On Friday night, the Leones del Escogido came within one game of assuring their pass into the round-robin stage of this year’s tournament. They defeated the Estrellas Orientales 7-1.
In Santo Domingo, the Aguilas Cibaenas, struggling to even make the playoffs, defeated the Tigres del Licey, 4-2 in the venerable Estadio Quisqueya. Going into the eighth inning the game was tied at 1-1, but a 3-run rally gave the visitors the victory. However, they are still 2 games out of the playoffs.
In the new “Death Valley” the Gigantes del Cibao got 6 good innings of pitching from Jose Capellan and took a 5-1 victory from the visiting Toros del Este. The victory kept the Gigantes 2 games ahead of the Aguilas for the last playoff spot
No games were played on Saturday or Sunday and none are scheduled for tonight.
Standings
Team
W-L
Avg.
Diff.
ESCOGIDO
27 – 17
.614
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LICEY
25 – 19
.568
2.0
AZUCAREROS
25 – 189/td>
.568
2.0
GIGANTES
22 – 21
.512
4.0
AGUILAS
21 – 23
.477
6.0
ESTRELLAS
14 – 30
.318
13.0