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12-29-2008, 05:10 PM
On Friday, the semi-final phase of the Dominican Winter League got off to an interesting start.
In San Francisco de Macoris, the Tigres del Licey clobbered the home team Gigantes del Cibao, the winners of the regular season, 14-4. The game was played before a packed house in the Julian Javier Stadium. Jose Bautista led the Tigres with a homerun and three runs-batted-in.
In La Romana, the Toros del Este defeated the Aguilas Cibaenas 10-7 at the Francisco Micheli Stadium.
Cuban Michel Abreu went 3-3 with two doubles a hit and five runs-batted-in to lead the Toros to their first victory in the Round Robin part of the tournament.
On Saturday, the Toros never gave up and came back from a five-run deficit to defeat the Tigres del Licey on their home turf in Santo Domingo, 8-7. The victory put the Toros at 2-0 in the tourney and the Tigres at 1-1.
In Santiago, a dramatic ninth inning bases loaded homerun by Nelson Cruz gave the Gigantes del Cibao a victory over the Aguilas Cibaenas 7-6 before an astonished home crowd in the Estadio Cibao.
On Sunday, the Gigantes were once more in their Julian Javier Stadium home field in San Francisco de Macoris. They did not play nice with the visiting and undefeated Toros del Este, beating them in a come-from-behind homerun over the huge centerfield fence by Brayan Pena, good for two runs and the 9-7 victory.
The win puts the Gigantes in a first place tie with the Toros.
In Santiago, hundreds of fans were surprised at the suspension of the game between the Tigres del Licey and the Aguilas Cibaenas because the field was in unplayable condition due to the overnight rains. Some fans had traveled long distances to see this game between the fierce rivals.
The Standings <b>Team <b>W-L <b>Avg. <b>Games Behind GIGANTES 2 - 1 .667 -- TOROS 2 - 1 .667 -- LICEY 1 - 1 .500 .01 AGUILAS 0 - 2 .000 1.5 Today's games
Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo: Aguilas Cibaenas (Nelson Figueroa) vs. Tigres del Licey (R. Ortiz)
Francisco Micheli Stadium, La Romana: Gigantes del Cibao (A. Simon) vs Toros del Este (R. Tejada)
Both games start at 7:30pm
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)
In San Francisco de Macoris, the Tigres del Licey clobbered the home team Gigantes del Cibao, the winners of the regular season, 14-4. The game was played before a packed house in the Julian Javier Stadium. Jose Bautista led the Tigres with a homerun and three runs-batted-in.
In La Romana, the Toros del Este defeated the Aguilas Cibaenas 10-7 at the Francisco Micheli Stadium.
Cuban Michel Abreu went 3-3 with two doubles a hit and five runs-batted-in to lead the Toros to their first victory in the Round Robin part of the tournament.
On Saturday, the Toros never gave up and came back from a five-run deficit to defeat the Tigres del Licey on their home turf in Santo Domingo, 8-7. The victory put the Toros at 2-0 in the tourney and the Tigres at 1-1.
In Santiago, a dramatic ninth inning bases loaded homerun by Nelson Cruz gave the Gigantes del Cibao a victory over the Aguilas Cibaenas 7-6 before an astonished home crowd in the Estadio Cibao.
On Sunday, the Gigantes were once more in their Julian Javier Stadium home field in San Francisco de Macoris. They did not play nice with the visiting and undefeated Toros del Este, beating them in a come-from-behind homerun over the huge centerfield fence by Brayan Pena, good for two runs and the 9-7 victory.
The win puts the Gigantes in a first place tie with the Toros.
In Santiago, hundreds of fans were surprised at the suspension of the game between the Tigres del Licey and the Aguilas Cibaenas because the field was in unplayable condition due to the overnight rains. Some fans had traveled long distances to see this game between the fierce rivals.
The Standings <b>Team <b>W-L <b>Avg. <b>Games Behind GIGANTES 2 - 1 .667 -- TOROS 2 - 1 .667 -- LICEY 1 - 1 .500 .01 AGUILAS 0 - 2 .000 1.5 Today's games
Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo: Aguilas Cibaenas (Nelson Figueroa) vs. Tigres del Licey (R. Ortiz)
Francisco Micheli Stadium, La Romana: Gigantes del Cibao (A. Simon) vs Toros del Este (R. Tejada)
Both games start at 7:30pm
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)