José Rondón hit a hit to center field to give Leones de Caracas a 3-2 victory against Tigres del Licey in 12 innings
The clock marked 12:12 midnight when José Rondón connected a hit to the central field that Emilio Bonifacio could not capture and thus gave an important victory to Leones de Caracas of Venezuela 3-2 against the Tigres del Licey of the Dominican Republic in 12 tickets during the fourth day of the Caribbean Series 2023.
The match took place at the La Rinconada Stadium in Caracas.
With the match tied at two runs apiece, the Venezuelans opened the bottom half of episode number 12 with the ghost runner (the Dominican Isaias Tejeda). Ángel Reyes delivered the first out with a grounder for third. Then Hernán Pérez hit the siore that Ramón Torres could not dominate, safely reaching the initial. Rondón then hit the winning shot before a pitch from reliever Lisalverto Bonilla (0-1), who took the loss.
The victory was credited to Ricardo Pinto (1-0), who worked two innings of one hit, one run, one walk and one strikeout.
It was a pitching duel that took place during the first nine innings, led by their starters, the Dominican César Valdez, who threw six innings of three hits and four strikeouts, as well as Erick Leal with six innings, four hits, one walk and one strikeout. six batters fanned out.
The victory allows the Venezuelan team to equalize at the top of the standings with Mexico (Cañeros de Los Mochis), both with a 3-1 record, while in second place there was a four-way tie with the Dominican Republic, Colombia (Vaqueros de Montería), Curaçao (WildCats KJ74) and Panama (Federales de Chiriquí), all with a 2-2 record.
Last are with 1-3 Puerto Rico (Indios de Mayagüez) and Cuba (Farmers).
The Tigres del Licey will hold today (2:00 pm) their fifth game of the Caribbean Series when they face Panama at the Forúm de la Guaira Stadium.
In other matches held yesterday, Panama defeated Puerto Rico 3-2; Colombia defeated Curacao 6-5, and Mexico beat Cuba 6-5.
