Brother Elephants batter Huang Cheng-wei’s RBI single with a man on third forced extra innings that saw his club play through to the 12th for a 2-2 draw with the Sinon Bulls at the Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium in Tienmu on Saturday night.
Chang Jien-ming led off the game with a single off Brother starter Lee Hao-ren for the Bulls and scored two batters later when Lin Yi-chuan muscled a liner to right. Wilton Veras followed with a sacrifice fly to give their team an early 2-0 lead.
The Elephants got back a run in the bottom of the same frame courtesy of a single by Peng “Chia Chia” Cheng-min off Sinon lefty Lin Ying-jeh.
That was all either club could manage over the next seven innings as Lee and Lin buckled down and held their ground through the sixth, while the bullpens did their part to keep it 2-1 heading into the bottom of the ninth.
The Bulls had an excellent chance to go up in the top of the 11th when they had runners on first and second with one out against Elephants closer Ryan Cullen and Chang “Prince of the Forest” Tai-shan at the plate.
The Prince, however, short-hopped a pitch to third that led to a force out at second before the Elephants defense caught Chang Jien-ming trying to reach third in an unusual double play that put an end to the Bulls’ scoring threat.
LIONS 5, BEARS 2
Yang Dong-yi’s clutch double in the top of the sixth broke a 2-all deadlock for the Uni-President Lions as they went on to defeat the La New Bears 5-2 at the Kaohsiung County Baseball Stadium on Saturday night for the Cats’ fourth consecutive victory.
The visiting Cats pounced ahead 1-0 in the top of the third on a pair of doubles by Pan Wu-hsiung and Kuo Dai-chi, and made it 2-0 an inning later when Yang hit a sacrifice fly to center that scored the runner from third.
La New finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth, with Chen Chin-fong’s two-run blast off Lions starter Pan “Du Du” Wei-luen notching it up to 2-2. It was Chen’s 24th long ball of the year.
Unfortunately for the Bears, that was all the runs they could muster as Du Du worked a quick fifth and sixth before the Lions bullpen came in and shut down the Bears attack with three scoreless innings of one-hit relief.
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