LA ROMANA.– Despite the outstanding offensive performances by Bryan De La Cruz and Eloy Jiménez, the Toros del Este were defeated 4-1 by the Gigantes del Cibao, on Thursday night, in the continuation of the Round Robin of the 2025-26 autumn-winter baseball tournament, dedicated to Cooperstown immortal Juan Marichal.
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With the result, the Toros set their mark at
7-3, remaining in first place in the standings, tied with the Leones del Escogido and with a two-game lead over their closest pursuer.
Eloy Jiménez continues to show offensive consistency by connecting for a hit in nine of the 10 games played in this stage, including an active streak of seven consecutive games, in addition to leading the Round Robin with
six doubles.
For his part,
Bryan De La Cruz has gotten on base in all the games he has participated in, with hits in eight of the nine games.
The victory went to reliever
Bryan Rodríguez (1-0), while
Jimmy Cordero earned the save. The loss went to starting pitcher
Jaime Barría (0-1), who pitched
4.1 innings, allowed
three runs, one earned, with four hits, four walks and two strikeouts.
Match Development
The Giants took the lead in the
first inning, when
Gustavo Núñez received a walk, advanced to third on a single by
Francisco Mejía and scored on a groundout by
Deyvison De los Santos.
In the
third episode,
José Siri connected a towing single to extend the lead to 2-0. In the bottom of that inning, the Toros responded with a producer’s unstoppable hit by
Bryan De La Cruz, which allowed
Rudy Martin Jr. to score, putting the score at 2-1.
The Cibaeña team added one more run in the
fifth inning, again through a ground ball by
De los Santos, and sealed the score in the
ninth, after a walk to
Eddinson Paulino, a stolen base, an advance due to an error, and a run scored with a ground ball to the infield.
For the
Giants,
Gustavo Núñez stood out, with one RBI and one run scored;
Ismael Munguía, went 2-1 with two walks and two runs scored;
José Siri, with one run batted in; and
Deyvison De los Santos, with one RBI.
For the
Toros,
Bryan De La Cruz went 2-for-4, with a triple and an RBI;
Eloy Jiménez went 3-for-4 with two doubles; and
Rudy Martin Jr. scored the only run for the team from La Romana.
The Toros will continue their participation this
Friday, when they receive the
Águilas Cibaeñas at the
Francisco A. Micheli Stadium, starting at
7:30 PM, with
Enny Romero announced as the starting pitcher.
