Lo Ching-lung (; born 20 August 1985) is a

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player who most recently played with the

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of the

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Career

Lo was signed out of high school by the Colorado Rockies for $1.4 million. He debuted as a professional in 2002 with the

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, going 5–5 with a 4.95 ERA and .290 opponent average as the young man on the staff. '' Baseball America'' rated him as the number 13 prospect in the Pioneer League, between

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and

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among pitchers. They also ranked him as the number 14 Colorado prospect entering 2003. In 2003, the teenager had a 3–7, 2.85 record for the

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. He tied for the

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in losses but much of that came from poor run support as his club only scored 9 runs in his 7 defeats. He was 10th in the Northwest League in ERA. ''Baseball America'' ranked him as the 10th-best Northwest League prospect. Lo had a 4–3, 5.05 record for the 2004

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. In 2005, the Tainan native returned to Asheville, where he was 7–9 with a 5.65 ERA and surrendered 23 gopher balls, the most in the

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. Ching-Lung improved his record to 10–5 in 2006 with the

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but his ERA remained elevated at 5.39. He spent 2006 in the Hawaii Winter League, going 4–3 with a 4.97 ERA for the

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. He led the staff in wins but his ERA was fourth-highest among the five starters. It was an international rotation, featuring Dutch hurler

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, Japan's Atsushi Nohmi, Mexican Marco Estrada, Taiwan's Lo and an American in the fifth slot. Lo moved up to AA in 2007 and had an 8–8, 5.61 record for the Tulsa Drillers. He allowed a .300 average. His

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, once timed at 95 mph, was down to the 88–90 range. He was 0–2 with a 6.75 ERA for the

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in the

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. He was the fourth Taiwan native to play in the AFL, following

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and Yung-Chi Chen. In 2008, he was again 8-8 for Tulsa, this time with a 5.25 ERA. One positive was his first career

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International career

He represented

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at the

2013 World Baseball Classic The 2013 World Baseball Classic (WBC) was an international professional baseball competition, held from March 2 to March 19, 2013. This was the third iteration of the WBC, following the two previous tournaments, held in 2006 and 2009. Unlike t ...

References

External links

CPBL
{{DEFAULTSORT:Lo, Ching-Lung 1985 births Living people Asheville Tourists players Asian Games medalists in baseball Asian Games silver medalists for Chinese Taipei Baseball pitchers Baseball players at the 2010 Asian Games Casper Rockies players Colorado Springs Sky Sox players Lancaster Barnstormers players Medalists at the 2010 Asian Games Modesto Nuts players Peoria Javelinas players Taiwanese expatriate baseball players in the United States Tri-City Dust Devils players Tulsa Drillers players Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions players Uni-President Lions players Waikiki Beach Boys players 2013 World Baseball Classic players Baseball players from Kaohsiung Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions coaches