Wednesday’s newspapers did not carry the story because the game was still tied when they went to press. However, Licey finally defeated the Gigantes del Cibao, 10-9, after 18 innings of tense baseball. The game saw the Tigres come back three times from certain defeat and tie the game. Once in the seventh inning, once again in the ninth inning and still once more in the 13th inning when a bases-loaded homerun by Erick Aybar tied the game one last time.
Yesterday the Aguilas Cibaenas defeated Licey 10-4 in the Cibao Stadium, the Estrellas Orientales defeated the Leones del Escogido 7-5 in the Quisqueya Stadium and the Toros defeated the Gigantes 3-2 in the Francisco Micheli Stadium in La Romana.
Standings
Team
W-L
Avg.
Games Behind
GIGANTES
22 – 16
.579
—
LICEY
21 – 17
.553
1.0
TOROS
21 – 17
.553
1.0
AGUILAS
20 – 18
.526
2.0
ESCOGIDO
18 – 20
.474
4.0
ESTRELLAS
12 – 26
.316
10.0
No games are scheduled for tonight.