Lots of pitchers in Aguilas. Walks and errors decide it in Este. To four-run innings give Oriente an easy win.
AGUILAS 2, ESCOGIDO 1 IN AGUILAS
Twins: Deibinson Romero was 1-for-3 for Escogido.
Escogido: Ronny Paulino (Detroit) was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Buck Britton (Baltimore) was 2-for-4. Ramon Garcia pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Aguilas: Andy Marte (Arizona) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Jonathan Villar (Houston) was 1-for-4 with a double and a run. Sugar Ray Marimon (Kansas City) pitched four shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
The game: Aguilas got both runs in the fourth. Escogido scored one in the ninth, but the game ended on a walkoff caught stealing. In a 2-1 game, the teams combined to use thirteen pitchers. Six of the pitchers pitched less than one inning.
CIBAO 4, ESTE 1 IN ESTE (10 INNINGS)
Twins: Jeremias Pineda was used as a pinch-hitter and was 0-for-1.
Cibao: Wilson Betemit (Tampa Bay) was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Adrian Nieto (Washington) was 1-for-5 with a home run. Brooks Raley (Angels) pitched four shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
Este: Yasmani Grandal (San Diego) was 1-for-3 with a walk. Dylan Axelrod (Cincinnati) struck out four in 4.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits and a walk.
The game: Each team scored once in the fifth. Betemit's two-run single was the only hit in a three-run Cibao tenth which featured three walks and an error.
ORIENTE 11, LICEY 1 IN LICEY
Oriente: Alex Valdez was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Yeison Asencio (San Diego) was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Radhames Liz (Toronto) struck out five in 5.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks.
Licey: Mel Rojas (Pittsburgh) was 1-for-2 with two walks. Ruben Sosa (Houston) was 1-for-4 with a triple and a run. Dionis Soriano pitched a perfect inning.
The game: Valdez had a two-run single in a four-run fifth that broke a scoreless tie and gave Oriente all the runs they would need. Oriente added four in the seventh to put the game out of reach.
TODAY'S TILT
Escogido at Cibao