Escogido wins, no thanks to Twins players.  The Laddie helps Cibao to a win.  An unearned run settles it in Oriente.

ESCOGIDO 3, AGUILAS 2 IN ESCOGICO

Twins:  Jorge Polanco (Escogido) was 0-for-3.  Deibinson Romero (Escogido) was 0-for-1.

Aguilas:  Zoilo Almonte (Yankees) was 2-for-4.  Rafael Ynoa (Colorado) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Escogido:  Pedro Ciriaco (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Gregory Polanco (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Allen Webster struck out seven in five innings, allowing two runs on five hits and two walks.

The game:  An RBI double by Dan Black put Aguilas ahead 2-1 after three.  In the fifth, RBI singles by Ciriaco and Polanco gave Escogido a 3-2 lead.  The closest Aguilas came to tying it was the seventh, when they got the tying run to second with two out.

CIBAO 8, ESTE 1 IN CIBAO

Twins:  Chris Colabello (Este) was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run.

Este:  Ricardo Nanita was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Cibao:  Francisco Peguero (San Francisco) was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Jonathan Diaz (Toronto) was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs.  Zach Kroenke struck out three in 3.1 innings, allowing one run on one hit and two walks.

The game:  Nanita's RBI single in the fourth tied the game at one.  In the fifth, Cibao took the lead on a two-run double by Alexi Casilla.  Cibao scored five in the seventh to put the game out of reach.  The runs scored on two singles, an error, another single, a walk, a wild pitch, one more walk, and another single.

LICEY 3, ORIENTE 2 IN ORIENTE (13 INNINGS)

Licey:  Chris Marrero was 2-for-5 with a double.  Juan Francisco (Milwaukee) was 2-for-6 with an RBI.  Francisley Bueno (San Francisco) struck out four in four shutout innings, giving up five hits and one walk.

Oriente:  Elian Herrera (Milwaukee) was 4-for-6 with an RBI.  Junior Lake (Cubs) was 3-for-6 with an RBI.  Andrew Sisco struck out five in four shutout innings, allowing two hits and two walks.

The game:  Lake's RBI single started the scoring in the fifth.  Each team scored once in the sixth, and Licey tied it in the eighth on an RBI single by Yamaico Navarro.  Licey threatened in the tenth and eleventh, but finally broke through in the thirteenth when Navarro reached on an error and scored on a Yordany Ramirez double.  In the bottom of the thirteenth, Oriente had the tying run on second with one out.