Published on: Apr 26, 2020 11:00 am IST|Updated on: Apr 26, 2020 11:21 am IST
Having suffered the season’s first defeat, league leaders Rakuten Monkeys will be looking for a perfect response when they play Uni Lions in the back-to-back games on Sunday (IST). Interestingly, the Lions are the same opponent who inflicted that defeat on Rakuten. So expect the leaders to improve on that showing, on that unexpected 8-7 defeat in the last match. But the story of the match could have been entirely different and Rakuten may have been undefeated still, for they were leading the match going into the penultimate quarter, but Lions showed more determination and tenacity in the crucial period and won the quarter 2-0 and recorded a memorable win. With that win, Uni Lions improved to 4-6 on the season and now sit third on the points table. Rakuten Monkeys are still the best team in the league with 7 wins and a solo defeat.
Venue: Xinzhuang
Time: 02:30 PM IST
Rakuten Monkeys: WWWWL
Uni-Lions: WLWLW
Here we come up with Dream11 Fantasy Baseball prediction and team news.
Rakuten Monkeys Team News
Uni-Lions Team News
Unlike Cricket or Football where 11 players take the field, in Baseball on 9 players are allowed to take the field.
Rakuten Monkeys: C Chun-Hsiu, Chen Junxiu, Lin Li, Lin Hongyu, Wen Wei-Chun, Lin Zhiping, Zhu Yuxian, Lan Yinlun, Chen Chen-Wei
Uni-Lions: Guo Fulin, Chen Yongji, Lin Ching-Kai, Chen Chong-Yu, Shih Tzu-Chien, Su Zhijie, Chen Jiexian, T Chao-Ting, C Yung-Chi
Even the defeat in the last game can’t take the fact away that the Rakuten Monkeys are a team that is head and shoulders above every other team in the league at the moment. The likes of Chen Chen-Wei and Lin Li still remains the most pivotal part of the Monkeys. Both got scores of 2 in the last game.
They have announced Weng Wei-Chun as their pitcher for this match.
The Uni-Lions are expected to go unchanged in this game. Chen Jiexian and catcher Chen Chongyu will definitely start.
Among pitchers, Shih Tzu-Chien has been announced to start in this fixture.
OF: C Chin, T Chao-Ting, C Chen-Wei (vc) IF: L Ching-Kai, K Fu Lin, L Li (c), L Cheng-Fei P: W Wei-Chin C: L Hung-Yu
The defeat in the last game was a waking call for Rakuten Monkeys. They should be back to their ruthless best here. We back Rakuten Monkeys to win this match.