The President Lions salvaged a one-game series-split against the Brother Elephants by doubling up on the Elephants in a 6-3 win in Taitung on Sunday to close out the four-game week with a 3-1 record.
Following Friday night's embarrassing 3-13 loss to these same Elephants in front of a disappointed Tainan crowd, the defending champions needed a fast start to get things moving in the right direction.
And that was exactly what they got as they teed off against Brother starter Yeh Yong-jeh with five second-inning runs, two singles and three doubles on top of a costly error by the Elephants defense to lead 5-0.
PHOTO: CHAN CHAO-YANG, TAIPEI TIMES
Pan Wu-hsiung's two-run double with two outs capped the five-run spurt, sending the Lions fans in Taitung to their feet.
Even though the Elephants would chip away at the Lions lead by scoring a single run in each of the third, fifth and sixth to fall within a deuce of the Lions, that was as close as they got as the defending champions added an insurance run in the top of the seventh courtesy of Pan's RBI-groundout to second.
The third-year outfielder for the Lions ended up with three RBIs, half of his team's runs.
Earning his first win of the season in front of the home crowd was Lions starter and Taitung native Chang Chih-chiang, who allowed three runs, one earned, on seven hits while fanning four and walking two over five-and-a-third innings of work to even his season record at 1-1.
Suffering the loss with a sub-par performance off the mound was Elephants starter Yeh, who fell victim to a costly error that led to three unearned runs during the game-deciding second.
Bulls 5, Whales 3
Tseng Hua-wei's two-out single with men on first and second broke a 3-3 tie in the top of the sixth as the Sinon Bulls held on to prevail over the Chinatrust Whales in Chiayi on Sunday.
The speedy outfielder, who has been troubled by a series of injuries over the past two seasons, drove the ball just beyond the reach of the Whales fielder with a chopper between first and second to score the runner from second before Cheng Da-hong followed with another run-scoring single on the next play to put the Bulls ahead 5-3 in the top of the sixth.
That was more than ample for the Bulls bullpen as rookie right-hander Lin Chi-wei took over in the sixth, pitching four shutout innings of two-hit relief to preserve the win for fellow starter Iba Tomokazu of Japan.
Whales lefty Nee Fu-deh was tagged with the loss for allowing all five of the Bulls runs on 14 hits over five-and-two-thirds innings of play.
Even though he did strike out a season-high six during the game, it did not prevent him from his first defeat of the year as the Bulls hitters proved too much for him to handle.
BOUNCE BACK: Curry scored 46 points in the Warriors’ victory over the Spurs, after ‘everybody stepped up’ following Tuesday’s blowout loss to Oklahoma City Nikola Jokic scoring 50 or more points had never been enough for the Denver Nuggets to win — until now. Jokic on Wednesday night tied the highest-scoring performance in the NBA this season with 55 points, as the Nuggets beat the Los Angeles Clippers 130-116 for their sixth straight victory. The Nuggets were 0-4 in his previous 50-point outbursts. “It’s a good feeling,” the three-time NBA Most Valuable Player said. He equaled Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who had 55 in a double-overtime game at the Indiana Pacers on Oct. 23. Jokic has been on a roll during Denver’s winning streak. He is the
The tri-nation Twenty20 international series featuring hosts Pakistan, as well as Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, is to be played entirely in Rawalpindi from Tuesday next week, the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said yesterday, after this week’s suicide bombing in the capital, Islamabad. The change came after at least eight Sri Lankan players asked to leave over security fears following Tuesday’s bombing that killed 12 people and wounded 27. Their country’s cricket board issued a stern directive to the team to stay put or face consequences. Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) said the decision to stay was taken after “close consultations” with hosts Pakistan who
France’s Kevin Aymoz snatched the men’s title at Skate America on Saturday, winning his first grand prix title with a battling free skate, while short program leader Kazuki Tomono faltered. It was an emotional triumph for Aymoz, who made his grand prix level debut in 2017, with seven prior podium finishes, but no gold. He had struggled with a painful foot injury since a disappointing 10th-place finish at Skate Canada last month. “It was so difficult,” the 28-year-old said. “After Skate Canada I wanted to give up so much and today I’m here and it’s so beautiful to be with my friends competing
Australian restaurant chain Grill’d has made a cheeky apology for putting a “curse” on Oscar Piastri’s Formula One title hopes with their offer of a free burger for every time the McLaren driver gets on the podium. The Melbourne native has not finished in the top three since the promotion relaunched five races ago, losing the championship lead to teammate Lando Norris and now 24 points behind. Online conspiracy theorists have been quick to put two and two together. The chain’s Piastri 81 Burger debuted ahead of the Australian Grand Prix in March, with his endorsement, and was relaunched in September after he
RSS