Waterlogged pitch at CTBC Intercontinental Baseball Stadium delays start of CTBC Brothers game against TSG Hawks
The game between the CTBC Brothers and the TSG Hawks has been delayed due to a waterlogged field, bad news for both teams' schedules, with the start time still to be announced by the league.
- A sudden downpour one hour before the scheduled start left several parts of the Intercontinental Baseball Stadium waterlogged, and the game has been confirmed as delayed.
- The CTBC Brothers are 13-14 in the second half, just half a game behind the third-placed Uni-President Lions, and a win today would bring their winning percentage back to .500 for the fourth time.
- Brothers starter Rogers is on a four-game winning streak, having given up just one run over 20 innings in his last three outings; a win would be the 30th of his career.
- The Hawks only just snapped a five-game losing streak against the Brothers yesterday, and today they send Chen Cheng-yi to the mound, still in search of his first career win.
Outlook: The actual start time depends on the league's announcement once the field has been drained; if the makeup game goes ahead smoothly, the Brothers have a good chance of grabbing a crucial win to close the gap.