The Aguilas Cibaenas continued to dominate their arch-rivals, the Tigres del Licey by a score of 4 – 1 at the Quisqueya Baseball Stadium. This was the seventh victory for the Santiago team in eight meetings. The victory brings the Aguilas into a tie for first place in the standings. Jared Fernandez (4 – 3) continued his domination of the Tigres, as he pitched seven and a third innings, giving up just three singles and one run. Franquelis Osoria and Jose Vargas pitched the last two innings for the victory. Vargas got his fourth save of the season. Victor Diaz was the big gun for the Aguilas, producing three runs for the winning team.
In other action the Estrellas Orientales kept their play-off hopes alive as they defeated the Leones de Escogido in a tight game 5 – 4 in San Pedro de Macoris. The Estrellas showed signs of an awakening of their very sleepy bats as they came from behind to score the winning run in the eighth inning.
In the other Macoris, San Francisco, the cellar dwelling Gigantes defeated the Azucareros from La Romana in a tight pitching duel 2 – 1. The victory was just the 15th for the Gigantes this season, against 26 defeats for the former play-off team. The Azucareros went ahead in the very first inning getting a double from Esteban Guerrero and a single from Ben Johnson for a 1 – 0 lead. The Gigantes kept the Azucareros at bay for the rest of the game and in the eighth inning they got a base on balls, an error by the Azucarero third baseman, and a sacrifice fly to score two runs and take the victory.
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