{"id":228437,"date":"2024-12-16T07:30:55","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T11:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=228437"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:04:19","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T12:04:19","slug":"estrellas-is-first-team-to-qualify-for-second-phase-in-winter-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/12\/16\/estrellas-is-first-team-to-qualify-for-second-phase-in-winter-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Estrellas is first team to qualify for second phase in winter baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Estrellas-Orientales-LIDOM-1024x578.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-228469\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Estrellas-Orientales-LIDOM-1024x578.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Estrellas-Orientales-LIDOM-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Estrellas-Orientales-LIDOM-768x433.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Estrellas-Orientales-LIDOM-1536x867.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Estrellas-Orientales-LIDOM-2048x1156.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Estrellas Orientales rallied for three runs in the top of the 11th inning to defeat the Toros del Este 6-4 at Estadio Francisco Micheli in La Romana and become the first team to qualify in the 2024-25 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship, the Dominican League (Lidom) reports in a press release.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The game was tied at 3-3 heading into the 10th inning. After both teams failed to score, the Estrellas capitalized on an opportunity against reliever Chester Pimentel (0-2).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Estrellas, under the guidance of Fernando Tatis Sr. since 2021, clinched a playoff spot for the sixth straight year. The team had secured a championship in 2019 and is currently leading the Dominican League (Lidom) standings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the game on Sunday, Robinson Can\u00f3 gave the Estrellas an early lead with an RBI single in the first inning. The Toros responded with a pair of runs in the second, taking advantage of an error by third baseman Rodolfo Castro. Can\u00f3 tied the game with a solo home run in the fourth, and Danny Santana&#8217;s sacrifice fly in the sixth put the Estrellas ahead. However, Bryan de la Cruz&#8217;s sacrifice fly in the ninth knotted the score at 3-3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a dramatic 10th inning, the Toros loaded the bases with one out but were unable to score. The Estrellas had a runner thrown out at the plate in the top of the inning, but they broke through in the 11th to secure the victory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the coverage of other games in the ongoing baseball championship, a steal by Jose Siri was regarded as a move to watch. The extraordinary play occurred during the Aguilas versus Gigantes del Cibao game.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As of 15 December 2024, the standings of the Dominican Professional Winter Baseball Championship are: Estrellas (27-17), Aguilas Cibae\u00f1as (23-19), Tigres del Licey (22-19), Leones del Escogido (21-23), Gigantes del Cibao (18-24), Toros del Este (17-26). The top four teams move on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The final regular season game is scheduled for 23 December 2024. The round-robin phase begins on 26 December 2024 to choose the playoff teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/lidom.com\/estrellas-orientales\/las-estrellas-primer-equipo-en-clasificar-al-round-robin-al-vencer-a-los-toros-58020.html\">Lidom <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/lidom.com\/lidom\/calendario-lidom-del-campeonato-2024-25-54630.html\">Lidom Schedule <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/n.com.do\/2024\/12\/15\/jose-siri-ejecuta-uno-de-los-robos-mas-alucinantes-y-locos-que-veras-en-la-lidom\/\">N Digital <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 December 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Estrellas Orientales rallied for three runs in the top of the 11th inning to defeat the Toros del Este 6-4 at Estadio Francisco Micheli in La Romana and become the first team to qualify in the 2024-25 Dominican Winter Professional Baseball Championship, the Dominican League (Lidom) reports in a press release. The game was &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2024\/12\/16\/estrellas-is-first-team-to-qualify-for-second-phase-in-winter-baseball\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[330,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228437"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228437\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":228472,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228437\/revisions\/228472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}