Cory Bailey continued his dominance over the opposing hitters on Wednesday night with seven impeccable innings of shutout ball on four hits to pace the dmedia T-Rex past the Chinatrust Whales 13-0 at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang.
The win was his fourth in a row since his return to Taiwan in mid-April, as he remained unbeaten at 4-0 with a miniscule ERA of 1.15 to lead the league.
Doing the damage with their bats was a heart of the order for the T-Rex consisting of Wang Chuan-jia, Lin “Wild Hog” Hong-yuan, and Kao Wei whose combined 7-for-11 with eight RBIs accounted for over 60 percent of their team’s total offense.
The contest began with neither offense being able to produce much over the first couple of innings until Kuo Ming-ren unloaded his first home run of the season, a solo shot to right off Whales starter Steve Watkins, followed by Kao’s RBI-single to put the T-Rex ahead 2-0 in the top of the third.
Watkins would pitch out of trouble without further damage in the third and worked a scoreless fourth and fifth before the T-Rex teed off against him in what ended up being a five-run sixth.
The T-Rex batted around the order with a pair of singles and doubles in addition to a balk called against the American right-hander to blow the game wide open at that point.
The 7-0 lead was more than ample for Bailey as he worked seven quick frames before Leovildo Pargas of Venezuela tossed a hitless eighth and ninth to keep the shutout intact.
Suffering the loss for the Whales was a wild Watkins who received no run-support whatsoever as he lasted six innings and allowed seven runs on nine hits with five walks in his fifth setback of the year.
The win by the T-Rex put them in a tie for third-place in the standings with the Brother Elephants as they swapped places with the Sinon Bulls who had beaten the top-ranked President Lions the night before to kick off the week with a bang.
LIONS 0, BULLS 0, POSTPONED
The scheduled contest between the President Lions and the Sinon Bulls at the Taichung Municipal Baseball Stadium was rained out and postponed until Monday, May 26th.
Brazil has four teams, more than any other country, in the expanded Club World Cup that kicked off yesterday in the US, but for SE Palmeiras, the competition holds a special meaning: winning it would provide some redemption. Under coach Abel Ferreira since 2020, Palmeiras lifted two Copa Libertadores titles, plus Brazilian league, cup and state championships. Even before Ferreira, it boasted another South American crown and 11 league titles. The only major trophy missing is a world champions’ title. Other Brazilian clubs like Fluminense FC and Botafogo FR, also in the tournament, have never won it either, but the problem for Palmeiras
Manchester City on Monday completed the signing of left-back Rayan Ait-Nouri from Wolverhampton Wanderers for a reported ￡31 million (US$41.8 million). The 24-year-old Algeria international has signed a five-year contract and will be available for the FIFA Club World Cup, which begins later this week. Ait-Nouri is expected to be just one of a trio of new City faces for that tournament with deals close to completion for AC Milan midfielder Tijjani Reijnders and Olympique Lyonnais playmaker Rayan Cherki. After missing out on a major trophy in the recently completed season for the first time since 2016-2017, City are hoping
Paris Saint-Germain’s Lee Kang-in has pleaded with South Korea fans to get behind the team at the 2026 FIFA World Cup after more boos were aimed at coach Hong Myung-bo despite leading them to qualification. South Korea reached next year’s finals in North America without losing a game, but that does not tell the whole story. The country’s soccer association has been in the firing line, having scrambled about to find a successor after sacking the unpopular Jurgen Klinsmann in February last year. They eventually settled on Hong, the decorated former skipper who had an unsuccessful stint as coach in 2013-2014, during which
Lionel Messi drew vast crowds and showed flashes of his brilliance when his Inter Miami side were held to a goalless draw by African giants Al-Ahly as the revamped FIFA Club World Cup got off to a festive start on Saturday. Fans showed up en masse for the Group A clash at the Hard Rock Stadium, home to the NFL’s Miami Dolphins, but Messi could not fully deliver, his best chance coming through a last-second attempt that was deflected onto the crossbar. Inter Miami next face FC Porto on Thursday in Atlanta, while Al-Ahly, who benefited from raucous, massive support, are to
RSS