While nearly 100% of the nation was watching Martha Heredia win the Latin American Idol competition, the Gigantes del Cibao were dealing yet another blow to the Aguilas’ hopes of making the final 4 teams for the round-robin portion of the Winter League Tournament dedicated to the 3 Alou brothers. The Aguilas ventured into the new “Death Valley” and lost by a 5-0 score. Juan Francisco hit his 10 homer of the season. All the four-baggers have come in the Julian Javier Stadium. <\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the Toros del Este eliminated the Estrellas Orientales from the final round of playoffs by a score of 10-4 in La Romana. Although the Estrellas scored first, the Toros came back with 2 runs to take the lead. Then the Estrellas took the lead 3-2, and once again the Toros came back to lead 5-3, and that was pretty much the ballgame.<\/p>\n
After 10 innings the Tigres del Licey and the Leones del Escogido were tied 1-1, but in the twelfth inning Willy Mo Pena and Timonel Perez got key hits and led the Tigres to a 4-1 victory.<\/p>\n
Standings<\/p>\n
Team
\n W-L
\n Avg.
\n Diff.<\/p>\n
ESCOGIDO
\n 27 – 16
\n .627
\n —<\/p>\n
AZUCAREROS
\n 25 – 18
\n .581
\n 1.5<\/p>\n
LICEY
\n 24 – 19
\n .558
\n 3.0<\/p>\n
GIGANTES
\n 22 – 21
\n .512
\n 4.5<\/p>\n
AGUILAS
\n 20 – 23
\n .465
\n 6.5<\/p>\n
ESTRELLAS
\n 14 – 29
\n .326
\n 12.5<\/p>\n
Tonight’s games and probable starters:<\/p>\n
* Santo Domingo, Estadio Quisqueya, 7:30pm.<\/p>\n
Aguilas (f. Carmona) vs Licey (J. McDonald)<\/p>\n
* San Francisco de Macoris, Estadio Julian Javier (Death Valley) at 7:30pm.<\/p>\n
Toros (F. Abad) vs Gigantes (J. Capellan)<\/p>\n
* San Pedro de Macoris, Estadio Tetelo Vargas, 8pm.<\/p>\n
Escogido (E Ramirez) vs Estrellas (W. Obispo)<\/p>\n
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While nearly 100% of the nation was watching Martha Heredia win the Latin American Idol competition, the Gigantes del Cibao were dealing yet another blow to the Aguilas’ hopes of making the final 4 teams for the round-robin portion of the Winter League Tournament dedicated to the 3 Alou brothers. The Aguilas ventured into the … <\/p>\n