Tseng Hua-wei’s two-run single capped a three-run eighth that broke a 5-5 tie as the Sinon Bulls beat the Brother Elephants 8-5 in Taichung on a wet Thursday night.
With the score deadlocked at five-all in the bottom of the eighth and runners at the corners with two outs, the Bulls took the lead as a result of a wild pitch by Elephants reliever Todd Moser.
They then had another hitter reach base as a result of an error, setting the stage for Tseng’s late-game heroics.
“In this game, you’d better make the most of every opportunity thrown at you,” Tseng said after being voted the game-MVP.
He ended up with four RBIs on a 3-for-5 night.
seesaw battle
The seesaw battle between the two clubs that featured four lead-changes saw the home Bulls striking first in the bottom of the first when Chang Jien-ming scored from third on a poor throw to the plate by the Elephants shortstop Wang Sheng-wei.
Chang “Prince of the Forest” Tai-shan followed up with an RBI-single to give the Bulls a 2-0 lead.
Wu Bo-hong’s run-scoring double off Elephants starter Steve Kent in the bottom of the second promptly made it 3-0 in favor of the Bulls.
The Brother Elephants then responded with a three-run third to even things up at 3-3.
The Elephants batted around the order in the inning to produce three runs on the strength of two singles, a double, and three walks.
Sinon claimed its second lead of the game an inning later when Tseng came through with a two-run single that put his team ahead 5-3 in the fourth.
golden boys
The men in the golden uniform fought back with a run in the fifth on Peng “Chia Chia” Cheng-min’s run-scoring single before Chen Guan-ren tied the game up in the seventh with a clutch liner up the middle to level the game up at 5-5.
Picking up his first win of the season with one-and-two-third innings of hitless relief was Sinon rookie Tsai Ming-jin.
He entered in the seventh and pitched his team out of a bases-loaded-with-one-out jam before retiring the side in order in a perfect eighth.
Suffering the painful loss on behalf of the Elephants by allowing two of the Bulls’ eighth-inning runs (both of them unearned) was Lin Chi-wei, who suffered his first setback of the season.
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