On Friday night the big news was that the Aguilas Cibaenas had guaranteed at least a tie for the last play-off spot by beating Escogido 9-3 in Santo Domingo.<\/p>\n
In La Romana, the Tigres del Licey lost but still guaranteed at least a tie for the last play-off spot. The Toros beat them 2-1 in a real tight game.<\/p>\n
In San Francisco de Macoris, the Gigantes defeated the Estrellas Orientales 10-7 to up their record to 29 victories.<\/p>\n
In Saturday’s action, Licey defeated the Toros in Santo Domingo’s Estadio Quisqueya 7-2, and earned their place in the final four.<\/p>\n
In Santiago, the Leones del Escogido kept their hopes alive with a dramatic hit in the top of the thirteenth inning to defeat the Aguilas Cibaenas 6-5.<\/p>\n
In San Pedro de Macoris, the Gigantes del Cibao once again defeated the Estrellas Orientales 4-3, and sealed their victory in the first part of the tournament.<\/p>\n
On Sunday, the Aguilas finally got their slot in the semi-finals by defeating the Gigantes 9-5, coming back from a 0-4 deficit behind the fantastic pitching of now-reliever Jose Lima who pitched 6 2\/3 innings of one run baseball.<\/p>\n
In Santo Domingo, Escogido tried hard and defeated their eternal rivals the Tigres del Licey 13 -4 but they were eliminated from the semi-final with the Aguilas victory. This was the third victory in a row for the Leones, but all was in vain.<\/p>\n
In San Pedro de Macoris, the Toros from La Roman crushed their south coast rivals the Estrellas Orientales 21-3, in a game that saw 15 pitchers take the mound.<\/p>\n
Final Standing Part I<\/p>\n
Team
\n W-L
\n Avg.
\n Games Behind<\/p>\n
GIGANTES
\n 30 – 20
\n .600
\n —<\/p>\n
TOROS
\n 28 – 22
\n .569
\n 2.0<\/p>\n
AGUILAS
\n 26 – 24
\n .520
\n 4.0<\/p>\n
LICEY
\n 26 – 24
\n .529
\n 4.0<\/p>\n
ESCOGIDO
\n 25 – 25
\n .500
\n 5.0<\/p>\n
ESTRELLAS
\n 16 – 34
\n .320
\n 14.0<\/p>\n
For the schedule of games in the round robin portion of the tournament go to:<\/p>\n
www.lidom.com\/calendario.htm<\/p>\n
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On Friday night the big news was that the Aguilas Cibaenas had guaranteed at least a tie for the last play-off spot by beating Escogido 9-3 in Santo Domingo. In La Romana, the Tigres del Licey lost but still guaranteed at least a tie for the last play-off spot. The Toros beat them 2-1 in … <\/p>\n