The red-hot Brother Elephants made it look easy with a convincing 11-1 win over the La New Bears at the Taipei County Baseball Stadium in Sinjhuang on Friday to stretch their winning streak to five straight.
The win not only extended their winning streak to a season high, but also propelled them to a tie with the Bears for second place in the standings, a slim half-game behind the league-leading Uni-President Lions.
Kobayashi Ryokan took a no-hitter through the sixth against a potent La New attack before giving up a seventh-inning run on a pair of hits to win his eighth of the season. The entire Elephants lineup had a field day teeing off against four different Bears hurters with 11 runs on 16 hits before all was said and done.
As for the Bears, winners of three in a row heading into Friday night’s contest, they were simply outplayed and outhustled by a sharper-looking Brother squad that had all the momentum in the world behind them.
WHALES 5, T-REX 0
Troubles continued for the free-falling dmedia T-Rex as they dropped a 5-0 decision to the Chinatrust Whales at the Hsinchu Municipal Baseball Stadium on Friday in their sixth straight defeat.
The dmedia hitters proved no match for the Whales pitching, with starter Nerio Rodriguez registering six scoreless innings of two-hit ball before the bullpen followed with three shutout frames to keep the blanking intact.
It was the first win for Rodriguez since his brief stint with the Bears toward the end of the 2005 season, which lasted approximately a month.
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