While baseball teams in the frozen north are busy wheeling and dealing, the Dominican Winter Baseball League is getting hotter and hotter.
Last weekend the Aguilas Cibaenas extended their winning streak to four games, shutting out the Tigres del Licey 9-0 in the “Valley of Death”, the Cibao Stadium. The Aguilas starting pitcher was big leaguer Jose Lima, who pitched just five innings of near perfect baseball, throwing just 50 pitches. Young Tony Pena Jr., Alberto Castillo and Edwin Encarnacion were the big guns for the home team. With the victory, the Aguilas are just 1.5 games behind the leading Leones de Escogido who came from behind to defeat the Estrellas Orientales from San Pedro de Macoris 5-4 at Santo Domingo’s Quisqueya Stadium. In the other game on the schedule, the team from La Romana, the Azucareros, defeated the Gigantes from San Francisco de Macoris 4-0.
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