DR1 Daily News - Dominican Republic

Escogido fans gathered at the Quisqueya Ball Park, their home stadium, thought it was a loss. It was the ninth inning and the team was losing 6-2 in the first game of the series of seven to decide the champion of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball League (Lidom) for the 2025-2026 season.

For the fans of Leones del Escogido gathered at Quisqueya Ballpark, the night felt like a slow-motion heartbreak. By the ninth inning, with the team trailing 6-2 in the opening game of the playoffs, many assumed the loss was already written in the books and left early. They had suffered through eight innings of frustration, watching their home team struggle to find a rhythm against the Toros del Este.

However, in a stunning turn of events, the team delivered. The atmosphere shifted from despair to hope as the Leones ignited an explosive four-run rally in their final at-bat.

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