(CNA Reporter Su Chih-yu Taipei, July 2nd) The CTBC Brothers today were defeated by the Rakuten Monkeys with a powerful offense of 16 hits in a single game, with a final score of 9-6. The Monkeys have achieved their 7th win against the Brothers this season, with a batting average of .276 against them, and a record of 7 wins, 3 losses, and 2 ties. They seem to perform exceptionally well against the Brothers.

The Monkeys finished the first half of the season with a record of 24 wins, 34 losses, and 2 ties. They faced more difficulties against other teams, with their best record being 6 wins and 6 losses against the Fubon Guardians. However, when facing the Brothers, they transformed, losing only 3 out of 12 games. The Monkeys' average batting average in the first half of the season was only .235, but they heated up against the Brothers, hitting 110 hits and scoring 57 runs against the Brothers' pitching staff.

Today's game was a microcosm of this trend. In the top of the 1st inning, the Monkeys scored 4 runs, driven by Lin Hung-yu's 3-RBI double. The Brothers narrowed the gap in the bottom of the 1st inning with Chang Shih-lun's career-first 2-run homer. In the top of the 3rd inning, the Monkeys scored another run to extend their lead.

Although the Brothers briefly took the lead with Tseng Sung-en's 2-run homer in the bottom of the 4th and Wang Wei-chen's timely hit in the bottom of the 5th, scoring 2 runs, the Monkeys tied the game in the top of the 6th inning with Ma Chieh-sen's hit. In the top of the 7th inning, they scored 2 more runs with Lin Cheng-fei's hit and Lin Chih-ping's sacrifice fly. In the top of the 9th inning, Lin Tzu-wei added another run with a hit. Lin Hung-yu, with 4 hits and 3 RBIs in the game, was selected as the single-game MVP. (Editor: Li Shu-hua) 1150702

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