The weekend did not substantially alter the standings, and the Aguilas Cibaenas and the Tigres del Licey are still tied in first place, with the Leones de Escogido in third. During the renewal of the “Eternal Rivals”, Licey beat Escogido 5 – 2 on Friday night. Once again Napoleon Calzado was the hero for Licey with four runs batted in. In other action, the Gigantes del Cibao defeated the reigning champions Aguilas del Cibao, 4 – 3 in the Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris. The Aguilas lost leads of 2 – 0, 2 – 1, and 3 – 2 due to errors in the field. Ryan Mulhern connected his league-leading eighth homerun to seal the victory for the Gigantes. In San Pedro de Macoris, the Azucareros from La Romana defeated the Estrellas Orientales 9 – 6. Ben Johnson, Casey Rogowski and Nick Gorneault were the big guns for the “Toros” who came back from three runs down to snatch victory.
On Saturday night, the Aguilas beat the Leones, Licey beat the Azucareros and the Estrellas beat the Gigantes.
Sunday’s games saw the Gigantes once again defeating the Aguilas, this time in the famous “Valley of Death”, the Cibao Stadium in Santiago. The 4 – 2 victory came off of pitcher Jared Fernandez (3 – 3), as they scored three runs in the third inning and one in the fourth. The Aguilas could only score two runs in the sixth, in spite of out-hitting the Gigantes 9 – 5.
In other action the Azucareros returned to winning form defeating the Estrellas Orientales 9 – 7 in San Pedro, and the Leones de Escogido got their revenge as they defeated their “eternal rivals” the Tigres del Licey 6 – 5 in the Juan Marichal Quisqueya Stadium in Santo Domingo. Escogido came back from a 4 – 6 deficit to score two runs in the last of the ninth to leave Licey in the field.
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