2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs
The Chinese [Professional Baseball League] playoffs included the three top teams from the 2007 [Chinese Professional Baseball League season|regular season] and saw Uni-President Lions crowned as the champion with the Taiwan Series through the month of October, 2007. The winner represented Taiwan in the Konami Cup in Japan with the champions from Japan, South Korea, and an allstar team from China 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 2006 [Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs|last season]'s Taiwan 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 by Sinon 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 by Sinon Bulls four games to three in 2004 Taiwan Series, eliminated by Macoto Cobras three games to one in 2005 playoffs, and defeated by La New Bears four games to zero in 2006 Chinese Professional [Baseball League playoffs|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 the Macoto Cobras in 3 games to 0, going on to the Taiwan Series.Game 1, October 12
, Hsinchuang, Taipei County| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 13 | 1 |
| Macoto Cobras | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
WP: Nelson Figueroa LP: Chang Hsien-chih
HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito ; Macoto - Teng Shi-yang , Huang Shi-hao
MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa
Attendance: 2,287
Game 2, October 13
, Hsinchuang, Taipei County| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 |
| Macoto Cobras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 |
WP: Pete Munro LP: Hsu Chu-chien
HRs: Uni-President - Tilson Brito
MVP of the Game: Tilson Brito
Attendance: 4,293
Game 3, October 14
, Tainan City| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Macoto Cobras | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 3 | X | 13 | 16 | 1 |
WP: Pan Wei-lun LP: Andy Van Hekken
HRs: Macoto - Hsieh Chia-hsien ; Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching , Chen Lien-hung , Kuo Dai-chi
MVP of the Game: Kao Kuo-ching
Attendance: 4,081
Taiwan Series
In the 2007 Taiwan Series, the Uni-President Lions defeated the La New Bears in 4 games to 3.Awards:
- Taiwan Series MVP: Nelson Figueroa
- Outstanding Player Award: Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao ; La New - Chen Chin-feng
- Manager of the Year: Lu Wen-sheng
Game 1, October 20
, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 0 |
| La New Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 3 |
WP: Nelson Figueroa LP: Huang Chun-chung
HRs: Uni-President - Kuo Dai-chi ; La New - Kit Pellow
MVP of the Game: Yang Sung-hsien
Attendance: 11,334
Game 2, October 21
, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 13 | 0 |
| La New Bears | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 10 | 1 |
WP: Pete Munro LP: Hsu Yu-wei SV: Tseng Yi-cheng
HRs: Uni-President - Pan Wu-hsiung , Kuo Dai-chi ; La New - Chen Chin-Feng
MVP of the Game: Pan Wu-hsiung
Attendance: 8,864
Game 3, October 23
, Tainan| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| La New Bears | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 0 |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 1 |
WP: Andrew Lorraine LP: Pan Wei-lun SV: Mac Suzuki
HRs: La New - Chiang Chih-Tsung ; Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao
MVP of the Game: Chiang Chih-Tsung
Attendance: 5,263
Game 4, October 24
, Tainan| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| La New Bears | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 2 |
| Uni-President Lions | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | X | 11 | 9 | 2 |
WP: Nelson Figueroa LP: Hsu Wen-hsiung
HRs: La New - Kit Pellow ; Uni-President - Kao Kuo-ching
MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa
Attendance: 7,063
Game 5, October 25
, Tainan| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| La New Bears | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 0 |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 2 |
WP: Mac Suzuki LP: Tseng Yi-cheng
HRs: La New - Huang Lung-Yi , Tsai Chien-Wei , Lin Chih-Sheng , Chen Chin-Feng ; Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao , Yang Po-chaio
MVP of the Game: Mac Suzuki
Attendance: 10,056
Game 6, October 27
, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 0 |
| La New Bears | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 6 | 11 | 1 |
WP: Hau Yu-wei LP: Pan Wei-lun SV: Hsu Wen-hsiung
HRs: Uni-President - Liu Fu-hao , Tilson Brito ; La New - Chen Chin-feng
MVP of the Game: Chen Chin-feng
Attendance: 18,656
Game 7, October 28
, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Uni-President Lions | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 0 |
| La New Bears | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
WP: Nelson Figueroa LP: Andrew Lorraine
HRs: La New - Lin Chih-Sheng
MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa
Attendance: 20,000