The Leones del Escogido climbed into a fourth place tie with the Estrellas Orientales as they defeated the Estrellas 10-2 at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris. Vince Sinisi was the star for Escogido with his four hits in four at-bats. Meanwhile in Santo Domingo, the Tigres del Licey continued to beat up on the apparently hapless Aguilas Cibaenas, 8-1, and thereby guaranteed their place in the Round Robin portion of the tournament. Jose Bautista hit a two-run home run to cap a three-run rally against starting pitcher Julian Tavarez. Over in San Francisco de Macoris, the league-leading Gigantes del Cibao sent the Toros del Este to the bottom of the standings with a 4-3 victory. After leading 4-0, the Gigantes had to fend off strong attempts by the Toros to come back. A run in the seventh and a two-run rally in the ninth fell just short, as reliever Dario Veras kept the tying run at third and picked up his eleventh save of the tournament.<\/p>\n
Current Standings<\/p>\n
Team
\n Win
\n Lost
\n Percent
\n Games Behind<\/p>\n
Gigantes
\n 27
\n 16
\n .643
\n —<\/p>\n
Licey
\n 26
\n 17
\n .605
\n 1.5<\/p>\n
Aguilas
\n 21
\n 22
\n .488
\n 6.5<\/p>\n
Escogido
\n 19
\n 25
\n .432
\n 9.0<\/p>\n
Estrellas
\n 19
\n 25
\n .432
\n 9.0<\/p>\n
Azucareros
\n 18
\n 26
\n .409
\n 10.0<\/p>\n
Tonight’s games<\/p>\n
Estadio Quisqueya, Santo Domingo – Gigantes del Cibao vs Tigres del Licey 7:35pm<\/p>\n
Estadio Cibao, Santiago de los Caballeros – Estrellas Orientales vs Aguilas Cibaenas 8pm<\/p>\n
Estadio Francisco Micheli, La Romana – Leones del Escogido vs Toros del Este 7:35pm<\/p>\n
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The Leones del Escogido climbed into a fourth place tie with the Estrellas Orientales as they defeated the Estrellas 10-2 at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macoris. Vince Sinisi was the star for Escogido with his four hits in four at-bats. Meanwhile in Santo Domingo, the Tigres del Licey continued to beat … <\/p>\n