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SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013<\/strong> An aggressive hit by Junior Lake<\/strong> from third base in the tenth inning sealed a dramatic victory for the Leones del Escogido<\/strong> 5-4 over the Toros del Este<\/strong>, leaving them on the field on Friday night and extending their good moment in the final stretch of the regular season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You may be interested inr<\/a><\/strong>:Blue victory against the Eagles keeps the battle for the Round Robin alive<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe decisive play came after a touch to the pitcher by Socrates Brito<\/strong>, which was handled quickly by pitcher Jarlin Garcia<\/strong>, who made an accurate throw to catcher Tres Barrera<\/strong>. However, Lake managed to slide his left hand over the plate, avoiding the catcher’s mitt and unleashing the scarlet celebration.\n\nThe Lions had reached the tenth inning trailing 4-3. Freudy Batista<\/strong>, as a ghost runner on second, advanced to third with a bunt by Jonathan Guzm\u00e1n<\/strong>. Lake was hit by a pitch from Michael Ynoa<\/strong>, stole second base and a single by Erik Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> to left field drove in the tying run, also placing Lake on third.\n\nWith this victory, the third consecutive<\/strong> and the sixth in the last seven games<\/strong>, the Escogido improves its record to 22-25<\/strong>, remaining in third place<\/strong> in the standings, tied with the Estrellas Orientales and with a game and a half advantage over Tigres del Licey and Gigantes del Cibao (20-26).\n\nThe victory went to Hansel Marcelino (1-0)<\/strong>, who pitched an inning with a strikeout, while the loss went to Michael Ynoa (0-1)<\/strong>, who was charged with the two runs of the tenth inning.\n\n\n SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 An aggressive hit by Junior Lake from third base in the tenth inning sealed a dramatic victory for the Leones del Escogido 5-4 over the Toros del Este, leaving them on the field on Friday night and extending their good moment in the final stretch of the regular season. 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Brito hit a run-scoring single to tie the game and, subsequently, a ground ball for a double play by Navarro allowed the run that put the score at 3-2 in favor of Escogido.\n\nThe Bulls tied the game again in the seventh inning with a solo home run by Jeimer Candelario<\/strong> to left field against G\u00e9nesis Cabrera<\/strong>.\n\n\n
Featured<\/h3>\n\n\nFor the Leones, Socrates Brito<\/strong> went 1-for-4 with two RBIs; Junior Lake<\/strong> went 0-for-3, with a walk and three runs scored; Erik Gonzalez<\/strong>, 2-for-4 with one RBI, and Jonathan Guzman<\/strong>, 1-for-3 with one run scored.\n\nFor the Toros, Jeimer Candelario<\/strong> went 1-4 with a home run, a run scored, and an RBI, while Luis Liberato<\/strong> went 1-4 with two RBIs.\n\nThe Lions will travel this Saturday to San Francisco de Macor\u00eds<\/strong>, where they will face the Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> at 5:00 in the afternoon<\/strong>, in another key duel for the classification.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"