The yellows beat the Tigers 3-0 and the greens defeated the Giants 10-5. Both lead the semifinal with a record of 2-1
Roenis Elias threw eight solid innings and Zoilo Almonte hit a two-run homer for the Águilas Cibaeñas to whiten the Tigres del Licey 3-0 in a game played at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, in the continuation of the semifinal series of the baseball tournament autumn-winter 2022-2023.
Elías (1-0) only allowed three hits and struck out five as the Águilas, along with the Estrellas Orientales, climbed to first place in the Round-Off with a 2-1 record.
Fernando Abad, taken from the re-entry player draft last Sunday, worked the ninth inning for his first save. This time, the starter for the Tigers, César Valdez (0-1) could not with the artillery of the Águilas, which was led by Almonte, who hit a two-run home run in the third inning in a count of one ball without a strike . In the seventh, those led by José Leger sealed the victory with an RBI single from the third round by Yairo Muñoz’s single against reliever Keury Mella.
Valdez pitched six innings of four hits, two runs, three walks and nine strikeouts.
In San Francisco de Macorís, Rodolfo Durán, Edward Olivares and Lewin Díaz connected with a home run to command the second victory of the Stars 10-5 against the Gigantes del Cibao in a match held at the Julián Javier Stadium in this city.
The victory went to reliever Román Méndez (1-0), who worked the fifth inning without any kind of liberties. The loss fell to Giants starter Jorge Martinez (0-1), who allowed four runs on six hits in four complete innings.
The Stars showed their strong attack in the second and sixth innings, when they managed three and four runs, respectively. Meanwhile, the Giants had one run in the fifth, three in the sixth and another in the eighth.
