{"id":495925,"date":"2025-12-29T07:30:56","date_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/lions-leave-the-bulls-on-the-field-and-stand-alone-at-the-top-of-the-round-robin\/"},"modified":"2025-12-29T07:30:56","modified_gmt":"2025-12-29T11:30:56","slug":"lions-leave-the-bulls-on-the-field-and-stand-alone-at-the-top-of-the-round-robin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/lions-leave-the-bulls-on-the-field-and-stand-alone-at-the-top-of-the-round-robin\/","title":{"rendered":"Lions leave the Bulls on the field and stand alone at the top of the Round Robin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013<\/strong> In a dramatic encounter that extended to <strong>eleven innings<\/strong>, the <strong>Leones del Escogido<\/strong> defeated <strong>8-7 the Toros del Este<\/strong> this Sunday at the <strong>Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium<\/strong>, to stay alone in first place in the <strong>Todos contra Todos<\/strong> of the LIDOM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in:<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/Juego \u00c1guilas\u2013Escogido abrir\u00e1 el Round Robin este s\u00e1bado a las 5:00 de la tarde\">Game \u00c1guilas\u2013Escogido will open the Round Robin this Saturday at 5:00 in the afternoon<\/a>rnoon<\/p>\n\n\nThe victory, achieved after more than <strong>four hours of play<\/strong>, placed the national and Caribbean champions with a record of <strong>2-0<\/strong>, while the Toros dropped to <strong>1-1<\/strong>, placing them in second position in the table.\n\nThe game was decided in the bottom of the <strong>eleventh inning<\/strong>, when <strong>Junior Lake<\/strong>, placed on second as a ghost runner, scored the winning run after a <strong>throwing error by pitcher Janser Lara<\/strong>, following a sacrifice bunt by <strong>Erik Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> on the first pitch of the at-bat.\n\nReliever <strong>Alexander Colom\u00e9 (1-0)<\/strong> earned the victory by retiring the top of the eleventh inning in order, including a strikeout. <strong>Lara (0-1)<\/strong> took the loss.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Development<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Toros opened the scoring in the <strong>first inning<\/strong> with a double by <strong>Luis Liberato<\/strong> to left field and a run-scoring single by <strong>Bryan De la Cruz<\/strong>, against starting pitcher <strong>Jos\u00e9 Urquidy<\/strong>.\n\nIn the <strong>second episode<\/strong>, the Romanenses extended their lead with consecutive doubles by <strong>Bryan Lavastida<\/strong> and <strong>Sergio Alc\u00e1ntara<\/strong>, followed by an unstoppable hit by <strong>Gilberto Celestino<\/strong>, putting the score at 3-0. However, the Escogido responded in the bottom half with two runs against <strong>Aaron Brooks<\/strong>, driven by doubles from <strong>Raimel Tapia<\/strong> and <strong>Jos\u00e9 Marmolejos<\/strong>, as well as a productive single by <strong>Michael De la Cruz<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Bulls pulled away again with two runs in the <strong>third inning<\/strong>, but the reds staged a <strong>four-run rally in the sixth<\/strong> to take a 6-5 lead. In that inning, <strong>Erik Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong> drove in two with a double to left field, while <strong>Tapia<\/strong> added another two with a single after a walk to <strong>Yamaico Navarro<\/strong> and a stolen base.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Taurine reaction came in the <strong>seventh<\/strong>, when they tied the game 6-6 taking advantage of a <strong>passed ball<\/strong> with <strong>Jeimer Candelario<\/strong> on the third base. Later, both teams scored once more to take the match to extra innings.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Prominent Figures<\/h3>\n\n\nFor the Escogido, <strong>Raimel Tapia<\/strong> went <strong>5-3<\/strong>, with <strong>two doubles<\/strong>, <strong>two RBIs<\/strong> and <strong>one run<\/strong>; <strong>Jos\u00e9 Marmolejos<\/strong>, went <strong>5-3<\/strong>, with a double, two RBIs and one run; <strong>Erik Gonz\u00e1lez<\/strong>, went <strong>5-1<\/strong>, with a double, two RBIs and one run, and <strong>Michael De la Cruz<\/strong>, went <strong>3-2<\/strong>, with one RBI, one run and two walks.\n\nFor the Toros, <strong>Troy Johnston<\/strong> hit <strong>5-2<\/strong>, with a double, two RBIs and a walk, while <strong>Luis Liberato<\/strong> finished <strong>6-2<\/strong>, with a double, an RBI and a run scored.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next commitment<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Leones del Escogido will continue their participation in the Round Robin this <strong>Monday<\/strong>, when they visit the <strong>Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> at the <strong>Juli\u00e1n Javier stadium<\/strong>, in San Francisco de Macor\u00eds, starting at <strong>7:15 pm<\/strong>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 In a dramatic encounter that extended to eleven innings, the Leones del Escogido defeated 8-7 the Toros del Este this Sunday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium, to stay alone in first place in the Todos contra Todos of the LIDOM. 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