CPBL Update: April 26 to May 2

As regular From Complex to Queens listeners know, we’ve decided to start following a CPBL team in the absence of Mets baseball for the foreseeable future. We’ve picked a team and will post updates on how they’re doing over in Taiwan. Why the Uni-President Lions?

• Tainan City, home of the Lions, is one of the oldest and largest cities in Taiwan
• Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium is directly under the flight path of airplanes flying in and out of the nearby Tainan Airport.
• The team has talent and looks good on paper but has been thwarted time and time again in the last few years by poor on-the-field field management and front office executive decisions.
• Employed in their organization at one time or another former player and SNY analyst Nelson Figueroa, Columbia Fireflies pitching coach Jerome Williams, former manager Mickey Callaway, and Generation K member Bill Pulsipher.
• Sounds like the Mets to me!

April 26 (5-6)

Uni-President Lions 12, Rakuten Monkeys 5 (BOX)

• DH Chieh-Hsien Chen (#24): 2-3, R, 3 BB
• 2B Ching-Kai Lin (#64): 2-5, R
• RF An-Ko Lin (#77): 2-4, R, HR (2), 2 RBI, 2 K
• RF Kai-Wen Cheng (#28): 0-0
• LF Chih-Chieh Su (#32): 1-4, 2 R, BB, SB
• 3B Fu-Lin Kuo (#5): 3-5, 3 R, 2 HR (1, 2), 3 RBI
• 1B Chih-Wei Teng (#25): 3-3, 3 R, HR (2), 2 RBI, SB
• SS Tzu-Chieh Lin (#39): 1-4, R, BB, 2 K
• C Yu-Le Lin (#31): 1-4, BB, K
• CF Chao-Ting Tang (#6): 2-5, 3 RBI, K
• RHP Tzu-Chien Shih (#45): 5.1 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 0 BB, 3 K, W (2-0)
• LHP Hang Lin (#48): 0.2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RHP Hsuan-Ta Liu (#23): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RHP Hao-Chun Chiu (#37): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• RHP Chun-Jen Cheng (#60): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

April 27 (5-6)

NO GAME (SCHEDULE)

April 28 (5-6)

NO GAME (SCHEDULE)

April 29 (5-7)

CTBC Brothers 9, Uni-President Lions 8 (BOX)

• DH Chieh-Hsien Chen (#24): 1-5, R
• 2B Ching-Kai Lin (#64): 1-4, 2 R, BB, SB
• RF An-Ko Lin (#77): 2-5, R, HR (3), 3 RBI
• LF Chih-Chieh Su (#32): 2-5, 2 R, HR (4), RBI, BB, K
• 3B Fu-Lin Kuo (#5): 2-3, R, 2 RBI, BB
• 1B Chih-Wei Teng (#25): 0-4, BB
• CF Kai-Wen Cheng (#28): 0-2, K
• PH Yung-Chi Chen (#13): 1-1, RBI
• CF Chao-Ting Tang (#36): 0-1, K
• C Yu-Le Lin (#31): 0-3, RBI, K
• C Chung-Yu Chen (#65): 0-0, R, BB
• SS Tzu-Chieh Lin (#39): 1-3
• PH Chieh-Kai Pan (#35): 0-1
• RHP Donn Roach (#50): 6.2 IP, 8 H, 6 R, 6 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, L (1-2)
• RHP Chun-Yen Huang (#40): 1.1 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 1 K
• RHP Ching-Ming Wang (#41): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K

April 30 (6-7)

Uni-President Lions 12, CTBC Brothers 6 (BOX)

• DH Chieh-Hsien Chen (#24): 3-4, 3 R
• PH-DH Kai-Wen Cheng (#28): 0-0, BB
• 2B Ching-Kai Lin (#64): 2-3, 3 R, RBI, SB
• RF An-Ko Lin (#77): 1-4, 2 R, HR (4), 4 RBI, BB
• RF Chao-Ting Tang (#6): 0-0
• LF Chih-Chieh Su (#32): 2-5, R, 3 RBI, K
• SS-3B Yung-Chi Chen (#13): 0-2, R, 2 BB
• PH-3B Chung-Ting Chen (#66): 1-1
• 3B Fu-Lin Kuo (#5): 0-4, K
• SS Tzu-Chieh Lin (#39): 0-1, K
• 1B Chih-Wei Teng (#25): 1-4, R, HR (3), 2 RBI, 2 K
• C Chung-Yu Chen (#65): 0-3, BB
• CF Liang-Wei Chiang (#27): 1-3, R, 2 RBI, BB, K
• RHP Wei-Lun Pan (#18): 5.0 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 0 BB, 2 K, W (1-1)
• LHP Hang Lin (#48): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RHP Hsuan-Ta Lin (#23): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 0 K
• RHP Chun-Jen Cheng (#60): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
• RHP Yun-Wen Chen (#12): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 K

May 01 (7-7)

Uni-President Lions 15, Fubon Guardians 6 (BOX)

• SS Chieh-Hsien Chen (#24): 3-5, 3 R, HR (1), 4 RBI, 1 K
• SS Tzu-Chieh Lin (#39): 0-0
• RF An-Ko Lin (#77): 3-4, R, HR (5), 5 RBI
• RF-LF Kai-Wen Cheng (#28): 0-1, K
• LF Chih-Chieh Su (#32): 1-4, RBI, K
• CF Liang-Wei Chiang (#27): 0-0
• 3B Yung-Chi Chen (#13): 1-4, 3 K
• 3B Chung-Ting Chen (#66): 0-1, K
• DH Fu-Lin Kuo (#5): 1-3, 2 R, BB
• 2B Ching-Kai Lin (#64): 1-5, R, RBI, 2 K
• C Chung-Yu Chen (#65): 2-4, 4 R, 1 BB
• 1B Chih-Wei Teng (#25): 2-4, 2 R, 2 RBI, 1 K
• CF-RF Chao-Ting Tang (#6): 3-5, 2 R, 3 RBI
• LHP Chen-Yen Chiang (#16): 5.0 IP, 6 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 4 K, W (1-2); Chiang gave up 9 runs in 4 innings in his last start, against the Rakuten Monkeys
• RHP Hao-Chun Chiu (#37): 0.2 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 2 K
• RHP Yu-Ching Lin (#10): 2.1 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K
• RHP Chun-Yen Huang (#40): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K

May 02 (7-8)

Fubon Guardians 11, Uni-President Lions 2 (BOX)

• DH Chieh-Hsien Chen (#24): 1-3, R, 2 BB
• 2B Ching-Kai Lin (#64): 0-4, BB, K
• RF An-Ko Lin (#77): 1-3, RBI, BB, SB
• LF Chih-Chieh Su (#32): 0-3, BB
• 1B Chih-Wei Teng (#25): 0-4, 3 K
• C Chung-Yu Chen (#65): 0-2, BB, K
• C Yu-Le Lin (#31): 0-1, K
• 3B Chung-Ting Chen (#66): 0-2, K
• PH-3B Fu-Lin Kuo (#5): 1-2, R, HR (3), RBI, 1 K
• CF Chao-Ting Tang (#6): 1-3
• PH Kai-Wen Cheng (#28): 0-1
• SS Tzu-Chieh Lin (#39):
• PH-SS Yung-Chi Chen (#13): 0-1, BB, K
• LHP Ryan Feierabend (#54): 5.2 IP, 7 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 2 BB, 8 K, L (0-2)
• RHP Hsuan-Ta Liu: 1.1 IP, 1 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB
• LHP Hang Lin: 1.0 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 ER
• RHP Chun-Jen Cheng: 1.0 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER

HITTER OF THE WEEK

OF An-Ko Lin

PITCHER OF THE WEEK

LHP Chen-Yen Chiang