Granderson leads MLB stars to win in Taiwan
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November 3, 2011, Thursday
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CURTIS Granderson hit a grand slam to lead a team of Major League Baseball stars to a 7-0 win over Chinese Taipei on Tuesday.
The New York Yankees slugger went deep off Yang Yao-Hsun in the third inning, electrifying the crowd at the suburban Taipei stadium before the game was called in the sixth inning because of rain.
The five-game series between MLB stars including second baseman Robinson Cano, third baseman Pablo Sandoval and pitcher Jeremy Guthrie was to resume later yesterday.
The teams will play twice in the central city of Taichung before moving onto the southern city of Kaohsiung for two weekend matchups.
The trip offers Major League Baseball a chance to increase its exposure in Taiwan, where the sport is immensely popular.
On Tuesday, the big leaguers added two runs in the 4th on a single by Emilio Bonifacio and another in the 5th when Michael Morse doubled off the wall in left center.
Granderson said that despite his success on the home run ball, it was a challenge facing Yang, whom he had never faced before.
"I didn't know what he would throw," he said. "I had to make adjustments."
MLB manager Bruce Bochy of the San Francisco Giants said he's a big Granderson fan.
"Of course Curtis with the grand slam, that kind of jump started everything," he said.
The New York Yankees slugger went deep off Yang Yao-Hsun in the third inning, electrifying the crowd at the suburban Taipei stadium before the game was called in the sixth inning because of rain.
The five-game series between MLB stars including second baseman Robinson Cano, third baseman Pablo Sandoval and pitcher Jeremy Guthrie was to resume later yesterday.
The teams will play twice in the central city of Taichung before moving onto the southern city of Kaohsiung for two weekend matchups.
The trip offers Major League Baseball a chance to increase its exposure in Taiwan, where the sport is immensely popular.
On Tuesday, the big leaguers added two runs in the 4th on a single by Emilio Bonifacio and another in the 5th when Michael Morse doubled off the wall in left center.
Granderson said that despite his success on the home run ball, it was a challenge facing Yang, whom he had never faced before.
"I didn't know what he would throw," he said. "I had to make adjustments."
MLB manager Bruce Bochy of the San Francisco Giants said he's a big Granderson fan.
"Of course Curtis with the grand slam, that kind of jump started everything," he said.
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