César Valdez was impressive for five innings at the start of the final series among the country’s northern neighbors, Kelvin Gutiérrez pushed two runs and the relay completed the mound dominance so that the Giants of the Cibao they started with a 5-1 win over the Cibaeñas eagles at the start of the final series of the Dominican winter ball.
Valdez allowed only one run in all five chapters and the Giants thus took the first step toward their goal: to win their second crown of the Dominican winter ball against a traditional finalist team like the Eagles. The first match of the series, scheduled for a 7-4, was played at the Estadio Julián Javier, in Sant Francesc de Macorís, home of the Giants.
Contrary to Valdez, his rival Joe Van Ficar resisted by one inning and two-thirds, tolerating an undisputed 6 p.m., of three runs, all clean, one ball and two strikeouts.
The padlock placed on the eagle offensive led them to 23 of their 27 outs were from the box. Of the four undisputed sparrows, one was a home run by Francisco Peña and another was a triple, without effect, by Luis Valenzuela. Both batazos in front of Valdez. Yerry dels Sants (1.0), Miguel de el Pou (1.0), Ryan Kussmaul (1.0) and Jumbo Díaz (1.0) finished the task started by Valdez.
It was another defeat by the Eagles in the stage Julian Javier, where they only removed a victory in two visits during the regular round, in addition in this park they were overwritten 23-17.
Tuesday night they face again at the Cibao Stage, where also the Giants removed two parties and equally they overemphasized to guinea pigs 13-8.
The match was won by Valdez (1-0), allowed two hits, a ticket and 3 strikeouts. They lost Van Meter (0-1).
The attack in the first episode was started by Ronald Guzmán, after the first out, when he fired a double into the center field. Kelvin Gutiérrez followed with a single to the center that led to the Guzmán anteroom. Juan Francisco continued with a single in the center and scored Guzmán. Moisès Serra was boleado to fill the bases. Peter O’Brien fired high sacrifice that propelled the second round of the inning to start the Giants 2-0.
His attack continued in the second, after two outs, when José Siri shot single in the center and Guzmán took him to second with a single in the middle. Gutiérrez towed Siri with an unstoppable left-footed shot that made the game 3-0, which decreed the departure of opener Joe Van Ficar, replaced by Hector Yan, who eventually dominated Francisco with a high on the shortstop .
The Eagles discounted in the third with a lone home run by Francisco Peña for the left field against Cesar Valdez.
At the next inning, the Giants regained the three-point lead, again after two outs. This time Guzmán dispatched a double against Lisalverto Bonilla on the left field and Gutiérrez fired incogibly at the center to tow his second round, which scored Guzmán and put the game 4-1.
The Giants scored one more step in the eighth, in an inning in which the Eagles used two pitchers. José Cuas started, boleo in Serra, who then advanced to second by a “wild pitch”.
He hit O’Brien. Ponchó sang to Oneil Cruz and Carlos Paulino shot simple to the right to fill the bases. Daury Torrez came on for Cuas and Abiatal Avelino shot him wide on the left, with which he scored Serra. Jose Siri closed the entrance with batazo for double slaughter of third to first.