Lin Chih-ping’s two-out single with the bases loaded broke a five-all tie in the bottom of the eighth and the Lamigo Monkeys went on to defeat the Chinatrust Brother Elephants 6-5 at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium yesterday afternoon to take the day game of the day-night doubleheader.
The makeup contest for Saturday’s rainout saw the visiting Elephants plate three quick runs off Lamigo starter Wang Yi-cheng in the top of the first on the strength of a pair of doubles and walks and a single.
However, the home Primates answered with a run of the their own in the bottom of the same inning off Elephants starter Cheng Kai-wen, before tying things up with a two-run fourth, when Lan Yen-luen pounded a double to left that scored Tsai Chien-wei, followed by Chan Chih-yao’s RBI single to right.
The three-all tie lasted less than an inning as the Elephants quickly took a 4-3 lead in the top of the fifth that chased Wang, only to see Cheng returned the favor an inning later when Chan drove in his second run of the game with another single to right.
Lin followed with his second RBI in the game on a fielder’s indifference.
The Elephants tied the game up for the third time in the top of the seventh on Chen Tzu-hao’s solo blast off reliever Huang Wei-sheng, setting the stage for Lin’s go-ahead strike in the eighth, before Miguel Mejia pitched a scoreless ninth for his league-leading seventh save of the year.
Reliever Chen Yu-hsun was credited with the win for tossing a scoreless eighth, while the loss was charged to his counterpart Wang Tzu-an for giving up the game-winner in the bottom of the eighth.
LIONS 19, RHINOS 6
Six runs by the Uni-President Lions in the top of the second set the tone early in the game as they erupted for 19 runs against the EDA Rhino pitching to come away in a 19-6 blowout victory at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium yesterday afternoon in the day game of their day-night doubleheader.
The slugfest that featured 25 combined runs on 34 hits and lasted nearly four hours was all-Lions from the second inning on, despite an early run scored by the Rhinos off Lion starter Liao Wen-yang, who lasted through the seventh with four allowed runs on eight hits to pick up his second win of the season.
Taking the loss for the Rhinos was starter Lai Hong-cheng, who served up eight runs over three frames on nine hits and a walk in his third start of the season.
In their night game, the Monkeys topped the Elephants in a 2-1 thriller to sweep the three-game series.
In the other night game, the Rhinos rallied from being one run behind in the top of the eighth to eventually defeat the Lions 6-5.
The Greek basketball league finals between Panathinaikos and Olympiakos were suspended by the government on Monday following on-court scuffles involving rival security teams. The best-of-five series is at 1-1. The third game, scheduled for today, has been postponed. The owners of both clubs were summoned to meet with the country’s sports minister. They “will be asked to provide explicit guarantees that this situation will be brought to an end. If not, this year’s championship will be definitively canceled,” government spokesman Pavlos Marinakis said. “There can be no tolerance for such pathological phenomena of violence and delinquency.” In online posts, the owners of Panathinaikos and
‘DREAM’: The 5-0 victory was PSG’s first Champions League title, and the biggest final win by any team in the 70-year history of the top-flight European competition Paris Saint-Germain won the Champions League for the first time as Luis Enrique’s brilliant young side outclassed Inter on Saturday in the most one-sided final ever with teenager Desire Doue scoring twice in an astonishing 5-0 victory. Doue supplied the pass for Achraf Hakimi to give PSG an early lead and the 19-year-old went from provider to finisher as his deflected shot doubled the advantage in the 20th minute. Doue scored again just after the hour mark, ending any doubt about the outcome before Khvicha Kvaratskhelia ran away to get the fourth and substitute Senny Mayulu, another teenager, made it five. Inter were
Ryan Yarbrough picked up a dazzling World Series ring from his time with the Los Angeles Dodgers last season. Then he went out and beat them. The New York Yankees starter on Sunday pitched one-run ball over six innings, struck out a season-high five and blanked the Dodgers’ top four hitters in a 7-3 win. “I feel like I’m in a really good place right now and really trying to continue that,” Yarbrough said. “I’m having a lot of fun.” The 33-year-old left-hander made 44 relief appearances between the Dodgers and Blue Jays last season. The Dodgers designated him for assignment on July
The Crusaders yesterday produced a clinical performance in difficult conditions to beat the Queensland Reds 32-12 and claim home advantage in next week’s Super Rugby semi-finals. Lock Scott Barrett and prop Tamaiti Williams scored first-half tries to reward an outstanding performance from the Crusaders’ forwards in wet, slippery conditions and bitterly cold temperatures. Scrumhalf Noah Hotham defied the conditions in the second half to score a superb solo try and, after kicking a conversion and penalty to make the score 22-0 at the hour mark, flyhalf Rivez Reihana scored a try which took the game beyond the Reds. “Typical Christchurch weather, cold, wet
RSS