2007 Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs


The Chinese Professional Baseball League playoffs included the three top teams from the 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 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 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

Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County
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Macoto Cobras020000002484

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

Hsinjuang Baseball Stadium, Hsinchuang, Taipei County
Team123456789RHE
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Macoto Cobras000000000071

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 Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City
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Macoto Cobras000101000284
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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:

Game 1, October 20

Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County
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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

Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County
Team123456789RHE
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La New Bears2000010003101

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 Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan
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La New Bears0101014007120
Uni-President Lions0200001306141

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 Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan
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La New Bears1000000304122
Uni-President Lions40005002X1192

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 Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan
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La New Bears001201022880
Uni-President Lions0003110005122

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

Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County
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La New Bears30012000X6111

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

Chengching Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County
Team123456789RHE
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La New Bears000001001252

WP: Nelson Figueroa LP: Andrew Lorraine
HRs: La New - Lin Chih-Sheng
MVP of the Game: Nelson Figueroa
Attendance: 20,000