Kuo Yong-wei’s two-run double highlighted a four-run third that rallied the Lamigo Monkeys from one down to three up as they edged past the Uni-President Lions 6-4 at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium last night to take victory in the weekend set.
After a scoreless first, the Monkeys offense went to work right away against Lai Bo-kai with two runs off the Lions starter on the strength of a two-run home run by Chen Chun-sho.
The Primates’ 2-0 lead lasted less than an inning, as the Lions answered with three runs of their own in the top of the third when they connected for four hits, including an RBI triple by Liu Fu-hao.
Not to be outdone by the visitors, the Primates answered with four runs in the bottom of the same inning to take a 6-3 lead, which they did not relinquish en route to victory.
Picking up his seventh win of the year was reliever Chen Yu-hsun, who entered in the seventh and retired all five of the batters he faced.
The loss went to Lai, who allowed all six of the Monkeys’ runs on seven hits over 2-1/3 innings of play to drop his first game of the year.
BROTHERS 2, RHINOS 1
Cashing on a pair of wild pitches by Rhinos’ reliever Lin Cheng-fong that led to two runs in the decisive eighth, the top-ranked Chinatrust Brothers turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 lead and held on to defeat the EDA Rhinos at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium last night.
The win not only avenged Saturday night’s one-run loss to the Rhinos, but also clinched the weekend’s three-game series as they took two of three from the second-placed Rhinos to extend their lead in the standings to 2-1/2 games.
A classic pitchers’ duel between the Brothers’ Lin Yu-ching and the Rhinos’ Lin Chen-hua saw Lin Chen-hua gain the upper hand as the Rhinos offense spotted him a quick 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first, when Lin Yi-chuan drove in a runner from second with a timely single off Lin Yu-ching.
That was all the runs either team scored over the next six innings, with Lin Yu-ching holding his ground, and Lin Chen-hua and the Rhinos bullpen doing the same.
After the Brothers went ahead in the eighth, skipper Hsieh Chang-han sent setup man Hsieh Rong-hao in for a scoreless eighth, before closer Brad Thomas retired the side in a perfect ninth to preserve the win for Lin Yu-ching.
Taking the loss was Lin Cheng-fong, who served up both of the Brothers’ runs in a losing cause.
The second-placed Rhinos are to play the Lions, who are third, tomorrow.
The Monkeys, in fourth place, are to play the Chinatrust Brothers on Wednesday.
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