Taipei Times
Date: Sep 27, 2015
By: Paul Huang / Contributing reporter
The Uni-President Lions roughed up the EDA Rhinos 16-5 at Kaohsiung’s Cheng Ching
The Chinatrust Brothers’ Kuo Feng-chun, right, celebrates a play during their game against the Lamigo Monkeys at the Sinjhuang Baseball Stadium in New Taipei City yesterday. Photo provided by the CPBL
Lake Baseball Stadium last night, moving into double digits for the second straight game.
The win not gave the Cats a rare series triumph and a potential sweep with a victory this afternoon, but also brought them out of the cellar as the Rhinos slipped to last in the standings.
Homers by Chen Yung-chi and Chou Guan led a 17-hit Lions attack, with the former bringing home three in the opening frame and the latter leading off what turned out to be a six-run seventh.
The Lions were not the only ones hitting long, as Rhinos slugger Kao Kuo-hui also went deep for his 34th home run of the year to break the record for most homers in a single season (33) set by the Lions’ Tilson Brito in 2007.
With his offense spotting him nine runs through the third, Lions starter Chiang Cheng-yen cruised through the contest with relative ease, allowing three runs on four hits over six innings of work to pick up the win and improve his season mark to 6-2. [FULL STORY]
