- 2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs
The
Chinese Professional Baseball League (CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and sawUni-President Lions crowned as the champion with theTaiwan Series through the month of October, 2007. The winner representedTaiwan in theKonami Cup inJapan with the champions fromJapan ,South Korea , and anallstar team fromChina to determine an Asian champion in November.Participants
*First Seed -
La New Bears - Winner of the second half of the season. It is their second appearance in the playoff, and the second consecutive appearance. They defeated the Lions in last season'sTaiwan Series four games to zero.
*Second Seed -Macoto Cobras - Winners of the first half of the season. It is their second appearance; the last time was 2005, in which they defeated the Lions three games to one, but were defeated bySinon Bulls four games to zero.
*Third Seed -Uni-President Lions - Wildcard winner by placing first in the overall standing of the season. It is their 11th appearance in the playoffs, and the fourth consecutive appearance since the 2004 season. They were defeated bySinon Bulls four games to three in 2004Taiwan Series , eliminated by Macoto Cobras three games to one in 2005 playoffs, and defeated by La New Bears four games to zero in 2006 Taiwan Series.Rules
All participating teams are allowed to register 28 players on their roster, contrary to 25 in the regular season. The winner of first round is allowed to change its roster before advancing to Taiwan Series. There will be no tie games, meaning the game would continue if a winner could not be decided. All other aspects that are not described above would be the same as the rules in regular season.
First Round
In the first round of competition, the
Uni-President Lions defeated theMacoto Cobras in 3 games to 0, going on to theTaiwan Series .Game 1, October 12
Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium ,Hsinchuang ,Taipei County WP:Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (1-0) LP:Andy Van Hekken (0-1)
HRs: Macoto -Hsieh Chia-hsien (謝佳賢) (1); Uni-President -Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1),Chen Lien-hung (陳連宏) (1),Kuo Dai-chi (郭岱琦) (1)
MVP of the Game:Kao Kuo-ching (高國慶) (1B) (4-3, 1HR, 2R, 5RBI)
Attendance: 4,081Taiwan Series
In the 2007
Taiwan Series , theUni-President Lions defeated theLa New Bears in 4 games to 3.Awards:
*Taiwan Series MVP:Nelson Figueroa (SP) (3-0, 23.0 IP, 21H, 3BB, 25K, 4ER)
*Outstanding Player Award: Uni-President -Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪); La New - Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒)
*Manager of the Year:Lu Wen-sheng (呂文生)Game 1, October 20
Chengching Lake Baseball Field ,Niaosong ,Kaohsiung County WP:Andrew Lorraine (1-0) LP:Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-1) SV:Mac Suzuki (1)
HRs: La New -Chiang Chih-Tsung (蔣智聰) (1); Uni-President -Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (1)
MVP of the Game:Chiang Chih-Tsung (2B) (5-3, 2H, 1R, 3RBI)
Attendance: 5,263Game 4, October 24
Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium ,Tainan WP:Hau Yu-wei (徐余偉) (1-1) LP: Pan Wei-lun (潘威倫) (0-2) SV:Hsu Wen-hsiung (許文雄) (1)
HRs: Uni-President -Liu Fu-hao (劉芙豪) (3),Tilson Brito (1) (2); La New - Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (3) (4)
MVP of the Game: Chen Chin-feng (陳金鋒) (DH) (4-2, 2HR, 5RBI, 2R)
Attendance: 18,656Game 7, October 28
Chengching Lake Baseball Field ,Niaosong ,Kaohsiung County WP:Nelson Figueroa (3-0) LP:Andrew Lorraine (1-1)
HRs: La New -Lin Chih-Sheng (林智盛) (2)
MVP of the Game:Nelson Figueroa (SP) (9.0 IP, 5H, 1HR, 8K, 1BB, 2ER)
Attendance: 20,000External links
zh icon [http://www.cpbl.com.tw CPBL website]
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