing 1 run on 2 hits. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 7-6. CH Lin made a defensive appearance in the 9th inning. Box

A - Lansing won 1-0. CH Cheng picked up his 3rd win of the year, pitching in relief. Cheng threw 3 scoreless innings. Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 1-0 in the 4th. YC Chen is currently 1-1 with a BB and his 8th SB of the year. Box
*Updated

Another ND for Wang...

MLB:
After winning 6 of his first 7 starts, CMW is now winless in his last 5 starts. Wang's woes for the month of May continued as he allowed 5 runs on 9 hits in 5.1 innings. The Yankees would eventually prevail in 12 innings and beat the Twins 7-6. Box
Let's hope Wang is able to turn things around in the month of June.


NPB:
The Tigers lost to the Fighters 2-1. WC Lin was 0-3 as the DH. Box


MILB:
A - Asheville won 6-4. SA Kuo is now 6-3 after allowing 2 runs on 6 hits in 6 IP (6K's, 2BB's). Box

A - Greenville won 6-2. CH Lin was 0-5. Box

A+ - Lancaster lost 7-3. CH Chiang was 1-4 with a RBI. Box

AAA - Tacoma won 9-3. YC Chen was 2-4. Box

5/31 CPBL Scores....

CPBL:
Elephants 3 - Bulls 2: After trailing 2-0 for most of the game, Elephants 1B Chia Chia would drive in the GW run in the bottom of the ninth to help cap his team's come-from-behind win. Chia Chia, who was 1-4 with a double and the RBI, was the game's MVP.
The SP's from both sides earned a ND - as Yu-Cheng Liao allowed 2 runs on 5 hits over 6 IP (5K's, 1BB) for the Elephants and Fu-Jen Shen gave up 1 unearned run on 8 hits over 6 IP (1K, 1BB) for the Bulls. Earning the win was reliever Yung-Chieh Yeh (4-6), as he blanked the Bulls over the last 2 innings. The Bulls Chien-Fu Yang earned the loss (2-4) after allowing 2 runs (1 earned) over the final 2.1 frames.

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

Bulls lineup:
2B Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-4, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-4, 3B
DH Tarzan 1-4, 2B, RBI


Bears 3 - Whales 1: Bears SP Yu-Wei Hsu earned his first win of the year (1-1) after allowing 1 run on 4 hits over 6.1 IP (4K's, 2BB's). He was the game MVP. Taking a tough loss for the Whales was starter Chang-Wei Tu (0-4). He allowed 2 runs - 1 earned on 4 hits over 6 IP (2K's, 5BB's).

Bears offense:
DH CFC 1-4
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-2, 2 BB's
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-4, RBI
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-4, RBI

Whales offense:
RF Abraham Nunez was 2-4 with a RBI.

Friday Scores....

CPBL:
T-Rex 8 - Lions 3: The T-Rex handed Lions starter Lou Pote his first loss of the year. Lou fell to 7-1 after giving up 5 runs on 8 hits in 7 IP (5K's, 2BB's). Earning the victory for the Rex was starter Pai-Ching Chiang. Chiang allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 5 IP (3K's, 4BB's). In picking up his first win of the year (1-0), Chiang earned game MVP honors.

T-Rex lineup:
SS Ming-Jen Kuo 2-5, 2B, RBI
LF Chuan-Chia Wang 1-4, 2B, 3 RBI's
1B Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-3, RBI (Good to see him back)
3B Napoleon Calzado 1-5, RBI
2B Shih-Yang Deng 2-5
DH Wei Kao 1-1, 2 RBI's - off the bench

Lions lineup:
CF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-3, HR #2, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 1-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4, HR #6, RBI

Bears 8 - Whales 5: Bears SP Andrew Lorraine evened his record to 4-4 with 6 strong innings. More importantly, the Bears picked up a full game on the Lions in the standings. AL allowed 3 runs (2 earned) on 4 hits, K'ing 4 and walking 1. Starter Yu-Chieh Shen took the loss for the Whales, giving up 4 runs in 2 IP.

Bears offense:
RF Chin-De Yu 1-3, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5
DH CFC 3-4, 2B, HR #6, 3 RBI's - game MVP
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-3, RBI
2B Chih-Tsung Chiang 1-4, HR #1, RBI
C Feng-Min Chen 1-4, RBI
RF Chien-Wei Tsai 2-2, 2B, RBI - off the bench

Whales offense:
1B Chun-Chiang Kao 0-5, RBI
OF Tai-Yong Kuo 2-3, 2B, HR #5, 2 RBI's
3B Wilton Veras 0-3, RBI


MILB:
- Missed this from a lil' while back - After struggling for most of the season, CL Lo was named the Texas League's pitcher of the week (May 5th - 11th). Lo is scheduled to start tonight against the Frisco RoughRiders.

A - Greenville won 6-3. CH Lin was 2-4 with a triple, 2 RBI's, and his 18th SB of the year. Box/Recap

A - Lakewood won 13-8. YF Lin faced 3 batters in the 7th and allowed 3 runs on 2 hits. Box

A+ - Kinston won 8-6. SW Tseng threw 1.1 innings of scoreless relief. Box

A+ - Lancaster is in a scoreless tie in the 4th. CH Chiang is currently 0-2. Box

AA - Tulsa won 6-4. CL Lo won his 3rd consecutive start - allowing 4 runs on 7 hits in 6 IP. Box

AAA - Tacoma is down 7-1 in the 6th. YC Chen is currently 2-2 with a double. Box


MLB:
The Dodgers won 9-5 over the Mets. Hu scored a run as a PR. Box
*Updated

Wei-Chu Lin Returns....

NPB:
Wei-Chu Lin made his debut with the parent club in fine fashion. Returning from off-season shoulder surgery, Lin in a PH role, was 1-1 with a double and a RBI. The Hanshin Tigers won 8-4. Box


CPBL:
Elephants 7 - T-Rex 1: Kobayashi Ryokan picked up his 5th win of the year (5-2) as he shut down the T-Rex offense. Ryokan allowed only 1 run on 7 hits in 7 IP (6K's, 0BB's). He received plenty of run support from his offense:


SS Sheng-Wei Wang 2-4
LF Chih-Yuan Chen 4-5, 2 2B's, 2 RBI's - game MVP
1B Chia Chia 1-4, RBI
C Rui-Chang Chen 1-3, 2 RBI's
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 0-3, RBI
-DH Kuan-Jen Chen was 0-4


For the T-Rex on offense:
RF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-4, 2B
LF Chih-Peng Chen 2-4
3B Napoleon Calzado 1-4, 3B, RBI
CF Yuan-Chia Chen 2-4
SS Shih-Hao Huan 3-4


MLB:
The Dodgers lost to the Mets 8-4. HC Kuo pitched 2 scoreless innings in relief of starter Brad Penny. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 7-5 in 10. CH Lin was 0-3 with 2 BB's. Box

A - Lansing lost 3-1. CH Cheng threw a scoreless 9th inning - K'ing 2. Box

A+ - Lancaster is tied at 2 in the 5th. CH Chiang is currently 0-2. Box
*Updated

Senior Amateur News.....

*A change to the collegiate NT roster has been made - C Jui-Mu Chen (due to injury) has been replaced by P Po-Kai Lai.

*The men's senior amateur spring tourney concluded on the 22nd.
Taking first place: Meifu Giants
2nd: Taiwan Beer
3rd: Cooperative Bank
4th: Taipei Sports College

-The top BA went to Taipei Sports College's Sheng-Feng Tsai - he hit .441
-Taiwan Power's Chang-En Huang had the most RBI's - 24
-Chang-En Huang also hit the most HR's - he had 7 dingers
-Top ERA went to Cooperative Bank's Fan-Shuo Chen - 0.00 ERA

A few more roster notes:
*The Meifu Giants, composed of players from Chinese Culture University, included several big names - P Chia-Jen Lo, P Kai-Wen Cheng, and C Hung-Yu Lin (.345 BA - 13th best BA).
*Taiwan Beer's roster included: P Chih-Lung Huang and OF Chao-Ting Tang.
*Slugger IF Shen-Fu Tsai was on the Coop. Bank roster. He hit .333 (15th highest BA), slugged .410, and was 9th with 11 RBI's.
*Taipei Sports College also laid claim to: P Chen-Chang Lee and OF Kuo-Long Lo.
*Updated

CPBL Standings & Leaders....

As of 5/28:
Standings:
1)Lions 29-13
2)Bears 21-17-2 6 GB
3)Elephants 18-19-2 8.5 GB
4)Bulls 18-22-1 10 GB
5)T-Rex 17-23-1 11 GB
6)Whales 16-25 12.5 GB

League Leaders (Top 5):
Batting Average:
1)Kuan-Jen Chen (Elephants) .368
2)Ssu-Chi Chou (T-Rex) .356
3)Chin-Feng Chen (Bears) .351
4)Long-Yi Huang (Bears) .346
5)Wu-Hsiung Pan (Lions) .345

Hits:
1)Long-Yi Huang (Bears) 62
2)Kuo-Ching Kao (Lions) 59
3)Chih-Wei Shih (Bears) 58
4)Kuan-Jen Chen (Elephants) 57
5)Chih-Yuan Chen (Elephants) 50

Home Runs:
1)Tilson Brito (Lions) 10
2)Chih-Yuan Chen (Elephants) 7
3)Long-Yi Huang (Bears) 6
4)Lien-Hung Chen (Lions) 6
5)Kuo-Ching Kao (Lions) 5

RBI's:
1)Kuo-Ching Kao (Lions) 42
2)Tilson Brito (Lions) 37
3)Kuan-Jen Chen (Elephants) 35
4)Lien-Hung Chen (Lions) 34
5)Chih-Yuan Chen (Elephants) 29

SB's:
1)Long-Yi Huang (Bears) 9
2)Sheng-Wei Wang (Elephants) 8
3)Chih-Yuan Chen (Elephants) 8
4)Hong-Sen Chu (Elephants) 7
5)Chun-Chiang Kao (Whales) 7

ERA:
1)Cory Bailey (T-Rex) 1.40
2)Chih-Chiang Chang (Lions) 2.44
3)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 2.51
4)Kobayashi Ryokan (Elephants) 2.59
5)Wen-Hsiung Hsu (Bears) 2.98

Wins:
1)Mike Johnson (Bears) 8
2)Lou Pote (Lions) 7
3)Cory Bailey (T-Rex) 5
4)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 5
5)Yueh-Ping Lin (Lions) 5

K's:
1)Wen-Hsiung Hsu (Bears) 46
2)Mike Johnson (Bears) 46
3)Kobayshi Ryokan (Elephants) 45
4)Yu-Cheng Liao (Elephants) 44
5)Steve Watkins (Whales) 43

Saves:
1)Yong-Chih Kuo (Bulls) 5
2)Chih-Wei Lin (Bulls) 5
3)Hong-Ren Huang (Whales) 4
4)Jermaine Van Buren (Bears) 2
5)Yi-Cheng Tseng (Lions) 2

Wed. Scores...

CPBL:

Lions 5 - Bears 4 (10): In another exciting game between the league's top two teams, the Lions prevailed on Tilson Brito's GW hit in the bottom of the 10th inning. Brito had a huge night as he also hit his league leading 10th HR of the season. He was 2-5 with 4 RBI's in route to collecting game MVP honors.

Both starters earned ND's as the Lions Yueh-Ping Lin allowed 4 runs on 9 hits in 6.1 IP (3K's, 0BB's) - Bears SP Wen-Hsiung Hsu gave up 4 runs (3 earned) on 6 hits in 8 IP (8K's, 1BB).

Offensively for both teams:

Lions:

CF Sung-Hsien Yang 2-5

LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-5

1B KC Kao 1-4, RBI

DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-3

C Tai-Chi Kuo 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Bears:

CF Long-Yi Huang 3-4, 2B, HR #6, 2 RBI's

3B Chih-Wei Shih 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI's

DH CFC 1-5, RBI

SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4

C Feng-Min Chen 2-4

Elephants 7 - T-Rex 2: Rookie Chia-Min Tseng picked up his 2nd win of the year (2-3), after allowing 2 runs on 6 hits over 5 IP (4K's, 4BB's). Taking the L was T-Rex SP Willy Lebron (2IP, 8H, 6ER, 0K's, 4BB's).

Contributors in the lineups:

Elephants: (The Chen's representin')

CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-5, RBI

LF CYC (Chen) 2-5, 2B

1B Chia Chia 0-3, 2 BB's

DH Kuan-Jen Chen 4-5, RBI - game MVP

3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-4

RF Huai-Shan Chen 2-3, 2B, 4 RBI's

2B Chiang-Ho Chen 1-4, RBI

T-Rex:

3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4, 3B

C Ko-Fan Chen 1-2, 2 BB's, 2 RBI's


NPB:
The Dragons lost 4-2. WY Chen pitched one scoreless inning. Box


MLB:
CL Hu was 0-4, extending his hitless streak to 5 games. The Dodgers lost to the Cubs 2-1 in 10. Box

Wang's next start is Saturday against the Twins.


MILB:
AAA - Tacoma is up 2-0 in the 8th. YC Chen is currently 0-4. Box
*Updated

The Fukuoka Connection...

Fukuoka Daiichi High School - the history of Taiwanese kids attending this HS goes back several years - with the most famous Taiwanese alumni being Chung-Shou Yang, the Fighters #1 draft pick in 2005. LHP Heng-Hsiao Kuo was another talented prospect who until suffering a probable injury, was considered a top pro prospect.

Taitung County's Hsin-Shen jr HS will be sending 2 more baseball players to Japan for HS this year. They will be attending.............you guessed it - Fukuoka Daiichi HS. Last year, Hsin-Shen jr HS sent the top pitcher from its graduating class - RHP Hong-Chen Wang (6'3''/132 pounds/ tops out at 85 mph) to that school as well.

Hanshin Tigers OF Wei-Chu Lin attended nearby Yanagawa HS, located in Fukuoka Prefecture. Speaking of Lin, he's expected to be back in action sometime in June.

Geographically, it all makes sense as Fukuoka (southwestern part of Japan) is only several hundred miles away from Taiwan (to its north east).



Other News:
An update to this list - Samuel Fu is no longer with the White Sox organization.

Pitching Showdown in the CPBL.....

CPBL:
Bears 2 - Lions 1: Trailing by a run for most of the game, the Bears would rally behind the impressive performance of starter Mike Johnson and Hao-Chu Tseng's 2-run bomb in the top of the 8th, to pick up a full game on the league leading Lions.
MJ combined with reliever Jermaine Van Buren to 1-hit the Lions. MJ (he's now 8-0 on the year) allowed 1 run on 1 hit in 7 innings (while K'ing 4 and walking 9!). JB threw 2 scoreless/hitless innings, K'ing 3 and walking 1.
Earning a tough ND for the Lions was starter Wei-Lun Pan. Toot Toot threw 7 scoreless innings, allowing only 2 hits while K'ing 9 and walking 1.


Big names in the lineups:
Bears:
IF Chih-Wei Shih 2-4
DH CFC 0-4 with 2K's
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 0-3 with 1K
LF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-2, HR #2, BB, 2 RBI's - game MVP

Lions:
1B KC Kao 0-3, BB, 1K
3B Tilson Brito 0-3, BB, 1K
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-1, 1 RBI, 3BB's, 1K



Bulls 4 - Whales 3: Bulls starter Chih-Wei Lin won his third game of the year (3-2) after allowing only 1 run on 5 hits over 6.1 IP (4K's, 2BB's). Lin was the game's MVP.
Taking the loss for the Whales was starter Steve Watkins (7IP, 8H, 4R - 3ER, 2K's, 2BB's), who falls to 3-6 on the year.

Bulls Offense:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-4
DH Chung-Yi Huang 1-2, RBI
3B Chih-Wei Chen 2-3, RBI
CF Chien-Rong Su 2-4, 3B, RBI
SS Chung-Nan Lin 0-3, RBI


Whales Offense:
1B Chun-Chiang Kao 2-5, 2B
3B Wilton Veras 2-3, 2B, HR #1, 2 RBI's
LF Abraham Nunez 1-1, RBI - off the bench

Other:
Here's the CPBL's remaining schedule for 2008 - the first half of the season is coming to an end on June 12th while All-Star weekend is coming up July 19th and 20th.


MLB:
CL Hu continues to struggle at the plate as he was 0-3 to drop his BA on the year to .179.
The Dodgers lost to the Cubs 3-1. Box


MILB:
A - Greenville won 8-2. CH Lin was 0-3 with 2 BB's. Box

A+ - Lancaster is down 3-0 in the 7th. CH Chiang is 0-2 at the moment. Box

AAA - Tacoma is up 3-0 in the 7th. YC Chen is currently 0-3. Box
*Updated

The Plot Thickens....

I posted a roster of the youth NT late last night. The team that won the recently completed youth national tourney (the Hsieh Kuo-Cheng Cup) was from Taichung - specifically Shi-Yuan jr HS and HS kids. Lefty Yu-Hung Lee is from Shi-Yuan jr HS - and he wasn't listed on the Taichung roster.

The youth NT is missing the best youth pitcher (under 16) in the country for the simple fact that the Taichung (& Shi-Yuan jr HS) head coach - Wu-Hsiung Huang got to select the youth NT. He omitted Lee from the roster because in all likelihood, Lee is headed to Japan (with the Yomiuri Giants) some time in June. This is an illustration of what J. Broder was talking about in his article regarding teams hiding players.

Memorial Day Recaps...

CPBL:
Bulls 4 - Lions 3: Down 3-2 in the bottom of the 9th, the Bulls would respond by tying things up and then pulling ahead with SS Chung-Nan Lin's GW hit - he was 2-4 with a RBI. For his heroics, CN Lin was selected the game MVP.
Bulls starter Jose Espinal earned a ND despite an impressive performance - allowing only 1 run on 6 hits in 7 IP - to go along with 8 K's and 3 BB's. Also earning a ND for the Lions was SP Chih-Chiang Chang who gave up 2 runs on 5 hits in 7 innings of work. Earning the victory for the Bulls was reliever and NT star Chien-Fu Yang. Yang pitched a scoreless 9th, allowing 1 hit and K'ing 1 to help improve his record to 2-3 on the year.

Offensively for the Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 0-4
DH Chung-Yi Huang 2-4, 2B
3B Chih-Wei Chen 1-4, HR #2, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 0-2, 2 RBI's

In the lineup for the Lions:
1B KC Kao 1-4, HR #5, RBI
3B Tilson Brito 3-3, 2B, HR #9, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4, 2B, RBI
2B Chin-Tien Shih 4-4


T-Rex 12 - Elephants 2: Cory Bailey is now 5-0 after allowing 2 runs on 4 hits in 6 IP (2K's, 5BB's). Taking the loss for the Elephants was Dan Core - he gave up 6 runs (3 earned) on 8 hits in 5 IP.

T-Rex in the lineup:
R Ssu-Chi Chou 2-3, RBI
LF Chih-Peng Chen 1-5, HR #1, 3 RBI's
3B Napoleon Calzado 2-4, 2B, RBI
2B Shih-Yang Deng 4-4 - game MVP
C Ko-Fan Chen 3-4, 2B, 3 RBI's
CF Chia-Hui Wu 2-3, 3 RBI's

Elephants offensivley (held to 6 hits):
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 1-5, 2B, RBI
LF CYC 1-5, 3B
1B Chia-Chia 0-1, 2 BB's, RBI
2B Chiang-Ho Chen 2-4



NPB:
The Fighters lost 4-3. CS Yang was 0-3. Box

The Lions lost 2-1. Earning a ND was MC Hsu. He started and allowed 1 run on 4 hits in 5 IP. Box



MILB:
A - Greenville lost 7-0. CH Lin was 1-3 with a walk, his 17th SB, and OF assist #4. Box

A+ - Lancaster won 5-0. CH Chiang was 1-3 with a walk and a RBI. Box

AAA - Tacoma lost 10-9. YC Chen was 2-5. Box



MLB:
The Dodgers lost to the Cubs 3-1. CL Hu was 0-1. Box
*Updated

2008 Youth NT Roster

Upon completion of the recent national youth tourney (16 and under), an NT youth roster has been selected to participate in the Asian Youth Championships later this summer (to be held August 25th-29th in Japan).*Edited
Taiwan is the defending champion in the event - that team in 2006 included young stars Yi-Hao Lin and Rong-Hao Hsieh.

Here are the 18 young men:

Pitchers (6):
1)Wei-Di Weng (Age 16 - DOB: 2/7/1992)(RHP)(H:6'0" W:176 pounds)
2)Meng-Chieh Kan (Age 15 - DOB: 11/11/1992)(RHP)(H:5'9"W:180 pounds)
3)Wei-Yu Lai (Age 15 - DOB:5/28/1992)(LHP)(H:5'11"W:195 pounds)
4)Cheng-Han Tsai (Age 16 - DOB:3/13/1992)(RHP)(H:6'0"W:171 pounds)
5)Shun-Chang Chen (Age 15 - DOB:12/3/1992)(RHP)(H:6'0"W:172 pounds)
6)Chieh Pan (Age 16 - DOB:3/17/1992)(RHP)(H:5'9 1/2"W:139 pounds)

Catchers (2):
1)Chun-Lin Kuo (Age 16 - DOB: 2/2/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'7"W:143 pounds)
2)Ting-Lun Chang (Age 15 - DOB:12/21/1992)(B:L/T:R)(H:5'3"W:143 pounds)

Infielders (6):
1)Nian-Che Chang-Liao (Age 16 - DOB: 1/25/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'9"W:143 pounds)
2)Chun-Kai Liao (Age 16 - DOB:1/12/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'10"W:154 pounds)
3)Ching-Fu Lin (Age 15 - DOB: 11/22/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'9"W:160 pounds)
4)Shao-An Lan (Age 16 - DOB:2/7/1992)(B:L/T:R)(H:5'6"W:143 pounds)
5)Yueh-Lin Chuang (Age 15 - DOB:12/5/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'11"W:154 pounds)
6)Chien-Ting Feng (Age 16 - DOB:1/5/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'10"W:160 pounds)

Outfielders (4):
1)You-Chien Lin (Age 16 - DOB:1/23/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'9 1/2"W:154 pounds)
2)Yao-Chung Ou (Age 16 - DOB:5/15/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:6'0"W:165 pounds)
3)Rui-Lin Chang (Age 15 - DOB:6/28/1992)(B:L/T:L)(H:5'11"W:150 pounds)
4)Chia-Huang Lin (Age 15 - DOB:9/15/1992)(B:R/T:R)(H:5'8"W:130 pounds)


In the recently completed national tourney:
OF Chia-Huang Lin had the highest BA - .586
OF Yao-Chung Ou was the top RBI man
P Meng-Chieh Kan had the most HR's - 1
Top pitcher honors went to Meng-Chieh Kan who had 3 wins and an ERA of 0.50
MVP honors went to IF Ching-Fu Lin