{"id":492915,"date":"2025-11-28T23:15:44","date_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:15:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/giants-unleash-unstoppable-offense-and-rout-the-bulls-12-3\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T23:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-29T03:15:44","slug":"giants-unleash-unstoppable-offense-and-rout-the-bulls-12-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/giants-unleash-unstoppable-offense-and-rout-the-bulls-12-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Giants Unleash Unstoppable Offense and Rout the Bulls 12-3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\nSAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS.<\/strong> \u2013 With two home runs and a powerful seven-run rally in the second inning, the Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> crushed the Toros del Este<\/strong> this Friday 12-3 in the continuation of the 2025-26 autumn-winter tournament, dedicated to Juan Marichal and in option for the Banreservas Cup.\n\n\n

You may be interested in<\/strong>:Giants announce the hiring of the imported Samad Taylor<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe triumph stopped a streak of three consecutive losses<\/strong> for the Giants, who now place their record at 12-16<\/strong>, while the Bulls linked their second straight setback<\/strong>.\n\n\n

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Seven Races That Changed the Course<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe Cibae\u00f1a offensive exploded in the second inning, where ten batters paraded and seven runs<\/strong> were manufactured, thanks to five hits \u2014including a home run, a triple and three singles\u2014 in addition to two walks that threw the Romanense pitching off balance.\n\nThe Giants also had power hits from Samad Taylor<\/strong> and Frank Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, who hit the ball out of the park to contribute to the large lead.\n\n\n
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Incidents Strain the Atmosphere<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe match was charged with tension, with three incidents<\/strong> recorded between players from both teams in different innings, which added drama to the duel at the Juli\u00e1n Javier Stadium.\n\n\n
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Curious Performances from the Mound<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe wide lead allowed both teams to use position players as pitchers:\n\n\n
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  • Ronald Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong> (Toros) pitched the ninth inning, retiring the three batters he faced, including a strikeout. It’s his third appearance as a pitcher in LIDOM<\/strong>, after doing so with Cardenales de Lara in the LVBP 2024-25.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Melvin Mercedes<\/strong> (Gigantes) debuted as a pitcher in LIDOM, striking out the only batter he faced.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    From the mound<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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    • Daniel Medgen<\/strong>, Giants’ opener, worked 4.2 innings<\/strong>, with five hits, three earned runs, one walk, one home run, and three strikeouts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • Antonio Santos (1-0)<\/strong> took the victory after 2.0 scoreless innings<\/strong> in relief, with one hit allowed and two strikeouts.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • For the Bulls, Aaron Brooks (1-3)<\/strong> barely managed to complete 1.2 innings<\/strong>, allowing five hits, four earned runs, two walks, and one strikeout.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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      Featured Offensive<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

      Toros del Este<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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      • Gilberto Celestino: 4-1<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Manuel Pe\u00f1a: 3-1, HR, scored, RBI, BB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • F\u00e9lix Reyes: 4-2, scored, triple<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Yairo Mu\u00f1oz: 3-1, scored, double<\/li>\n\n\n\n
      • Jeimer Candelario: 4-1, two RBIs<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

        Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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        • Melvin Mercedes: 4-2, two runs scored, double, BB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Johan Rojas: 3-2, three runs scored, one RBI<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Marco Hern\u00e1ndez: 4-2, two runs scored, two RBIs, BB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Nomar Mazara: 2-2, run scored, double, two RBIs, two BB<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Samad Taylor: 5-1, HR, three RBIs, run scored<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Frank Rodr\u00edguez: 4-1, HR, run scored, RBI<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • Jos\u00e9 Torres: 3-1, triple, run scored, BB<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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          Upcoming Saturday Matches<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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          • Estrellas Orientales vs Leones del Escogido<\/strong>, 4:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Tigres del Licey vs \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong>, 6:00 p.m.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
          • Gigantes del Cibao vs Toros del Este<\/strong>, 7:30 p.m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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            SAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS. \u2013 With two home runs and a powerful seven-run rally in the second inning, the Gigantes del Cibao crushed the Toros del Este this Friday 12-3 in the continuation of the 2025-26 autumn-winter tournament, dedicated to Juan Marichal and in option for the Banreservas Cup. You may be interested in:Giants announce […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":492916,"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-492915","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\/phj1q1-24ef","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/11\/IMG-20251128-WA0236.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\/IMG-20251128-WA0236.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492915","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=492915"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/492915\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/492916"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=492915"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=492915"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=492915"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}