It was expected last night's game between the Taichung Agan and Taipei Gida in Taipei was going to be a closely fought battle between Agan ace, Huang Chin-chih (黃
It was not to be, however, as the Agan won 8-3.
After three scoreless innings, Agan drew first blood on the top of the fourth by scoring three runs on four straight hits off Gida starter Yeh.
The highlight of the inning came from Agan first baseman Hsieh Chia-chien's (謝
Hsieh earned the game's MVP honor by going 3-for-5 with four RBI's for the night.
Although the Gida fought back in the bottom half of the same inning, by scoring two runs of their own off Agan starter Huang, that was as close as they got to attacking him.
Huang picked up his league-leading 16th victory of the season by yielding three runs on ten hits over eight innings of work.
It was not one of his better starts statistically, as he saw his league-leading ERA of 1.35 rise by a few points.
Gida starter Yeh did not have a bad night as he yielded three runs on six hits over six innings of play, even though he was tagged with the loss.
Trailing by the score of 3-2 after six innings, Gida manager Ishii chose to put his ace reliever Yamahara's 12-game scoreless streak on the line.
But the move backfired, as Yamahara gave up five more runs in the three innings he pitched.
The last-placed President Lions crossed the plate ten times in last night's game and defeated the Chinatrust Whales 10-6, to end its three-game losing streak from last week.
Lions starter Luis Arroyo earned his second win as the Whales' Dan Serafini suffered his second-straight loss since joining the club a couple of weeks ago.
The Whales started their offense first on the top of the second inning. Shortstop Cheng Chang-ming (鄭
However, the Lions quickly responded in the same inning to score three runs on two hits, two walks and one error to take the lead for the first time in the game.
The Whales then rallied back on the top of the third inning by scoring two runs to tie the game at three apiece.
The Lions then took charge again at the bottom of the third and did not let go of the lead.
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