Day thirteen of the playoffs.  Freddy Guzman steals a win for Escogido.  A blowout win for Aguilas.

ESCOGIDO 1, CIBAO 0 IN ESCOGIDO

Twins:  Pedro Florimon (Escogido) was 0-for-3.

Cibao:  Jose DePaula (San Francisco) struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and one walk.

Escogido:  Pedro Ciriaco (Kansas City) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Carlos Santana (Cleveland) was 1-for-1 with two walks.  Chris Leroux struck out twelve in six innings, allowing three hits and no walks.

The game:  The game's lone run came in the sixth, when Freddy Guzman singled, stole second, stole third, and scored on Ciriaco's single.  Cibao's biggest threat came in the fourth, when a pair of singles put men on first and second with none out.

AGUILAS 10, LICEY 1 IN AGUILAS

Licey:  Wilson Valdez was 1-for-1 with a run.  Hector Noesi pitched 5.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Aguilas:  Francisco Pena (Kansas City) was 2-for-4 with a double and a three-run homer, scoring twice.  Alex Valdez was 2-for-4 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two.  Chris Cody struck out ten in eight innings, allowing one run on four hits and no walks.

The game:  Juan Perez (San Francisco) led off the first with a double and scored on a Joey Terdoslavich (Atlanta) single to give Aguilas a 1-0 lead.  It stayed 1-0 until the fifth, when Hector Luna singled in a run and Pena hit a three-run homer to make the lead 5-0.  Aguilas added one in the seventh and four in the eighth.  The lone Licey run came in the ninth.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Escogido, 9-4
Aguilas, 6-7
Licey, 6-7
Cibao, 5-8