Nine early runs paved the way as the La New Bears roughed up the Brother Elephants 10-4 at the Kaohsiung County Baseball Stadium on Friday night to open their three-game weekend series on a high note.
The win nipped a two-game slide for the Bears and left them sharing the league’s lead with the Uni-President Lions.
Starter Hsu Wen-hsiung held the Elephants to three runs on seven hits over six innings for a second straight quality start and his third win of the season.
Slugger Chen Chin-fong had three RBIs on a 2-for-4 night, championing a Bears attack that rang up 14 hits off four Elephants hurlers. The former Major Leaguer also took over the lead in total RBIs with 32 in the 31contests that he had played this season.
Elephants starter Kobayashi Ryokan had a dismal outing that only lasted one-and-a-third innings with five allowed runs on eight hits in his third straight setback.
LIONS 9, BULLS 6
Uni-President Lions batters had 18 hits in a 9-6 triumph at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang on Friday night.
Four players had three-hit games for the Lions, led by Chuang Jing-heh. Chuang also drove in three runs for his team in his most productive outing of the season.
Bulls starter Lin Keh-chien — who came into the game with a 4-1 record — was taught a hard lesson as the rookie sensation gave up a season-high seven runs in three-plus innings before being chased in the fourth. His ERA rose more than a whole run from a solid 2.83 to 4.06.
Lions starter Mickey Callaway of the US improved to 4-2 for the year, giving up three runs on five hits in as many innings before turning to his bullpen for the finish.
Taiwan kept their hopes of advancing to next year’s World Baseball Classic (WBC) alive with a 9-1 victory over South Africa in a qualifier at the Taipei Dome on Saturday, backed by solid pitching. Taiwan last night played against Nicaragua. As of press time, Nicaragua was leading 6-0. Bouncing back from Friday’s struggles on the mound, when Taiwanese pitchers surrendered 15 runs to Spain, Team Taiwan on Saturday kept the visiting team in check, allowing just one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. Starting pitcher Sha Tzu-chen struck out one and allowed no hits, except for a hit-by-pitch over
Taiwan kept its hopes of advancing to the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) alive with a 9-1 victory over South Africa in a qualifier at the Taipei Dome last night, backed by solid pitching. Bouncing back from Friday’s struggles on the mound, when Taiwanese pitchers surrendered 15 runs to Spain, Team Taiwan kept the visiting team in check, allowing just one run in the bottom of the fourth inning. The win was crucial for Taiwan, as a loss would have eliminated the team from contention for the next WBC. Starting pitcher Sha Tzu-chen (沙子宸) struck out one and allowed no hits, except for
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