Wang Hsin-min’s two-run double highlighted a four-run sixth inning for the Sinon Bulls as they overcame a 3-0 deficit to defeat the Brother Elephants 5-4 at Tianmu Baseball Stadium in Taipei last night, taking the weekend series with a pair of sound victories.
It was the second time in a week the veteran slugger was the hero of the game following his walk-off single in the ninth that lifted the Bulls past the top-ranked Lamigo Monkeys a week ago in a dramatic 9-8 triumph.
His recent surge is the main reason the Bulls have won four of their last five to climb out of the cellar in the standings.
Photo: Lo Pei-der, Taipei Times
Also starring for the Bulls was Wu Tsung-jung, whose 3-for-5 hitting with an RBI in the sixth jumpstarted the Sinon rally.
The game was all-Elephants in the early going as they took advantage of a failed pickoff attempt by Sinon starter Lo Cheng-long in the third to score a runner all the way from second and added two more in the fourth inning, courtesy of Chang Chih-hao’s bases-loaded single to take a 3-0 lead through the fifth.
After the four-run sixth gave the Bulls a 4-3 lead, they put up an insurance run in the seventh that made it 5-3, which proved critical as the Elephants managed to rally for one more run in the bottom of the seventh, making it a one-run game.
Reliever Yang Jien-fu was credited with his seventh win of the season after putting in three solid innings of one-run relief.
The loss was charged to Brother Elephants starter Tyler Lumsden despite pitching eight effective innings of four-run ball — only two earned — after he fell victim to a fatal error that led to two unearned runs in a losing cause.
MONKEYS 11, LIONS 9
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