{"id":246428,"date":"2026-01-13T07:15:24","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T11:15:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=246428"},"modified":"2026-01-13T08:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T12:55:25","slug":"five-days-to-decide-the-playoff-teams-in-the-professional-baseball-championship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/13\/five-days-to-decide-the-playoff-teams-in-the-professional-baseball-championship\/","title":{"rendered":"Five days to decide the playoff teams in the Professional Baseball Championship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-7.54.32\u202fAM.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-246470\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-7.54.32\u202fAM.png 600w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-13-at-7.54.32\u202fAM-300x178.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>As of January 12, 2026, the Lidom Round Robin (semifinal) has entered its final and most intense stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With only five games remaining in the schedule, the yellow (\u00c1guilas Cibaenas) and orange (Toros del Este) teams are in a direct sprint to see who will face the Leones del Escogido in the Final. Because they are tied, their head-to-head matchups and games against the eliminated Gigantes del Cibao are crucial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Upcoming matchups:<br>Tuesday, 13 Jan: Gigantes at \u00c1guilas \/ Escogido at Toros.<br>Wednesday, 14 Jan: Toros at \u00c1guilas (Direct Duel \u2013 This could be the tiebreaker).<br>Thursday, 15 Jan: Gigantes at \u00c1guilas \/ Escogido at Toros.<br>Friday, 16 Jan: \u00c1guilas at Toros (Direct duel \u2013 Final showdown between the two).<br>Saturday, 17 Jan: The Round Robin is scheduled to officially end on this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The winner of the Lidom championship will represent the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series in Mexico. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/aguilas-y-toros-inician-hoy-tramo-de-la-muerte\/\">El Dia <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/12\/escogido-leads-the-lidom-championship-toros-and-aguilas-battle-for-second-slot-in-playoffs\/\">DR1 News <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>13 January 2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As of January 12, 2026, the Lidom Round Robin (semifinal) has entered its final and most intense stretch. With only five games remaining in the schedule, the yellow (\u00c1guilas Cibaenas) and orange (Toros del Este) teams are in a direct sprint to see who will face the Leones del Escogido in the Final. Because they &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2026\/01\/13\/five-days-to-decide-the-playoff-teams-in-the-professional-baseball-championship\/\" 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\/246428"}],"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=246428"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246428\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":246487,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246428\/revisions\/246487"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}