Backed by a pair of four-run scoring sprees early in the game, the EDA Rhinos roughed up the Lamigo Monkeys in a 12-8 win at the Taoyuan International Baseball Stadium last night to take the weekend on the road.
Lin Yi-chuan’s grand slam off Lamigo starter Wang Yi-cheng in the top of the first set the tone early in the game.
After a scoreless second, the Rhinos were back at it again when Lin Cuen-sheng went deep against Wang for a three-run blast, followed by Lin Wang-wei’s RBI double to spot starter Ni Fu-te for an 8-0 advantage.
Ni, who cruised through the third with little trouble, gave up his first run of the game in the fourth on a single to Chen Chun-hsiu after starting off the inning with back-to-back walks to place a runner in a scoring position.
A pair of walks by Monkeys reliever Tsai Ching-hao set up Hu Chin-lung’s two-out single in the top of the fifth that made it 9-1, only to see the Primate offense respond with three runs of their own in the bottom of the same frame when they connected on five singles off Ni to rattle the former big leaguer.
Lamigo managed to pull within three of the visitors with two runs in the sixth after two singles and a double that knocked out Ni. However, that was as close as they got as the Rhino bullpen promptly stopped the comeback attempt by the Monkeys, holding them to two runs over the final three innings of play to preserve a 12-8 triumph.
Ni was credited with his second win of the year to even his season mark at 2-2 for tossing 5-2/3 innings of six-run ball on ten hits, while the loss was charged to his counterpart Wang, who fell victim to two multi-run homers to fall to an 11-6 record for the season.
BROTHERS 17, LIONS 7
The Chinatrust Brothers also connected on a four-bagger by Chiang Chih-hsien with the bases juiced on the way to a 17-7 blowout win over the Uni-President Lions at the Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium last night.
Following the four-run first, the Brothers scored 11 unanswered runs with a three-run second and third, and a five-run fourth, highlighted by Chou Si-chi’s two-run blast in the third, to put the game away long before the final out.
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