Dominican Daily: Games of 10/18

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ESCOGIDO 8, CIBAO 7 IN CIBAO

TwinsPedro Florimon was 0-for-4 with a walk and struck out once.

Game summary:  Escogido scored three in the ninth and needed them, as Cibao scored three and put the tying run on base in the bottom of the ninth.

Escogido:  Taylor Green was 3-for-4 with a double.  Mauro Gomez (Boston) hit a grand slam and scored twice.  He didn’t score twice on the grand slam; he scored once then and once another time.

Cibao:  Leury Garcia (Texas) was 4-for-5 with a double and scored once.  Kyler Newby (Baltimore) struck out five in four shutout innings.