1991 Taiwan Series

The 1991 Taiwan Series was the second Taiwan Series.

The defending champion Wei Chuan Dragons had won the 1991 CPBL first-half title at 26-17-2 then fell to 20-19-6 in the second half. They boasted six of the nine Best Nine picks: 2B Shi-Xing Ro (.307/.398/.482), SS Jim Aylward (.305/.357/.456, a league-high 59 RBI), 3B Chien-Lin Kuo (.272/.343/.329), OF I-Tseng Lin (.292/.342/.368, a league-best 31 SB), OF Tsao-Li Sun (.271/.321/.349) and P Ping-Yang Huang (13-9, a league-leading 1.89 ERA). Joe Strong (15-10, 2.68) tied for the win lead and Longo Garcia (7-9, 2.66) was a solid third starter. They were managed by Sheng-Ming Hsu.

The Uni-President Lions had gone 21-20-4 in the first half but jumped to 25-14-6 in the second half. Managed by Kuen-Chi Cheng, they only had one Best Nine pick in C Chi-Chen Tseng (.312/.384/.426). Milt Harper (.300/.404/.507) was their other top producer. The pitching staff featured save leader Tony Metoyer (4-5, 20 Sv, 2.26), strikeout leader Enrique Burgos (7-9, 2.68, 138 K), Chin-Hsing Kuo (11-5, 2.91) and Chang-Heng Hsieh (11-9, 2.89).

Games

Game 1

November 2 at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (12,038)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	5	9	0
Uni-President Lions	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	4	1

Dragons: Ping-Yang Huang (W, 1-0)

Lions: Fu-Ming Tu (L, 0-1) - Chang-Heng Hsieh - Tony Metoyer

Home Run Matt Huff (1), Milt Harper (1)

The Series opened November 2 with a 5-2 Dragons win, Huang beating Fu-Ming Tu. Chien-Lin Kuo drove in the winner, while Matt Huff homered for the victors and Harper for the losers.

Game 2

November 3 at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (10,378)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Uni-President Lions	0	1	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	11	16	0
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	0	5	8	5

Lions: Chin-Hsing Kuo - Enrique Burgos (W, 1-0)

Dragons: Joe Strong (L, 0-1) - Kuang-Hung Lin - Longo Garcia

Home Run Tsao-Li Sun (1), Chin-Mao Chen (1), Min-Ching Lo (1)

The next day, the Lions stormed back with a 11-5 win, aided by five Dragons errors. Burgos won and Strong lost. For the losers, Tsao-Li Sun and Chin-Mao Chen homered. Jung-Tai Sung drove in the winner.

Game 3

November 5 at Kaohsiung Li De Baseball Stadium (9,000)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	5	1
Uni-President Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	8	0

Dragons: Longo Garcia (W, 1-0) - Joe Strong (S, 1)

Lions: Chang-Heng Hsieh (L, 0-1)

Wei Chuan came back in game 3 on November 5, Garcia beating Hsieh while Strong saved it. An-Hsi Li drove in the winning run.

Game 4

November 6 at Taichung Baseball Field (8,756)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	R	H	E
Uni-President Lions	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	10	2
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	2

Lions: Enrique Burgos - Tony Metoyer (W, 1-0)

Dragons: Ping-Yang Huang (L, 1-1)

Home Run Juan Castillo (1), Shi-Hsing Lo (1)

The Lions won a 3-2 affair that went 14 innings, which would be a Taiwan Series record until 2009. Metoyer got the win and Huang the loss. Pai-Sheng Cheng drove in the winner. Lo homered for Wei Chuan while Juan Castillo hit a tying home run in the 9th for the Lions.

Game 5

November 7 at Hsinchu Baseball Field (8,253)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Wei Chuan Dragons	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	1
Uni-President Lions	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	X	4	10	0

Dragons: Joe Strong (L, 0-2)

Lions: Chin-Hsing Kuo (W, 1-0)

The Lions won a 4-2 game to go ahead, Kuo beating Strong. Yao-Hua Teng drove in the winner.

Game 6

November 10 at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (14,000)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Uni-President Lions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	2	7	1

Lions: Fu-Ming Tu - Enrique Burgos (L, 1-1)

Dragons: Ping-Yang Huang (W, 2-1)

After a day off, Wei Chuan tied it in game 6 with a 2-0 win, Huang getting the victory for the second time. Burgos lost. Yan-Cheng Chen had the game-winning RBI.

Game 7

November 10 at Taipei Municipal Baseball Stadium (13,219)

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Wei Chuan Dragons	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	1
Uni-President Lions	0	0	1	4	0	3	2	3	X	13	14	0

Dragons: Longo Garcia - Ping-Yang Huang (L, 2-2) - Joe Strong - Kuang-Hung Lin

Lions: Chang-Heng Hsieh - Tony Metoyer (W, 2-0) - Enrique Burgos

Home Run Min-Ching Lo (2), Juan Castillo (2), I-Tseng Lin (1), Tsao-Li Sun (2)

The Lions won the first game 7 in Series history, 13-5. Metoyer got the win while Huang fell to 2-2 on the Series. Series MVP Min-Ching Lo and Castillo homered for the Lions while I-Tseng Lin and Tsao-Li Sun went deep for the Dragons.

Sources include Taiwan Baseball Wiki