The last-placed Lamigo Monkeys rallied in the top of the eighth to drive in four runs that turned a 1-3 deficit into a 5-3 comeback victory over the EDA Rhinos at the Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Greater Kaohsiung last night, evening the weekend series at one win apiece.
Chung “Yo Yo Man” Cheng-yo’s RBI double off Luis Vizcaino following three consecutive run-scoring singles off the Rhinos closer — all with two outs — capped a four-run scoring spurt in the eighth to turn the tide for the Primates.
That more than made up for a slow start that saw the visitors fall behind early when Yang Guan-wei went deep against Monkeys starter Wang Yi-cheng with a two-run blast in the bottom of the second.
The Rhinos’ 2-0 advantage lasted through the fifth, with starter Huang Sheng-hsiung keeping the visitors off the plate, despite allowing the leadoff hitter to reach safely in the first three innings.
The Monkeys finally broke through against Huang in the top of the sixth, when Lin Chih-ping drew an one-out walk off the Rhinos starter and reached third on a bouncer to the pitcher and a straight steal, before scoring on Lin “Chubby Kid” Hung-yu’s RBI single.
However, the hosts quickly reclaimed a two-run lead in the bottom of the sixth when Lin Yi-chuan drove Lin Wei-ting in from third on a single off Wang to make it 3-2, a score that lasted until the game-turning eighth.
Picking up the win for the Primates was reliever Chu Chun-hsiang, who threw a scoreless seventh to beat counterpart Vizcaino.
LIONS 6, BROTHERS 2
Plating six unanswered runs, the Uni-President Lions overcame a 0-2 deficit to top the Chinatrust Brothers at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium last night for the weekend set.
Starter Nelson Figueroa fell behind 0-1 in the top of the first when Chou Si-chi’s sacrifice fly with the bases loaded scored the runner from third.
The Brothers doubled their lead in the fourth courtesy of a solo homer by Chang Chih-hao, only to see the Cats tie the game in the bottom of the inning on the strength of four singles off starter Chen Hung-wen.
Yet those were not all the runs that Chen would give up, as the Lions’ Chen Yung-chee hit him where it hurts by punishing the Chinatrust starter with a three-run double in a four-run sixth to put his side ahead for good.
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