The Chinatrust Brothers surprised the second-placed EDA Rhinos with a 2-1 victory in the day game of a scheduled day-night doubleheader at the Hualien County Baseball Stadium yesterday afternoon to close out the drenched weekend on a high.
Cheng Kai-wen went the distance for coach Wu Fu-lien, who replaced his predecessor Hsieh Chang-hen last week by tossing one-run on six hits to pick up win No. 6 of the year.
He took a 2-0 shutout one out into the ninth before serving up back-to-back base hits to set up Lin Kuen-sheng’s sacrifice fly with runners on second and third for the Rhinos’ lone run of the game.
Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times
Trailing by a run, the Rhinos had one final chance to tie the game with a runner in scoring position against Cheng, but the right-hander out of the Chinese Culture University was able to retire Yang Kuan-wei on a lazy popup to second to seal the deal.
“It’s great to be able to pick up the sixth win of the season after missing a great chance last week,” Cheng said after the game.
He wasted a golden opportunity in his last start against the top-of-the-table Lamigo Monkeys on May 16 in which he allowed an unearned run over seven effective innings, but was forced to settle for a no-decision due to an anemic Brothers offense which only managed to plate one run.
The Brothers wasted little time in the Taiwan debut for Rhinos right-hander Chuckie Fick by connecting on back-to-back two-out base hits by Peng “Chia Chia” Cheng-min and Chou Si-chi to take a 2-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
The lead proved more than ample for Cheng, who retired all but two of the 23 batters he faced through the seventh in his gutsiest performance of the year.
Tagged with his first loss of the season was Fick, who cruised through the fourth without further damage before being pulled. He allowed two runs on six hits, while fanning one and walking two.
The second game was postponed after 2-1/3 innings of play by heavy rain with the Brothers leading 3-1.
Memphis Grizzlies forward Brandon Clarke, 29, has died, the NBA team said in a statement on Tuesday, while the family of Jason Collins, the first openly gay man to play in a major US pro sports league, announced the former Grizzlies and Brooklyn Nets player had died after a battle with brain cancer. “We are heartbroken by the tragic loss of Brandon Clarke,” the Grizzlies said in a statement posted on social media. “Brandon was an outstanding teammate and an even better person whose impact on the organization and the greater Memphis community will not be forgotten.” The statement did not provide
Mathys Tel was hero and villain as Tottenham drew 1-1 at home to Leeds United on Monday — a result that leaves their English Premier League future hanging in the balance. The Frenchman broke the deadlock early in the second half to ease the tension at Tottenham Hotspur Stadium, but then gave away a penalty with a reckless attempted clearance. In the dying minutes, Spurs were grateful to Antonin Kinsky, who produced an astonishing save to deny the visitors a win. Tottenham are now two points clear of 18th-placed West Ham United with just two games left this season. The
‘DONE IT ALL’: LeBron James is now out of contract with the Lakers and would head into the off season as a free agent with uncertainty swirling around his future LeBron James on Monday said he would take time to consider his future after the Los Angeles Lakers were swept out of the NBA playoffs by the Oklahoma City Thunder in what could turn out to be the final game of his career. James, 41, delivered a typically defiant performance with 24 points and 12 rebounds, but it was not enough to prevent the Lakers from falling 115-110 as the Thunder completed a 4-0 sweep in the Western Conference semi-finals series. The four-time NBA champion is now out of contract with the Lakers and would head into the off season
FRUSTRATION: Gauff smacked herself on the head with her racket before storming down the tunnel, emerging afterward to have a heated discussion with her coach Elina Svitolina on Saturday won the Italian Open after beating Coco Gauff 6-4, 6-7 (3/7), 6-2 to claim her third Rome title, while Jannik Sinner set a date with Casper Ruud in the men’s final. Ukraine’s Svitolina had not claimed a WTA 1000 title since her last victory at the Foro Italico eight years ago, but prevailed over the ever-erratic Gauff to claim her 20th tournament triumph. Saturday’s win over Gauff was her third in a row against a player in the top four of the world rankings — including Iga Swiatek and Elena Rybakina — ahead of the French
RSS