{"id":494777,"date":"2025-12-16T19:48:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/eagles-reach-30-victories-by-defeating-lions-5-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:48:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T23:48:29","slug":"eagles-reach-30-victories-by-defeating-lions-5-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/eagles-reach-30-victories-by-defeating-lions-5-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles reach 30 victories by defeating Lions 5-2"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/p>\n\n\nSanto Domingo.<\/em>\u2014 The \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> continued to set the pace in the 2025-2026 LIDOM<\/strong> season by defeating the Leones del Escogido<\/strong> 5-2<\/strong> this Tuesday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium<\/strong>, in the first game of a double header corresponding to the regular season.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/a><\/strong>Alexander Canario and Aaron Brooks, chosen MVP of the Week in LIDOM<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith the triumph, the yellows raised their record to 30-13<\/strong>, consolidating themselves at the top of the championship<\/strong>, with a balance of 16-5 as locals<\/strong> and 14-8 on the road<\/strong>. The defeat left the Lions in last place, with a record of 19-25<\/strong>.\n\n\n

Party Decision<\/h3>\n\n\nThe victory went to “Jhordany M\u00e9zquita (3-0)”, while “G\u00e9nesis Cabrera (1-1)” took the loss. “Burch Smith” earned his “sixth save” of the campaign.\n\n\n

Game Development<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Eagles broke the ice in the fifth inning when Alfredo Reyes<\/strong> singled to center field, advanced to third on a throwing error by the pitcher on a pickoff attempt at first, and scored thanks to a wild pitch.\n\nThe Lions quickly tied the game in the bottom of the inning with a solo home run by Jonatan Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>, but the Cibao team took definitive control with a four-run rally in the seventh inning<\/strong>.\n\nAfter walks to Webster Rivas<\/strong> and Alfredo Reyes<\/strong>, Leody Taveras<\/strong> hit the tie-breaking hit. Then, with the bases loaded, Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/strong> and Alberto Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> drove in runs with consecutive singles, while Robert Moore<\/strong> closed out the production with a ground ball to shortstop that brought in the fifth run.\n\nThe Scarletts scored in the eighth against Richard Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, when Erick Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> scored from first base after a double by Yainer D\u00edaz<\/strong>, to leave the final score 5-2.\n\n\n

Initiators<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Aguilucho opener Jorge Tav\u00e1rez<\/strong> had a solid performance by pitching five innings of one run<\/strong>, allowing four hits, giving two walks and striking out two, leaving without a decision.\n\nFor the Lions, the Cuban Norge Ruiz<\/strong> pitched four scoreless innings<\/strong>, with three hits, two walks, and two strikeouts.\n\n\n

Relay<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Eagles’ bullpen was composed of Jos\u00e9 Cu\u00e1s<\/strong>, Jhordany M\u00e9zquita<\/strong>, Junior Fern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, Richard Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> and Burch Smith<\/strong>, while the Lions were relieved by Hansel Marcelino<\/strong>, Aneurys Zabala<\/strong>, G\u00e9nesis Cabrera<\/strong>, Di\u00f3genes Almeng\u00f3<\/strong>, Carlos Teller<\/strong> and H\u00e9ctor Neris<\/strong>.\n\n\n

Offensive Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\nFor the Eagles, Alberto Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong> led the attack by batting 5-3<\/strong>, with a triple and an RBI. Robert Moore<\/strong> went 3-2<\/strong>, with an RBI, while Leody Taveras<\/strong> and Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n<\/strong> each contributed an RBI.\n\nFor the Leones, Jonatan Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong> hit a home run and a single, with one run batted in; Yainer D\u00edaz<\/strong> batted 4-2<\/strong>, with a double and an RBI; and Erick Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> added two hits.\n\n\n

Next Match<\/h3>\n\n\nRight-handed pitcher Luis Pati\u00f1o<\/strong> will be the starting pitcher for the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> in the second game of the doubleheader.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo.\u2014 The \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as continued to set the pace in the 2025-2026 LIDOM season by defeating the Leones del Escogido 5-2 this Tuesday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, in the first game of a double header corresponding to the regular season. You may be interested in:Alexander Canario and Aaron Brooks, chosen MVP of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":494778,"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-494777","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\/phj1q1-24Ih","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2025\/12\/Alberto-Rodriguez-16-Dic.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\/Alberto-Rodriguez-16-Dic.jpeg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494777","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=494777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494777\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/494778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=494777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=494777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=494777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}