The Colombian left-handed pitcher Reiver Sanmartin In a great effort he found support in a nine-hit offense, including a home run by Sandber Pimentel to guide the Estrellas Orientales to a 6-3 victory over the Toros del Este on Saturday night of the Dominican winter ball.
Sanmartin, who came out without a decision, remains 0-0, with a 0.00 ERA. He pitched 4.0 innings, allowed three hits, allowed two bases and struck out five. The victory corresponded to Ronel Blanco (1-0) in relief role, with a save for Wirfin Bishop.
Lost Jacke thompson (0-1), who jumped out of the box after 2.0 innings where he allowed five hits, four laps, all earned, a home run, a strikeout.
The victory left the winners alone in the first position of the winter ball, a game ahead of the Águilas Cibaeñas with whom they shared the place and who lost earlier than the Leones del Escogido.
Command the joust with a 9-5 mark, they put their mark at 5-4 on the road, They are 7-3 in the last 10 games and they go 3-0 in the particular series for the Caña Series. The tournament is dedicated to the memory of the late Kalil Haché for the Banreservas Cup.
The pachyderms opened the board with a solo homer by Pimentel in the second inning through the gate of “left-center field”, and produced five more laps when in the third Robinson Canó drove in a single to Socrates Brito and Gustavo Núñez; Canó scored driven by Christian Bethancourt, on a selection play in a play where Elehuris Montero also scored on an error by Cristhian Adames.
The Bulls approached the scoreboard with three laps in the bottom of the fifth inning. They scored in that episode, Abraham Almonte, driven by Rubén Sosa; Wendell Rijo and Ruben Sosa, towed by a single by Martín Cervanka.