The National Sport Training Center finally broke into the win column with a 7-6 victory over Taitung’s Chii Lih Coral at the Douliou County Baseball Stadium yesterday afternoon to improve to 1-1-1 for the year.
Ho Yu-teh’s clutch single with the bases loaded and his team down by a run scored the go-ahead runs in the top of the ninth, and National Sport Training held off Chii Lih Coral in a scoreless bottom half to pick up win No. 1.
Hired guns Dionys Cesar and Edgard Clemente were instrumental in helping National Sport Training as both connected on extra-base hits on the day to lead the attack for skipper Wang Guan-hui.
“[Cesar and Clemente] are obviously more experienced and more explosive compared with our local players, so we can all learn a lot from them,” Wang said after the game.
TAIPOWER 6, TAIWAN COOP 5
Taipower made it two close wins in a row by topping Taiwan Cooperative Bank in a 6-5 final in extra innings at the Taichung Municipal Baseball Stadium last night to take the weekend series against the Bankers.
It was the second straight one-run win for the Power Crew following Saturday night’s 5-4 victory against the top-ranked Bankers, propelling them to a tie for first with the financial wizards in the latest standings.
VEETIME 7, TOPCO SCIENTIFIC 6, 11 INNS
Lin Huan-yu’s walk-off single with men on second and third scored the game-winner as the Taichung Veetime rallied from one run down in the bottom of the eleventh to edge past the Topco Scientific Falcons at the Taichung Municipal Baseball Stadium yesterday afternoon.
The win not only avenged a 5-4 loss to the Falcons for Veetime, but also clinched the weekend series for them as they look to keep pace with the top-ranked Taiwan Cooperative Bank and Taipower in the standings.
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