LA ROMANA.\u2013<\/strong> Los Toros del Este (The Eastern Bulls) once again demonstrated their dominance in the eastern duels by leaving the Estrellas Orientales (Eastern Stars) on the field 4-3, thanks to a decisive hit by Ruddy Mart\u00edn Jr.<\/strong>, in an exciting game held this Tuesday at the Francisco A. Micheli stadium. With the victory, the taurinos (bulls) secured the Serie de la Ca\u00f1a 2025<\/strong> (Sugar Cane Series 2025) with a record of 6-4<\/strong>, after winning the last four consecutive games.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may be interested<\/a><\/strong>: Canary hits two home runs and Leones crush Licey 15-1 at the Quisqueya<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nIn the bottom of the tenth episode, and with the Bulls down 3-2, Rafael Lantigua<\/strong> tied the score with a solid hit to center field that drove in Yairo Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>. With the bases loaded and the pressure at its maximum, Ruddy Mart\u00edn Jr.<\/strong> sent a line drive to left field that drove in the definitive run in the legs of Ismael Alc\u00e1ntara<\/strong>, unleashing the orange celebration.\n\n\n First Episode \u2013 Stars 1, Bulls 0<\/strong> Fourth inning \u2013 Toros 1, Estrellas 1<\/strong> Sixth inning \u2013 Stars 2, Bulls 1<\/strong> Eighth inning \u2013 Toros 2, Estrellas 2<\/strong> Tenth inning \u2013 Estrellas 3, Toros 4<\/strong> LA ROMANA.\u2013 Los Toros del Este (The Eastern Bulls) once again demonstrated their dominance in the eastern duels by leaving the Estrellas Orientales (Eastern Stars) on the field 4-3, thanks to a decisive hit by Ruddy Mart\u00edn Jr., in an exciting game held this Tuesday at the Francisco A. Micheli stadium. With the victory, the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":494131,"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-494130","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\/phj1q1-24xQ","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/IMG_0723-1.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\/12\/IMG_0723-1.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494130","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=494130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Bulls solidify second place<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nWith their triumph, the Toros set their record at 21-17<\/strong>, holding firm in second place<\/strong>, with a 3.5-game lead over third place. The Estrellas, on the other hand, fall to the bottom of the table with 16-23<\/strong>.\n\nThe victory went to reliever Joe Corbett (4-1, 2.29)<\/strong>, who pitched two innings of one hit and one run (ghost runner), with three strikeouts. Junior Santos (0-1, 1.29)<\/strong> took the loss, allowing two runs and three hits in the tenth inning.\n\nThe taurine mound body once again shone, limiting the Stars to just 2 hits in 16 at-bats with runners in scoring position<\/strong> and leaving 13 men on base<\/strong>.\n\n\n
The Races<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The Stars took the lead with a single by Miguel San\u00f3<\/strong> to right field that drove in Raimel Tapia<\/strong>, who had started with a double.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The home team tied the score thanks to a sacrifice fly by Yairo Mu\u00f1oz<\/strong>, which allowed Manny Pe\u00f1a<\/strong>, who was on base due to a walk, to score.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The greens retook the lead when Ismael Mungu\u00eda<\/strong> opened with a single, advanced on a hit by Carlos Mart\u00ednez<\/strong> and reached home plate on a fielder’s choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The outfielder Gilberto Celestino<\/strong> opened the inning with his first home run of the season<\/strong>, a solo shot to left field that tied the game again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Estrellas scored the go-ahead run with a sacrifice bunt by Mungu\u00eda<\/strong>, which brought the ghost runner Jorge Mateo<\/strong> home.
But the Toros responded strongly in the bottom half:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
Highlights<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Toros del Este<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Eastern Stars<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n
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Next commitment<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nThe Bulls return to action this Wednesday, December 10th<\/strong>, when they visit the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> at the Cibao stadium at 7:30 p.m.<\/strong>, with Justin Courtney<\/strong> as the scheduled pitcher.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"