Second-half action commenced in the Chinese Professional Baseball League on Tuesday, with the Sinon Bulls shutting out the Chinatrust Whales 9-0 at the Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium and the La New Bears downing the dmedia T-Rex 8-5 at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang.
Jose Espinal was nearly flawless for the Bulls in a one-hit gem as he went the distance on only 93 pitches to record his third win of the year. He also struck out six and walked a batter in his best performance in Taiwan yet.
Doing the damage with the bat was a heart of a Sinon order that was consisted of Cheng Jau-han, Chang “Prince of the Forest” Tai-shan, and Chen Chih-wei who went a combined 5-for-14 with six RBIs to account for the bulk of the Bulls run production.
Leadoff man Tseng Hua-wei also collected three hits on the night and stole two bases to keep the Whales pitchers on their toes.
BEARS 8, T-REX 5
Mike Johnson threw eight innings of one-run ball and received plenty of run support from his offense en route to his league-leading eleventh win of the season in an 8-5 win over the dmedia T-Rex at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium on Tuesday night.
The Canadian ace who remained unbeaten with an 11-0 record allowed ten hits in only his third start in which he gave up double-digit number of hits, but managed to pitch out of trouble with the help of two double plays to keep the damage to a minimum.
Fortunately for the Bears the lead they took heading into the bottom of the ninth was a big one because the T-Rex would rally for four runs in the final inning to cut an 8-1 cushion to 8-5 before closer Jermaine Van Buren struck out the final dmedia batter with runners on second and third and the tying run at the plate to preserve the win.
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