Taipei Times
Date: Sep 28, 2015
By: Paul Huang / Contributing reporter
The struggling EDA Rhinos bounced back from back-to-back blowout losses to the
Fang Ke-wei of the EDA Rhinos watches his hit against the Uni-President Lions in their CPBL game in Kaohsiung yesterday. Photo: Chang Chung-i, Taipei Times.
Uni-President Lions with a 5-2 triumph in the weekend’s finale at the Cheng Ching Lake Baseball Stadium in Kaohsiung last night to avoid being swept by the Cats at home.
The win also nipped a five-game slide for the Rhinos, who properly celebrated slugger Kao Kuo-hui’s record-extending 35th homer of the season one day after he had broken the eight-year-old mark for the most homers in a season (33) set by the Lions’ Tilson Brito in 2007.
“It’s an unbelievable feeling and tremendous honor to be able surpass a great player like [Tilson Brito],” Kao said after the game.
The 30-year-old soft-spoken slugger has his eyes on the 40-homer plateau with 11 games remaining in the regular season.
Hu Chin-lung’s two-run double capped a three-run second inning for the Rhinos, who greeted Lions starter Wang Ching-ming with three extra-base hits (all doubles) in the inning to set the tone early in the game. [FULL STORY]
