2008 Taiwan Series
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| 2008 Taiwan Series | ||||||||||
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 2008 Taiwan Series logo | ||||||||||
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| Dates | October 25–November 2 | |||||||||
| MVP | Luther Hackman | |||||||||
| Outstanding Players | Pan Wei-lun Wang Jin-yong | |||||||||
| Manager of the Year | Lu Wen-sheng | |||||||||
| Broadcast | ||||||||||
| Television | Videoland Television Network | |||||||||
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The 2008 Taiwan Series was played by the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions, team that placed first in the all-season standing, and the Brother Elephants, wild card winner who advanced to Taiwan Series by defeating La New Bears in the Playoff Series. The Lions defeated the Elephants four games to three and won the title and went on to represent Taiwan in the 2008 Asia Series.
Participants
[edit]- Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions - First seed; winner of the first half-season.
- La New Bears - Second seed; winner of the second half-season.
- Brother Elephants - Third seed; wild card winner by virtue of placing third in all-season standing after the Lions and the Bears.
Rules
[edit]All regular season rules apply with the following exceptions:
- Each team is allowed to register 28 players on its active roster.
- No tied games.
- Two outfield umpires are added to the games.
Summaries
[edit]| Playoff Series | Taiwan Series | ||||||||
| 1 | Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions | 4 | |||||||
| 2 | La New Bears | 0 | 3 | Brother Elephants | 3 | ||||
| 3 | Brother Elephants | 3 | |||||||
Game 1
[edit]October 25, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brother | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 15 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Uni-President 7-Eleven | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Liao Yu-cheng (1–0) LP: Luther Hackman (0–1) Home runs: BRO: Wang Jin-yong (1) UNI: None Attendance: 12,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 2
[edit]October 26, 2008 at Chengcing Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brother | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Uni-President 7-Eleven | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Pan Wei-lun (1–0) LP: Ryokan Kobayashi (0–1) Sv: Lin Yueh-ping (1) Home runs: BRO: Lin Ming-hsien (1), Wang Jin-yong (2) UNI: None Attendance: 17,523 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 3
[edit]October 28, 2008 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Uni-President 7-Eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Brother | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Mai Chia-je (1–0) LP: Giancarlo Alvarado (0–1) Sv: Tsao Chun-yang (1) Home runs: UNI: Tilson Brito (1), Chen Lien-hung (1) BRO: None Attendance: 18,302 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 4
[edit]October 29, 2008 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, Taipei County
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Uni-President 7-Eleven | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Brother | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Luther Hackman (1–1) LP: Danny Core (0–1) Attendance: 12,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 5
[edit]October 30, 2008 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, Taipei County
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Uni-President 7-Eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Brother | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Pan Wei-lun (2–0) LP: Liao Yu-cheng (0–1) Attendance: 12,500 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 6
[edit]November 1, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brother | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Uni-President 7-Eleven | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Matt Perisho (1–0) LP: Giancarlo Alvarado (0–2) Home runs: BRO: Wang Jin-yong (3) UNI: None Attendance: 12,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Game 7
[edit]November 2, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Brother | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Uni-President 7-Eleven | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| WP: Luther Hackman (2–1) LP: Mai Chia-je (1–1) Home runs: BRO: None UNI: Chen Lien-hung (2) Attendance: 12,000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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