In a sea-saw game between the President Lions and the Chinatrust Whales, in a makeup game rained out the day before, the Lions ran out winners 6-4.
The Lions scored their fifth run on pinch hitter Chen Cheng-shien's (
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The Lions, who have only won two games in the past nine matches, sent their foreign ace John Burgos (10-11) to the mound to face Whales starter Kao Chien-san (高建三) who had a winning record of 2-0 against the Lions this season.
The Lions scored in the first inning with Luo Min-ching's (
By carrying the single Luo also became the first player in Taiwan's baseball history ever to compile 600 RBIs, setting another record besides hitting his 100th homerun on Aug. 18.
Trailing 2-0 Whales also managed to score one run against Burgos as Chen Wen-bin (
The Lions added another run on the top of the fourth.
After Luo was walked and another hit was produced, Tsai Kun-shiang's (
However the Whales came right back in the same inning to score another run to keep the game close.
At the bottom of the sixth the Whales took advantage of rookie pitcher Shen Bo-tsang (
The Whales had the lead for the first time in the game as the score stood at 4-3 after completion of six innings of play.
Trailing by one run, the Lions also rallied back in the seventh
inning. Huang Kan-lin's (
Huang also registered his 35th stolen base of the season.
The game went to extra innings as the score was still tied after nine innings.
On the top of the twelfth Lions pinch hitter Chen Cheng-shien hit a single to the left that scored the fifth run of the night for the Lions.
The sixth run was added in the same inning and gave the Whales a 6-4 lead until the end of the game.
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