On Saturday, the Tigres del Licey defeated the Estrellas Orientales 11-5, and stayed in first place. The Toros del Este defeated the Aguilas Cibaenas 9-4 and the Gigantes del Cibao and Leones del Escogido were rained out.<\/p>\n
In yesterday’s action, the return of pitcher Nelson Figueroa helped the Aguilas shut out the Tigres del Licey, 5-0 in Santiago’s Estadio Cibao. Figueroa pitched seven scoreless innings and Dan Mayer and Randy Choate finished the shutout. Luis Polonia got hit #880 in the fifth inning. The Aguilas scored three runs in the first inning with a hit by Michael Bourn, a walk to Polonia, another walk to Victor Diaz, a single to center by Melky Cabrera, Mendy Lopez is hit by a pitch, Alberto Castillo a walk and Diaz scored on the passed ball.<\/p>\n
Over in the Quisqueya Ball Park in Santo Domingo, the Leones del Escogido managed to defeat the Estrellas Orientales 6-4. The defeat almost seals the fate for the lowly Estrellas who would now have to win their next 19 games in a row to finish at .500 and have a chance at the playoffs. The Leones won the game with two runs in the seventh to break a 4-4 tie.<\/p>\n
In La Romana’s Francisco Micheli Stadium the Toros del Este defeated the Gigantes del Cibao 7-4. Even though the Gigantes closed to within one run in the seventh inning, the Toros scored two more runs in the eighth to seal the deal.<\/p>\n
Standings<\/p>\n
Team
\n W-L
\n Avg.
\n Games Behind<\/p>\n
LICEY
\n 19 – 12
\n .612
\n —<\/p>\n
TOROS
\n 18 – 12
\n .600
\n 0.5<\/p>\n
GIGANTES
\n 17 – 12
\n .586
\n 1.0<\/p>\n
AGUILAS
\n 17 – 13
\n .557
\n 1.5<\/p>\n
ESCOGIDO
\n 13 – 16
\n .448
\n 5.0<\/p>\n
ESTRELLAS
\n 6 – 25
\n .193
\n 13.0<\/p>\n
Tonight’s games<\/p>\n
Julian Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macoris 7:30pm: Aguilas vs Gigantes (Lima vs Bastardo)<\/p>\n
Francisco Micheli Stadium in La Romana 7:30pm: Estrellas vs Aguilas<\/p>\n
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On Saturday, the Tigres del Licey defeated the Estrellas Orientales 11-5, and stayed in first place. The Toros del Este defeated the Aguilas Cibaenas 9-4 and the Gigantes del Cibao and Leones del Escogido were rained out. In yesterday’s action, the return of pitcher Nelson Figueroa helped the Aguilas shut out the Tigres del Licey, … <\/p>\n