Coaching 1,000 Games, Wei Chuan Dragons' 300th Win, Yeh Chun-Chang Calls It a Coincidence
Wei Chuan Dragons Head Coach Yeh Chun-Chang reached 1,000 games coached and led the team to its 300th victory, defeating Fubon Guardians 8-2 with a home run by Chu Yu-Hsien. Yeh called his coaching milestones a coincidence.
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(Central News Agency, New Taipei, 9th, reporter Hsieh Ching-wen) Wei Chuan Dragons Head Coach Yeh Chun-Chang coached his 1,000th game, and his players celebrated with a victory. Chu Yu-Hsien's home run led the team to an 8-2 win over the Fubon Guardians, marking Yeh Chun-Chang's 300th victory coaching the Dragons. Yeh Chun-Chang's coaching stints in the CPBL happened to be distributed among today's opposing teams, which he called a coincidence.
The Dragons visited Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium today to play the Guardians. In the top of the 3rd inning, after two outs, Liu Chi-Hung drew a walk, and Chu Yu-Hsien hit his 5th personal home run of the season, a two-run shot that gave the team the lead.
In the top of the 4th inning, Li Kai-Wei led off with a hit, Lin Chen-Hsun walked, Wang Shun-Ho singled to add a run, and then the team scored more runs with walks, ground balls, and a sacrifice fly, scoring 3 runs in a single inning.
The Guardians' offense was suppressed by the Dragons' starting pitcher Cristopher Mercedes for the first three innings, failing to get a hit until the bottom of the 4th inning when Chih En-Chi hit the team's first hit. Wang Yi-Cheng advanced with a hit, and scored one run with a stolen base and a ground ball. Kao Kuo-Lin and Lin Tse-Pin followed with consecutive hits to score another run.
In the top of the 5th inning, Chu Yu-Hsien, Li Chan-Yi, and Li Kai-Wei hit consecutive singles. Lin Chen-Hsun's sacrifice fly with bases loaded scored one run. In the top of the 6th inning, the Dragons added another run with a hit-by-pitch walk, an error, and Chu Yu-Hsien's sacrifice fly; in the top of the 7th inning, Lin Chen-Hsun and Tseng Sheng-An both hit singles, and Kuo Tien-Hsin's ground ball scored the team's 8th run.
Dragons' starting pitcher Cristopher Mercedes threw 85 pitches in total today, pitching 5 innings, giving up 6 hits, striking out 2, and walking 1, allowing 2 earned runs, earning his 3rd win of the season.
Chu Yu-Hsien had 2 hits in 3 at-bats today, including one home run, contributing 3 RBIs, and was selected as the MVP of the game.
Yeh Chun-Chang said that the first half of the game was a pitcher's duel with some pressure. Starting pitcher Mercedes performed well at the beginning, had some trouble in the 4th inning, but fortunately recovered, and the offense was also smooth.
Yeh Chun-Chang's 1,000th game coached makes him the 3rd head coach in CPBL history after Hung I-Chung and Hsu Sheng-Ming; his 300th victory coaching the Dragons makes him the 2nd person in Dragons' history (the previous one being Hsu Sheng-Ming's 335 wins).
Yeh Chun-Chang said that his 1,000 career games happened to be distributed among today's opposing teams, including EDA Rhinos (the predecessor of the Guardians), Fubon Guardians, and Wei Chuan Dragons, which he considered a coincidence. He added that sometimes things happen without knowing that someone arranged them, which is quite interesting, but winning is the most important thing, and he thanked the players for their efforts in winning this game. (Editor: Li Hsi-chang) 1150509
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(Central News Agency, New Taipei, 9th, reporter Hsieh Ching-wen) Wei Chuan Dragons Head Coach Yeh Chun-Chang coached his 1,000th game, and his players celebrated with a victory. Chu Yu-Hsien's home run led the team to an 8-2 win over the Fubon Guardians, marking Yeh Chun-Chang's 300th victory coaching the Dragons. Yeh Chun-Chang's coaching stints in the CPBL happened to be distributed among today's opposing teams, which he called a coincidence.
The Dragons visited Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium today to play the Guardians. In the top of the 3rd inning, after two outs, Liu Chi-Hung drew a walk, and Chu Yu-Hsien hit his 5th personal home run of the season, a two-run shot that gave the team the lead.
In the top of the 4th inning, Li Kai-Wei led off with a hit, Lin Chen-Hsun walked, Wang Shun-Ho singled to add a run, and then the team scored more runs with walks, ground balls, and a sacrifice fly, scoring 3 runs in a single inning.
The Guardians' offense was suppressed by the Dragons' starting pitcher Cristopher Mercedes for the first three innings, failing to get a hit until the bottom of the 4th inning when Chih En-Chi hit the team's first hit. Wang Yi-Cheng advanced with a hit, and scored one run with a stolen base and a ground ball. Kao Kuo-Lin and Lin Tse-Pin followed with consecutive hits to score another run.
In the top of the 5th inning, Chu Yu-Hsien, Li Chan-Yi, and Li Kai-Wei hit consecutive singles. Lin Chen-Hsun's sacrifice fly with bases loaded scored one run. In the top of the 6th inning, the Dragons added another run with a hit-by-pitch walk, an error, and Chu Yu-Hsien's sacrifice fly; in the top of the 7th inning, Lin Chen-Hsun and Tseng Sheng-An both hit singles, and Kuo Tien-Hsin's ground ball scored the team's 8th run.
Dragons' starting pitcher Cristopher Mercedes threw 85 pitches in total today, pitching 5 innings, giving up 6 hits, striking out 2, and walking 1, allowing 2 earned runs, earning his 3rd win of the season.
Chu Yu-Hsien had 2 hits in 3 at-bats today, including one home run, contributing 3 RBIs, and was selected as the MVP of the game.
Yeh Chun-Chang said that the first half of the game was a pitcher's duel with some pressure. Starting pitcher Mercedes performed well at the beginning, had some trouble in the 4th inning, but fortunately recovered, and the offense was also smooth.
Yeh Chun-Chang's 1,000th game coached makes him the 3rd head coach in CPBL history after Hung I-Chung and Hsu Sheng-Ming; his 300th victory coaching the Dragons makes him the 2nd person in Dragons' history (the previous one being Hsu Sheng-Ming's 335 wins).
Yeh Chun-Chang said that his 1,000 career games happened to be distributed among today's opposing teams, including EDA Rhinos (the predecessor of the Guardians), Fubon Guardians, and Wei Chuan Dragons, which he considered a coincidence. He added that sometimes things happen without knowing that someone arranged them, which is quite interesting, but winning is the most important thing, and he thanked the players for their efforts in winning this game. (Editor: Li Hsi-chang) 1150509
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