A replay decision keeps Game 4 level
The CTBC Brothers fought back to 4–4 against the Wei Chuan Dragons in the sixth inning of Taiwan Series Game 4 at Taipei Dome on October 21, 2026, after a replay challenge overturned an out call at home plate. Trailing three games to none in the championship series, the Brothers needed a victory to keep their season alive.
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Sung Sheng jui delivered the hit that brought CTBC back into the game. Tseng Sung en scored first, while Wang Wei chen raced home behind him and was initially called out following a collision with Dragons catcher Lin Chen hsun. The Brothers challenged, the ruling changed to safe, and Wang's run tied the score.
Lin left the game injured, with Chiang Shao hung taking over behind the plate. The nature and severity of Lin's injury were not given.
The sixth inning response followed a sharp reversal in the fifth. Wei Chuan had turned a 2–0 deficit into a 4–2 lead through consecutive hits by Tseng Sheng an and Lee Kai wei, each driving in two runs. Before approximately 40,000 spectators in a full Taipei Dome, both teams had now surrendered a lead of two runs.
The latest game update stopped with the teams level in the sixth inning; the final result was not yet available. For Wei Chuan, a win would complete a sweep and secure the championship. For CTBC, victory would force a fifth game in a series decided by the first team to reach four wins.
Chang breaks a scoring drought
Chang Shih lun gave the Brothers their first lead with a single that brought home two runners in the bottom of the third inning. He entered Game 4 without a hit in the series, having gone 12 consecutive plate appearances without one.
CTBC's opportunity began when Chiang Kun yu drew a walk. After Kao Yu chieh struck out, Huang Wei sheng singled to right field, putting runners at first and third. Huang later stole second, leaving two runners in scoring position, where a single into the outfield could bring both home.
Chang Jen wei lined out to shortstop, leaving Chang Shih lun to bat with two outs. Chang singled to left field, drove in both runners and advanced to second on the throw. Tseng Sung en then hit a deep fly to center field for the final out.
The detailed scoring sequence places Chang's hit in the third inning, although a live update also listed it in the fourth. The hit gave CTBC a 2–0 lead and ended a team scoring drought that had stretched to 15 innings after its last run in the fifth inning of Game 2.
That stretch matched the Brothers' Taiwan Series record for consecutive innings without scoring, previously reached in 2020 and 2025. Chang's hit therefore ended two dry spells at once: his own search for a first series hit and his team's search for a run.
Eleven straight outs before the fifth inning turns
Brothers starter Cheng Hao chun had recovered from an early threat to take control. In the first inning, Wei Chuan center fielder Kuo Tien hsin tripled to right field, reaching third with one out. Cheng retired Chang Cheng yu and Liu Chi hung to leave him there.
Cheng then kept the Dragons off the bases through the second, third and fourth innings. By the time the fifth began, he had retired 11 consecutive batters. CTBC had both a lead and a starter who had settled into a strong rhythm.
Chu Yu hsien interrupted that run by drawing a walk to open the fifth. Chen Tzu hao followed with a single to right field, and Liu Chun wei laid down a bunt near the third base line. Cheng came off the mound to field it but could not make a throw in time.
Liu reached safely for an infield hit rather than giving up an out to move the runners along. Wei Chuan suddenly had the bases loaded with nobody out. Each base was occupied, giving the Dragons several chances to score before CTBC could finish the inning.
Cheng secured the first out when Lin Chen hsun hit an infield fly near shortstop. Brothers coach Wang Chien ming was also seen speaking with Cheng during the difficult inning. The next two batters would turn the game around.
Tseng and Lee turn pressure into four runs
Tseng Sheng an, the Dragons' 20 year old right fielder and ninth batter in the starting lineup, drove a double to right field. Two runners scored, erasing CTBC's advantage and making it 2–2.
Tseng had already hit a home run worth three runs earlier in the series. His double raised his series total to five runs batted in, the statistic that credits a hitter for runs scored through his batting contribution.
Lee Kai wei followed with a single to center field that brought home two more runners, including Tseng. In consecutive plate appearances, the bottom and top of Wei Chuan's batting order had combined for four runs. The Dragons now led 4–2.
The order of those hits mattered. Tseng's double scored the first two runners while leaving two more on base for Lee. Lee then converted the remaining opportunity, allowing Wei Chuan to score all four runners who reached during the decisive stretch.
Cheng left after Lee's single. His final line was four and one third innings, five hits allowed, three strikeouts, one walk and four runs conceded. Four and one third innings means he completed four full innings and recorded one out in the fifth.
Tsai Chi che took over and prevented further scoring. He retired Kuo, walked Chang Cheng yu and then got Liu Chi hung to hit an infield fly. Wei Chuan had taken the lead, but CTBC kept the deficit at two runs.
Both teams turn to their bullpens
Dragons starter Huang Wei chieh completed five innings and allowed two runs. After the difficult third inning, he finished his outing by retiring Chiang Kun yu, Kao Yu chieh and Huang Wei sheng in order in the bottom of the fifth.
Huang left with Wei Chuan ahead 4–2. His work had carried the Dragons through the middle innings while their offense found a way past Cheng.
CTBC brought in Mario Sanchez for the top of the sixth after Tsai had finished the fifth. Sanchez had started Game 1, and the Brothers now called on him again with elimination at stake.
Wei Chuan made its own change in the bottom of the sixth, sending Bryan Woodall to the mound in place of Huang. Both clubs had moved beyond their starters, putting the next phase of the contest in the hands of relief pitchers.
Woodall's first inning became another turning point. With two outs, Tseng Sung en and Wang Wei chen produced consecutive hits, leaving runners at second and third. Sung Sheng jui then singled, giving CTBC the chance to erase the same deficit Wei Chuan had overcome an inning earlier.
A collision and a successful challenge
Sung's hit first brought Tseng Sung en home to cut the Dragons' lead to 4–3. Wang followed toward the plate, where he and Lin came together during the attempt to complete the play.
The plate umpire initially ruled Wang out. CTBC requested a video review, allowing the umpires to examine the play again. The decision was overturned, Wang was ruled safe and the second run counted, tying the game at 4–4.
The reversal changed both the score and the outcome of the immediate scoring chance. With two outs already recorded, the original ruling would have ended the inning with Wei Chuan still leading. Instead, CTBC drew level and kept its hopes of extending the series alive.
Lin's departure also forced a defensive change for the Dragons. Chiang Shao hung replaced him at catcher, the position responsible for receiving pitches, working with the pitcher and defending home plate.
How the series reached this point
The Brothers arrived at this championship meeting after an 8–2 playoff victory over the Uni Lions on October 12 at Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium. Cheng started that deciding contest too, allowing one run over five and two thirds innings as CTBC secured its first Taiwan Series meeting with Wei Chuan.
CTBC had scored in five consecutive innings to finish that playoff round. Game 4 of the Taiwan Series presented a different problem: a lineup that had endured 15 innings without a run had to respond with its season at stake.
The key dates and scoring turns show how quickly that situation changed:
- October 12: CTBC beat the Uni Lions 8–2 to reach the Taiwan Series.
- October 17: The championship series was scheduled to open at Taipei Dome, the venue assigned all seven possible games.
- October 21, third inning: Chang Shih lun's single drove in two runs and put CTBC ahead 2–0.
- October 21, fifth inning: Tseng Sheng an and Lee Kai wei each drove in two runs, giving Wei Chuan a 4–2 lead.
- October 21, sixth inning: Sung Sheng jui's hit and the successful challenge at home plate brought CTBC level at 4–4.
By the sixth inning, CTBC had twice found important hits with two outs, first through Chang and then through Sung. Wei Chuan's strongest response came from loading the bases without an out and following with consecutive scoring hits. Those sequences accounted for all eight runs at the latest update.
Key Points
- CTBC and Wei Chuan were tied 4–4 in the sixth inning of Game 4 at Taipei Dome on October 21.
- The Dragons entered with a 3–0 series lead and needed one more victory to win the championship.
- Chang Shih lun's single ended CTBC's 15 innings without scoring and gave the Brothers a 2–0 lead.
- Tseng Sheng an and Lee Kai wei each drove in two runs during Wei Chuan's fifth inning rally.
- Sung Sheng jui's sixth inning hit produced the tying runs after Wang Wei chen was ruled safe following a replay challenge.
- Dragons catcher Lin Chen hsun left injured and was replaced by Chiang Shao hung.
