A big day for Jorge Polanco. Everything happened early in Licey. The Laddie comes through again for Cibao.
ESCOGIDO 8, AGUILAS 3 IN AGUILAS
Twins: Jorge Polanco (Escogido) was 3-for-4 with a run. Deibinson Romero (Escogido) was used as a pinch-hitter and was 0-for-1. Danny Santana (Aguilas) was 0-for-5.
Escogido: Wilkin Castillo was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Erik Gonzalez (Cleveland) was 2-f0r-4, scoring once and driving in two. Sean Nolin (Toronto) pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
Aguilas: Juan Lagares (Mets) was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and scored twice. Jermaine Curtis (St. Louis) was 2-for-4 with a run. Kelvin Villa struck out three in three shutout innings, allowing one hit and now walks.
The game: The Lagares homer came in the first inning and gave Aguilas a 2-0 lead. It held up until the fifth, when Escogido scored four times on three singles, a double, and an error. In the sixth, a double, a hit batsman, and three singles plated three more and gave Escogido control of the game.
ORIENTE 4, LICEY 2 IN LICEY
Oriente: Audy Ciriaco was 2-for-4 with a double and a triple, scoring once and driving in one. Alberto Castillo struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and one walk.
Licey: Carlos Triunfel (Seattle) was 2-for-4 with a double. Yamaico Navarro was 1-for-2 with two walks and a home run, his sixth. Chris Marrero was 2-for-4.
The game: Navarro homered in the first to give Licey its only lead of the game. Oriente scored all four runs in the fourth, with Junior Lake (Cubs) hitting a two-run double. Licey got one back in the bottom of the fourth and had the tying run on base in the fourth and the sixth.
CIBAO 5, ESTE 3 IN ESTE
Cibao: Alexi Casilla was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Hanser Alberto (Texas) was 2-for-3 with a run.
Este: Joey Terdoslavich was 3-for-4 with a double and a triple, scoring once and driving in two. Gonzalez Germen (Mets) struck out three in two shutout innings, allowing two hits and no walks.
The game: Francisco Peguero (San Francisco) hit a two-run homer in the second to give Cibao a 2-0 lead. Casilla and Marcell Ozuna (Miami) homered in the third to make it 4-0. Terdoslavich hit a two-run triple in the fourth and Este got another run in the sixth to make it 4-3. Casilla singled in an insurance run for Cibao in the seventh. Este did not get the tying run on base after that.