The Panamanian Christian Bethancourt connected the unstoppable RBI hit of the winning run in the tenth inning for the Estrellas Orientales to leave the Águilas Cibaeñas 2-1 in the field, in the continuation of the Dominican winter baseball championship.
Bethancourt didn’t miss the opportunity and with the game tied (1-1), he hit a pitch in the strike zone from reliever Wendolyn Bautista (1-1), depositing the ball in left field to drive in Edward from third base. Olivares with the winning run in a disputed match at the Tetelo Vargas stadium in San Pedro de Macorís (east).
From the start of the game, the openers had a great pitching duel, in which the left-hander of the greens, the Panamanian Andy Otero, launched six innings of just two hits without any runs allowed and the right-hander of the Cibaeños, Carlos Martínez, worked five episodes without liberties, in which he hit three hits and prescribed eight strikeouts.
The Eagles scored first, due to a sacrifice fly by Melky Cabrera in the seventh inning, taking the lead in the game (0-1), but the Orientals managed to tie at the end of that same episode when Cristian Pache, who reached on transfer, scored on an error by the Cibaeños defense, setting the stage for Bethancourt’s game-winning drive.
The win went to reliever Edgar Garcia (1-0), who pitched a scoreless inning.
Bautista (1-1) allowed one run in a third inning to take the loss.
TIGERS 3-0 BULLS
Veteran pitcher César Valdez once again showed his mastery from the mound and this Thursday led the Tigres del Licey to a 3-0 shutout victory over the Toros del Este.
Valdez (5-0) shone again in front of his fans at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium in Santo Domingo, throwing six innings in which he left five batters at the plate, did not issue walks and no one stepped on his plate. , thus maintaining his undefeated season.
Sergio Alcántara hit a solo homer, while American Miles Mastrobuoni and Lorenzo Quintana each drove in a run to contribute to the felines’ success.
Jairo Asencio (14) had no difficulty getting the three batters he faced out to add the save to his tally.
GIANTS 0-3 LIONS
American Tanner Anderson pitched just over five innings without allowing any liberties and Erik González scored and drove in a run for the Leones del Escogido to beat the Gigantes del Cibao 0-3, at the Julián Javier stadium in San Francisco de Macorís (northeast).
Anderson ran the first 5.2 scoreless innings to make way for the relief that was in charge of completing the scoreless game.
The right-hander Emmanuel Ramírez (2-0) worked 1.1 innings of two strikeouts to win, while the American Brian Moran threw an inning that set the stage for Gerson Bautista (5), who completed the ninth without difficulty to achieve the rescue.
Franmil Reyes was also credited with a produced by the scarlets (17-31), who despite the victory, no longer have the possibility of advancing to the postseason of the Dominican tournament.
Iván Castillo, with two unstoppables, was the most outstanding with the bat for the Giants.
The reliever José Cisnero (0-1) allowed a score in one entry to be defeated by those led by the Colombian Luis -Pipe- Urueta.
For this Friday, the Stars will visit the Eagles in Santiago (north), while the Lions will receive the Giants in Santo Domingo and the Tigers will travel to La Romana (east) to face the Bulls.
Team J G-P
Tigers of the Licey 47 31-16
Águilas Cibaeñas 49 32-17
Cibao Giants 48 24-24
Oriental Stars 48 22-26
Eastern Bulls 48 18-30
Lions of the Chosen One 48 17-31.