{"id":497523,"date":"2026-01-13T10:10:52","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:10:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/chosen-is-one-step-away-from-the-final-eagles-and-bulls-play-for-the-last-ticket\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T10:10:52","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T14:10:52","slug":"chosen-is-one-step-away-from-the-final-eagles-and-bulls-play-for-the-last-ticket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/chosen-is-one-step-away-from-the-final-eagles-and-bulls-play-for-the-last-ticket\/","title":{"rendered":"Chosen is one step away from the final; Eagles and Bulls play for the last ticket"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<strong>SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013<\/strong> The semifinal series of the <strong>2025-26 LIDOM tournament<\/strong> enters its most decisive stage starting today, with a closing that could extend until <strong>Saturday, January 17<\/strong> and that will define the two teams that will play the <strong>Final Series<\/strong>.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/escenario-clasificatorio-entra-en-fase-decisiva-en-el-round-robin-de-lidom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Qualifying scenario enters decisive phase in the LIDOM Round Robin<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe <strong>Leones del Escogido<\/strong> took a decisive step last Sunday by defeating the <strong>Toros del Este<\/strong>, a result that put them with a record of <strong>10-3<\/strong> and reduced their <strong>magic number to two<\/strong>, leaving them on the verge of securing their classification.\n\nWith an additional victory and at least a split in the two games still to be played by <strong>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> and <strong>Toros del Este<\/strong>, the scarlet team would seal their direct pass to the final. In that scenario, Escogido would guarantee at least a tie in second position, which in the worst case would force an extra game, but with a mathematical advantage.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eagles and Bulls, a duel to the death<\/h3>\n\n\nAs the Lions approach the goal, <strong>Eagles<\/strong> and <strong>Bulls<\/strong> start this last week tied with a record of <strong>7-6<\/strong>, disputing the last available ticket inch by inch.\n\nBoth teams have reinforced their squads with players from the winter leagues of <strong>Mexico, Puerto Rico, and Venezuela<\/strong>, in an effort to tip the scales in a race that remains completely open.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Tight schedule and sensitive casualties<\/h3>\n\n\nThe <strong>\u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as<\/strong> have two games ahead against the <strong>Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong>, two against the <strong>Escogido<\/strong> and one against the <strong>Toros<\/strong>. They have managed to avoid prolonged negative streaks and take advantage of the taurinos&#8217; slump to stay in the fight.\n\nFor their part, the <strong>Toros del Este<\/strong> face an even more demanding path, with two games against the Leones, two against the \u00c1guilas and one against the Gigantes. The La Romana team arrives battered after falling in four consecutive games and suffering the loss of two of their three starting outfielders: <strong>Gilberto Celestino<\/strong>, injured, and <strong>Luis Liberato<\/strong>, who signed a contract to play in Asia during the summer.\n\nThese absences have directly impacted their offense and turn each match into a true early final.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chosen seeks to revalidate their crown<\/h3>\n\n\nWith the <strong>Gigantes del Cibao<\/strong> already eliminated, the <strong>Escogido<\/strong> aspires to revalidate the championship achieved in the <strong>2024-25<\/strong> season, this time with a solid performance from the mound and a collective execution that has made the difference in the Round Robin.\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO.\u2013 The semifinal series of the 2025-26 LIDOM tournament enters its most decisive stage starting today, with a closing that could extend until Saturday, January 17 and that will define the two teams that will play the Final Series. You may be interested in:Qualifying scenario enters decisive phase in the LIDOM Round Robin The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"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-497523","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\/phj1q1-25qz","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Redacci\u00f3n De \u00daltimo Minuto","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/cropped-logo-de-ultimo-minuto-96x96.png","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497523","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\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=497523"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/497523\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=497523"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=497523"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=497523"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}