{"id":493721,"date":"2025-12-06T12:41:25","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/toros-and-gigantes-prevail-licey-breathes-and-escogido-sinks-even-further-in-the-standings\/"},"modified":"2025-12-06T12:41:25","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T16:41:25","slug":"toros-and-gigantes-prevail-licey-breathes-and-escogido-sinks-even-further-in-the-standings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/toros-and-gigantes-prevail-licey-breathes-and-escogido-sinks-even-further-in-the-standings\/","title":{"rendered":"Toros and Gigantes prevail; Licey breathes and Escogido sinks even further in the standings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/h1>\n\n\nSANTO DOMINGO.<\/strong> \u2013 Friday’s games in the Dominican winter league left results that, although they did not cause drastic changes in the standings, did adjust the distance between the teams in contention, with the Toros del Este still firm in second place, the Gigantes who do not give up and an Escogido that falls further into the basement.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>Giants respond with force and defeat Eagles 7-3 in SFM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nRonny Mauricio shined with a home run in his debut, Albert Abreu got his first win of the tournament and the Tigres del Licey defeated the Leones del Escogido 5-3, who are going through a worrying streak of three consecutive losses.\n\nAt the same time, the Toros del Este shut out the Estrellas Orientales 7-0, showing dominance from the mound and timely power, while the Gigantes del Cibao manufactured a key rally to beat the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, leaders of the championship, 7-3.\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Friday’s Results<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Partido<\/th>Marcador<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Tigres del Licey<\/strong> vs Leones del Escogido<\/td>5\u20133<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> vs \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/td>7\u20133<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Toros del Este<\/strong> vs Estrellas Orientales<\/td>7\u20130<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Updated Positions (as of December 5, 2025)<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Equipo<\/th>JG<\/th>JP<\/th>PCT<\/th>DIF<\/th>\u00dalt. 10<\/th>Casa<\/th>Ruta<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong><\/td>25<\/td>9<\/td>.735<\/td>\u2013<\/td>5-5<\/td>13-3<\/td>12-6<\/td><\/tr>
Toros del Este<\/strong><\/td>19<\/td>16<\/td>.543*<\/td>7.0<\/td>5-5<\/td>10-9<\/td>9-7*<\/td><\/tr>
Estrellas Orientales<\/strong><\/td>16<\/td>20<\/td>.444<\/td>10.5<\/td>6-4<\/td>8-8<\/td>8-12*<\/td><\/tr>
Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong><\/td>15<\/td>19<\/td>.441<\/td>11.0<\/td>4-6<\/td>10-8<\/td>5-11<\/td><\/tr>
Tigres del Licey<\/strong><\/td>15<\/td>19<\/td>.441<\/td>11.0<\/td>6-4<\/td>8-9<\/td>7-10<\/td><\/tr>
Leones del Escogido<\/strong><\/td>14<\/td>21<\/td>.400<\/td>12.5<\/td>3-7<\/td>7-10<\/td>7-11<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

*Adjusted with the day’s results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n\n\n\n

Bulls 7\u20130 Stars: Brooks Dominates and De la Cruz Answers with Power<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn San Pedro de Macor\u00eds, Aaron Brooks silenced the green bats with a seven-inning performance, while Bryan de la Cruz hit a grand slam that sealed the game. Jeimer Candelario added a home run and rookie Allan Castro stayed hot with two RBIs doubles.\n\nThe Toros (19-16) consolidate their position as owners of second place, taking a 3.5-game lead over the Estrellas (16-20), who continue to lose ground.\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Giants 7\u20133 Eagles: A Rally That Changed Everything<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nAt Juli\u00e1n Javier, the Giants rallied with a four-run rally in the seventh inning, crowned by a two-RBI single from pinch-hitter Hanser Alberto.\n\nThe bullpen shone and Alberto Pacheco (1-1) took the victory, while the loss went to Jorge Tav\u00e1rez, who allowed three runs in 4.2 innings.\n\n\n
\n\n\n\n

Licey 5\u20133 Escogido: Dream debut for Mauricio and blue breath<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\nIn the capital, Ronny Mauricio hit a home run in his debut, guiding Licey to a victory that puts them back in the fight for classification. Albert Abreu (1-4) looked dominant for six innings, allowing only one run.\n\nThe Lions continue their freefall and sink even further into last place","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

SANTO DOMINGO. \u2013 Friday’s games in the Dominican winter league left results that, although they did not cause drastic changes in the standings, did adjust the distance between the teams in contention, with the Toros del Este still firm in second place, the Gigantes who do not give up and an Escogido that falls further […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":493722,"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-493721","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\/phj1q1-24rf","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/ronnymauricio051225.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\/12\/ronnymauricio051225.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493721","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=493721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/493721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/493722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=493721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=493721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=493721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}