The Leones del Escogido climbed into a fourth place tie with the Estrellas Orientales as they defeated the Estrellas 10-2 at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris. Vince Sinisi was the star for Escogido with his four hits in four at-bats. Meanwhile in Santo Domingo, the Tigres del Licey continued to beat up on the apparently hapless Aguilas Cibaenas, 8-1, and thereby guaranteed their place in the Round Robin portion of the tournament. Jose Bautista hit a two-run home run to cap a three-run rally against starting pitcher Julian Tavarez. Over in San Francisco de Macoris, the league-leading Gigantes del Cibao sent the Toros del Este to the bottom of the standings with a 4-3 victory. After leading 4-0, the Gigantes had to fend off strong attempts by the Toros to come back. A run in the seventh and a two-run rally in the ninth fell just short, as reliever Dario Veras kept the tying run at third and picked up his eleventh save of the tournament.
Current Standings
Team
Win
Lost
Percent
Games Behind
Gigantes
27
16
.643
—
Licey
26
17
.605
1.5
Aguilas
21
22
.488
6.5
Escogido
19
25
.432
9.0
Estrellas
19
25
.432
9.0
Azucareros
18
26
.409
10.0
Tonight’s games
Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo – Gigantes del Cibao vs Tigres del Licey 7:35pm
Estadio Cibao, Santiago de los Caballeros – Estrellas Orientales vs Aguilas Cibaenas 8pm
Estadio Francisco Micheli, La Romana – Leones del Escogido vs Toros del Este 7:35pm