Giants Silence Bulls with Comeback in Ninth

LA ROMANA.– The Gigantes del Cibao staged an electrifying comeback in the ninth inning to defeat the Toros del Este 7-5, in a duel full of drama held this Thursday at the Francisco A. Micheli stadium. The victory maintains the intense fight for the qualifying positions in the autumn-winter tournament 2025-26, dedicated to Juan Marichal and in dispute for the Banreservas Cup. You may be interested in:Águilas Cibaeñas defeat Leones and achieve their 25th victory of the season

The Toros arrived at the ninth inning with a 5-3 lead and their closer Joe Colbert on the mound, but the Cibao bats took care of changing the story.
The rally began with a sacrifice fly by Leury García, which allowed Samad Taylor to score. Immediately afterwards, a wild pitch by Jorge Bautista with the bases loaded opened the door for Carlos Jorge to tie the score 5-5.

The final blow came thanks to Deyvison De Los Santos, who connected a three-pointer from the line to center field that drove in Johan Rojas and Luis García Jr., placing the definitive 7-5 and silencing the Romanense public. With the victory, the Giants reached their number 14 triumph (14-19) and tied for fourth place with the Tigres del Licey. In contrast, the Leones del Escogido fell to last place with 14-20, after suffering their second consecutive defeat.

Pitching Performance

Emilio Vargas (7.99 ERA) left early after allowing four hits and three earned runs in the first inning.
Raymin Gudúan (W, 4-2) worked the eighth inning with one hit allowed and one strikeout.
Anderson Pilar (S, 3) closed the ninth inning efficiently, striking out one of three batters.
Anderson Bidó (4.05 ERA) pitched 1.2 innings with two hits, two earned runs, one walk, and one strikeout.

For the Bulls, Joe Colbert (P, 3-1) couldn’t complete the inning, allowing two hits, one earned run, and one walk in five batters faced.