Tigres del Licey said goodbye to the fall-winter baseball championship, causing damage to the Eastern Stars, who, when defeated 6-1, were forced to play mini-plyaoffs against Leones del Escogido .
A five-lap rally in the seventh episode, after two outs, defined the commitment for Licey that this time their pitching responded, already somewhat late, to the height of keeping the victory in the last third of the game, damage caused to him in competition and the main reason for his disqualification The match was played at Quisqueya Stadium.
Without much reason to smile, the Tigers take at least the satisfaction of giving one last blow to a team that, if they won, would have finished 16-14, complicating the classification because there would be a tie four times, from Gigantes del Cibao (16 -14) also won 4-2 on Wednesday night against Toros del Este (16-14). Águilas Cibaeñas (16-14), who rested today, took second place.
Licey (13-17) remained in the basement of the regular round, and the Stars, with their failure, remained in fourth place; given that the Chosen One finished in fifth place, in a game of the place occupied by the green, both will have to challenge the miniseries. This miniseries will begin on Sunday at 17:00 at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macorís.
The championship rule states that the team that finishes in fourth place must play a series with the one that finishes in fifth place, as long as the difference is three games or less.
Anderson Tejeda, who hit 3-2 (a double) with a marked run and two RBI and Dennicher Carrasco, 4-2 (double and triple), with a pair of RBI led the blue attack. Oscar González pushed the only eastern turn.
The Tigers, who close out the regular season with their last two games in victory, had the best performance of the season from their Cuban starter Vladimir Gutierrez (1-2), who pitched five empty innings in two walks and nine hits to get his first championship win. Only six hits allowed the blue launch, a work completed by Adonis Medina (2.0), Elvis Luciano (0.1), Ulises Joaquín (0.2) and Frank Garcés (1.0).
Andy Otero (1-2), who lost, was a very appreciated opponent, throwing five innings of a career, five shots and nine shots.
So they scored
Licey scored for the first time in the fourth against Medina, with Erick Mejía’s double in the center glade and after an exit, Carrasco followed with another shot of the same size from the right to make the game 1-0.
In the seventh, the relief Chester Pimentel withdrew Sandy Leon with a fly at the break. Ramón Hernández followed with a single field on the left and Luis Barrera missed from pitcher to first. Michael de León singled to center Hernandez scored from the middle, the second round blue. Mejia threw the pitcher to leave the men in second and first place. Then Tejeda followed with a double to the center to tow De León and Mejía and made the game 4-1. That meant Pimentel’s departure, replaced by Claudio Custodio.
The punishment did not stop. Custodio launched a wild field and Tejeda, who advanced to third place, scored Carrascto’s triple on the right field. Narciso Crook continued with a single in the center and Carrasco scored to make the game 6-0.
The only return from the east came in the eighth against Luciano, who entered the field for Medina. There were three undisputed successors: Gustavo Núñez on the left, Jeremy Peña on the same route and Óscar González in the center, with whom Núñez scored. But Luciano hit Leyba, Joaquín dominated Socrates Brito with an initial shot and Lewin Díaz gave the last out.