The semifinal phase of the tournament baseball autumn winter of the Dominican Republic The first half (9 games played) will conclude this Monday, January 2, with everyone tied at four wins and four losses.
The games that will be played will be Stars vs. Giants at J StadiumUlian Javier from San Francisco de Macorís, game agreed at 7:00 pm; and Eagles vs. Licey at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium in the National District at 7:15 pm.
For the second time so far in the semifinal phase in the system all against all (round robin) the four teams are tied for the first position, once they had already equaled three wins and losses per side.
On the last date, on December 30, the Giants whitewashed the Tigers with a 3-0 victory, while the Stars defeated the Eagles 10-6.
After a regular season in which the Tigers of the Licey they achieved the first position being the best team in collective batting and extravasases with a whopping 27 home runs, 77 doubles and 23 triples; The blue team’s bats have grown cold and during the first eight of the semifinal series they hit a sad .202 collectively, being by 30 points the team with the worst batting average, and also the one that has hit the fewest extravagances.
The best offensive teams in this phase of the tournament have been the Águilas Cibaeñas and the Eastern Stars, each team has scored 38 and 37 runs respectively. While the Eastern Stars are hitting .277 with a .742 OPS and the Eagles are hitting .275 with a .754 OPS.
The Gigantes del Cibao, while they are the second worst offensive team in the semifinal series, only slightly above Licey. The Giants are hitting .232 with 24 runs scored and a .649 OPS.
What saves Licey has been his pitching. The Tigers are the best team in the tournament with a 2.75 ERA and a 1.29 WHIP. The Eagles are the second best team in pitching with a 3.30 ERA and a better WHIP than Licey with 1.27 thanks to not allowing a home run in this phase.
The Giants and All-Stars both have ERA 4.04, however, the pitching of the Stars has a WHIP of 1.35 and that of the Giants is 1.46. In favor of the Giants, it is that it has been the team that struck out the most in the first eight days of the tournament.
Thus, it could be said that the Cibaeñas Eagles they have been the best balanced team during the first eight games of the semifinal phase; however, average and strikeout is not victory and everyone stands head to head.
