The Uni-President Lions roughed up the EDA Rhinos 16-5 at Kaohsiung’s Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium last night, moving into double digits for the second straight game.
The win not gave the Cats a rare series triumph and a potential sweep with a victory this afternoon, but also brought them out of the cellar as the Rhinos slipped to last in the standings.
Homers by Chen Yung-chi and Chou Guan led a 17-hit Lions attack, with the former bringing home three in the opening frame and the latter leading off what turned out to be a six-run seventh.
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The Lions were not the only ones hitting long, as Rhinos slugger Kao Kuo-hui also went deep for his 34th home run of the year to break the record for most homers in a single season (33) set by the Lions’ Tilson Brito in 2007.
With his offense spotting him nine runs through the third, Lions starter Chiang Cheng-yen cruised through the contest with relative ease, allowing three runs on four hits over six innings of work to pick up the win and improve his season mark to 6-2.
Dealt his fourth loss of the year was Rhinos starter Tsai Ming-chin, who fell victim to a deadly error by the Rhinos defense that led to four unearned runs. Tsai allowed a total of nine runs (five earned) on as many hits over 2-2/3 innings.
MONKEYS 9, BROTHERS 7
Liu Shih-hao’s timely double with runners on second and third scored the tiebreaking run in the top of the 10th as the Lamigo Monkeys defeated the top-ranked Chinatrust Brothers at the Sinjhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City, clinching the weekend series.
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