In the Sunday, 21 January 2018 game, the Aguilas Cibaeñas didn’t give the Leones del Escogido a chance, winning 7-0 at the Aguilas’ home stadium, the Cibao Ball Park in Santiago. The Aguilas will now now match the Tigres del Licey in the playoffs of the Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship.
Pitcher Richelson Peña of the Aguilas was the hero of the evening during which he pitched for seven innings. Danny Santana batted two home runs.
Earlier, on Saturday, 20 January the Leones (9 wins, 9 losses) and Aguilas (9 wins, 9 losses) had defeated the Licey and Gigantes, respectively to gain the right to play on Sunday to decide who would match the Licey in the playoffs. Lidom says because of all the delays, the playoffs will now be a 5-5 series, instead of 9-5.
This is the 39th time the Aguilas make the playoffs. In 20 of those times, they faced the Licey, winning nine of those matches.
The playoffs start on Tuesday, 23 January 2018, at the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo. The winner of the series will travel to Guadalajara, Mexico for the Caribbean Series against teams from Mexico, Venezuela and Puerto Rico to be held 2-8 February.
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22 January 2018
