LIDOM: Leones del Escogido Shutout Aguilas Cibaenas 6-0; Tigres del Licey Win Nailbiter

Toros del Este (17-15) 6, Estrellas Orientales (15-19) 1 – On Tuesday night, the Toros del Este set the tone early with an energy and edge that never allowed the Estrellas Orientales to settle into the game. 

In the top of the first, Eloy Jiménez ripped a line-drive single to right field, bringing home Gilberto Celestino to put the Toros on the board. Felix Reyes followed with a deep fly ball to right that dropped in for his third double of the season, allowing Jiménez to come around and score. Jeimer Candelario floated a fly-ball single into center field, where Ismael Munguia could not make a play, bringing Reyes home.  Ronaldo Hernandez singled in Yairo Munoz to make it 4-0 in the top of the first.

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In the top of the fourth, Celestino sent a fly-ball single into right, dropping in front of Vidal Bruján to score Candelario. 

Jiménez added to the offense later with a sharp line-drive double to left, his sixth of the season, driving in Jared Oliva to make it 6-0. 

Wilin Rosario finished the night 1-for-1 with a solo home run in the eighth, an RBI and a run scored for the Toros, and Eddy Yean threw three innings, allowing one unearned run on one hit and striking out three. . 

Leones del Escogido (14-18) 6,  Águilas Cibaeñas (23-8) 0 –  On Tuesday night, the Leones del Escogido dominated from the first pitch, controlling the game with precision and relentless offense against the Águilas Cibaeñas. 

Héctor Rodríguez had a standout performance, going 4-for-5 with two RBIs, a run scored, and a stolen base, while Junior Lake contributed a 2-for-4 effort that included two doubles, a walk, three runs scored, and a stolen base, and Travis Lakins Sr. earned the win with five scoreless innings, allowing just two hits and striking out five. 

In the top of the third, Héctor Rodríguez rolled a ground-ball single into right field, allowing Junior Lake to score. Elier Hernandez followed with a double to center field, his second two-base hit of the season, bringing Héctor Rodríguez home. 

Rodríguez grounded a single into left field in the seventh and Aguilas left fielder Alberto Rodríguez came up throwing, but Junior Lake scored without a play to make it 3-0. 

Chadwick Tromp launched his first homer of the season to left that brought Eguy Rosario home to make it 5-0. The Águilas challenged the home run call, but the ruling on the field was upheld as the ball was found to have cleared the fence and bounced off a railing in the left field seats and back onto the field. Erik González later punched a ground-ball single up the middle into center field, allowing Junior Lake to score. 

Tigres del Licey (14-18) 5, Gigantes del Cibao (13-18) 4 – The Tigres came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game and then took the win in the bottom of the ninth on an RBI single from Cristhian Adames that scored Michael De La Cruz with the game-winner.

Adames went 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, three RBIs, and a run scored to power the Tigres’ offense. 

Deyvison De Los Santos lined a ground-ball single to left field, bringing home Samad Taylor for a 1-0 Gigantes lead in the top of the third.

In the top of the fifth, Taylor then grounded a single up the middle to center field, allowing Julio Carreras to score. Gary Sánchez followed with a single to left field, driving in De Los Santos to make it 3-0. 

Cristhian Adames doubled to left field in the bottom of the sixth, bringing home Luis Barrera and Gustavo Núñez to cut the lead to 3-2. Luis Campusano then ripped a ground-ball single up the middle, sending Adames sprinting home to score and tie the game at 3-3.

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Licey took a 4-3 lead in the bottom of the eighth on David Hensley’s RBI single, but Marco Hernandez answered for the Gigantes in the top of the ninth, hitting a grounder into center field that scored Carlos Jorge.

Then Adames singled home De La Cruz in the ninth with the winning run.  

Samad Taylor added a 3-for-5 performance with a double, an RBI, and a run scored, and Shane Greene dominated on the mound, tossing five scoreless innings with no hits allowed and five strikeouts for the Gigantes.

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