{"id":497296,"date":"2026-01-09T23:41:25","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:41:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/junior-lakes-single-leaves-the-giants-on-the-field-and-consolidates-the-lions-at-the-top\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:41:25","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:41:25","slug":"junior-lakes-single-leaves-the-giants-on-the-field-and-consolidates-the-lions-at-the-top","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/junior-lakes-single-leaves-the-giants-on-the-field-and-consolidates-the-lions-at-the-top\/","title":{"rendered":"Junior Lake&#8217;s single leaves the Giants on the field and consolidates the Lions at the top"},"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>SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013<\/strong> An unstoppable hit by <strong>Junior Lake<\/strong> through the center of the field, with the bases loaded in extra innings, left the <strong>Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> on the field and gave the <strong>Leones del Escogido<\/strong> a dramatic <strong>7-6<\/strong> victory on Friday night at the <strong>Quisqueya Juan Marichal<\/strong> Stadium, consolidating the scarlet team as the sole leaders of the Round Robin.<\/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\/aguilas-derrotan-a-los-toros-y-se-acercan-al-segundo-puesto-del-round-robin\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">:\u00c1guilas defeat Toros and move closer to second place in the Round Robin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nWith the triumph, the Leones improved their record to <strong>8-3<\/strong>, placing themselves one game ahead of the <strong>Toros del Este (7-4)<\/strong>, while the Gigantes continue in the basement with a record of <strong>1-10<\/strong>.\n\nIn the tenth inning, with the score 6-5 in favor of the Cibae\u00f1os and two outs on the scoreboard, the Leones loaded the bases against closer <strong>Hansel Robles<\/strong>. It was then that Lake hit a solid single to center field that drove in <strong>Randy Florentino<\/strong> and the debutant <strong>Alcides Escobar<\/strong>, unleashing the celebration in the Quisqueya.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Comeback in the ninth<\/h3>\n\n\nThe long-haired players forced extra innings after a spectacular reaction in the ninth episode. <strong>Lake<\/strong> opened with a single, stole second, and scored with a <strong>triple by Franchy Cordero<\/strong> against the center field wall. Minutes later, Cordero crossed the plate thanks to a <strong>wild pitch by Jimmy Cordero<\/strong>, a play that was reversed after review.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A match with multiple twists and turns<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Giants took an early lead by scoring <strong>three runs in the fourth inning<\/strong> against starting pitcher <strong>Conner Greene<\/strong>. However, the Lions tied the game in the sixth against <strong>Reymin Guduan<\/strong>, taking advantage of a combination of walks and timely hits, including a run-scoring single by <strong>Jos\u00e9 Marmolejos<\/strong> that brought two runners home.\n\nThe Francomacorisanos regained control in the seventh with a run driven in by <strong>Jos\u00e9 Paulino<\/strong> and extended their lead in the eighth with a <strong>solo home run by David Ba\u00f1uelos<\/strong> against <strong>Stephen Nogosek<\/strong>, to make the score 6-3.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Decision from the bullpen<\/h3>\n\n\nThe victory went to <strong>Alexander Colom\u00e9 (2-0)<\/strong>, who pitched one hit and one strikeout. <strong>Hansel Robles (0-1)<\/strong> took the loss by allowing the two decisive runs in the tenth.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offensive Highlights<\/h3>\n\n\nFor the Leones, <strong>Junior Lake<\/strong> had a stellar night, going <strong>2-4<\/strong>, with <strong>three RBIs, one run scored, one walk, and one stolen base<\/strong>. <strong>Jos\u00e9 Marmolejos<\/strong> drove in two, <strong>Socrates Brito<\/strong> scored one and drew two walks, while <strong>Franchy Cordero<\/strong> contributed a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.\n\nFor the Giants, <strong>Jos\u00e9 Paulino<\/strong> shined by batting <strong>5-4<\/strong>, with a double, two runs scored, one RBI and <strong>three stolen bases<\/strong>, while <strong>De los Santos<\/strong> went <strong>5-3<\/strong> with a double, two RBIs and a run scored.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next commitment<\/h3>\n\n\nThe <strong>Leones del Escogido<\/strong> will return to the field this <strong>Saturday<\/strong>, when they receive the <strong>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> starting at <strong>4:00 in the afternoon<\/strong> at the <strong>Quisqueya Juan Marichal<\/strong> Stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 An unstoppable hit by Junior Lake through the center of the field, with the bases loaded in extra innings, left the Gigantes del Cibao on the field and gave the Leones del Escogido a dramatic 7-6 victory on Friday night at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, consolidating the scarlet team as the sole [&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":[611,40231,9098,40853],"class_list":["post-497296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-lidom","tag-thetruthnewspaper"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25mU","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\/497296","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=497296"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497296\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}