A good day for Jorge Polanco. Most things seem to happen in only one inning.
LICEY 2, AGUILAS 1 IN AGUILAS
Twins: Danny Santana (Aguilas) was 1-for-4 with a run.
Licey: Christian Bethancourt was 2-for-4 with a run. Carlos Triunfel (Seattle) was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run. Hector Noesi (Seattle) pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
Aguilas: Juan Perez (San Francisco) was 1-for-3 with a walk. Juan Nicasio (Colorado) pitched four shutout innings, allowing no hits and one walk with two strikeouts.
The game: Licey did not have a hit until the sixth, but they made it count when they did. A pair of singles put runners on first and third, a sacrifice fly scored one, and a Yamaico Navarro (Yankees) double scored a second. Aguilas also got its lone run in the sixth on a pair of singles and a sacrifice fly. Aguilas did not get the tying run past first base.
ESCOGIDO 5, ESTE 2 IN ESCOGIDO
Twins: Chris Colabello (Este) was 0-for-2 with two walks. Jorge Polanco (Escogido) was 2-for-3 with a run.
Este: Mayo Acosta (Tampa Bay) was 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer. Ricardo Nanita was 2-for-4 with a run.
Escogido: Erik Gonzalez (Cleveland) was 2-for-3 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two. Wilkin Castillo was 2-for-3 with a run and an RBI. Jarrett Grube (Angels) struck out six in 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and one walk.
The game: With two out and none on, Escogido scored four runs in the second inning to take control of the game. Three singles, a two-run double by Gonzalez, and another single produced the runs. Este scored two in the seventh to cut the lead to 5-2 and brought the tying run to bat in both the eighth and ninth.