{"id":496993,"date":"2026-01-06T23:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/eagles-beat-the-giants-and-stay-in-the-fight-for-first-place\/"},"modified":"2026-01-06T23:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T03:17:29","slug":"eagles-beat-the-giants-and-stay-in-the-fight-for-first-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/eagles-beat-the-giants-and-stay-in-the-fight-for-first-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Eagles beat the Giants and stay in the fight for first place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>SAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS. \u2013<\/strong> The <strong>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> achieved a key victory this Tuesday by defeating the <strong>Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> <strong>6-5<\/strong> at the <strong>Juli\u00e1n Javier<\/strong> stadium, a result that keeps them in the fight for the top spots during the semifinal of the <strong>Dominican Professional Baseball Tournament 2025-2026<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/alberto-rodriguez-abandona-el-partido-tras-recibir-un-fuerte-impacto-en-el-rostro\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alberto Rodr\u00edguez leaves the game after receiving a strong impact to the face<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith the victory, the yellow team improved its record to <strong>4-4<\/strong>, placing itself two games behind the leaders <strong>Toros del Este<\/strong> and <strong>Leones del Escogido<\/strong> (6-2) in the round-robin tournament. Meanwhile, the Gigantes extended their losing streak by falling for the eighth consecutive time and remain without victories (0-8) in this phase.\n\nThe victory went to <strong>Yo\u00e1n L\u00f3pez (3-0)<\/strong>, while the loss went to <strong>Luis Fr\u00edas (0-1)<\/strong>. <strong>Burch Smith<\/strong> pitched a scoreless ninth inning to earn his <strong>second save<\/strong> of the semifinal.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Match Development<\/h4>\n\n\nThe Eagles took the lead from the first inning with a <strong>solo home run by Leody Taveras<\/strong>, but the Giants tied the score in the bottom of the inning after a walk to <strong>Gustavo N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>, who stole second base, advanced to third on a throwing error by the catcher and scored on a single by <strong>Johan Rojas<\/strong>.\n\nIn the second inning, the Aguiluchos regained the lead (2-1) after a walk to <strong>Aderl\u00edn Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, who scored after a defensive error by the left fielder in a play initiated by a single from <strong>Alberto Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>. In the play, Rodr\u00edguez was hit by the ball in the face when reaching second base, so he had to leave the game and was taken by ambulance to a health center.\n\nThe Giants reacted in the bottom of the second inning with a <strong>double by Francisco Mej\u00eda<\/strong> and a <strong>two-run home run by Jos\u00e9 Sir\u00ed<\/strong>, to take a <strong>4-3<\/strong> lead.\n\nThe decisive moment came in the <strong>eighth inning<\/strong>, when the \u00c1guilas manufactured a <strong>four-run<\/strong> rally to put the scoreboard at <strong>6-3<\/strong>. The offense started with a double by <strong>Leody Taveras<\/strong>, followed by another two-base hit by <strong>Geraldo Perdomo<\/strong> that drove in the tying run. Perdomo later scored on a single by <strong>Cristhian Adames<\/strong>. With the bases loaded, <strong>Adames<\/strong> crossed the plate on a wild pitch, while <strong>Steward Berroa<\/strong>, who entered as a pinch runner, scored after an error on the catcher&#8217;s throw.\n\nThe Giants scored two runs in the bottom of the eighth inning. <strong>Pablo Reyes<\/strong> walked and scored after a ground ball by <strong>Leury Garc\u00eda<\/strong>, while <strong>Francisco Mej\u00eda<\/strong> crossed the plate driven in by a single from <strong>Carlos Franco<\/strong>, leaving the final score <strong>6-5<\/strong>.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pitching<\/h4>\n\n\nFor the Eagles, <strong>Osvaldo Bid\u00f3<\/strong> opened the game and allowed three runs (two earned) in <strong>1.1 innings<\/strong>. The relief was in charge of <strong>Deurys Carrasco<\/strong>, <strong>Jean Carlos Henr\u00edquez<\/strong>, <strong>Yunior Marte<\/strong>, <strong>Jonathan Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>, <strong>Andrew P\u00e9rez<\/strong>, <strong>Yo\u00e1n L\u00f3pez<\/strong>, <strong>Carlos Bel\u00e9n<\/strong>, <strong>Vidal Nu\u00f1o<\/strong> and <strong>Burch Smith<\/strong>.\n\nFor the Giants, <strong>Shane Greene<\/strong> pitched <strong>two innings<\/strong>, giving up two runs (one unearned). The bullpen included <strong>Aidan Anderson<\/strong>, <strong>Bryan Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, <strong>Ofreidy G\u00f3mez<\/strong>, <strong>Tayron Guerrero<\/strong>, <strong>Luis Fr\u00edas<\/strong>, and <strong>Jimmy Cordero<\/strong>.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Batting<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the offensive for the \u00c1guilas, <strong>Leody Taveras<\/strong> hit <strong>5-2<\/strong>, with a home run, a double, an RBI, and two runs scored; <strong>Cristhian Adames<\/strong> went <strong>4-3<\/strong> with an RBI, and <strong>Geraldo Perdomo<\/strong> contributed a double with an RBI.<\/p>\n\n\nFor the Giants, <strong>Jos\u00e9 Sir\u00ed<\/strong> hit a home run and drove in two runs; <strong>Francisco Mej\u00eda<\/strong> went <strong>2-4<\/strong>; <strong>Johan Rojas<\/strong> and <strong>Leury Garc\u00eda<\/strong> each drove in a run.\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next match<\/h4>\n\n\nThe <strong>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> will face this <strong>Wednesday<\/strong> the <strong>Toros del Este<\/strong> at the <strong>Cibao Stadium<\/strong>, in a match scheduled to start at <strong>7:30 p.m.<\/strong>, with <strong>Jorge Tav\u00e1rez<\/strong> announced as the starting pitcher.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAN FRANCISCO DE MACOR\u00cdS. \u2013 The \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as achieved a key victory this Tuesday by defeating the Gigantes del Cibao 6-5 at the Juli\u00e1n Javier stadium, a result that keeps them in the fight for the top spots during the semifinal of the Dominican Professional Baseball Tournament 2025-2026. You may be interested in:Alberto Rodr\u00edguez leaves [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"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":[611,40231,9098,41186],"class_list":["post-496993","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lidom","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25i1","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","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":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496993","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=496993"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496993\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496993"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496993"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496993"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}