2006 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs
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The Chinese Professional Baseball League
(CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and crowned a champion with the Taiwan Series
through the month of October, 2006. The winner represented Taiwan
in the Konami Cup in Japan
with the champions from Japan
, South Korea
, and an all-star
team from China
to determine an Asian champion in November.
defeated the Sinon Bulls
in 3 games to 0.
WP: Jeriome Robertson
(1-0) LP: Alfredo Gonzalez(0-1)
HRs: Sinon - Hsu Kuo-lung (許國隆) (1), Chang Tai-shan
(張泰山) (1) (2); Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung
(潘武雄) (1), Tilson Brito
(1)
Attendance: 2,430
WP: Pan Wei-lun
(潘威倫) (1-0) LP: Kuo Yung-chih (郭勇志) (0-1)
Attendance: 4,755
WP: Hansel Izquierdo
(1-0) LP: Billy Sylvester (0-1)
HRs: Uni-President - Chen Chia-wei (陳家偉) (1)
Attendance: 5,392
was played between the La New Bears
and the Uni-President Lions
.
La New Bears
4 Uni-President Lions
3 (11 innings)
6 Uni-President Lions
5
5 Uni-President Lions
2
7 Uni-President Lions
3
La New Bears
win series 4 games to 0 for their first ever CPBL/Taiwan Series championship and advance to the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series.
Chinese Professional Baseball League
The Chinese Professional Baseball League , or CPBL, is the top-tier professional baseball league in Taiwan. The league was established in 1989. CPBL eventually absorbed the competing Taiwan Major League in 2003...
(CPBL) playoffs included the three top teams from the regular season and crowned a champion with the Taiwan Series
Taiwan Series
Taiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It is usually played in October, after the regular season. It was formerly known as the CPBL Seasonal Championship Series , and was renamed the Taiwan Series after the merger of the Chinese Professional Baseball...
through the month of October, 2006. The winner represented Taiwan
Taiwan
Taiwan , also known, especially in the past, as Formosa , is the largest island of the same-named island group of East Asia in the western Pacific Ocean and located off the southeastern coast of mainland China. The island forms over 99% of the current territory of the Republic of China following...
in the Konami Cup in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
with the champions from Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
, South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
, and an all-star
All-star
All-star is a term designating an individual as having a high level of performance in their field. Originating in sports, it has since drifted into vernacular and been borrowed heavily by the entertainment industry...
team from China
People's Republic of China
China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...
to determine an Asian champion in November.
Participants
- La New BearsLa New BearsThe Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
(#1 seed): The Bears won the number one seed by being the regular season champion for both halves of the season, thus securing the best overall record as well. This is the first time ever in the playoff for the Bears and, as the top seed, secure automatic entry into the Taiwan SeriesTaiwan SeriesTaiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It is usually played in October, after the regular season. It was formerly known as the CPBL Seasonal Championship Series , and was renamed the Taiwan Series after the merger of the Chinese Professional Baseball...
.
- Uni-President LionsUni-President LionsThe Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
(#2 Seed): The Lions are returning to the playoffs after missing out last year. They are the second seed based on their having the second best overall record through the whole season. They lost the Taiwan series to the Bulls in 2004.
- Sinon BullsSinon BullsDespite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping...
(#3 seed): The Bulls are entering the playoffs for the fourth consecutive year and are the number three seed based on having the third best overall record through the season. Sinon is the two-time defending Taiwan SeriesTaiwan SeriesTaiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It is usually played in October, after the regular season. It was formerly known as the CPBL Seasonal Championship Series , and was renamed the Taiwan Series after the merger of the Chinese Professional Baseball...
champion, and also made an appearance in the Taiwan SeriesTaiwan SeriesTaiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It is usually played in October, after the regular season. It was formerly known as the CPBL Seasonal Championship Series , and was renamed the Taiwan Series after the merger of the Chinese Professional Baseball...
in 2003.
First round
In the First Round of competition, the Uni-President LionsUni-President Lions
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
defeated the Sinon Bulls
Sinon Bulls
Despite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping...
in 3 games to 0.
Game 1, October 13
Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinon Bulls Sinon Bulls Despite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping... |
0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| Uni-President Lions Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team... |
1 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 12 | 0 |
WP: Jeriome Robertson
Jeriome Robertson
Jeriome Paul Robertson was an American left-handed baseball pitcher who played three seasons in Major League Baseball for the Houston Astros and Cleveland Indians...
(1-0) LP: Alfredo Gonzalez(0-1)
HRs: Sinon - Hsu Kuo-lung (許國隆) (1), Chang Tai-shan
Chang Tai-Shan
Chang Tai-shan, , is a Taiwanese professional baseball player. Originally drafted by the Wei Chuan Dragons in 1996, he has been playing for the Sinon Bulls since 2000 after the Dragons' dissolution in 1999...
(張泰山) (1) (2); Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung
Pan Wu-hsiung
Pan Wu-hsiung , is a Taiwanese baseball player who currently plays for Uni-President Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League. He currently plays as an outfielder for the Lions, and has been constantly shifted between all three outfield positions...
(潘武雄) (1), Tilson Brito
Tilson Brito
Tilson Manuel Brito Jiminez is a Dominican third baseman who is currently a free agent. From -, he played for the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions of Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan....
(1)
Attendance: 2,430
Game 2, October 14
Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinon Bulls Sinon Bulls Despite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 |
| Uni-President Lions Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 |
WP: Pan Wei-lun
Pan Wei-Lun
Pan Wei-lun, , is a Taiwanese professional baseball pitcher. After brief amateur career in the Taiwan Cooperative Bank baseball team he was drafted by the Uni-President Lions of the Chinese Professional Baseball League in early 2003 and remains with this team to date...
(潘威倫) (1-0) LP: Kuo Yung-chih (郭勇志) (0-1)
Attendance: 4,755
Game 3, October 14
Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinon Bulls Sinon Bulls Despite a nice start, this club had been performing poorly throughout its short history, mainly due to the controversial leading styles of Jungo Corporation's then chairman Chen I-ping... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
| Uni-President Lions Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team... |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 1 |
WP: Hansel Izquierdo
Hansel Izquierdo
Hansel Izquierdo is a retired Major League Baseball pitcher. He played during one season at the major league level for the Florida Marlins. He was drafted by the Marlins in the 7th round of the amateur draft...
(1-0) LP: Billy Sylvester (0-1)
HRs: Uni-President - Chen Chia-wei (陳家偉) (1)
Attendance: 5,392
Taiwan Series
The Taiwan SeriesTaiwan Series
Taiwan Series is the championship series of the Chinese Professional Baseball League. It is usually played in October, after the regular season. It was formerly known as the CPBL Seasonal Championship Series , and was renamed the Taiwan Series after the merger of the Chinese Professional Baseball...
was played between the La New Bears
La New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
and the Uni-President Lions
Uni-President Lions
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
.
Game 1
October 21 @ KaohsiungKaohsiung
Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...
La New Bears
La New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
4 Uni-President Lions
Uni-President Lions
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
3 (11 innings)
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-President Lions Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team... |
0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 0 |
| La New Bears La New Bears The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
- Winning Pitcher: Hsu Chih-hwa 許 志 華(1-0) Losing Pitcher: Tseng Yuh-cheng 曾 翊 誠(0-1)
- HR (Lions): Tilson Brito 布雷(2)
- HR (Bears): Huang Lung-yih 黃龍義 (1)
- Apparent Tilson Brito 布雷(Lions) two-run home run in the top of the fifth inning ruled a foul ball.
- Lions failed to score with runners on second and third with no outs in the top of the seventh.
- Lions Kao Kuo-ching 高國慶 was thrown out at the plate in the top of the tenth.
- Bears Shih Chih-wei 石志偉 had a game-winning single with the bases loaded with no outs in the bottom of the eleventh inning.
- Attendance - 11,339
Game 2
October 22 @ Douliou - La New BearsLa New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
6 Uni-President Lions
Uni-President Lions
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
5
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-President Lions Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team... |
1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 0 |
| La New Bears La New Bears The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan... |
0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
- Winning Pitcher: Ramon Morel 魔銳(1-0) Losing Pitcher: Lin Yueh-pin 林 岳 平(0-1)
- HR: None
- Bears won the game in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off base hit by Chen Fong-ming 陳 峰 民
- Attendance: 7,606
Game 3
October 24 @ Sinjhuang La New BearsLa New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
5 Uni-President Lions
Uni-President Lions
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uni-President Lions Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
| La New Bears La New Bears The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan... |
2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 5 | 9 | 1 |
- Winning Pitcher: Tsai Ing-fong 蔡 英 峰 (1-0) Losing Pitcher: Hansel Izquierdo 韓森 (1-1)
- Save Ramon Morel 魔銳 (1)
- HR (Bears):Lin Chih-sheng (林 智 勝)
- Lions had the bases loaded in the top of the eighth with no outs, and only managed one run.
- Attendance: 12,000
Game 4
October 25 @ Tainan La New BearsLa New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
7 Uni-President Lions
Uni-President Lions
The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team...
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| La New Bears La New Bears The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan... |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Uni-President Lions Uni-President Lions The Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions are a professional baseball team based in Tainan City, Taiwan. The organization is named after the Uni-President Corporation, one of Taiwan's largest conglomerate whose sub-company Uni-President Baseball Team Company oversees operations of the team... |
1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
- Winning Pitcher: Anthony Fiore 飛銳 (1-0) - Losing Pitcher: Lin Yueh-pin 林 岳 平 (0-2)
- Home Runs (Bears): Chen Chin-fong 陳 金 鋒 (1)
- Attendance: 8037
- Bears won three of the four games in the final inning of the game.
La New Bears
La New Bears
The Lamigo Monkeys , formerly First Financial Holdings Agan and then the La New Bears , are a professional baseball team in the Chinese Professional Baseball League in Taiwan...
win series 4 games to 0 for their first ever CPBL/Taiwan Series championship and advance to the 2006 Konami Cup Asia Series.