Huang Hao-ran’s timely double scored the go-ahead run in the bottom of the seventh and Chan Chih-yao followed with an RBI-groundout on the ensuing play as the Lamigo Monkeys went on to defeat the Uni-President Lions 3-1 at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium last night to take the weekend series at home.
After Friday night’s 9-8 comeback victory against the Lions on a pair of runs off ace closer Kuo Hung-chih in the bottom of the ninth, the Monkeys made sure there would be no late-game drama in last night’s contest as starter Wang Yi-cheng calmly retired the side in order in the eighth after his offense grabbed the lead, before closer Miguel Mejia followed with a perfect ninth to preserve the win for Wang.
Chen Yen-fong’s one-out double off Lions starter Wang Ching-ming with a runner on second gave the Primates a quick 1-0 lead in the bottom of the second.
That was all the runs that either team would plate over the next 3-1/2 innings, as Wang Yi-cheng and Wang Ching-ming made it a pitchers’ duel by holding their ground with several clutch outs against the opposing lineups.
The Lions finally broke through in the top of the sixth when Liu Fu-hao led off the inning with a double and scored two batters later on Kuo Dai-chi’s RBI-groundout that made it 1-1, setting the stage for Huang’s seventh-inning heroics.
Picking up his first win of the season was Wang Yi-cheng, who tossed eight innings of one-run ball on six hits to outshine his counterpart, Wang Ching-ming, while Chiou Tzu-kai was tagged with the loss for allowing the game-winner in the fateful seventh.
Elephants 1, Rhinos 2 (12th)
Chen Kai-luen’s walk-off single off Roman Colon with the bases loaded scored the game-winner in the bottom of the twelfth as the EDA Rhinos needed every one of the twelve innings allowed to edge past the Chinatrust Brother Elephants 2-1 at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium last night to even the weekend series between the two clubs at 1-1.
The win avoided what would have been a tough result for the Rhinos, who blew a 1-0 lead in the top of the ninth when an ill-advised throw to first by shortstop Lin Wei-ting on a double play attempt that went sour scored the Elephants runner from third to tie the game at 1-1.
A sumo star was born in Japan on Sunday when 24-year-old Takerufuji became the first wrestler in 110 years to win a top-division tournament on his debut, triumphing at the 15-day Spring Grand Sumo Tournament in Osaka despite injuring his ankle on the penultimate day. Takerufuji, whose injury had left him in a wheelchair outside the ring, shoved out the higher-ranked Gonoyama at the Edion Arena Osaka to the delight of the crowd, giving him an unassailable record of 13 wins and two losses to claim the Emperor’s Cup. “I did it just through willpower. I didn’t really know what was going
The US’ Ilia Malinin on Saturday produced six scintillating quadruple jumps, including a quadruple Axel, in the men’s free skate to capture his first figure skating world title. The 19-year-old nicknamed the “Quad god,” who is the only skater to land a quadruple Axel in competition, dazzled with an array of breathtakingly executed jumps starting with his quad Axel and including a quadruple Lutz in combination with a triple flip and a quadruple toe loop in combination with a triple toe. He added an unexpected triple-triple combination at the end to earn a world-record 227.79 in the free program for a championship
Shohei Ohtani’s interpreter is being criminally investigated by the IRS, and the attorney for his alleged bookmaker said Thursday that the ex-Los Angeles Dodgers employee placed bets on international soccer — but not baseball. The IRS confirmed Thursday that interpreter Ippei Mizuhara and Mathew Bowyer, the alleged illegal bookmaker, are under criminal investigation through the agency’s Los Angeles Field Office. IRS Criminal Investigation spokesperson Scott Villiard said he could not provide additional details. Mizuhara, 39, was fired by the Dodgers on Wednesday following reports from the Los Angeles Times and ESPN about his alleged ties to an illegal bookmaker and debts well
MLB on Friday announced a formal investigation into the scandal swirling around Shohei Ohtani and his former interpreter amid charges that the Los Angeles Dodgers superstar was the victim of “massive theft.” The Dodgers on Wednesday fired Ippei Mizuhara, Ohtani’s long-time interpreter and close friend, after Ohtani’s representatives alleged that the Japanese two-way star had been the victim of theft, which was reported to involve millions of dollars and link Mizuhara to a suspected illegal bookmaker in California. “Major League Baseball has been gathering information since we learned about the allegations involving Shohei Ohtani and Ippei Mizuhara from the news media,” MLB