BASEBALL
Chinese Professional Baseball League
Standings following Sunday's games:
W L Tied Pct. GB
1. Macoto Cobras 16 11 0 .593 0
2. La New Bears 15 11 0 .577 .5
3. Sinon Bulls 13 12 1 .520 2
4. Chinatrust Whales 14 14 0 .500 2.5
5. Brother Elephants 11 14 1 .440 4
6. Uni Lions 10 17 0 .370 6
Sunday's results:
Whales 7, Bulls 5
WP: Ni Fu-teh (2-4) 3 IP, 0 R, 3 H, 4 K, 0 W
LP: Yang Chien-fu (2-1) 5 IP, 4 R, 6 H, 2 K, 5 W
MVP: Ni Fu-teh
Bears 13, Cobras 8
WP: Chiang Po-ching (1-0) 3 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 0 K, 1 W
LP: Travis Minix (2-1) .2 IP, 3 R, 4 H, 0 K, 0 W
MVP: Chiang Po-ching
Bulls 11, Whales 7
WP: Tu Yin-chieh (1-0) 1 IP, 0 R, 0 H, 0 K, 0 W
LP: Migues Saladin (2-1) 0 IP, 2 R, 1 H, 0 K, 1 W
MVP: Chen Chih-wei 4-4, 2 RBI
Bears 8, Cobras 5
WP: Hsu Tu-wei (1-0) 1.2 IP, 2 R, 4 H, 3 K, 1 W
LP: Lin Chin-min (1-2) 5.2 IP, 5 R, 5 H, 3 K, 1 W
MVP: Tseng Hao-chu 2-3, 3 RBI
Today's games:
Whales v Cobras, 6:35pm, Hsinchu
Bears v Elephants, 6:35pm, Hsinjuang
BASKETBALL
Super Basketball League
Standings following Sunday's games:
W L Pct. GB
1. Yulon Dinos 22 8 .73 0
2. Videoland Hunters 21 9 .70 1
3. Taiwan Beer 19 11 .63 3
4. Dacin Tigers 17 13 .57 5
5. ETTV Antelopes 15 15 .50 7
6. Azio Eagles 7 23 .23 15
7. Bank of Taiwan 4 26 .13 18
Sunday's results:
Tigers 77, Bankers 63
Tsai Chun-ming (Tigers) 16 PT, 10 RB
Chu Yung-hung (Bankers) 17 PT, 10 RB
Eagles 85, Beer 78
Lin Chih-chieh (Beer) 24 PT, 6 RB
Mao Chia-en (Eagles) 20 PT, 7 RB
Dinos 116, Hunters 111
ICE HOCKEY
Chinese Taipei Ice Hockey League
Final regular season standings:
W L Pct
1. Bears 11 3 .893
2. Tigers 9 5 .643
3. Lions 7 7 .607
4. Sharks 6 8 .500
5. Wolves 6 8 .464
6. Raptors 5 9 .536
7. Rhinos 5 9 .375
Sunday's results:
Rhinos 6, Sharks 5
Bears 8, Raptors 2
Sharks 3, Lions 4
Wolves 8, Tigers 4
Playoffs begin on May 11 at Taipei Arena
Rhinos v Tigers 9:00pm
Lions v Raptors 10:30pm
Sharks v Wolves 12:00am
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