{"id":499088,"date":"2026-02-01T11:34:49","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/oscar-de-la-cruz-will-open-the-escogidos-debut-against-the-charros-in-the-caribbean-series\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T11:34:49","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T15:34:49","slug":"oscar-de-la-cruz-will-open-the-escogidos-debut-against-the-charros-in-the-caribbean-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/oscar-de-la-cruz-will-open-the-escogidos-debut-against-the-charros-in-the-caribbean-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Oscar De la Cruz will open the Escogido’s debut against the Charros in the Caribbean Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

<\/h3>\n\n\nGUADALAJARA, Mexico. \u2013<\/strong> Right-handed pitcher Oscar De la Cruz<\/strong> will be in charge of taking the mound in the opening game of the Leones del Escogido<\/strong> this Sunday, at 9:30 PM (Dominican time)<\/strong>, when they face the Charros de Jalisco (Mexico Rojo)<\/strong> at the Estadio Panamericano<\/strong>, after an outstanding performance in the Round Robin where he recorded a record of 2-1<\/strong>, 1.73 ERA<\/strong>, 1.00 WHIP<\/strong> and 11 strikeouts in 26 innings<\/strong>.\n\n\n

You may be interested in:<\/strong>Escogido defines its roster for the 2026 Caribbean Series<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe leader Ram\u00f3n Santiago<\/strong> made it clear that the scarlet team’s objective goes beyond a good participation and is exclusively focused on conquering the trophy.\n\n“We no longer represent only the Lions, but an entire country that expects us to bring the crown home again. We came to win, and that is the message that is transmitted to the group. It is not enough to have been champions in the Dominican Republic; if we win here too, the celebration will be double,” said the manager.\n\nSantiago positively valued the balance of the Dominican team, which seeks the sixth Caribbean crown<\/strong> for the Escogido and the number 24<\/strong> for the country. In addition, the Lions will try to become the second Lidom team<\/strong> to repeat Caribbean Series championships, a feat previously achieved by the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as in 1997 and 1998.\n\nThe core of the team includes experienced players such as Junior Lake, S\u00f3crates Brito, Christian Adames, Erik Gonz\u00e1lez and Gustavo N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>, as well as a pitching staff headed by Travis Lakins, Oscar De la Cruz, Enny Romero and Jefry Yan<\/strong>, among others.\n\n“We have speed, a solid defense, and good pitching. Our starters have a lot of quality, with De la Cruz and Romero reinforcing the staff after being among the best pitchers in Lidom. The bullpen also has important arms that will help us in key moments,” Santiago said.\n\nRight-handed pitcher Oscar De la Cruz<\/strong> will be in charge of opening the inaugural game this Sunday at 9:30 PM (Dominican time)<\/strong> against the Charros de Jalisco (Red Mexico)<\/strong>, at the Pan American Stadium<\/strong>. De la Cruz had an outstanding performance in the Round Robin with a record of 2-1<\/strong>, 1.73 ERA<\/strong>, 1.00 WHIP<\/strong> and 11 strikeouts in 26 innings<\/strong>.\n\nRegarding the tournament’s level, the scarlet leader highlighted the quality of the participating teams. In addition to the Charros, the Leones will face the Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico)<\/strong>, Federales de Chiriqu\u00ed (Panama)<\/strong> and Tomateros de Culiac\u00e1n (Mexico Verde)<\/strong>.\n\n“We know it will be a demanding competition. All teams want to win and so do we, so we must work every day to achieve the championship,” he added.\n\n\n

Roster Adjustments<\/h3>\n\n\nPrior to the closing of the official registration, the Dominican representation incorporated right-handed reliever Jimmy Cordero<\/strong> and catcher Geraldi D\u00edaz<\/strong>, both from the Gigantes del Cibao, replacing Joe Corbett<\/strong> and Julio E. Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>. Corbett is close to finalizing an agreement with an organized baseball organization, while Rodr\u00edguez is facing visa issues.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GUADALAJARA, Mexico. \u2013 Right-handed pitcher Oscar De la Cruz will be in charge of taking the mound in the opening game of the Leones del Escogido this Sunday, at 9:30 PM (Dominican time), when they face the Charros de Jalisco (Mexico Rojo) at the Estadio Panamericano, after an outstanding performance in the Round Robin where […]<\/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":[41952,611,40231,41186],"class_list":["post-499088","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-baseball","tag-caribbean-series","tag-deultimominuto","tag-dominican-republic","tag-theperiodicodelatruth"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/phj1q1-25PO","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\/499088","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=499088"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499088\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499088"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499088"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499088"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}