Regaining his free-swinging form, Chen “Golden Warrior” Chih-yuan tied a league mark for most hits in a single game with five to lead his team past the dmedia T-Rex in a 13-4 rout at the Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium in Tianmu on Sunday.
The win not only gave the Elephants a clean sweep in the two-game series against T-Rex, but also put them back in the No. 3 spot in the standings.
Chen Chih-yuan was not the only Elephants hitter hot on the night, as fellow sluggers Peng “Chia Chia” Cheng-min and Chen Guan-ren also connected for three and four hits respectively to give the heart of the Elephants order an incredible 12-for-16 record at the expense of the battered T-Rex pitchers.
Rookie leadoff man Wang Sheng-wei also had a huge day at the plate, with three hits to raise his average to a solid .317.
The contest began with the Elephants wasting little time getting to T-Rex starter Lin Jing-min, with a pair of runs in the opening inning on a two-run single by Chia Chia for a quick 2-0 lead.
The Elephants would add on five more runs in the third, courtesy of a wild Lin who issued two run-scoring walks with the bases loaded and served up an RBI-single to Chia Chia, before the T-Rex finally answered with two runs of their own to trail 2-7.
That was as close as they got as the Elephants put up six more runs for the blowout win.
Bears 9, Bulls 3
Mike Johnson became the league’s first five-game winner on Sunday with eight innings of three-run ball for the La New Bears in a 9-3 win over the Sinon Bulls in Taichung.
He took a 9-0 shutout two outs into the eighth, before giving up four straight hits for three late-game runs to lose his shutout bid. He would end up with three allowed runs on a dozen hits, five of which came in a meaningless eighth.
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