{"id":246282,"date":"2026-01-12T07:21:57","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=246282"},"modified":"2026-01-12T08:29:56","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T12:29:56","slug":"escogido-leads-the-lidom-championship-toros-and-aguilas-battle-for-second-slot-in-playoffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/escogido-leads-the-lidom-championship-toros-and-aguilas-battle-for-second-slot-in-playoffs\/","title":{"rendered":"Escogido leads the Lidom championship, Toros and Aguilas battle for second slot in playoffs"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Leones-del-Escogido-Seeklogo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-132483\" width=\"600\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Winter League (Lidom) Round Robin playoffs intensified this weekend, leaving the Leones del Escogido, the capital city team, firmly in command of the semifinals. A fierce battle for the second qualifying spot has emerged between the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, the Santiago-based team, and Toros del Este, of La Romana. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following their dominant weekend performance, the Leones (10-3) have separated from the pack. Meanwhile, the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as (7-6) and Toros del Este (7-6) are now deadlocked in a tie for the critical second place ticket to the finals. Both teams are three games behind. The Gigantes del Cibao (2-11) won weekend games, but they remain in the basement, eight games behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The schedule:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Tuesday, 13 Jan:<br>Gigantes del Cibao @ \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as (7:30pm, Estadio Cibao)<br>Leones del Escogido @ Toros del Este (7:30pm, Estadio Francisco Micheli)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Wednesday, 14 Jan:<br>Leones del Escogido @ Gigantes del Cibao (7pm, Estadio Juli\u00e1n Javier)<br>Toros del Este @ \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as (7:30pm, Estadio Cibao)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Thursday, 15 Jan:<br>Gigantes del Cibao @ \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as (7:30pm, Estadio Cibao)<br>Leones del Escogido @ Toros del Este (7:30pm, Estadio Francisco Micheli)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Friday, 16 Jan:<br>Gigantes del Cibao @ Leones del Escogido (7:15pm, Estadio Quisqueya)<br>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as @ Toros del Este (7:30pm, Estadio Francisco Micheli)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Saturday, 17 Jan:<br>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as @ Leones del Escogido (4pm, Estadio Quisqueya)<br>Toros del Este @ Gigantes del Cibao (5pm, Estadio Juli\u00e1n Javier)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/listindiario.com\/el-deporte\/beisbol\/20260111\/escogido-vence-toros-pone-pie-serie-final_889446.html\">Listin Diario <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>12 January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Dominican Winter League (Lidom) Round Robin playoffs intensified this weekend, leaving the Leones del Escogido, the capital city team, firmly in command of the semifinals. A fierce battle for the second qualifying spot has emerged between the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, the Santiago-based team, and Toros del Este, of La Romana. Following their dominant weekend performance, &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/escogido-leads-the-lidom-championship-toros-and-aguilas-battle-for-second-slot-in-playoffs\/\" 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":[340,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246282"}],"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=246282"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246282\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246351,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246282\/revisions\/246351"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246282"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246282"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246282"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}