NewsWhore
01-28-2008, 04:40 PM
The Aguilas Cibaenas have won the Dominican Winter League Baseball Championship for the second consecutive year, earning the right to represent the Dominican Republic in this year's Caribbean World Series. It just so happens that the regional tournament will be held in the Aguilas hometown, Santiago de los Caballeros.
The final game was a nail-biter all the way. Licey took an early lead with a clutch play by Bonifacio in the third inning off of Nelson Figueroa brought in Ronnie Beliard from third base. That was all the scoring that Figueroa allowed in eight innings of superb pitching.
A homerun by Mendy Lopez in the seventh tied the game. In the eighth inning Licey sent Damaso Marte, a hard-throwing right-hander, to face Rafael Furcal. Furcal unleashed a monster homerun that gave the Aguilas a 2-1 lead. In the ninth inning, Arnaldo Munoz shut down the Tigres and the Aguilas were champs again. This is the Aguilas' 20th victory, and they now lead the Tigres 20-19 in overall victories in Dominican baseball history.
Nelson Figueroa was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Final Series because of his outstanding pitching, finishing the series 2-0.
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The final game was a nail-biter all the way. Licey took an early lead with a clutch play by Bonifacio in the third inning off of Nelson Figueroa brought in Ronnie Beliard from third base. That was all the scoring that Figueroa allowed in eight innings of superb pitching.
A homerun by Mendy Lopez in the seventh tied the game. In the eighth inning Licey sent Damaso Marte, a hard-throwing right-hander, to face Rafael Furcal. Furcal unleashed a monster homerun that gave the Aguilas a 2-1 lead. In the ninth inning, Arnaldo Munoz shut down the Tigres and the Aguilas were champs again. This is the Aguilas' 20th victory, and they now lead the Tigres 20-19 in overall victories in Dominican baseball history.
Nelson Figueroa was voted the Most Valuable Player of the Final Series because of his outstanding pitching, finishing the series 2-0.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#13)