
Taiwan Competition premieres "Dragon-Elephant Battle", Wei Chuan Dragon faces CITIC Brothers
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The Dragon-Elephant Battle debuted in the Taiwan Competition, and CITIC Brothers used foreign investment as the G1 starting pitcher for 12 consecutive years.
In G1 of the Taiwan Competition, double pitching champion Jiang Wen defeated the Cavaliers by a strong margin.
[Reporter Gong Nai getItemId/Reporting from Taipei] The Taiwanese competition will premiere the "Dragon-Elephant Battle". Tomorrow at 5:05 pm, G1 will ignite the war at the Taipei Arena. Wei Chuan Dragons will serve as the home team and face the CITIC Brothers who came up from the post-season challenge. The two sides announced that the starting pitcher will be double-champion pitcher Jiang Wenqiang to beat the Cavaliers.
Jiang Wen played in 21 games this year, with a record of 9 wins and 2 losses, and an ERA of only 1.49, winning the ERA and strikeout titles.
Victory Knight played 25 games this season, with a record of 11 wins and 7 losses, and an ERA of 3.08. He pitched in 1 game in the post-season challenge, and won the victory by allowing 1 run in 7 innings. This is the second time in his career that he has participated in the Taiwanese competition, and it is also the first time he has carried G1.
Counting from 2010, when the brothers were together, CITIC Brothers has been carried by McGlenn, Cody, Clarty, Wu Duo (twice), Nuvilla, Rogers, DePaula (three times), and Rogo for 11 consecutive games. This year, foreign players also started the game, setting a league record of 12 consecutive games. The last time a local player started G1 in the Taiwanese competition dates back to 2009 when Liao Yucheng.
Before CITIC broke the record, the longest consecutive G1 starting team in the past was the Peach Monkeys. Since 2011, they have been carried by Rui, Luo Li, Taiba, Mingxing, Shibowei, Kern III, Liz, Kuangwei, Wei Nengdi, and Mo Shenle for 10 consecutive times. Like CITIC, the record is still continuing.
Looking back at the 33 Taiwanese competitions in the 36 years of secondary vocational school, the team that won the first game (including a walk) won the championship 29 times, and the chance of winning the championship was 87.87%.
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The team that wins the first game has an 87.87% chance of winning the championship.
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