Aguilas Cibaenas (3-6) 5, Estrellas Orientales (5-4) 2 (11 Innings) - Trevor Bauer became the first imprted player to pitch in LIDOM after winning the Cy Young Award when he made his debut with the Estrellas Orientales on Thursday night, throwing five innings and allowing a run on two hits, walking five and striking out four for the Estrellas.

Bauer escaped a runners-at-the-corners with one out situation in the first. He stayed in the game in the second despite a 36-minute delay when a light tower on the third base side blinked out.

The Aguilas got their lone run off the 2020 Cy Young Award winner when J.C. Escarra grounded out with the bases loaded in the top of the third.

Bauer threw 80 pitches, 53 of them for strikes, over his five innings of work, utilizing a fastball that touched 93 mph while mixing in a slider, sinker, and curveball.

Escarra drove in another run in the seventh, drawing a bases-loaded walk to give the Aguilas a 2-1 lead. The Estrellas tied the game in the bottom of the eighth when Harold Ramirez grounded into a double play with runners at the corners, allowing Magneuris Sierra to score.

With the bases loaded in the top of the 11th, the Aguilas' Luis Liberato grounded into a fielder's choice at short. Estrellas shortstop Cesar Prieto threw home and Leo Bernal tagged out Mason McCoy, but Bernal's throw to first for a double play was off the mark, allowing two runs to score. Liberato later scored on a double steal to give the Aguilas a 5-3 lead.

Leones del Escogido (6-4) 15, Gigantes del Cibao (4-6) 8 - Jose Marmolejos got the Leones on the board in the first with a solo homer, and then Escogido scored nine in the third, with the big inning punctuated by a three-run homer by Jonathan Guzman. Michael De La Cruz went 2-for-3, scoring four runs and driving in four for the Leones, three of them on a three-run homer in the eighth. Carlos Peguero hit a grand slam for the Gigantes in the sixth.

Tigres del Licey (7-3) 7, Toros del Este (4-6) 4 - Estevan Florial hit a two-run homer to get the Tigres on the board in the bottom of the first, and Kevin Alcantara hit a two-run homer in the fifth and drove in another with a single in the sixth to get Licey past the Toros and into first place all alone. Nine Licey pitchers allowed three earned runs on five hits in the win.

Tonight's LIDOM Schedule
All times Eastern Daylight Time
7 p.m. - Tigres del Licey (7-3) at Gigantes del Cibao (4-6)
7:15 p.m. - Estrellas Orientales (5-4) at Leones del Escogido (6-4)
7:30 p.m. - Aguilas Cibaenas (3-6) at Toros del Este (4-6)