Lakins sets the tone from the start<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\nThe opener Travis Lakins<\/strong> gave Escogido a quality start by working 4.2 innings without allowing runs<\/strong>, with five hits allowed and one walk. Although he left without a decision, he paved the way for a dominant bullpen.<\/p>\n\n\nA Lakins was followed by Kenny Hern\u00e1ndez, Rolddy Mu\u00f1oz, Jacob Barnes<\/strong> and Stephen Nogosek<\/strong>, who combined to completely silence the green offense until the final innings.\n\n\nNavarro opens the way and Lake finishes with a three-pointer<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe scoreboard opened early, when Yamaico Navarro<\/strong> hit a solo home run to left field in the second inning against starting pitcher James Gonz\u00e1lez.\n\nThe big inning came in the fifth inning. After a walk to Jorge Mateo<\/strong> and a single by Alexander Canario<\/strong>, a sacrifice bunt by Chadwick Tromp<\/strong> set the stage for a triple to center field by Junior Lake<\/strong>, which drove in two. A wild pitch allowed Lake to score the fourth run.\n\nThe scarlet offensive continued producing: consecutive singles by Gio Urshela<\/strong> and Jasson Dom\u00ednguez<\/strong> added another run, and a hit by the debutant Elier Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> completed the rally, bringing Urshela to the plate.\n\n\nLate Star Reaction<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe Estrellas scored in the eighth with a solo home run by Francisco Pe\u00f1a<\/strong> against Fernando Abad. In the ninth, a double by Abraham Almonte<\/strong> produced two more against Jimmy Cordero<\/strong>, but it was not enough to come back.\n\n\nDecisions and individual performance<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe victory went to “Rolddy Mu\u00f1oz (1-0)”, who struck out two in a perfect inning. “James Gonz\u00e1lez (0-2)” took the loss after allowing two runs in four chapters.\n\n\nFor the Lions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Junior Lake: 5-1, triple, 2 RBIs, scored<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Yamaico Navarro: 4-1, HR, RBI, scored<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Erik Gonz\u00e1lez: 4-2, double, scored, BB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Elier Hern\u00e1ndez: 4-2, RBI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
For the Stars:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n- Abraham Almonte: 2-1, double, 2 RBIs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
- Francisco Pe\u00f1a: 1-1, HR, scored, driven in<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
Overview<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nWith the victory, the Lions improve their record to 12-16<\/strong>, catching up with the Stars (13-17) in the fight for positions.\n\nEl Escogido will have a rest this Thursday and will return to action on Friday, again against the Estrellas, but this time at the Tetelo Vargas<\/strong> stadium in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds, at 7:30 p.m<\/strong>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO. \u2013 An effective combination of pitching and timely hitting allowed the Leones del Escogido to defeat the Estrellas Orientales 6-3 this Wednesday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium, in a game where the reds executed to perfection at key moments. You may be interested in:Anderson domina y el Licey firma blanqueada 2-0 sobre […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":492654,"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":[611,40231,9098,41186],"class_list":["post-492653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lidom","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-24a1","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/Yamaico-Navarro-1.jpeg","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\/Yamaico-Navarro-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492653","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=492653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}