SANTO DOMINGO.- Emilio Bonifacio disappeared the ball from the park on a historic night, Sergio Alcántara also thundered with the wood, to command a comeback by the Tigres del Licey that beat the Gigantes del Cibao 7-4, in a match held this Tuesday in the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium.
Bonifacio tied Rafael Landestoy (284) for the third-most runs scored in franchise history. The captain was 30 behind Manuel Mota who holds second place and chasing the historical leader who is César Gerónimo (316).
Alcántara continued his good offensive momentum by hitting a double and a single with a couple of RBIs.
With their victory, the Indigos put their record at 10-8, while improving at home to 5-5, while the Giants put their record at 7-11.
The victory belonged to reliever Jairo Asencio (1-2) when he threw the seventh blank by striking out the three batters he faced. Ángel Chivilli lost (0-1) by giving up three runs, including Bonifacio’s home run. Jean Carlos Mejía pitched the ninth blank to earn his fifth save of the season.
For the Giants, Deyvison De Los Santos and Henry Urrutia each had two hits; Leury García and Wilmer Difó each had one hit.
For the Tigers, Bonifacio hit a home run and a single, with three runs scored; Alcántara 3-2, with a double and two pushed laps; Daniel Johnson and Jair David Camargo a double each; Daniel Johnson, Dawel Lugo, Jordan Lawlar and Cristian Pache each had one hit.
César Valdez started for Licey and threw four and a third innings of four runs, two earned, with six hits and two strikeouts. Elniery García also pitched for the blue team in the fifth, Yunior Marte in the sixth and Wander Suero in the eighth.
STARS 5, LIONS 2
SAN PEDRO DE MACORÍS.- The Stars defeated the Leones del Esído 5-2 in a match corresponding to the 2024-2025 fall-winter baseball tournament, held at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in this city.
Miguel Sanó was the “Star Player of the Stars” by hitting a two-run homer in the fifth inning.
It was the ninth victory for the greens in the tournament that has a special dedication to the memory of Don José León to remain in third position, one game below the Tigres del Licey, who this Tuesday defeated the Gigantes del Licey 7-4. Cibao.
The particular series between the two is now dominated by the Petromacorisan representative 3-2. Likewise, the Stars stopped a four-game winning streak that the Lions were maintaining.
Starter Robinson Piña (1-0) pitched a five-inning game for the first time this season and in the process won the victory. The setback went to Ariel Miranda (0-1), while Neftalí Feliz earned his fourth save.
For the Lions, Junior Lake homered in the sixth inning for the Scarlets’ second round.
The Stars will travel this Wednesday to the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium to face the Leones del Esgido again at 7:15 p.m. The pitcher designated to face the scarlets is Luis Moreno.
For the Stars, Piña started on the mound, with a performance of five innings of four hits, one run and three struck out batters. He was replaced by Andy Otero (6), Carlos Belén (7), Jefry Yan (8) and Feliz (9).
Meanwhile, Miranda started for the Lions with work of two and a third innings of three hits, two runs and a strikeout. He was replaced by Trevor Kelley (3) and Luke Westphal (6).
The races
The Stars scored their first run of the night at the end of the second inning with a single by Magneuris Sierra to the left field.
At the top of the third inning, the Lions equalized the scores as a result of a hit by Junior Lake in the center field.
In the bottom of that inning, the Stars took control of the game with a double to left field by Raimel Tapia.
In the fifth, the Stars took a further lead, this time 4-1 as a result of a two-run home run by Miguel Sanó to center field.
In the top of the sixth inning, the Lions scored with one run after Lake missed the plate.
In the seventh inning, the green team put the fifth run on the board with a double by José Barrero through the left field.
