The President Lions avenged Friday night's 2-1 loss to the visiting First Securities Agan by scoring 11 runs to beat the former Taiwan Major League (TML) team in an 11-5 victory. The Lion lineup, led by game-MVP first baseman Wang Chuan-jia's (
Lion starter Joe Davenport took a 7-0 no-hitter into the sixth inning, but gave up five runs before leaving the game after the sixth inning. Relievers Chen Yang-kai (
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The Sinon Bulls turned last night's contest into a home-run derby, as they continued their winning way at home against the visiting Naluwan Gida in a 14-2 blowout. Gida's one-run lead in the top of the first was the only lead that they would see all night, because the Bulls put up two runs on the board in the bottom of the same inning and never looked back.
The heart of the Bull lineup really took Gida starter Yang Chi-jia (楊騏嘉) to school, as it knocked out three home runs through the first four innings against the right-hander.
Things did not improve for the Gida relievers either, as Feng Rho-hui (
Third baseman Chang Tai-shan (
Meanwhile, the fourth Soochow University International Ultramarathon began yesterday on its campus in suburban Taipei with the mercury at a chilly 13 degrees centigrade.
This ultramarathon is a race to see who can run the farthest in 24 and 12 hours.
The race attracted 31 runners from all over the world, including Edit Berces from Hungary, the women's world record holder with a distance of 250.108km; Chen Chun-yen, Taiwan's ultramarathon record holder; and the 67-year-old eldest runner, John Lane from England.
Taipei Mayor Ma Ying-jeou (馬英九), Chi Cheng -- an outstanding female athlete who was once hailed as the world's fastest woman -- and Soochow University President Liu Yuan-chun also took part in a one-hour celebrity race.
The endurance competition is divided into races of 24 hours, 12 hours and the one-hour celebrity run.
The races will finish at 10am today.
Aaliyah Edwards on Monday pulled off the stunner of the opening round of the Unrivaled one-on-one tournament, beating top-seeded Breanna Stewart 12-0. The tournament to be played over three days featured 23 of the WNBA’s 36 players. A few had other commitments and a couple others were out with injuries. Stewart got the ball first against Edwards and missed a contested layup. Edwards then hit a three-pointer from the corner and a jumper from the elbow to go up 5-0. The player who scores keeps the basketball. Edwards hit two layups and a three-pointer to seal the win. Stewart, a two-time WNBA Most Valuable Player,
SPEEDSKATER: Her bronze medal ended Taiwan’s run at the Asian Winter Games without a medal since the nation first participated in the second iteration in 1990 Speedskater Chen Ying-chu yesterday made history as the first athlete representing Taiwan to secure a medal at the Asian Winter Games. Competing at the HIC Speedskating Oval in Harbin, China, Chen clocked 10.510 seconds in the women’s 100m event, finishing third behind South Koreans Lee Na-hyum and Kim Min-sun, who posted times of 10.501 and 10.505 seconds respectively. Her bronze medal ended Taiwan’s drought at the Asian Winter Games since the nation first participated in the second iteration in 1990. This year’s Games mark Chen’s debut at the event. Previously excelling in roller speedskating, she won six medals at world championships before transitioning
Taiwan’s Lin Yun-ju and Kao Cheng-jui were defeated by their Chinese counterparts 3-0 on Saturday in the men’s doubles final at the World Table Tennis (WTT) Singapore Smash. Lin and Kao received their silver medals after being defeated by third-seeded duo Lin Shidong and Wang Chuqin of China 2-11, 4-11, 11-13. The Taiwan pair were left playing catch-up early in the match after the Chinese duo proved unstoppable in the first and second game. Although Lin and Kao picked up their pace in the third game and at one point took a 10-8 lead, they were crucially unable to take
Australia yesterday won two of four races on the first day of the SailGP Sydney event on Sydney Harbour to finish the day atop the points table ahead of Britain and a French team who made an outstanding return after missing the first two events of the season. Australia also had a third and a second placing, finishing the day with 37 points, ahead of Britain with 32 points and France with 27. Britain won the second race of the day and Switzerland, who won the first race, were in fourth place overall. Australia’s prowess in the start box was again the