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2006 Financial Wealth Baseball Challenge

TWO GAME REPORTS
Australia v Chinese Taipei
Game Six - Friday 10th February 2006

Australia (GRAND) slams to Victory
Luke Hughes Hits Grand Slam Homerun to Lead Aussie Hit Attack in 5-0 Win

In a festive atmosphere on a cold night, Australian bats warmed up the crowd as they powered their way to a 5-0 win over Chinese Taipei in game six of the 2006 Financial Wealth International Baseball Challenge at Melbourne Ballpark (Altona) last night

Luke Hughes, who is battling for a spot on the 30-man roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic commencing in March, continued to make a case for his selection by continuing his red hot hitting
Hughes had three hits in five at-bats including a grand slam homerun which accounted for four of Australia's five runs
The WA native, who plays professionally for the Minnesota Twins in the USA, is batting .385 over six games in 13 at-bats

Tom Brice and Brad Harman had two hits each for the Aussies

Starting pitcher Matthew Gahan kept the Taiwanese hitless through four innings

Donavon Hendricks, Ryan Rowland-Smith and Richard Thompson finished to combine on the five-hit shutout

Chinese Taipei's pitchers proved very hit-or-miss for the Aussies as starter Ming-Ching Kao and reliever Chi-Hung Cheng combined to record 11 strikeouts

Designated hitter Chih-Sheng Lin and outfielder Chien-Ming Chang had a pair of hits each to account for four of the visitors five hits

The lively and festive Taiwanese supporters did everything they could to rally their team on and really added a unique flavour to the packed out stadium by immersing themselves into every play of the game
Australia now holds a 4-2 lead in the series that continues this evening at Melbourne Ballpark (7.30pm EST)

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Australia whip Chinese Taipei

After losing the previous international, Australia powered its way today to a 5-0 drubbing of Chinese Taipei in game six of the International Baseball Challenge

Luke Hughes, who is battling for a spot on the 30-man roster for the upcoming World Baseball Classic commencing in March, continued his red-hot streak to make a case for selection
Hughes had three hits in five at-bats including a grand slam home-run which accounted for four of Australia's five runs

Australia now holds a 4-2 lead in the series which continues tonight at Melbourne Ballpark