Dominican Digest: Game of October 27

Double trouble for Cibao.

ORIENTE 3, CIBAO 1 IN ORIENTE

Cibao:  Moises Sierra was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Alexi Casilla was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Roman Colon pitched 1.1 perfect innings with one strikeout.

Oriente:  Junior Lake was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Luis Jimenez was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Ryan Rowland-Smith pitched 5.1 innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks with no strikeouts.

The game:  Jimenez hit a two-run double that gave Oriente a 2-0 lead in the first.  Cibao scored in the third and it stayed 2-1 until the eighth, when Lake doubled in an insurance run.

TODAY'S TILTS

Oriente at Cibao

Escogido at Este