3/23 Result

Bears 1 Bulls 1: The Bears and Bulls played in the first tie game of the season tonight in Taichung. 


Bulls starter Lin Ying-Chieh struck out eight over seven innings while getting tagged for Lin Zhi-Sheng's 98th career homer in the fourth. Shen Yu-Jie led all relievers with 3 1/3 shutout innings.

Import Ken Ray made his league debut with the Bears and looked a little shaky in his five innings of work. Ray got out of a bases loaded, no-out jam in the first and managed to leave the game with only one run allowed despite walking four and giving up six hits. Four Bears pitchers combined for seven shutout innings in relief.

Since this was Taichung Stadium's first match of the season the dignitaries were out in full force as the mayor and a Taichung Prosecutors Office rep helped open the game by hitting balls (rather poorly) off a tee.