Miguel Andújar and Jorge Mateo lost the ball in the park, Raúl Valdés was phenomenal in the mound and Toros del Este defeated Águilas Cibaeñas 3-1 in a match played on Friday night at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium, for the force of a decisive seventh match of “Semifinal B”
Andújar, who had 2 of Toros’ 7 shots, also scored one and led in another, extending his series of consecutive games based on 13, between the regular series and semifinals, hitting 11 of those matches.
Mateo, who scored one and led two home run products with one on board in the second act, hit the 9th place in his career in Dominican baseball, including all stages and fourth in the postseason.
Veteran left Valdés (1-0, 0.00) got the victory after throwing 5 solid innings in which he allowed 5 shots and an undeserved run, in the rhythm in which he transferred one and eliminated 6. The left-hander now has a record for life. 16-10 postseason with 2.17 ERA
Valdés was followed by rescuers Alfredo Simón, who launched a one-hit goal, Steven Wilson, who withdrew all 3 he faced in the seventh, then veteran Fernando Rodney worked the eighth inning allowing a blow and hitting one. and Fernando Abad released the ninth episode without allowing liberties and one broke out, marking the second save of the series.
The launch of the bulls limited the stronger bats to hitting 8-1 with runners in the scoring position and forced them to leave 11 runners on the tracks.
Yoanner Negrín (1-1, 2.53), took the loss after allowing 6 shots and 3 rounds won, in 4 innings and 2 thirds in which he allowed 2 walks and hit 5 opponents.
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Los Toros opened the scoring in the same first half with a solo homerun by Miguel Andújar.
At the opening of the second half and with runners in corners, Francisco Peña hit a shot that the pitcher failed and equalized the actions.
Toros took control of the game again at the end of the second half, when Jorge Mateo hit a shot twice to turn the score to 3-1.
For the Bulls, Miguel Andújar 5-2 with a run and an RBI, Yamaico Navarro 3-1 with a base on received balls, Jordany Valdespín 3-3 with a run and Jorge Mateo 4-1 with a run and 2 towed .
For the Eagles, Rangel Ravelo 3-3 with a goal, Johan Camargo 4-1 and Juan Carlos Pérez 4-1.
The series continues on Saturday, when the Bulls visit Águilas Cibaeñas at the Cibao Stadium, starting at 17:00.
TORO-DATA
Miguel Andújar extended his series of consecutive base games to 13 between the regular series and the semifinals, hitting 11 of those matches. Yamaico Navarro reached the base in the 30 matches of this season, 24 in the regular series and in all 6 playoffs.