CTBC Brothers End 29-Inning Scoreless Streak but Lose 7th Straight Game to Moya's Two Homers

Central News Agency, Taipei, May 28. The CTBC Brothers of the Chinese Professional Baseball League finally ended their 29-inning scoreless drought today, but they still lost 4-6 to the TSG Hawks, who were led by Steven Moya's two home runs, marking the Brothers' 7th consecutive loss. Hawks slugger Steven Moya recorded 3 hits and 5 RBIs today. He hit a 2-run homer in the bottom of the 1st inning to take the lead. After the Brothers tied the game in the top of the 4th, the Hawks scored 2 runs in the bottom of the 5th, including an RBI single by Moya, and he hit another 2-run homer in the bottom of the 7th to extend the lead. Before the game, the Brothers had gone 28 innings without scoring. Although they failed to score in the first inning today, Wang Wei-chen hit a double in the top of the 2nd, followed by an RBI double from Chang Jen-wei to score their first run in a long time. Hsu Ting-lun's RBI single in the top of the 4th tied the game, but they fell behind by 4 runs later. Despite adding 2 runs in the top of the 9th, they could not turn the game around. Hawks pitcher Huang Tzu-hao, making his first first-team appearance this season, allowed 2 runs in 4.1 innings and struck out a career-high 6 batters. Lin Shih-hsiang, who pitched in the 9th, earned his 10th save of the season, marking 23 consecutive saves across seasons, ranking first among domestic pitchers and third in league history.