The CTBC Brothers defeated the Uni-President 7-Eleven Lions 8-2 on Monday at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, clinching a best-of-seven Taiwan Series berth against the Wei Chuan Dragons in the first CPBL championship to be staged entirely inside Taipei Dome.
Starter Cheng Hao-chun earned playoff MVP honors after allowing one earned run over 5⅔ innings on 98 pitches. The Brothers scored three runs in the fifth on bases-loaded walks and added solo homers from Chang Jen-wei and Chan Tzu-hsien to put the game away.
Historic venue choice
League officials scheduled all seven potential games at Taipei Dome, with Wei Chuan hosting Games 1, 2, and 5–7 and the Brothers designated home team for Games 3 and 4. The arrangement eliminates travel during a rainy season week and capitalizes on the dome’s retractable crowd capacity for Taiwan’s marquee sporting event.
Game 1 opens Saturday at 5:05 p.m., with a potential Game 7 on Oct. 25 if the series extends. Tickets sold through the CPBL’s unified platform within hours for the first two nights.
Storylines on the field
Wei Chuan earned its spot by winning the first-half title and riding complete-game heroics from Chen Wei-Yin in the playoff round. The Brothers, second-half champions, needed four games to survive the Uni-Lions after blowing a 2-0 series lead—a resilience test manager Peng Cheng-min highlighted in postgame remarks.
Monday also marked the final professional appearance for Uni-Lions veteran Chen Yung-chi, 43, who pinch-hit a single in the sixth before exiting to a standing ovation. Fans in Taichung chanted his nickname as fireworks popped beyond the outfield fence.
What fans should expect
Dome ground rules will treat any ball striking the roof as in play, a nuance outfielders practiced during Sunday’s closed workout. Sportsbooks in Taipei are pricing Wei Chuan slightly favored given rest days, but Brothers backers cite playoff momentum.
For the city, the series is the biggest event at Taipei Dome since its opening concerts, testing transit flows around Sanchong. MRT officials will extend service after weekend night games, hoping the championship showcases indoor baseball as a year-round draw.
Broadcast and streaming
Eleven Sports Taiwan will carry every game live with Mandarin commentary, while CPBL TV offers English subtitles on its streaming app for international viewers tracking the dome experiment.