Taiwan Baseball

7/14 Scores....

2009-07-14T23:27:00.000-07:00

CPBL:
Bulls 3 - Elephants 2:

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

Attendance: 3,466

WP - Ko-Chien Lin (7-4, 7 IP, 2 R, 8 H, 3 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - Yu-Chan Liu (3-6, 4 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 6 BB's)

Lineup:
Bulls:
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 0-4
3B Wilton Veras 2-4, RBI
DH Tarzan 0-3
(DH) Chia-Hsien Hsieh 0-1

Elephants:
1B Chia Chia 1-4
DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-4
3B Jui-Chen Chen 1-3, 2 RBI
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-4

MLBAAP:
MH Tsai 1-3, RBI

MILB:
Dodgers June Pride Award at AAA - CL Hu

AA - CJ Lo 1 IP, 0 R/H, 1 K, 0 BB's

A+ - CC Lee L 3-4, 0.1 IP, 3 R, 2 H, 0 K's, 3 BB's

A+ - CH Lin 1-5

A ss - CH Chen 2-4, 100% CS (3-3)

Monday Scores....

2009-07-13T22:40:00.000-07:00

MILB:
R - WC Huang 1.1 IP, 0 R/H/K's/BB's

R - TK Chiu 1.1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 0 K's/BB's

R - YW Kuo 2-5, 2B, RBI

A+ - KH Lo 0-3, 2 RBI

MLBAAP:
MH Tsai 2-4, RBI / MH Tsai 1-3, 2 RBI

ABL:
Stats from yesterday (7/12): Po-Kai Lai 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

CJ Lo Credited with W in 2009 XMASFG.....

2009-07-12T20:51:00.000-07:00

CPBL:
Bears 10 - Bulls 7:

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

Attendance: 2,993

WP - Aaron Rakers (9-2, 6.2 IP, 4 R, 9 H, 5 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Chien-Fu Yang (2-5, 4.1 IP, 9 R - 7 ER, 12 H, 0 K's, 3 BB's)

Lineup:
Bears:
RF Chih-Yao Chan 2-5, 2B, RBI
SS (2B) Chih-Ping Lin 1-4, RBI
3B (SS) Chih-Sheng Lin 2-4, 2B, HR (18), 4 RBI - game MVP
DH CFC 1-3
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-4
CF Long-Yi Huang 1-4, RBI
LF Cheng-Yu Chung 3-4, RBI
2B Chin-De Yu 1-2, RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-4, 2B, SB, 2 RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 3-5, 2B, 3B, SB, 2 RBI
1B (SS) Yi-Chuan Lin 2-5, 2B, 2 RBI
3B Wilton Veras 3-5, RBI
DH Tarzan 0-4

Elephants 3 - Lions 2:

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

Attendance: 7,375

WP - Yu-Cheng Liao (6-3, 6 IP, 0 R, 6 H, 4 K's, 5 BB's)
LP - Chris Gissell (4-3, 6 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 6 H, 6 K's, 1 BB)

Lineup:
Elephants:
LF Ssu-Chi Chou 3-4, HR (1), 3 RBI - game MVP
1B Chia Chia 0-4

Lions:
CF Sung-Hsien Yang 3-4, 2B, SB
LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-4
3B Jose Castillo 0-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 3-4, 2B, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 2-3

MILB:
R - YW Kuo 0-4, BB

R - YW Chang L 0-3, 2.1 IP, 12 R - 5 ER, 9 H, 1 K, 2 BB's - 1 HR allowed

A ss - CC Chen 0-3, 100% CS (1-1)

A ss - CH Chen 1-3, 2 RBI, 2 PB (3), 100% CS (1-1)

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

A+ - KH Lo 0-4

AAA - CL Hu 1-5

*CJ Lo was clocked at a high of 95 mph and earned the W as the World team rallied to defeat the US team 7-5. Line: 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 2 BB's (of the 5 pitches he threw to S. Sizemore, 4 were 95 mph darts)
Box

Kuo, the "Cockroach"......

2009-07-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

CPBL:
Bears 4 - Bulls 3:

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

Attendance: 3,608

WP - Jermaine Van Buren (1.1 IP, 1 R - 0 ER, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB's)
ND - Hung-Jen Huang (Bears SP, 7.1 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 2 K's/BB's) - game MVP
LP - Yu-Chieh Shen (3-3, 0.1 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 0 K's/BB's)
ND - Pedro Liriano (Bulls SP, 5.1 IP, 1 R, 4 H, 0 K's, 4 BB's)

Lineup:
Bears:
SS (3B) Chih-Sheng Lin 3-5, SB, 2 RBI
DH CFC 0-3
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-4, 3B
C Feng-Min Chen 1-4, RBI
(PH) Chih-Wei Shih 1-1, 2B, RBI

Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-5, RBI
LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-4
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-4
DH Tarzan 0-4
C Yi-Wei Lee 0-3, RBI
CF Hsien-Ming Yu 2-4
(2B) Shih-Yang Deng 1-2, RBI

Elephants 3 - Lions 2:

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

Attendance: 7,103

WP - Chin-Hui Tsao (5-5, 6.2 IP, 2 R - 1 ER, 6 H, 7 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Yi-Cheng Tseng (0-1, 1.2 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 1 BB)
ND - Shih-Chin Tsai (Lions SP, 5.0 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

Lineup:
Elephants:
1B Chia Chia 2-3, 2 RBI
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 1-4, 2B, RBI
CF Cheng-Wei Huang 2-4, 2 SB's - game MVP

Lions:
RF (LF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 3-4, RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4
2B Sen Yang 1-3, RBI

WPT:
Netherlands 6 - Taiwan 5:

SP CL Huang (5 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 K, 6 BB's)

Lineup:
DH Kuo-Min Lin 3-5, 2B, 3B, RBI
LF Ken-Wei Lin 2-4, 2B
1B Chia-Hao Chang 2-3, 2B, RBI

Play-by-Play
NT Final Stats

MLBAAP:
PC Chen 1-4, E#4 / MH Tsai 1-3, RBI

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

ABL:
Po-Kai Lai , a RHP with NT experience is playing with the Anchorage Bucs.
He's currently 0-0 with a 10.80 ERA in 3.1 IP.

MLB:
Update on Kuo

Indians 5 - Tigers 4: FT Ni 1.1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 K's/BB's

MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 2-5, 3B, 5 RBI / HC Kuo 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

AA - HW Chen W 5-7, 7 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's - 1 HR allowed

A+ - CH Cheng SP - ND, 5 IP, 5 R, 12 H, 1 K, 2 BB's - 1 HR allowed

A+ - CH Lin 0-4

A+ - CC Lee 2 IP, o R, 2 H, 1 K/BB

A+ - KH Lo 0-2, BB (6th)

A ss - CH Chen 1-4, 0%CS (0-1)

R - YW Kuo 0-3

LLB: On to Williamsport!

2009-07-10T20:07:00.000-07:00

LLB: A-P Regionals:

Taiwan 11 - Guam 0 (4):
Story

WP - Chin Ou (4 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 8 K's, 1 BB)

Lineup:

Wen-Hua Sung 2-3

Chin Ou 1-3, RBI

Pai-Chuan Pan 1-2, HR (video link), 3 RBI

Yuan-Ting Tai 2-2, RBI

2-way star Wen-Hua Sung led the tourney with 7 HR's and was the top pitcher with a 0.00 ERA in 7.2 IP.
The boys will now get a break until August 21, when pool play begins.

Taiwan is grouped in Pool D with the champions from Europe, Canada, and Mexico.

All games will be on ESPN/ESPN 2/ABC. See here for the LLWS schedule.

WPT:

Taiwan 8 - Japan 1:

Reliever Chen-Hua Lin 4 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 4 K's, 0 BB's

DH Hung-Yu Lin 3-4, 2 2B, SB, 2 RBI

LF Ken-Wei Lin 3-5, 2B, SB, 2 RBI

Play-by-Play

Story

MLBAAP:

PC Chen 0-3, E#3 / MH Tsai 1-4 / YL Wang 2 IP, 2 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

CPBL:
Bears 7 - Bulls 3:

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

Attendance: 2,952

WP - Chih-Chia Chang (7-4, 6 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 4 K's, 3 BB's)

LP - Shoda Itsuki (8-4, 5 IP, 6 R - 5 ER, 9 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's)

Lineup:

Bears:

2B Chih-Ping Lin 2-5

SS Chih-Sheng Lin 1-4, 2B, RBI

DH CFC 3-4, 2B, RBI - game MVP

1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI

RF Hao-Chu Tseng 2-3, 2B

C Feng-Min Chen 2-4, 2B

3B Tsung-Yu Tsai 2-4, 2B, RBI

Bulls:

1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-4, 2 RBI

DH Tarzan 1-4

LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-4, 2B

C Yi-Wei Lee 1-4, RBI

Elephants 6 - Lions 3:

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

Attendance: 2,507

WP - Kobayshi Ryokan (5-6, 6 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 3 K's/BB's)

LP - Cheng-Feng Lin (1-3, 5 IP, 6 R, 8 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's)

Lineup:

Elephants:

1B Chia Chia 2-4, 2B, RBI

DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-5, 2B, RBI

3B Jui-Chen Chen 4-4, 3B, SB, 2 RBI - game MVP

C Yi-Feng Kuo 2-4, RBI

Lions:

LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-3, RBI

3B Jose Castillo 1-3, RBI

1B KC Kao 0-3

DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-4

C Cheng-Hua Kao 1-2, 3B, RBI

NPB:
Dragons 3 - Carp (10): WY Chen ND 7 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 11 K's, 1 BB

Giants 7 - Tigers 5 (12): WC Lin 1-1, RBI

MILB:
R - YW Kuo 0-2, BB (7th)

A ss - SA Kuo 2IP, 0 R, 0 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's (3rd)

A+ - CH Lin 1-3, 2 RBI

A+ - KH Lo 1-2 (3rd)

AAA - CL Hu 1-4, 2B

LLB: On to the Asia-Pacific Finals!

2009-07-09T19:46:00.000-07:00

LLB: A-P:
Taiwan 10 - South Korea 3:
Attendance: 3,000 - outdrawing some CPBL pro games!

WP - Wen-Hua Sung (5.2 IP, 3 R - 0 ER, 7 H, 6 K's, 0 BB's)

Lineup:

Wen-Hua Sung 3-3, 2 2B's, HR (7th of the tourney), 2 RBI

Cheng-Chieh Lee 2-3, 3B, 4 RBI

WH SUNG - HR #7 Vid

The team will now face Guam tomorrow to decide who goes to Williamsport. Good luck to the boys!

WPT:
Taiwan 1 - Cuba 1
Play-by-Play

Cuba 5 - Taiwan 4
Play-by-Play

CPBL:
Elephants 11 - Bears 3:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Elephants	1	0	0	1	0	5	0	0	4	11	14	0
Bears	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	8	0

Attendance: 3,171

WP - Mike Smith (2-2, 7 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 3 K's/BB's)

LP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (5-7, 5 IP, 5 R, 7 H, 5 K's 0 BB's)

Lineup:

Elephants:

SS Sheng-Wei Wang 3-5, 2 2B's, 2 SB's, 3 RBI - game MVP

LF (RF) Ssu-Chi Chou 2-5, 3B, 2 RBI

1B Chia Chia 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI

DH Chin-Yung Wang 2-4, 2B

3B Jui-Chen Chen 2-3, 2 RBI

(DH) Jui-Chang Chen 0-1, RBI

(3B) Hung-Sen Chu 1-1, 2B, RBI

Bears:

CF (RF) Chih-Yao Chan 2-4, 2B

SS (3B) Chih-Sheng Lin 1-4

DH CFC 0-1, RBI

C Feng-Min Chen 2-2

(PH-SS) Chih-Ping Lin 0-1, RBI

Lions 5 - Bulls 4 (10):

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

Attendance: 1,785

WP - Yueh-Ping Lin (2-2, 2 IP, o R, 2 H, 0 K's/BB's)

LP - Chien-Yu Kuo (1-1, 0.00 IP, 1 R - 0 ER, 0 K's, 2 BB's)

ND - Ying-Chieh Lin (B SP, 5.2 IP, 3 R, 8 H, 3 K', 2 BB)

Lineup:

Lions:

LF Kan-Lin Huang 3-5

CF (LF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 0-4

3B Jose Castillo 3-5, HR (8), RBI - game MVP

1B KC Kao 2-5

DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-2, HR (5), 2 RBI

OF Fu-Hao Liu 2-5, 2B

(PH-SS) Tzu-Sung Wang 0-1, RBI

Bulls:

RF Chien-Ming Chang 1-5, 2B, RBI

2B Chih-Wei Chen 3-5, RBI

1B Yi-Chuan Lin 1-5, 2B (Fastest player to 100 hits in CPBL history- 62 games/249 AB's)

DH Tarzan 0-5

LF Da-Hung Cheng 2-3, 2B

C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, 2B, RBI

CF (LF) Hsien-Ming Yu 3-4

MLBAAP:
PC Chen 0-3, E / MH Tsai 0-4

MILB:
R - YW Kuo 0-3 (7th)

A ss - CC Chen 1-3, 3B, RBI, 0% CS (0-1)

A ss - CH Chen 3-5, 2B, 2 RBI, 33% CS (2-6) (13th)

A+ - KH Lo 1-2, HR (10), RBI (5th)

AA - CJ Lo 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

AAA - HC Kuo 1 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 1 BB

LLB: Wen-Hua Sung Smacks HR #6...

2009-07-08T21:52:00.000-07:00

LLB: Asia-Pacific Regional:
Taiwan 14 - New Zealand 0 (4):
WP - Chung-Yao Chang

Lineup:
Chin Ou (3-4, 2B, 3B, 5 RBI)
Yu-Chieh Kao (2-3, 2B, HR, 4 RBI)
Wen-Hua Sung (2-3, 2B, HR, BB, 3 RBI)

Vid of Sung's 6th HR in the tourney (tying him for the lead with South Korea's 5'8" WT Choi)

WH Sung will start tomorrow against South Korea - the winner will face Guam, the group B winner on Friday.

See here for schedule and scores

CBPL:
Bulls 9 - Lions 2:

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

Attendance: 2,033

WP - Ko-Chien Lin (6-4, 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's)
LP - Yu-Wei Hsu (0-2, 5 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 10 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's)

Lineup:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 2-5, RBI
2B Chih-Wei Chen 2-5, HR (3), 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 4-5, 2 HR's (9), 2 RBI - game MVP
DH Tarzan 0-5
3B Wilton Veras 4-5, 2B
CF Hua-Wei Tseng 3-5, HR (1), 4 RBI

Lions:
SS Tung-Yi Yang 2-4
CF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-4, 2B
3B Jose Castillo 0-4, 2 RBI
1B KC Kao 1-4
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-3

WPT:
Netherlands 2 - Taiwan 1
CL Huang L 7 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 3 K's/BB's
Play-by-Play

MLB:
Tigers 3 - Royals 1: FT Ni 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 0-5

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

A+ - CH Lin 1-4, HR (5), BB, RBI/ CH Chiang 2-4, 2B, RBI

A ss - CH Chen 0-5

R - YW Kuo 1-5, E#4

MLBAAP:
MH Tsai 1-3, 2B / PC Chen 2-3, 2 RBI

LLB: On a Roll....

2009-07-07T21:03:00.000-07:00

LLB: Asia-Pacific Regional
Taiwan 12 - Singapore 0 (4): (a surprisingly easy victory considering how Singapore gave South Korea all it could handle in a 2-0 loss)
WP - Cheng-Chieh Lin
HR's - Wen-Hua Sung 2 HR's, Cheng-Chieh Lin 1 HR

Other Scores:
South Korea 16 - Thailand 0 (Collision course set for Thursday for group A supremacy)
Guam 4 - Hong Kong 3
Australia 6 - New Zealand 2
CNMI 8 - Philippines 2

MLBAAP:
PC Chen 2-4, SB (5), CS / YL Wang 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K's, 1 BB

NPB:
Carp 8 - Tigers 1: WC Lin 0-1

MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 3-4, BB, E#7

A+ - CH Lin 0-3, BB

A+ - KH Lo 1-4, CS

R - WC Huang 0.2 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 0 K's, 1 BB

R - TK Chiu 5 IP, 1 R - 0 ER, 4 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

R - YW Kuo 1-4, 2B, BB

Kuo K's 3 in 1 IP....

2009-07-06T20:28:00.000-07:00

LLB - AP Regional:
Taiwan 14 - Thailand 1 (4):
WP: Chin Ou
HR's: Hung-Yuan Lin 2 HR's, Wen-Hua Sung 1 HR

HY Lin

Other Scores:
CNMI 2 - Hong Kong 1
South Korea 13 - New Zealand 0
Guam 8 - Indonesia 3
Australia 2 - Singapore 1

MILB:
R - WW Lin 0-2

R - YW Chang L 0-2, 5 IP, 3 R, 7 H, 4 K's, 2 BB's

R - HC Kuo 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

A ss - CC Chen 0-2, RBI, 0% CS (0-2)

A+ - KH Lo 2-4 (8th)

A+ - CH Lin 1-4, SB (18), OF Assist

AA - HW Chen L 4-7, 6 IP, 4 R - 3 ER, 10 H, 3 K's, 1 BB - 1 HR allowed

AAA - CL Hu 2-4, 2B

MLBAAP:
PC Chen 1-3, 3B, SB
*Updated

More Bad News for CMW...

2009-07-05T14:54:00.000-07:00

LLB - Asia-Pacific Regional:
Taiwan 10 - Australia 0 (4):
WP - Cheng-Chieh Lee 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

Lineup:

WH Sung

Wen-Hua Sung SP - 2 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 5 K's, 0 BB's / 2-3, 2 HR's, 4 RBI
Chin Ou 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's/ 1-3, HR, RBI

Other Scores:
South Korea 2 - Singapore 0
Thailand 15 - New Zealand 0
Philippines 5 - Guam 1
Hong Kong 8 - Indonesia 0

WPT:
Japan 6 - Taiwan 1
Play-by-Play

Brett Cup:
Championship Game - Taipower 8 - Taiwan Coop Bank 1:
(TP's Po-Ting Hsiao with a key 3-run triple)

PT Hsiao

MILB:
R - WW Lin 0-1

R - YW Kuo 0-0 (1st)

A ss - CH Chen 0-0, BB (2nd)

A+ - CH Lin 1-1, SB (17) (2nd)

MLB:
CMW has been placed on the DL

Twins 6 - Tigers 2: FT Ni 2 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 3 K's, 1 BB

Independence Day Scores...

2009-07-04T19:03:00.000-07:00

MLBAAP:
Yao-Ling Wang 1 IP, 1 R - 0 ER, 3 K's, 0 BB's
Ping-Chieh Chen 0-1
Meng-Hsiu Tsai 0-4, SB (1)
Box

WPT:
Cuba 9 - Taiwan 1
Play-by-Play

MLB:
Yankees 6 - Blue Jays 5 (12): CMW ND 5.1 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 1 K/BB - 1 HR allowed (left in the 6th with a right shoulder strain)

*HC Kuo to the 60 day DL

NPB:
Swallows 6 - Tigers 3: WC Lin 0-1

MILB:
R - WC Huang 1 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

R - WW Lin 2-4, 2B, RBI / 2-4, 2B, RBI

R - YW Kuo 0-4

A ss - CH Chen 2-4, BB, RBI, 0% CS (0-2)

A ss - CC Chen 0-4, 25% CS (1-4)

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

A+ - CH Cheng SP 5 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 8 H, 3 K's, 1 BB

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

NT Beats Host Team....

2009-07-03T23:59:00.000-07:00

MLB:
Tigers 11 - Twins 9 (16): FT Ni BS, 0.2 IP, 0 R/H/K's/BB's

CMW faces Roy Halladay and the Jays tomorrow on Independence Day.

MILB:
R - WW Lin 1-2, 2B, 2 BB's

R - YW Kuo 1-4, BB, 2 RBI's, SB (2)

A+ - KH Lo 0-3, BB

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

A+ - CH Lin 2-3, 3 BB's, OF Assist

AAA - CL Hu 0-1

WPT:
Taiwan 8 - Netherlands 3
Play-by-Play

Brett Cup:
Taipei County (Banqiao) 10 - Taiwan Beer 6

TaiPower 3 - Taipei City 2

MLBAAP:
MH Tsai 1-3, 2B

NPB:
Giants 4 - Dragons 3: WY Chen - ND 6 IP, 3 R, 5 H, 6 K's, 3 BB's

Tigers 7 - Swallows 2: WC Lin 0-1

Amateur:
Don't forget, the LLB - Asia-Pacific Regional kicks off on Sunday.
Taiwan's schedule:
7/5 vs. Australia
7/6 vs. Thailand
7/7 vs. Singapore
7/8 vs. New Zealand
7/9 vs. South Korea

REPRESENTING TAIWAN:
1)OF Kuan-Sheng Huang
2)OF Tang-Fu Cheng
3)IF Chin Ou
4)IF Hung-Yuan Lin
5)C Yu-Chieh Kao
6)OF Yuan-Ting Tai
7)IF Pai-Chuan Pan
8)IF Cheng-Chieh Lee
9)C Hsin-Han Tseng
10)P Wen-Hua Sung
11)OF Hao-Yu Lin
12)IF Chung-Yao Chang

*The 2009 World Youth Championships schedule has been released:
NT Schedule:
8/15 vs. Venezuela
8/16 vs. Japan
8/17 vs. Russia
8/18 vs. Australia
8/19 vs. Cuba

8/21-23 Playoffs

Opening Win for the NT in Holland....

2009-07-02T23:53:00.000-07:00

Vid on 2 of the Pirates most recent signees: Sheng-Chin Hung & Ping-Hung Chi - followed by how hard the transition to pro ball in the US has been for three earlier pioneers: Ching-Lung Lo, Chi-Hung Cheng, & Chao-Kuan Wu.

MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 0-4

AA - CJ Lo 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - CH Lin 0-3 / CH Chiang 0-3

A+ - CL Lo 2.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 0-5, CS

A ss - CC Chen 1-1

A ss - CH Chen 0-3, BB, RBI, 0% CS (0-1)

World Port Tournament:
Taiwan 4 - Japan 3 (11):
SP Chih-Lung Huang 5 IP, 1 R, 4 K's
C Kun-Sheng Lin with the GW hit

MLBAAP:
*Meng-Hsiu Tsai is hitting .297 with 1 HR and 3 RBI.
*Ping-Chieh Chen is hitting .333 with 3 SB's.
*Yao-Ling Wang is 0-0 with 1 scoreless IP, 2 K's, 0 BB's.

Brett Cup:
Taiwan Coop Bank 10 - Taiwan Beer 6

Taipei City 5 - Taipei County (Banqiao) 2

7/1 Scores...

2009-07-01T23:05:00.000-07:00

MILB:
R - YW Chang SP - ND, 5.1 IP, 3 R - 2 ER, 3 H, 5 K's, 3 BB's

R - SW Tseng 1 IP, 2 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 3 BB's

A ss - CC Chen 0-2, BB, RBI

A ss - CH Chen 2-4, 2 2B's - 0%CS (0-2)

A+ - CH Lin 1-5, OF Assist / CH Chiang 2-4, RBI, SB (2)

AAA - CL Hu 1-4, BB

NPB:
Dragons 4 - Tigers 1: WC Lin 0-1

Brett Cup:
Taipei-County (Banqiao) 4 - Taiwan Coop Bank 3

TaiPower 5 - Taiwan Beer 3

MLB:
A's 5 - Tigers 1: FT Ni 0.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB's
*Updated

Pirates on a Roll....Sheng-Chin Hung Signed

2009-07-01T16:13:00.000-07:00

The Pittsburgh Pirates continue to make headlines as the organization completed the trifecta by signing their third Taiwanese player in the past week - RHP Sheng-Chin Hung.

HS: Shi-Yuan HS
DOB: 11/15/90
H: 5'11"
W: 158 pounds
B:R
T:R

*HS teammate of recent Pirates signee, Ping-Hung Chi
*Not surprisingly, his idol is Chien-Ming Wang
*Clocked at a high of 91 mph, also throws a changeup, curveball combo
*Received some pub. earlier this year ; of the three recent signees, was probably the highest priority signing
*Was on the 2008 Palomino squad that placed sec ond in San, Jose

SC Hung's Site/Album

*The Pirates other recent signee, Chi-Wei Hsu had his press announcement today.

See here for more pics from his agency's website.

HC Kuo Throws One Scoreless Frame in the AZL....

2009-06-30T21:27:00.000-07:00

MILB:
R - HC Kuo 1 IP, 0 R/H/K's/BB's

R - WW Lin 0-3

A ss - CH Chen 0-0, BB, SB (1)

A ss - SA Kuo SP-ND, 3.2 IP, 3 R - 0 ER, 6 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

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

A+ - CC Lee W 3-3, 2 IP, 0 R/H, 5 K's, 0 BB's

A+ - KH Lo 0-3 (7th)

AA - HW Chen W 4-6, 6 IP, 2 R, 7 H, 0 K's/BB's - 1 HR allowed

AAA - CL Hu 1-4

Other:
Keeping the Asia Series Alive...

Brett Cup:
Taiwan Coop Bank 4 - Taipei City 1

TaiPower 3 - Taipei County (Banqiao) 1

NPB:
Dragons 5 - Tigers 4: WC Lin 0-2

Pirates Ink Another One.....Chi-Wei Hsu

2009-06-30T16:55:00.000-07:00

Per UDN.com, the Pirates signed another kid from Taiwan, 1B/LHP Chi-Wei Hsu. The Bros client was converted to a pitcher two years ago. He throws in the low 80's, has a slider and a changeup combo. Has some pop in his bat.

Bio:

HS: Kuang-Fu HS

DOB: 12/4/91

H: 5'11"

W: 214 pounds

B:L
T:L

CW Hsu's album/site

Palomino Baseball Reps....

2009-06-29T23:04:00.000-07:00

By winning the Sadaharu Oh Cup, Taoyuan County (Ping-Zhen HS) will represent Taiwan in the Palomino Division of Pony Baseball. The Palomino World Series will be held in San Jose, CA this year (8/7 - 8/10).

Roster:
Pitchers:
1)Po-Ju Lin (RHP - 11/18/90 - 183 cm - 80 kg)
2)Chun-Wei Shih (RHP - 10/21/91 - 173 cm - 65 kg)
3)Hsien-Ting Peng (RHP - 12/5/90 - 172 cm - 72 kg)
4)Wei-Hang Peng (RHP - 4/26/91 - 178 cm - 76 kg)
5)Che-Wei Lee (RHP - 1/31/91 - 175 cm - 70 kg)
6)Chieh-Yun Hsiao (RHP - 1/28/92 - 176 cm - 68 kg)

Infielders:
1)Chia-Wei Wang (B:L/T:L - 12/19/90 - 172 cm - 70 kg)
2)Pai-Yi Wu (B:R/T:R - 4/1/91 - 165 cm - 65 kg)
3)Hao-Chun Chiu (B:R/T:R - 12/29/90 - 180 cm - 70 kg)
4)Wei-Chun Tseng (B:R/T:R - 12/5/91 - 180 cm - 75 kg)
5)Yun-Hsiang Liang (B:R/T:R - 4/21/91 - 178 cm - 75 kg)
6)Wei-Chieh Chou (B:R/T:R - 11/20/91 - 178 cm - 73 kg)
7)Yu-Chun Huang (B:R/T:R - 2/25/91 - 173 cm - 68 kg)

Catchers:
1)Yu-Sheng Lin (B:R/T:R - 3/4/92 - 178 cm - 76 kg)
2)Jui-Chi Huang (B:R/T:R - 9/5/90 - 178 cm - 72 kg)

Outfielders:
1)Yi-Chang Tseng (B:R/T:R - 4/14/91 - 176 cm - 73 kg)
2)Chien-Hao Lin (B:L/T:L - 1/29/92 - 178 cm - 75 kg)
3)Pai-Han Fu (B:R/T:R - 10/26/90 - 170 cm - 65 kg)

CH Lin Gets the Best of CH Cheng....

2009-06-29T22:09:00.000-07:00

CPBL:
June MVP's
Pitching - Wei-Lun Pan (Lions)
Hitting - Chih-Sheng Lin (Bears)

MILB:
A ss - CH Chen 0-3, BB, E #1

A+ - KH Lo 2-3, CS

A+ - CH Lin 2-5, HR (4), RBI, SB (16) / CH Cheng L 6-3, 5 IP, 5 R - 4 ER, 9 H, 1 K, 0 BB's - 1 HR allowed

A+ - CL Lo 2.2 IP, 0 R, 2 H, 2 K's, 0 BB's

AA - CJ Lo L 0-1, 0.1 IP, 4 R - 2 ER, 1 H, 0 K's, 3 BB's

AAA - CL Hu 1-3

MLB:
Ni's ML debut - A's 7 - Tige rs 1: FT Ni 1.2 IP, 1 R, 1 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's - 1 HR allowed
Recap
*Updated

Sadaharu Oh Cup:
Elimination Game: Taipei County (Banqiao) 3 - Taichung City 0 (7 innings)
W - Kuan-Yu Chen
L - Pai-Cheng Chi

Championship Game: Taoyuan County 3 - Taipei County (Banqiao) 2 (8 innings)
WP - Hao-Chun Chiu
LP - Lee-Chieh Sung

Final Rankings:
1)Taoyuan County
2)Taipei County (Banqiao)
3)Taichung City
4)Tainan City
5)Kaohsiung City
6)Chiayi City
7)Taipei City
8)Changhua County

Tourney Awards:
Top BA: Chia-Liang Hong (Hung) (Tainan City) .500
Top RBI: Hsien-Ting Peng (Taoyuan County) 4 RBI
Top Pitcher: Kuan-Yu Chen (Taipei County - Banqiao) 4 W's! / 0.46 ERA / 19.2 IP
MVP: Hao-Chun Chiu (Taoyuan County)

Ping-Hung Chi to the Pirates....

2009-06-28T23:38:00.000-07:00

Per JB over at EWC, the Pirates signed OF Ping-Hung Chi for less than $100 K. The speedster (has run a 3.9 home to first) joins current minor leaguer Chi-Hung Cheng to help bolster the Pirates' presence in Taiwan. *Edited

Vitals:
DOB: 7/1/91
H: 5'7"
W: 154 pounds
B:L
T:R
HS: Shi-Yuan HS
Position: OF - leadoff hitter
*Did you know? Favorite ML Player: Ichiro. Was one-time teammate of Yao-Wen Chang - Mariners (represented Taiwan on the 2005 Pony World Series Championship team).

*PH Chi's Album/Site #1
PH Chi's Album/Site #2
*Updated

At Last: First Win for Wang.....

2009-06-28T21:33:00.001-07:00

MLB:
Yankees 4 - Mets 2: CMW W 1-6, 5.1 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 K's, 3 BB's (Wang's last W was June 15, 2008!)
*Phillies scouting CMW

FT Ni officially called up (An amazing run for Ni - this kid was on the NT that toured So Cal back in '05 - wasn't considered much of a ML prospect at the time - was lost in the shuffle when mentioned next to OF Kuo-Hui Lo (Mariners) and P Hong-Wen Chen (Cubs) - current CPBL star Yi-Chuan Lin was also on that NT.)

MILB:
AAA - CL Hu 2-5

A+ - KH Lo 4-6, 2B, 2 HR's, 4 RBI

A+ - CH Lin 1-4, BB

A ss - CC Chen 0-4, 33% CS (1-3)

A ss - CH Chen 2-4, RBI

R - WW Lin 0-3, 2 BB's

R - SW Tseng 0.1 IP, 1 R, 2 H, 1 K, 2 BB's

NPB:
Tigers 3 - Bay Stars 2: WC Lin 2-3

Lions First Half Champs......Fu-Te Ni to the Majors....

2009-06-28T07:21:00.000-07:00

CPBL:
Lions 10 - Elephants 7:

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

Attendance: 6,563

WP - Mickey Callaway (7-3, 5 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 6 K's, 1 BB) - game MVP
LP - TJ Yeh (0-3, 3.1 IP, 5 R, 3 H, 2 K's, 9 BB's)

Offense:
Lions:
C Chih-Kang Kao 0-0, 4 BB's, SB, RBI
CF (RF) Wu-Hsiung Pan 1-4, 2 RBI
1B KC Kao 2-4, RBI
DH Lien-Hung Chen 0-1, RBI
RF Fu-Hao Liu 1-3, RBI
LF Tai-Chi Kuo 1-5, HR (6), 3 RBI
2B Tzu-Sung Wang 1-3, RBI

Elephants:
2B Keng-Hsin Liu 2-5, 2B, RBI
LF Ssu-Chi Chou 2-3
1B Chia Chia 1-3
RF Tsung-Fan Yang 1-5, RBI
3B Hung-Sen Chu 1-4, RBI
(C) Chia-Wei Lin 3-3, RBI

Bulls 13 - Bears 5:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Bulls	1	4	0	5	2	0	0	0	1	13	15	1
Bears	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	5	8	4

Attendance: 3,475

WP - Shoda Itsuki (8-3, 6 IP, 2 R, 5 H, 7 K's, 2 BB's)
LP - Wen-Hsiung Hsu (5-6, 1.1 IP, 5 R - 4 ER, 6 H, 0 K's, 2 BB's)

Offense:
Bulls:
RF Chien-Ming Chang 3-4, RBI
2B (SS) Chih-Wei Chen 4-6, 2B, HR (2), 3 RBI - game MVP
LF Da-Hung Cheng 1-3, SB, 2 RBI
1B Yi-Chuan Lin 2-5, 2 RBI
3B Wilton Veras 1-6, 2B, 2 RBI
DH Shih-Yang Deng 1-5, RBI
SS Chao-Hsing Cheng 1-3, SB, RBI
C Chun-Chang Yeh 1-4, RBI

Bears:
RF Chin-De Yu 2-4, 2B, 2 RBI
3B Chih-Sheng Lin 1-3
DH CFC 2-4, HR (18), 2 RBI
(C) Feng-Min Chen 2-4, 2B, RBI

Standings:

Team	W	D	L	GB	E	WP
Lions	34	2	24	--	--	0.586
Bears	33	1	26	1.5	e	0.559
Bulls	29	2	29	5	e	0.5
Elephants	21	1	38	13.5	e	0.356

MLB:
Fu-Te Ni is expected to be called up to the Tigers soon.
The lefty's stats in AAA this year with Toledo: 3-0, 2.60 ERA, 34.2 IP, 32 K's, 9 BB's.
Ni will become the 6th Taiwanese player to earn a ML roster (CFC, CH Tsao, HC Kuo, CM Wang, and CL Hu) spot and the first player from the CPBL to accomplish such a feat.

On Tap for This Summer.....

2009-06-27T23:49:00.000-07:00

Looking ahead to the months of July and August, we have the following to look forward to regarding amateur (18 and under) competition:

1)Little League:
Asia-Pacific Regional 7/5 to 7/11 in Taipei, Taiwan

2)Pony Baseball:
*Bronco (11-12) Asia-Pacific Regional 7/19 to 7/23 in Suncheon, South Korea
*Pony (13-14) Asia-Pacific Regional 7/19 to 7/23 in Wuxi, China
*Palomino (17-19) Asia-Pacific Regional July in Taipei, Taiwan

3)World Children's Baseball Fair:
Held 7/28 to 7/30 in Tokyo, Japan

4)JBL:
27th annual tourney held 8/8 to 8/12 in Nettuno, Italy

5)World "AA" Youth Championships:
Held 8/14 to 8/23 in Taichung, Taiwan

6)Asian "AAA" Junior Championships:
Held 8/25 to 8/30 in Seoul, South Korea

NPB Roundup (as of 6/27):

NIGUN:
1)Yao-Hsun Yang (Hawks) 1 W - 1 L - 1 S/ 2.14 ERA / 21 IP, 23 K's, 5 BB's
2)Kai-Wen Cheng (Tigers) 3 W - 1 L / 2.03 ERA / 31 IP, 19 K's, 4 BB's
3)Yi-Jie (Chieh) Hsiao (Tigers) 4 W - 1 L / 2.40 ERA / 48.2 IP, 35 K's, 14 BB's
4)Yi-Hao Lin (Giants) 0 W - 0 L / 9.00 ERA / 2 IP, 2 K's, 2 BB's
5)Ming-Chieh Hsu (Lions) 1 W - 2 L / 3.47 ERA / 23.1 IP, 13 K's, 6 BB's

1)Tu-Hsuan Lee (Hawks) .246 BA / 1 HR / 11 RBI
2)Wei-Chu Lin (Tigers) .346 BA / 3 HR's / 15 RBI
3)Chung-Shou Yang (Fighters) .273 BA / 9 HR's / 25 RBI / 6 SB's

PARENT CLUB:
1)Ming-Chieh Hsu (Lions) 0 W - 1 L / 3.86 ERA / 14 IP, 4 K's, 8 BB's
2)Wei-Yin Chen (Dragons) 2 W - 2 L / 1.53 ERA / 64.2 IP, 46 K's, 17 BB's

1)Wei-Chu Lin (Tigers) .267 BA / 2 HR's / 4 RBI

Chang Outduels Pan, Bears 1/2 GB of Lions...

2009-06-27T20:21:00.000-07:00

CPBL:
Bears 8 - Lions 3:

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Lions	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	11	4
Bears	1	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	8	12	0

Attendance: 5,732

WP - Chih-Chia Chang (6-4, 6 IP, 2 R, 9 H, 1 K/BB) - game MVP
LP - Wei-Lun Pan (7-5, 6.1 IP, 7 R - 2 ER, 10 H, 4 K's, 1 BB)

Offense:
Bears:
CF Long-Yi Huang 2-5
SS Chih-Sheng Lin 2-5, HR (17), RBI
DH CFC 1-4, RBI
1B Chung-Wei Pan 2-4, 2B, RBI
(C) Hao-Jen Huang 1-1, 2B, 3 RBI

Lions:
LF Wu-Hsiung Pan 2-4
3B Jose Castillo 1-4, SB, HR (7), 2 RBI
1B KC Kao 2-3
DH Lien-Hung Chen 1-4
C Chih-Kang Kao 3-4, 2B, RBI

NT:
NT 2 - Taiwan Beer 2 (7)

*The NT will leave for the Netherlands on the 29th in preparation for the upcoming Word Port Tournament (July 2 - 12th).
NT Schedule:
July 2: vs. Cuba
July 3: vs. Netherlands
July 4: vs. Japan
July 5: vs. USA
July 7: vs. Cuba
July 8: vs. Netherlands
July 9: vs. Japan
July 10: vs. USA
July 12: Championship game #1 vs. #2

MILB:
A ss - CC Chen 0-2, 50% CS (1-2)

A ss - CH Chen 0-4, 40% CS (2-5)

A+ - CH Lin 4-5, BB, SB (15), CS (14th)

A+ - KH Lo 0-1 (4th)

AA - CJ Lo 1 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 1 K, 0 BB's

AAA - CL Hu 0-4

MLB:
As mentioned by Tim, CMW is on ESPN tomorrow (5 PM Pacific) in his start against the Mets.

NPB:
Bay Stars 5 - Tigers 3: WC Lin 1-3

Hawks 10 - Lions 3: MC Hsu 0.0 IP, 0 R, 1 H,

Friday Scores...

2009-06-26T16:08:00.000-07:00

NT:
NT 9 - Taiwan Beer 0:
NT - SP Yen-Feng Lin 3 IP, 0 R, 2 H / Hung-Yu Lin 2 HR's

MILB:
R - YW Chang L 0-1, 3.1 IP, 7 R - 3 ER, 6 H, 1 K/BB - 1 HR allowed

A ss - CH Chen 0-4, 50% CS (1-2)

A - YW Kuo 1-3, E #1

A+ - CH Lin 1-5, E #6, OF Assist / CC Lee 3 IP, 1 R, 3 H, 3 K's, 0 BB's

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

AAA - CL Hu 1-3, SB (10) (6th)

Other:
From OttoCat, Kishu Rangers C Cheng-Da Wu has been released and will look to return home and join the Taiwan Coop Bank team.