Taipei Times
Date: Jun 21, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Powered by Chen Chiang-ho’s first home run of the season, the Chinatrust Brothers erased an

Chinatrust Brothers general manager Yang Pei-hung, left, shakes hands with Cuban baseball player Jose Contreras at a news conference in Taipei after announcing the player’s signing yesterday. Photo: EPA

early deficit with a three-run sixth and went on to defeat the EDA Rhinos 8-4 at the Taipei Tianmu Baseball Stadium last night to jumpstart their makeup week.

The win came after the most-storied franchise in the league’s history announced the signing of former US Major League player Jose Contreras of Cuba.

The resumption of a rain-suspended May 24 contest in Hualien began in the top of the third, in which the visiting Rhinos scored three runs on the back of an RBI groundout by Lin Yi-chuan and a two-run single by Yang Guan-wei to turn a 1-3 deficit into a 4-3 lead.      [FULL  STORY]