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11-16-2009, 03:10 PM
On Friday night the Leones del Escogido defeated the Gigantes del Cibao at the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris. In what was earlier this season the Gigantes' "Valley of Death" for opposing teams, the Leones came back from a 4-run deficit with a 4-run rally of their own in the top of the 8th inning to take a 6-5 victory and climb into a first place tie in the standings.
In Santo Domingo's venerable Estadio Quisqueya, the Tigres de Licey defeated the Estrellas Orientales by a score of 6 to 3, with timely hitting by Juan Miranda and fine pitching from Jorge Sosa. Licey had to come back from a run down in the 5th inning to get the win.
In La Romana, the Toros del Este were not able to feast on the Aguilas, falling to the team from Santiago 8-2, with Kevin Baker hitting two homeruns for the Aguilas.
In Saturday's rematches, the Aguilas were rained out, and the game was rescheduled for Monday, possibly. However, Escogido once again defeated the Gigantes del Cibao behind the sterling pitching of Tobi Stoner and the good hitting from Willie Otanez and Jamie Hoffman. Stoner pitched 7 innings of near-perfect baseball, allowing just 4 hits and no runs. Meanwhile, over in San Pedro de Macoris, the Tigres de Licey once again took on the Estrellas, but there was not a lot of opposition with Juan Miranda hitting 4-4 and the team getting off to a 6-0 start in the first inning the game was practically over for the Estrellas, who ended up on the very short end of the 15-5 shellacking.
On Sunday the Leones del Escogido climbed into first place by narrowly defeating the Estrellas Orientales 2-1, coming from a 0-1 deficit in the seventh inning with timely hitting by Freddy Guzman. In La Romana, the first hit by Gaby Sanchez in Dominican baseball won the game for the Toros del Este, 6-4 over the Gigantes del Cibao. The game went back and forth with the Gigantes taking a 1-0 lead in the first, the Toros coming back with two runs in the fourth, and then the Gigantes taking a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning. The Toros came from behind once again in the bottom half of the inning to take a 5-4 lead and never looked back. The Aguilas Cibaenas won a tough game from the Tigres de Licey, coming from a run down and rallying to bring home an 8-2 victory behind some good pitching by John Halama.
Standings: <b>Team <b>W-L <b>Avg. <b>Diff. ESCOGIDO 15 - 9 .626 -- AZUCAREROS 14 - 9 .609 0.5 LICEY 14 - 10 .583 1.0 AGUILAS 11 - 12 .478 3.5 GIGANTES 9 - 14 .391 5.5 ESTRELLAS 7 - 16 .304 7.5 Tonight's games:
* Santiago, Cibao Stadium - 8:00pm.
Azucareros vs Aguilas. Julian Tavarez will be pitching for the Aguilas
* San Pedro de Macoris, Tetelo Vargas Stadium - 8:00 p.m.
Gigantes vs. Estrellas
Neither of the starting pitchers has won a game. Narron for the Gigantes and Rosario for the Estrellas.
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In Santo Domingo's venerable Estadio Quisqueya, the Tigres de Licey defeated the Estrellas Orientales by a score of 6 to 3, with timely hitting by Juan Miranda and fine pitching from Jorge Sosa. Licey had to come back from a run down in the 5th inning to get the win.
In La Romana, the Toros del Este were not able to feast on the Aguilas, falling to the team from Santiago 8-2, with Kevin Baker hitting two homeruns for the Aguilas.
In Saturday's rematches, the Aguilas were rained out, and the game was rescheduled for Monday, possibly. However, Escogido once again defeated the Gigantes del Cibao behind the sterling pitching of Tobi Stoner and the good hitting from Willie Otanez and Jamie Hoffman. Stoner pitched 7 innings of near-perfect baseball, allowing just 4 hits and no runs. Meanwhile, over in San Pedro de Macoris, the Tigres de Licey once again took on the Estrellas, but there was not a lot of opposition with Juan Miranda hitting 4-4 and the team getting off to a 6-0 start in the first inning the game was practically over for the Estrellas, who ended up on the very short end of the 15-5 shellacking.
On Sunday the Leones del Escogido climbed into first place by narrowly defeating the Estrellas Orientales 2-1, coming from a 0-1 deficit in the seventh inning with timely hitting by Freddy Guzman. In La Romana, the first hit by Gaby Sanchez in Dominican baseball won the game for the Toros del Este, 6-4 over the Gigantes del Cibao. The game went back and forth with the Gigantes taking a 1-0 lead in the first, the Toros coming back with two runs in the fourth, and then the Gigantes taking a 4-2 lead in the sixth inning. The Toros came from behind once again in the bottom half of the inning to take a 5-4 lead and never looked back. The Aguilas Cibaenas won a tough game from the Tigres de Licey, coming from a run down and rallying to bring home an 8-2 victory behind some good pitching by John Halama.
Standings: <b>Team <b>W-L <b>Avg. <b>Diff. ESCOGIDO 15 - 9 .626 -- AZUCAREROS 14 - 9 .609 0.5 LICEY 14 - 10 .583 1.0 AGUILAS 11 - 12 .478 3.5 GIGANTES 9 - 14 .391 5.5 ESTRELLAS 7 - 16 .304 7.5 Tonight's games:
* Santiago, Cibao Stadium - 8:00pm.
Azucareros vs Aguilas. Julian Tavarez will be pitching for the Aguilas
* San Pedro de Macoris, Tetelo Vargas Stadium - 8:00 p.m.
Gigantes vs. Estrellas
Neither of the starting pitchers has won a game. Narron for the Gigantes and Rosario for the Estrellas.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#16)