The last-placed Lamigo Monkeys continued to live on the edge, beating the top-ranked EDA Rhinos on the road in a 4-3 final at the Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Greater Kaohsiung last night to win the weekend series.
Similar to their game the night before, in which they rallied from three down to top the league-leaders, the Primates found themselves trailing the home Rhinos 0-2 after one inning of play in which Lin Yi-chuan and Kao Guo-hui connected for a pair of RBI hits off Lamigo starter Lin Bo-yo.
However, rather than waiting until the late innings to get the runs back, the Monkeys needed less than an inning to take the lead as they exploded for a pair of singles and a double off Rhino starter Freddy Garcia in a four-run second inning to take a 4-2 lead.
That was all the runs that either offense plated over the next six innings, with Lin Bo-yo and Garcia holding their ground to keep the scoring gate closed.
The Rhinos finally broke through against the Lamigo bullpen when Yang Guan-wei homered off closer Miguel Mejia to bring his team to within a run of the Monkeys.
However, with the tying run on board, Mejia was able to get the Rhinos’ Cheng Chao-han to ground to second for a game-ending double play.
Picking up the win was Lin Bo-yo, who improved to 4-3 for the year with two allowed runs on six hits, while Garcia was charged with his fifth loss of the season.
The former major league player allowed four runs on eight hits in eight innings of work.
BROTHERS 5, LIONS 3
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