{"id":492182,"date":"2025-11-22T23:32:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:32:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/toros-achieve-third-consecutive-victory-and-secure-head-to-head-series-against-leones\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T23:32:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-23T03:32:42","slug":"toros-achieve-third-consecutive-victory-and-secure-head-to-head-series-against-leones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/toros-achieve-third-consecutive-victory-and-secure-head-to-head-series-against-leones\/","title":{"rendered":"Toros achieve third consecutive victory and secure head-to-head series against Leones"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\nLA ROMANA.-<\/strong> With a solid mound performance by Jos\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a and a decisive double by Sandber Pimentel, the Toros del Este defeated the Leones del Escogido 5-4 this Saturday in an exciting match held at the Francisco A. Micheli stadium, thus achieving their third consecutive victory and securing the particular series against the capital team.\n\n\n

You may be interestedr:<\/a><\/strong>Giants shut out the Eagles with hits from De los Santos and Garc\u00eda<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe key hit came in the eighth inning, when Pimentel, entering as a pinch hitter, connected on a long double down the left field line that allowed Yairo Mu\u00f1oz to score from first, breaking the tie and putting the final numbers on the scoreboard.\n\nWith the triumph, the Bulls set their record at 13-11 and extend their lead to two and a half games in second place in the tournament, while the Lions (11-14) add their second consecutive loss.\n\n\n

Domain from the mound<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nStarting pitcher Jos\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a (0-0, 3.27)<\/strong> pitched five innings of just one run and one hit, gave up two walks and struck out five, although he left without a decision. The Toros’ pitching staff was decisive in limiting the Leones to 3-0 with runners in scoring position and leaving seven men on base, as well as making two outs at the plate that were crucial for the victory.\n\nThe Romanenses are now playing for 7-7 at home<\/strong>, and along with the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, they are the only teams that present a record of .500 or better both at home and on the road.\n\n\n

That’s how they scored<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • 2nd inning (LEO 1-0):<\/strong> H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez opened with a double and scored on a sacrifice fly by Junior Lake.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 3rd inning (TOR 3-1):<\/strong> Eloy Jim\u00e9nez drove in Bryan De La Cruz with a single; then Yairo Mu\u00f1oz produced another run on a fielder’s choice; and Jim\u00e9nez scored on a throwing error while stealing third base.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 6th inning (TOR 4-2):<\/strong> The Leones closed the gap with a walk to Navarro with the bases loaded, but the Toros regained a two-run lead due to a passed ball that allowed Rafael Lantigua to score.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 8th inning (4-4):<\/strong> The Leones tied the game with another sacrifice fly by Navarro and a fielder’s choice by S\u00f3crates Brito.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • 8th inning (TOR 5-4):<\/strong> A golden double by Sandber Pimentel that drove in Mu\u00f1oz from first.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    Game Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    For the Bulls:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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    • Sandber Pimentel: 1-1, double, RBI.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • F\u00e9lix Reyes: 4-3, triple, double, single, scored.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Yairo Mu\u00f1oz: 4-1, one RBI and one scored.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Bryan De La Cruz: 4-1, one scored.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Rafael Lantigua: 4-1, one scored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      For the Lions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Jasson Dom\u00ednguez: 4-2, double.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Yamaico Navarro: two RBIs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez: 2-1, double and scored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Next commitment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe Toros will travel this Sunday to San Francisco de Macor\u00eds to face the Gigantes del Cibao starting at 5:00 PM<\/strong>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

        LA ROMANA.- With a solid mound performance by Jos\u00e9 Ure\u00f1a and a decisive double by Sandber Pimentel, the Toros del Este defeated the Leones del Escogido 5-4 this Saturday in an exciting match held at the Francisco A. Micheli stadium, thus achieving their third consecutive victory and securing the particular series against the capital team. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":492183,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[611,40231,9098,40853],"class_list":["post-492182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lidom","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-242q","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_20251122-232735_Gmail.jpg","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":"https:\/\/cdn.deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Screenshot_20251122-232735_Gmail.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=492182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}