The surprising Aguilas Cibaenas defeated the Estrellas Orientales for their sixth victory in a row, 4-3 in the Estadio Cibao last night. The Aguilas had to come back from a two-run deficit to take the victory from the Estrellas. In Santo Domingo, the Tigres del Licey ended their victory drought at six games as they defeated the Gigantes del Cibao 7-6 in eleven innings. In La Romana, the Toros del Este won and returned to sole possession of first place as they defeated the Leones del Escogido 3-2, in a game that saw Jose Constanza extend his hitting streak to 14 games.
Standings
Team
W-L
Avg.
Diff.
AZUCAREROS
17 – 11
.607
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ESTRELLAS
16 – 12
.571
1.0
ESCOGIDO
15 – 13
.536
2.0
AGUILAS
13 – 15
.464
4.0
LICEY
11 – 16
.407
5.5
GIGANTES
11 – 16
.407
5.5
Games tonight:
Santo Domingo, Estadio Quisqueya 7:30pm
Licey (C. Valdez) vs. Escogido (E. Valdez)
San Francisco de Macoris, Julian Javier Stadium 7:30pm
Aguilas (J. Halame) vs. Gigantes (F. Castro)
San Pedro de Macoris, Tetelo Vargas Stadium, 8pm
Toros (R. Valdes) vs. Estrellas (R. Ketchner)