2008 Taiwan Series

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.

2008 Taiwan Series
2008 Taiwan Series logo
Team (Wins) Manager(s) Season Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions (4) Lu Wen-sheng 67-0-33, .670 Brother Elephants (3) Wang Kuang-hui 52-4–42, .553
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
Taiwan Series

Participants

• 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

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

	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

October 25, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

October 26, 2008 at Chengcing Lake Baseball Field, Niaosong, Kaohsiung County

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

October 28, 2008 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, Taichung City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

October 29, 2008 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, Taipei County

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

October 30, 2008 at Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium, Taipei County

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

November 1, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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

November 2, 2008 at Tainan Municipal Baseball Stadium, Tainan City

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
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