They are still talking about the tremendous homerun that flew out of the Quisqueya Stadium last night. Juan Francisco is one of the very, very few to have ever hit a homerun over the center field wall, some 411 feet from home plate. Francisco’s seventh homerun of the season led the visiting Gigantes del Cibao to a 7-2 victory over the Tigres del Licey. In La Romana, Emaus and Gomez led the Toros del Este over the Leones del Escogido by a score of 9-5. Emaus hit a homerun and Gomez went 4-5 to lead the 15-hit attack by the raging bulls of La Romana. The newly arrived first baseman Keven Baker and Designated Hitter Angel Castro let the cellar-dwelling Aguilas past the league-leading Estrellas Orientales.
Standings
Team
W-L
Avg.
Diff.
ESTRELLAS
14 – 9
.609
—
AZUCAREROS
14 – 9
.609
—
ESCOGIDO
12 – 11
.522
2.0
LICEY
11 – 13
.458
3.5
GIGANTES
10 – 13
.435
4.0
AGUILAS
9 – 15
.375
5.5
Games scheduled for tonight:
* Santo Domingo, Estadio Quisqueya at 7:30pm
Toros (M. McCarthy) vs Escogido (N. Rodriguez)
* San Francisco de Macoris, Estadio Julian Javier at 7:30pm
Licey (J. Sosa) vs Gigantes (R. Rodriguez)
* San Pedro de Macoris, Estadio Tetelo Vargas at 8pm
Aguilas (J. Halama) vs. Estrellas (R. Ketchner)