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The Taiwan Series is the annual Chinese Professional Baseball Championship. This year, for the first time, CITIC Brothers and Wei Chuan Dragons will join forces. Both teams represent the best performing teams in the first half and second half of the season respectively.
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[Reporter Gong Naijie/Report from Taipei] For the first time in the history of the Taiwanese competition, there was a "Dragon-Elephant Battle". CITIC Brothers brought the most powerful attack in the league this season, and forced Wei Quanlong, who had the most complete pitching ability, to stage a conflicting showdown. Taking into account the momentum of CITIC Brothers from the challenge, Chen Shizheng, a professional football commentator, was optimistic that CITIC would win the championship with 4 wins and 3 losses.
The first three games of the Dragons and Elephants are expected to be a powerful foreign pitching showdown. Both sides have the opportunity to use small ball tactics to break through. Weiquan is the only team to steal 100 bases this year. CITIC 74 seems to have the second fewest steals in the league, but it has the most in the second half of the season, with a success rate of 738%. Chen Shizheng bluntly said that the two sides have similar formations and may frequently use small ball tactics to advance, testing whether the foreign pitching teams of both sides can overcome their irritability.
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From the perspective of the Dragons, Chen Shizheng named Guo Tianxin as the key to the series. "He is a very important offensive indicator for Wei Quan, but he was a bit sluggish in the second half of the season, which will affect the Dragons' scoring efficiency." He also focused on the brothers' duel between Zhang Zhengyu and Zhang Shilun. "The two's hitting patterns show that genes cannot fool anyone. They are both threatening after hitting a hit, and a first base hit may become a second base. These speed hitters will have a great impact on the game."
CITIC's batting in the second half of the season continued at the end, and the Challenger League also continued its hot hitting touch. The strong momentum made Chen Shizheng believe that CITIC could win the series with 4 wins and 3 losses. However, he also mentioned that Ip Junzhang, from coaching E-Daily to Wei, has a good way of building a bullpen. "If the pitchers are used up to the back, the Dragons will have a slight advantage. If the brothers don't open the score and form a stalemate in G4 of the Challenger League, it will be harder for the brothers."
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CITIC Brothers will defeat Wei Chuan Long with 4 wins and 3 losses to win the Taiwan Championship.
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