In what is possibly the shortest round-up I’ve ever written, it’s time to look back at what little baseball we did get.

Fubon Guardians v Uni Lions – Tues/Wed in Tainan

Both games were cancelled to rain.

CTBC Brothers v Rakuten Monkeys – Thursday in Taoyuan

This game was washed out.

Fubon Guardians v CTBC Brothers – Fri, Sat, Sun in Taichung

Friday and Saturday’s matches were postponed due to rain.

Sunday’s game will be remembered more for the drama than the score. Chang Chih Hao put Brothers 1 up in the first with a home run but was hit in the knee by Guardians starter Henry Sosa in 3rd inning and exited the game. By this point Fubon had taken a 4-1 lead thanks to a 3HR shot by Lee Tsung Hsien and Lin Yi Chuan’s solo shot.

Brothers starter Ariel Miranda conceded his third homer to Hu Chin Long in the top of the 5th then completely lost it. He threw one over Lin Yu Chuan and warnings were sent out, 2 pitches later Miranda struck Lin Yu Chuan in the knee. Video replays https://youtu.be/UFD_87WwJZQ suggest that it may have been intentional. Miranda was tossed and Lin exited the game later going to hospital.

Both sides scored twice more but this one was overshadowed by the HBP incidents. Final score: Guardians 7 Brothers 3.

Uni Lions v Rakuten Monkeys – Fri, Sat, Sun in Taoyuan.

Friday and Saturday’s games were rained off.

Rakuten Monkeys played their first game in front of fans and started well. They scored 3 in the opening 4 as Logan Darnell’s Lions debut lasted 3.2. This wasn’t the usual Monkeys game at home though as Lin An Ko, Kuo Fu Lin and Lin Ching Kai hit RBIs to tie the game in the 5th. The Lions went further ahead off Su Chih Chieh’s double and a Kuo Fu Lin RBI to lead 6 3 with 6 gone.

Monkeys applied pressure on Lions inexperienced relievers Kuo Heng Hsiao and Lin Wei Chih and came back to within 1 with the bases loaded. Cheng Chun Jen got the final out though with Chen Chun Hsiu hitting into a ground out at 2nd.

Su Chih Chieh extended the Lions home run streak in the 8th and that was the final run. Chen Yun Wen started the 9th with 8 strikes and whilst he couldn’t quite get an immaculate inning, he completed the save with 12 pitches. Final score: Lions 7 Monkeys 5

This week’s fixtures

Brothers v Lions – Tues and Wed in Tainan

Monkeys v Guardians – Wed and Thurs at Xinzhuang

Monkeys v Lions – Fri, Sat, Sun in Tainan

Brothers v Guardians – Fri, Sat, Sun at Xinzhuang.

Catch you next week!