Playoffs, day five.  Ciriaco gets serious for Escogido.  Licey gets a fairly easy win.

ESCOGIDO 4, CIBAO 1 IN CIBAO

Twins:  Jorge Polanco (Escogido) was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Pedro Florimon (Escogido) was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run.

Escogido:  Pedro Ciriaco was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs.  Alfredo Marte was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Jorge De Leon struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and no runs.

Cibao:  Mayo Acosta (Tampa Bay) was 3-for-3 with a double.  Alexi Casilla was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Claudio Vargas struck out five in four innings, allowing one run on four hits and no walks.

The game:  An RBI ground out started the scoring in the second, putting Cibao ahead 1-0.  Escogido tied it in the forth on a run-scoring single by Polanco.  Ciriaco hit a two-run double in the seventh to put Escogido ahead 3-1 and he doubled in another in the ninth to make it 4-1.  Cibao left the bases loaded in the second and fourth but did not threaten after that.

LICEY 7, AGUILAS 1 IN LICEY

Aguilas:  Francisco Pena (Kansas City) was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Rafael Ynoa (Colorado) was 1-for-2 with an RBI.  Ricardo Nanita was 2-for-4.

Licey:  Erick Aybar (Angels) was 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.  Juan Francisco (Milwaukee) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a double, driving in two.  Ramon Ortiz (Toronto) pitched 4.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits and no walks.

The game:  Jamie Romak (Dodgers) singled in a run in the first and a run scored on a ground out in the second, putting Licey ahead 2-0.  A sacrifice fly made it 2-1 in the third, but Francisco doubled in two in the fifth to make it 4-1 and Licey got three in the seventh to put the game out of reach.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Escogido, 3-2
Licey, 3-2
Aguilas, 2-3
Cibao, 2-3