TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Taiwan baseball league released the schedule for its 36th season on Tuesday.
The opening game will be on March 29 at Taipei Dome. The teams competing in the Taiwan Series Championship, the Uni-Lions and the Chinatrust Brothers, will face off, per UDN.
The number of games at Taipei Dome has increased to 52 this year. The league is expected to set new attendance records with more games at the large, all-weather venue.
The league will host 360 regular-season games. Each team is expected to play 120 games, with 60 home games and 60 away games.
All six teams are scheduled for home games at Taipei Dome: 16 games for Wei Chuan Dragons, 13 games for Chinatrust Brothers, 7 games for Rakuten Monkeys, 6 games for Uni-Lions, 6 games for Fubon Guardians, and 4 games for TSG Hawks.
Three baseball games will be held on March 30. The Chinatrust Brothers will be the home team facing the Fubon Guardians at Taipei Dome, while the Uni-Lions will return to their home field in Tainan to face the TSG Hawks. Lastly, the Rakuten Monkeys will play at home against the Wei Chuan Dragons at Taoyuan Baseball Stadium.
On April 2, the Wei Chuan Dragons will face the TSG Hawks in their first home game at Tianmu Baseball Stadium. Meanwhile, the first game for the Fubon Guardians at Xinzhuang Stadium will be against the Chinatrust Brothers.
The first game at Chiayi City Baseball Stadium will be on May 2, with the Chinatrust Brothers competing against the home team, the TSG Hawks. The first game at Hualien Baseball Stadium will be on May 9, with the Fubon Guardians playing the Uni-Lions.
Douliu Baseball Stadium will only host two games this year in the second half of the season. The TSG Hawks and the Wei Chuan Dragons will face off on July 15 and 16.
This year, games will be played at 11 stadiums. Xinzhuang Baseball Stadium will see 54 games, followed by Taoyuan Baseball Stadium with 53 games, Taipei Dome with 52 games, Chengcing Baseball Stadium with 48 games, Tainan Baseball Stadium and Intercontinental Baseball Stadium with 47 games each, Tianmu Baseball Stadium with 40 games, Chiayi Baseball Stadium with 8 games, Hualien Baseball Stadium with 5 games, Taitung Baseball Stadium with 4 games, and Douliu Baseball Stadium with 2 games.
