The Licey Tigers destroyed the Northeast Giants 8-1 at Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Stadium last night. The Tiger offense took off in the fourth inning and never looked back. Meanwhile, the Escogido Lions edged out the Cibao Eagles 2-1 at Santiago’s Cibao Stadium last night. Both teams played tough defensively and offensively. As a result of last night’s play, second-place Licey is now only three games behind the Eagles in the Winter Professional Baseball Tournament, while the Lions are only two games behind Licey. Tonight the Giants play a double-header against the Lions at Julio Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macor’s. The first game starts at 5:00 pm, the second is slated for 8:00 pm. Meanwhile Licey faces the Eagles at 8:00 pm in Quisqueya Stadium.
