Taipei Times
Date: Jun 27, 2016
By: Jason Pan / Staff reporter
Led by veterans coming through with key hits, the Brothers Baseball Club yesterday wrapped
The Brothers Baseball Club’s Peng Cheng-min hits a home run in their CPBL game against the Uni-President Lions at Chengcing Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Huang Chih-yuan, Taipei Times
up the first half of the Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) season in winning fashion, scoring one late run to edge the Uni-President Lions 5-4 at Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung.
Designated hitter Peng Cheng-min clobbered a two-run homer, his second round-tripper in as many games, to give the Brothers an early 2-0 lead.
The Lions then got their offense going, with both sides trading runs to level at 4-4 in the fifth inning.
The game remained tied until the eighth frame, when veteran shortstop Chen Chiang-ho hit an RBI-single to knock in the winning run, with the Brothers securing the 5-4 score line.
US right-hander Nathan Long pitched five innings to start the game for the Brothers, while set-up man Kuan Ta-yuan pitched the final inning to pocket his first win of the season. [FULL STORY]
