While nearly 100% of the nation was watching Martha Heredia win the Latin American Idol competition, the Gigantes del Cibao were dealing yet another blow to the Aguilas’ hopes of making the final 4 teams for the round-robin portion of the Winter League Tournament dedicated to the 3 Alou brothers. The Aguilas ventured into the new “Death Valley” and lost by a 5-0 score. Juan Francisco hit his 10 homer of the season. All the four-baggers have come in the Julian Javier Stadium.
Meanwhile, the Toros del Este eliminated the Estrellas Orientales from the final round of playoffs by a score of 10-4 in La Romana. Although the Estrellas scored first, the Toros came back with 2 runs to take the lead. Then the Estrellas took the lead 3-2, and once again the Toros came back to lead 5-3, and that was pretty much the ballgame.
After 10 innings the Tigres del Licey and the Leones del Escogido were tied 1-1, but in the twelfth inning Willy Mo Pena and Timonel Perez got key hits and led the Tigres to a 4-1 victory.
Standings
Team
W-L
Avg.
Diff.
ESCOGIDO
27 – 16
.627
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AZUCAREROS
25 – 18
.581
1.5
LICEY
24 – 19
.558
3.0
GIGANTES
22 – 21
.512
4.5
AGUILAS
20 – 23
.465
6.5
ESTRELLAS
14 – 29
.326
12.5
Tonight’s games and probable starters:
* Santo Domingo, Estadio Quisqueya, 7:30pm.
Aguilas (f. Carmona) vs Licey (J. McDonald)
* San Francisco de Macoris, Estadio Julian Javier (Death Valley) at 7:30pm.
Toros (F. Abad) vs Gigantes (J. Capellan)
* San Pedro de Macoris, Estadio Tetelo Vargas, 8pm.
Escogido (E Ramirez) vs Estrellas (W. Obispo)