Miguel Sano makes his Dominican League debut.

ORIENTE 8, ESCOGIDO 7 IN ORIENTE

Twins:  Pedro Florimon (Escogido) was 1-for-5 and scored once.  Miguel Sano (Oriente) was 1-for-4 with a walk and struck out once.  Drew Butera (Oriente) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI, striking out twice.

Game summary:  A bases-loaded balk scored the winning run for Oriente in the bottom of the ninth.

Escogido:  Roger Kieschnick (San Francisco) was 2-for-5 with a home run.  Buck Britton (Baltimore) was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.

Oriente:  Todd Linden (San Francisco) was 2-for-4 with a double.  Daniel Robertson (San Diego) was 2-for-4 and scored once.

AGUILAS 3, ESTE 2 IN AGUILAS

Game summary:  Aguilas broke a scoreless tie with two in the third and never trailed.

Este:  Diory Hernandez (Cubs) was 2-for-4.  Eugenio Velez hit a home run.

Aguilas:  Tony Abreu (Kansas City) was 4-for-4 with an RBI.  Lorenzo Barcelo (Dodgers) allowed one run on five hits and no walks while striking out five in six innings.

CIBAO 6, LICEY 1 IN LICEY

Game summary:  Cibao scored four in the second to take a commanding lead early.

Cibao:  Leury Garcia (Texas) was 2-for-5 with a triple and a homer, scoring twice and driving in two.  Chase Wright gave up one run on five hits and two walks in five innings.

Licey:  Anderson Hernandez (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Leonys Martin (Texas) was 2-for-4 with a double and drove in one.