Lions retain Taiwan Series baseball title

The victory also gave the Lions the sixth league championship to tie the record with the Elephants.

Pitcher Luther Hackman held the Lions scoreless after he was assigned as the starting pitcher for the third time in the best-of-seven championship series.

The towering Hackman, standing at 196 cm and weighing at 103 kg, took the mound after taking a three-day break from a previous game.

He struck out four batters from the Elephants and gave two walks on way to victory.

Hackman became not only the most valuable player of the game but also earned the MVP title for the whole series. Kao Chih-kang, an infielder, of the Lions ran to the second base at the bottom of the third inning and returned home on a sacrifice by teammate Chuang Ching-he, also an infielder.

Chuang was able to reach the base on a wild pass by the Elephants and ran back home on a high-fly sacrifice by another teammate Yang Sheng to take a 2-0 lead.

At the bottom of the fifth inning, Yang Sheng of the Lions was given a walk to the first base. Outfielder Chen Lien-hung blasted a fast ball over the center field wall for a two-run homer and gave his team a 4-0 lead. The partisan Lions crowd at the stadium in southern Tainan City exploded to applaud the victory.

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