{"id":493467,"date":"2025-12-04T04:13:40","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:13:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/aguilas-maintain-dominance-and-jerar-encarnacion-guides-4-2-triumph-over-licey\/"},"modified":"2025-12-04T04:13:40","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T08:13:40","slug":"aguilas-maintain-dominance-and-jerar-encarnacion-guides-4-2-triumph-over-licey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/aguilas-maintain-dominance-and-jerar-encarnacion-guides-4-2-triumph-over-licey\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00c1guilas maintain dominance and Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n guides 4-2 triumph over Licey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013<\/strong> The \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as continued their overwhelming pace in the 2025-26 LIDOM season by defeating the Tigres del Licey 4-2 this Wednesday, in a duel held at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. The decisive hit was a run-scoring single by Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n, which broke a tie in the third inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>Toros extend their dominance with a fourth consecutive victory and surpass the Lions 7-4<\/a>s<\/p>\n\n\nWith the victory, the young eagles raised their impressive record to 24-8<\/strong>, reduced their magic number to eight<\/strong> to qualify for the Round Robin, and secured their sixth win<\/strong> of the particular series against the Tigers (6-3).\n\nThe Blues, meanwhile, fell to 14-19<\/strong>, tied with the Leones del Escogido in fourth place in the tournament.\n\n\n

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THIS IS HOW THEY SCORED<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nThe Tigers scored first with two runs in the second inning:\n\n\n
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  • David Hensley<\/strong> drove in Mel Rojas Jr. with a triple.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Hensley scored on a sacrifice fly by Hayden Senger<\/strong>, for the 2-0.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nThe Eagles responded immediately in the third inning:\n\n\n
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    • Aderlin Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> hit a two-run single to tie the game 2-2.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • With two outs, Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/strong> hit the decisive single to left field that drove in Ezequiel Dur\u00e1n<\/strong>, making the score 3-2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      In the sixth, the Cibae\u00f1os manufactured another run:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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      • Leody Taveras<\/strong> drove in Alfredo Reyes<\/strong> after a reviewed bunt play, setting the final score at 4-2.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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        THE PITCHING<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nPanamanian Abdiel Mendoza (2-1)<\/strong> shone again:\n\n\n
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        • 5.0 innings<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 3 hits<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 2 runs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 1 walk<\/li>\n\n\n\n
        • 5 strikeouts<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nWith this triumph, Mendoza reached five victories in LIDOM<\/strong>, tying Wes Scott in third place historically among Panamanian pitchers in the circuit.\n\n\n

          Burch Smith (1)<\/strong> pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

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          • Shaun Anderson (1-1)<\/strong> took the loss, allowing three runs in 2.2 innings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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            MAIN CHARACTERS<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

            \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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            • Wilmer Dif\u00f3:<\/strong> 4-3<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Leody Taveras:<\/strong> 4-2, 1 RBI<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Aderlin Rodr\u00edguez:<\/strong> 4-1, 2 RBIs<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n:<\/strong> 5-1, 1 RBI<\/li>\n\n\n\n
            • Steward Berroa:<\/strong> scored one and took 3 walks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

              Tigres del Licey<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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              • David Hensley:<\/strong> 3-2, double, triple, 1 RBI<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Mel Rojas Jr.:<\/strong> 3-1, double and scored<\/li>\n\n\n\n
              • Cal Stevenson:<\/strong> 4-2<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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                STANDINGS TABLE (Updated December 4th)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                1. Aguilas Cibae\u00f1as:<\/strong> 24-8<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                2. Toros del Este:<\/strong> 18-15 (a 6.5)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                3. Estrellas Orientales:<\/strong> 16-19 (a 9.5)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                4. Leones del Escogido:<\/strong> 14-19 (a 10.5)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                5. Tigres del Licey:<\/strong> 14-19 (a 10.5)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n
                6. Gigantes del Cibao:<\/strong> 13-19 (a 11)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n
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                  UPCOMING GAMES \u2014 Thursday, December 4th<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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                  • Gigantes del Cibao vs Toros del Este<\/strong> \u2013 7:30 PM, La Romana<\/li>\n\n\n\n
                  • Leones del Escogido vs \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> \u2013 7:30 PM, Santiago<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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                    SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 The \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as continued their overwhelming pace in the 2025-26 LIDOM season by defeating the Tigres del Licey 4-2 this Wednesday, in a duel held at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. The decisive hit was a run-scoring single by Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n, which broke a tie in the third inning. You may be interested […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":493468,"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-493467","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\/phj1q1-24n9","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Jerar-Encarnacion-360x203-1.webp","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\/12\/Jerar-Encarnacion-360x203-1.webp"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493467","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=493467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}