Sports

Chen Wei-yin’s Baltimore Orioles defeat Houston 4-3

Taipei Times
Date: May 27, 2015
By: AP, BALTIMORE, Maryland

Caleb Joseph and Steve Pearce hit two-run homers off Dallas Keuchel as the

The Baltimore Orioles’ Chen Wei-yin pitches against the Houston Astros in their MLB game at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland, on Monday. Photo: AP

Baltimore Orioles dealt the left-hander his first loss in a 4-3 victory over the Houston Astros on Monday.

Keuchel (6-1) came in with a 1.67 ERA and had won three straight starts. He allowed just one home run in nine appearances this season before Joseph connected in the second inning and Pearce went deep in the seventh.

Keuchel gave up six hits, struck out three and walked one over eight innings in his first complete game of the year and seventh of his career.

George Springer had a season-high three hits and a homer for the Astros, who stranded seven and went one for 11 with runners in scoring position.

By contrast, Baltimore left no one on base and did not bat once with a runner in scoring position.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwan’s Lu rallies to down Kavcic

ACE GAME:The world No. 64 served up a total of 15 aces, hit 72 winners, saved nine of 11 break-point chances and converted eight of 18 to claim victory at Roland Garros

Taipei Times
Date:  May 27, 2015
By: Dave Carroll  /  Staff reporter, with AFP, PARIS

Taiwanese No. 1 Lu Yen-hsun recovered from a slow start to advance to the second

Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun serves to Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia during their French Open men’s first-round match at Roland Garros in Paris yesterday. Photo: AFP

Taiwan’s Lu Yen-hsun serves to Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia during their French Open men’s first-round match at Roland Garros in Paris yesterday. Photo: AFP

round of the French Open men’s singles at Roland Garros in Paris yesterday.

World No. 64 Lu recovered from losing the first set to defeat world No. 81 Blaz Kavcic of Slovenia 6-7(4/7), 6-1, 6-1, 7-5 in 3 hours, 1 minute on Court 17 at the second Grand Slam of the year.

In a first set which lasted 57 minutes, Kavcic broke Lu’s serve, only for the Taiwanese to break back and then save two set-point chances at 5-6, before the Slovenian went on to convert his second set-point opportunity of the tiebreaker.     [FULL  STORY]

Brothers shock the Rhinos before the weather intervenes

Taipei Times
Date:  May 25, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

The Chinatrust Brothers surprised the second-placed EDA Rhinos with a 2-1 victory

Chang Chih-hao of the Chinatrust Brothers catches the ball against the EDA Rhinos in their CPBL game in Hualien yesterday. Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

Chang Chih-hao of the Chinatrust Brothers catches the ball against the EDA Rhinos in their CPBL game in Hualien yesterday. Photo: Lin Cheng-kung, Taipei Times

in the day game of a scheduled day-night doubleheader at the Hualien County Baseball Stadium yesterday afternoon to close out the drenched weekend on a high.

Cheng Kai-wen went the distance for coach Wu Fu-lien, who replaced his predecessor Hsieh Chang-hen last week by tossing one-run on six hits to pick up win No. 6 of the year.

He took a 2-0 shutout one out into the ninth before serving up back-to-back base hits to set up Lin Kuen-sheng’s sacrifice fly with runners on second and third for the Rhinos’ lone run of the game.     [FULL  STORY]

Hsinchu clobber Chiayi to keep their Cup hopes alive

Taipei Times
Date: May 25, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Hsinchu City scrapped their way into the second round of the E.Sun Cup by topping Chiayi County 4-1 in the final game of the losers’ bracket in Group A at National Taiwan University of Physical Education and Sport in Taichung yesterday afternoon.

The rain-shortened affair which went the minimum five innings following a three-hour delay saw the victors strike the first blow in the bottom of the first inning when starter Chuang Wei-en helped his own cause by leading off the game with a single and scoring on a double by Yang Yi-ming to spot himself a quick 1-0 advantage.

Hsinchu added to their lead an inning later when Chuang connected for his second hit of the game to drive in their second run, before Hsieh Po-ya’s two-run double made it 4-0 in the bottom of the second inning.     [FULL  STORY]

Taichung City edge Hualien County to make second round

Taipei Times
Date:  May 24, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

Taichung City edged Hualien County in a 3-2 baseball thriller in the E Sun Cup’s loser’s bracket of the Group A preliminaries at the National Taiwan University of Sport in Taichung yesterday afternoon to qualify for the fourth and final spot in the second round of play.

The win came just one day after Taichung exploded past Miaoli County in an 11-2 final to even their record at 1-1 following an upset loss to Hsinchu County in their opener early on Thursday morning.

Early runs by Hualien on the back of three singles and an error by Taichung put the hosts in a 0-2 hole, but Taichung regrouped after a rain delay of more than 70 minutes with a run in the sixth before hitting in a pair of runs in the decisive seventh to skid ahead.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese boxer claims silver at AIBA championships

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/05/23
By: Lee Yu-cheng and Lee Hsin-Yin

Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Taiwanese flyweight boxer Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) won a

Huang Hsiao-wen (in red)

Huang Hsiao-wen (in red)

silver medal Saturday at the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women’s Junior and Youth World Boxing Championships after losing to Chang Yuan (常園) of China in the gold medal bout.

Huang’s loss meant that Taiwan won one silver and three bronze medals at the championships, which are being held in New Taipei.

The country’s female boxers won two gold medals at the previous world championships held in 2013.

Taiwanese boxer advances to finals of AIBA championships (update)

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/05/22
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, May 22 (CNA) Taiwanese flyweight boxer Huang Hsiao-wen (黃筱雯) made it 201505220029t0001through to the finals of the biennial International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women’s Junior and Youth World Boxing Championships Friday by defeating a South Korean opponent.

At the tournament held in New Taipei’s Xinzhuang Gymnasium, the 17-year-old Huang beat South Korean opponent Lee Sukyeong in a unanimous 3-0 decision in a semifinal bout in the 51-kilogram weight class.

Throughout the three-round match, the 1.75-meter Huang used her height advantage over her Korean rival to defend herself and throw some effective punches.     [FULL  STORY]

Taiwanese boxer makes quarters

Taipei Times
Date: May 22, 2015
By: Staff writer, with CNA

Taiwan’s female lightweight boxer Lin Ya-xuan defeated Veronika Villas of Hungary on Wednesday to advance to the quarter-finals of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) Women’s Junior and Youth World Boxing Championships in New Taipei City.

Lin, who is seen as one of Taiwan’s best boxers in the championships, won a unanimous 3-0 decision in a match that she dominated from the opening bell.

Throughout the three-round match, Lin proved to be the aggressor, stalking Villas and pinning her against the ropes. Lin threw several effective punches and by the final round, Villas appeared fatigued.

The judges unanimously awarded the match to Lin, who is a student at Taipei Municipal Yu Cheng High School.     [FULL  STORY]

Four Taiwanese boxers to compete in quarterfinals at AIBA games

Focus Taiwan
Date: 2015/05/21
By: Christie Chen

Taipei, May 21 (CNA) Four boxers from Taiwan will compete in the quarterfinals of

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the International Boxing Association’s (AIBA) tournaments for young women, to be held in New Taipei City on Friday.

The biennial AIBA Women’s Junior and Youth World Boxing Championships, which began in 2011, are being held at Xinzhuang Gymnasium from May 16-23. It is the first time that an international boxing championship is taking place in Taiwan.

A total of 342 fighters from 44 nations, including 15 from Taiwan, are competing for 23 titles.     [FULL  STORY]

Red-hot Monkeys rally to rout Rhinos 10-3

Taipei Times
Date: May 22, 2015
By: Paul Huang  /  Contributing reporter

The red-hot Lamigo Monkeys continued their winning ways with a big 10-3 come-from-behind win over the resurging EDA Rhinos on Wednesday to extend their win streak to three straight.

The win showed several essential qualities that have made the Primates the team to beat in the league about one-third into the season as they demonstrated tremendous patience at the plate despite falling behind early, fully exploited the opposing team’s weakness when it counted the most and got the big outs when they needed them.

Both clubs entered into the contest with a full head of steam, with the Primates having won two straight and seven of their past eight and the Rhinos having won four in a row. However, with the game and the top spot in the standing on the line, it was Monkeys who rose to the occasion.

The battle between the top two squads in the league was a classic pitchers’ duel between a pair of foreign arms: Mitch Atkins of the US for the visiting Primates, and countryman Gaby Hernandez for the at-home Rhinos.     [FULL  STORY]