Last night the Aguilas Cibaenas “won” their game against the Leones del Escogido, although the final decision is up to the Dominican Baseball League, since the Aguilas used an unregistered player to pitch in the eighth inning. The Aguilas got wonderful pitching once again from Bartolo Colon and good hitting from Omar Luna to eke out the 3-2 “victory”. In the meantime, the Tigres del Licey got a beautiful job of pitching from Ramon Ortiz and defeated the Toros del Este in La Romana by a score of 3-0. Ortiz pitched 7 1/3 innings of scoreless ball. In San Francisco de Macoris the Gigantes del Cibao defeated the Estrellas Orientales 5-1 and remain just one game out of the playoffs.
Standings
Team
W-L
Avg.
Diff.
AZUCAREROS
22 – 18
.550
—
ESTRELLAS
22 – 18
.550
—
ESCOGIDO
21 – 19
.525
1.0
AGUILAS
19 – 20
.487
3.0
GIGANTES
19 – 21
.475
3.0
LICEY
16 – 24
.400
6.0
Tonight’s schedule:
* Santo Domingo, Estadio Quisqueya, 7:30pm.
Gigantes (R. Rodriguez) vs. Escogido (Y. Maya)
* Santiago de los Caballeros, Estadio Cibao, 7:30pm.
Toros (D. Mathis) vs. Aguilas (L. Barcelo)
* San Pedro de Macoris, Estadio Tetelo Vargas, 8pm.
Licey (J. Mercedes) vs. Estrellas (R. Liz)