The Brother Elephants closed out the week of play in grand style on Sunday with a dramatic 4-3 win over the dmedia T-Rex at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang to sweep the two-game set against the T-Rex.
Peng “Chia Chia” Cheng-min’s walk-off single over a drawn-in dmedia outfield scored the game-winning run in the bottom of the ninth to make a winner out of Elephants reliever Yeh Yong-jeh for the young righty’s fifth victory of the season.
Also starring for the high-flying Elephants was rookie shortstop Huang Sheng-wei who went 2-for-3 with a pair of RBIs in his third straight multi-hit outing.
Ineffective relief continued to trouble the T-Rex as game-loser Willy Lebron failed to hold off the Elephants in an otherwise close game during the ninth, especially after the dmedia offense had fought so hard to overcome two deficits earlier in the game to force a 3-3 tie late in the game.
Lions 5, Whales 4
The President Lions needed a spectacular play by third baseman Tilson Brito and an even-better catch by second baseman Yang Seng on a throw to second to complete a game-ending out to preserve a 5-4 win over the Chinatrust Whales at the Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium on Sunday to salvage a series-split against the Whales.
Trailing 3-5 heading into the bottom of the ninth, the Whales’ Lin Jin-chang lined a double off the right-center wall after one out to score the runner all the way from first and seemed well on his way to tie the game up at 5-all on Wilton Veras’ hard-hit drive to third that surely would be a standup double for the veteran Dominican slugger.
Instead, Brito made the timely grab that represented the second out of the inning and alertly hurled the ball to second that beat a tagging Lin to end the contest dramatically.
The outstanding finish by the Lions preserved the win for Louis Pote who improved to 10-1 for the season.
The 2025 International Federation of Bodybuilding and Fitness (IFBB) Mr Universe Chinese Taipei competition began yesterday at Xinzhuang Gymnasium in New Taipei City, with more than 150 athletes showcasing their physiques. It is the first time in 16 years that the IFBB has held a competition in Taiwan, the last being the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung. The professional bodybuilding contest is bringing together athletes from Taiwan and 16 other countries, including Malaysia, Japan, the US, France and Mexico. IFBB Chinese Taipei president Hsu An-chin said in an interview yesterday that the event came to Taiwan thanks to his lobbying efforts at last
Top seeds Alexander Zverev of Germany and American Coco Gauff on Tuesday advanced to the third round of the Canadian Open after both players were pushed hard by their opponents. World No. 3 Zverev, playing in his first match since his first-round loss at Wimbledon, was far from his best, but emerged with a 7-6 (8/6), 6-4 win over Adam Walton under the lights in Toronto. Momentum shifted firmly in Zverev’s favor when he won a 52-shot rally in the first set tiebreak and he sealed the win on a double fault by the Australian in the second set. “It was a very
Cycling great Marianne Vos won the opening stage of the women’s Tour de France with a brilliant late attack on Saturday. The 38-year-old Dutchwoman overtook her Visma–Lease a Bike teammate Pauline Ferrand-Prevot approaching the line, and then held off Mauritian rider Kim Le Court in the closing meters of a grueling uphill finish. Ferrand-Prevot looked set to win the stage, but the Frenchwoman attacked too early from 600m and could not withstand the late surge from Vos, who punched the air with her left fist as she crossed the line. Moments later, Vos hugged an exhausted-looking Ferrand-Prevot, the Paris-Roubaix winner. “I didn’t know if
TAIWANESE EXITS: Fellow Australian Christopher O’Connell joined Tristan Schoolkate as a winner following his 6-1, 6-2 defeat of Tseng Hsin-chun Australian qualifier Tristan Schoolkate on Monday dispatched rising Brazilian talent Joao Fonseca 7-6 (7/5), 6-4 at the ATP Toronto Masters, ensuring a breakthrough into the world top 100. The 24-year-old from Perth moved to 98th in the ongoing live rankings as he claimed his biggest career victory by knocking out the ATP NextGen champion from November last year. Schoolkate, son of a tennis coach, won his first match over a top-50 opponent on his sixth attempt as he ousted the world No. 49 teenager from Brazil. The qualifier played a quarter-final this month in Los Cabos and won through qualifying for his
RSS