?guilas Cibae?as (3-2) assumed first place in the Dominican Baseball
Championship Tournament with a 4 – 2 victory over Gigantes del Cibao (2-3) last night in Santiago. Alberto Castillo knocked in Miguel Tejada and
Tony Batista in the sixth inning to break up a 2-2 tie. Hip?lito Pichardo pitched three perfect innings to gain the victory, his second.
Escogido (2-2) tied Estrellas (2-2) for second place in the round
robbing tourney by dropping the Stars 2-1 last night in Santo Domingo. Neifi Perez knocked in the games first run and Johanny Valera knocked in the winner in the 4th. Allen Levrault pitched 5 strong innings and 4 pitchers
combined for 4 shutout innings with Reynaldo Garcia getting the save. The two teams square off again tonight at Estadio Quisqueya.
Baseball Standings (round robin)
2 January ? 22 February
Teams W L Diff.
Aguilas 3 2
Escogido 2 2 0.5
Estrellas 2 2 0.5
Gigantes 2 3 1
