Baseball in the Dominican Republic

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The Dominican Winter League saw plenty of action over the weekend. The current champions, the Aguilas Cibaenas, were not so lucky, losing their fifth game in a row to the Leones del Escogido, 3-1 in Santo Domingo's Estadio Quisqueya. On Saturday night, the Aguilas shook off the losing streak by returning the favor to the Leones, beating them, 5-3 in Santiago's Estadio Cibao. However, the Gigantes del Cibao took over second place in the standings with a 9-3 shellacking of the Aguilas in the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris on Sunday. The victory was the second for the Gigantes over the weekend. On Friday, they had lost to the Estrellas Orientales in their home field, 2-1, and on Saturday they reversed the outcome at the Estrellas' Estadio Tetelo Vargas in San Pedro de Macoris by a score of 4-2. The Toros, or Azucareros del Este, defeated the Tigres del Licey 6-3 on Friday, and narrowly defeated the same team 9-8 in an emotion-packed game in Santo Domingo. In Sunday's action, the Estrellas shut out the Azucareros del Este, 2-0, and a homerun in the bottom of the ninth gave Licey a 7-5 victory over their eternal rivals, the Leones del Escogido.
Current Standings <b>Team <b>Win <b>Lost <b>Percent <b>Games Behind Licey 14 9 .609 -- Gigantes 13 10 .565 1.0 Aguilas 12 11 .522 2.0 Estrellas 11 12 .478 3.0 Azucareros 11 13 .458 3.5 Escogido 9 15 .375 5.5
Today's schedule
* Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo: Azucareros vs. Escogido
* Estadio Julian Javier, San Francisco de Macoris: Licey vs. Gigantes
* Estadio Tetelo Vargas, San Pedro de Macoris: Aguilas vs. Estrellas Orientales

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