The Wei Chuan Dragons will hand the ball to left-hander Wang Po-Tseng in Taiwan Series Game Two at 1:05 a.m. Sunday at Taipei Dome, hoping to even the best-of-seven championship against the CTBC Brothers after a Game One loss on Friday night.

Game One hangover

Brothers starter Pan Wei-lun outdueled Dragons ace Jiang Hsuan through seven innings in the opener, with Rakuten Gold Eagles import Greg Jones adding a two-run homer off the dome roof catwalk. Attendance hit 28,416, the largest CPBL crowd since the dome opened, and Chunghwa Telecom’s broadcast partners reported record concurrent streams on Hami Video.

Bullpen chess

Dragons manager Tsai Hsuan-cheng said Wang Po-Tseng will work on regular rest after throwing 92 pitches in the clinching playoff game Wednesday. The Brothers counter with right-hander Chen Kuan-yu, who posted a 2.08 ERA after midseason elbow tightness. Both teams carried 13 pitchers on the series roster, anticipating extra-inning chess in the air-conditioned dome.

Fans and sponsors

Chunghwa Telecom VIP guests filled suites behind home plate, continuing its six-year title sponsorship. Convenience-store chains rolled out co-branded bento boxes for overnight fans taking the last MRT trains after a 1 a.m. first pitch. With the series shifting to Taichung for Game Three on Monday, Game Two is the last Taipei home date until a potential Game Six, making Saturday’s early-morning matchup the city’s final 2026 baseball party.

Broadcast and betting

Sports lottery sales for the series opener exceeded NT$42 million, according to Taiwan Lottery Corp., with parlays on total runs selling fastest despite the late start time. CPBL Commissioner Tsai Chi-chang reminded clubs that dome noise rules still cap celebratory pyrotechnics to protect the roof sensors installed for concert conversions.

Brothers manager Pai Shan-fu said his hitters will sit on Wang Po-Tseng’s first-pitch sliders after video showed the lefty leaning heavily on that pitch in playoff starts. Dragons analytics staff countered that Wang added a cutter in September that induced weak contact from right-handed bats—setting up a chess match that could extend well past the 1 a.m. hour.