To make matters worse, before the first game two more pitchers, Shen Yu-chieh and Lin Po-you, failed the drugs test due to taking gout medication and antibiotics, meaning up-and-coming second-stringers Lee Wei-hua and Lee Chen-chang had to step up.
更沒料到，開賽在即，竟又發生兩名投手沈鈺傑、林柏佑因服用痛風和消炎藥，藥檢未過，只好緊急以二線新世代李瑋華、李振昌遞補。