Chinatrust Brothers top table on home run surge

Taipei Times
Date:  Jul 14, 2015
By: Jason Pan  /  Staff reporter

Home runs helped the Chinatrust Brothers complete a three-game sweep of the

The EDA Rhinos’ Lo Chia-jen pitches against the Lamigo Monkeys at the Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung on Sunday.  Photo: Chang Chung-yi, Taipei Times

The EDA Rhinos’ Lo Chia-jen pitches against the Lamigo Monkeys at the Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung on Sunday. Photo: Chang Chung-yi, Taipei Times

Uni-President Lions and claim first-place in Taiwan’s Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) second-half table.

In the weekend’s other match, the visiting Lamigo Monkeys took two out of three in the series against the EDA Rhinos at Kaohsiung’s Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium. Lamigo infielder Kuo Yen-wen saw his record hitting streak stopped at the series opener on Friday when he went zero-for-four on the night.

A new CPBL record of hitting home runs in 11 consecutive games was set by the Brothers, who will look to extend the streak in contests this week.

In the series finale against the Lions in Taichung on Sunday night, the Brothers’ left-handed hitters did most of the damage in their victory.     [FULL  STORY]

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