Taiwan's Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) goes to a three-day regular-season schedule this week as it prepares for the All-Star Game to be held at the Hsinchuang County Stadium tomorrow.
A "Future All-Star Game" will be added to the schedule, joining Home Run Derby and the Base-running Competition.
The Future All-Star Game, scheduled for tonight, will feature Team Red, consisting of the league's top rookies, and Team White, made up of minor-league amateurs.
Skipper Lee Lai-fa (
A home-run contest among the future all-stars tonight will send its winner to the preliminary round of tomorrow's Home Run Derby, where defending champion Chen Lien-hung (
Wrap Up
The Lions extended their winning streak to seven games with a 3-1 win over the Bears, Tuesday.
Pitcher of the Month Jose Alberro of the Lions allowed only three hits in six innings.
The lone Bear run came on a solo blast by center fielder Tsai Jien-wei (
Kao retired the side and closer Michael Garcia pitched a scoreless eighth and ninth inning for his league-leading 20th consecutive save.
The California native has not allowed a run in 37-2/3 innings.
Chris Wright issued five walks in a losing effort for the Bears. The American righty allowed three runs on six hits as he went the distance.
Bulls vs. Elephants
The Elephants were unable to overcome four fifth-inning runs as the defending champs lost their second straight game in Wednesday's 5-3 loss to the Bulls.
Chang Tai-shan (
In the next inning, the Elephants scored three runs following hits by Peng Cheng-ming (
Newly acquired Bulls closer Brian Warren earned his first save of the season by securing the last six outs of the game.
Warren was able to get out of trouble following a couple of double plays.
Cobras vs. Whales
The Cobras overcame a deficit in their series opener against the Whales, which ended 7-7 on Tuesday, before their 12-4 trouncing of the Whales the following day.
Power slugger Hsieh Jia-shien (謝佳賢) led the Cobras offense with a 3-for-5 night and three RBI in Game 1, while teammate Francisco Morales picked up the slack in Game 2 with three RBI.
The catcher-turned-first baseman got his third home run of the year as the serpents lit up the scoreboard with a dozen runs, tying their season-high mark for the second time this year.
Huang Chin-chih (
The former closer started in just his second game since returning from a month-long rehab assignment, yielded one run on two hits in five innings before being given a rest.
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