A big day for Danny Santana. A five-run first didn't get Licey down. Oriente celebrated Thanksgiving weekend with Pie.
ESTE 6, AGUILAS 5 IN AGUILAS
Twins: Chris Colabello (Este) was 1-for-4 with a run. Danny Santana (Aguilas) was 4-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Este: Hector Gomez (Milwaukee) was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and five RBIs. Joey Terdoslavich was 2-for-4 with a triple and two runs. Angelys Nina (Colorado) was 2-for-4.
Aguilas: Jermaine Curtis (St. Louis) was 3-for-3 with a walk and a run. Juan Perez (San Francisco) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Wilin Rosario (Colorado) was 1-for-4 with a home run, his third.
The game: Gomez hit a two-run homer in the fourth to give Este a 3-1 lead. Aguilas came back with in the fifth, tying the score on an error and taking a 4-3 lead on a Dan Black RBI double. Rosario homered in the sixth to make it 5-3 Aguilas. In the eighth, a single, a strikeout/wild pitch with two down, and a three-run homer by Gomez put Este back in front 6-5. Aguilas got a pair of one-out singles in the ninth, but the last two batters struck out to end the game.
ORIENTE 5, ESCOGIDO 1 IN ORIENTE
Twins: Pedro Florimon (Escogido) was 0-for-4. Jorge Polanco (Escogido) was 0-for-4.
Escogido: Gregory Polanco (Pittsburgh) was 3-for-4 with a run. Melky Mesa was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double, driving in one. Julio Lugo was 1-for-3 with a walk and a double.
Oriente: Felix Pie (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once. Alfredo Marte (Arizona) was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Andrew Sisco struck out seven in 5.2 innings, allowing one run on three hits and one walk.
The game: Pie hit a two-run single in a three-run third for Oriente to give them a 3-0 lead. Marte hit an RBI double in a two-run fifth to make it 5-0. Escogido got a run in the sixth and brought the tying run up to bat with two out in the ninth.
LICEY 12, CIBAO 9 IN LICEY
Cibao: Moises Sierra (Toronto) was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Francisco Peguero was 1-for-5 with a home run (his second) and four RBIs. Francisco Soriano (Washington) was 1-for-2 with a walk and a home run, scoring twice.
Licey: Engel Beltre (Texas) was 4-for-5, scoring twice and driving in two. Christian Bethancourt was 3-for-5 with two doubles and a home run, scoring twice and driving in three. Ruben Sosa (Houston) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a double, scoring three times.
The game: Peguero hit a three-run homer to cap a five-run first for Cibao. Licey came back with two in the bottom of the first, but Cibao got one more in the top of the second to make it 6-2. In the bottom of the second, Victor Diaz hit a two-run single and Bethancourt got a two-run double in a seven-run inning that put Licey ahead 9-6. Back-to-back homers by Oscar Tejeda and Soriano made it 10-8 in the top of the fourth, but an error and an RBI single by Beltre got the runs back for Licey, giving them an 12-8 lead. That was all the scoring until the ninth, when Cibao got its final tally and got the tying run up to bat with one out.