Chen Guan-ren’s RBI single capped a three-run ninth that broke a 2-all deadlock as the Brother Elephants beat the La New Bears 5-2 in Kaohsiung on Tuesday.
The resumption of the rain-delayed contest from July 7 that began in the bottom of the third in a 1-1 tie saw the Elephants lead 2-1 after a run in the top of the fifth when Wang Sheng-wei got hold of a pitch from Kuo Jien-hong for a solo home run.
Trailing 1-2, the Bears awoke in the bottom of the seventh with Huang “Easy” Long-yi leading off the inning with a standup double and scoring two batters later on Lin Chih-sheng’s sacrifice fly to tie the game at 2-2.
Ryan Cullen entered in the bottom of the ninth and promptly retired the side in order to pick up his 19th save of the year.
The sure-handed righty has converted his last five save opportunities to become one of the toughest men to hit in the league with the opposing hitters batting a dismal .149 against him.
Picking up the win was Elephants reliever Mai Jia-rei who blew the lead in the seventh by allowing the tying run before pocketing the win with his offense doing most of the work.
BULLS 12, LIONS 1
Erupting for a dozen runs on 18 hits, the Sinon Bulls routed the Uni-President Lions 12-1 in Taichung on Tuesday evening.
Knuckle-baller Shen Yu-jeh made the most of his first start of the year by tossing one-run ball on six hits over as many innings to lead his club past the Lions.
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