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The Wei Chuan Dragons punched their ticket to the CPBL Taiwan Series with a 3-1 complete-game win over the Rakuten Monkeys on Sunday, as veteran pitcher Chen Wei-Yin held the monkeys to four hits through nine innings at Taoyuan Stadium.
Chen Wei-Yin threw a complete game as the Wei Chuan Dragons beat the Rakuten Monkeys 4–1, clinching a Taiwan Series berth on the penultimate day of the CPBL regular season.
The Rakuten Monkeys beat the Uni-President Lions 7–6 before 18,000 fans in Taoyuan, evening the CPBL first-round series at one game apiece.
CPBL playoff game one pits the Uni-President Lions at the CTBC Brothers on Oct. 9 at 5:05 p.m. in Taichung, with the Brothers holding a 1–0 series handicap in the best-of-five Taiwan Series qualifier.
Mario Sanchez struck out six over seven innings and the CTBC Brothers scored three in the first on their way to a 4-1 win over the Uni-President Lions in Taichung, taking a 2-0 lead in the best-of-five challenge series.
The CTBC Brothers open the CPBL challenge series against the Uni-President Lions on Oct. 9 with a one-win advantage after capturing the second-half title.
