The Brother Elephants were also a game away from claiming a clean, three-game sweep over the serpents when a controversial ball-four call by the home plate umpire on an apparent third strike that would have ended a scoreless eighth inning in Saturday's contest, turned into a two-run inning that broke a 1-l tie for the Cobras for a 3-1 win.
Elephants starter Jonathan Hurst suffered the tough loss, while his counterpart Hsu Chu-jien picked his 10th win of the year for four-hitting the Elephants in seven solid innings.
The Texas Rangers set a major league record for home runs at home when David Dellucci, Alfonso Soriano and Rod Barajas connected Sunday against Seattle.
Texas has 150 homers at Ameriquest Field, one more than Colorado hit at Coors Field in 1996.
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