Lions Out-hit Bears, Still Lose By Five

Bears 8 Lions 3 (Tainan)
The Bears used a five-run fourth inning to send them to victory, despite being out-hit 12-10. Starter Chris Mason picked up his second win of the season and second baseman Yu Jin-De went two for four with a walk and two RBIs. Also having multiple-hit games were center fielder Shi Yan-Wei (3/4) and infielder Lin Zhi-Sheng (2/5).

Lions DH Yang Sen, recently back from injury, went 4 for 5 while Pan Jun-Rong pitched three shutout innings in relief of starter Chen Yi-Chen. Chen's record fell to 2-2.

Bulls 1 Elephants 4 (Taoyuan)
Elephants starter Jim Magrane scattered six hits over eight innings to become the first hurler in the CPBL with three wins. Ryan Cullen earned the save while Peng Zheng-Min went 3 for 4 with a pair of doubles to lead the offense.

Bulls lead-off hitter Zhang Jian-Ming went three for four while starter Lindsay Gulin got tagged with the loss in his second league start.