The Estrellas are leading in the winter baseball playoffs. The Estrellas pulled off an important third win in the 9-5 playoff series against the Toros del Este over the Altagracia Day long weekend.
The Estrellas now have three victories to one loss. The Toros have only won one game as the teams that represent the southeast of the Dominican Republic battle it out for the 2018-2019 Dominican Professional Baseball Championship.
With probably only the exception of Toros fans, for the most part, the Estrellas have the goodwill of Dominican baseball fans that want to see that team break the 50 year curse of winning the regular season and even the semi-finals many times, and then failing to clinch a championship. The Estrellas only lost on Saturday, 19 January 2019, when Toros’ star pitcher Raul Valdes saved face for the Toros, winning the third game 13-2 on Saturday, 19 January.
The playoffs continue through 27 January and then the winning team will travel to Barquisimeto, Venezuela to play in the Caribbean Series from 2-8 February 2019.
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22 January 2019
