Reliever Gabriel Arias had an emergency opening and slipped into hero costume as he threw 5.0 solid innings to head a two-run bleach from the Lyceum Tigers over the Eastern Stars on Saturday night, the 19th at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macorís.
In the offensive aspect, the last import of the Lyceum, Wynton Bernard, shot home run and single, scored both runs and Emilio Bonifacio drove the first with high sacrifice and was all they needed the winner Arias (2-1) and his accomplices Dany Jiménez and Lisalverto Bonilla, who admitted unstoppable 09:00 but did not give up base for balls and the defense was impeccable, for the second Bengali victory in line, both against the green, after six straight defeats.
In the rest of the Saturday day of Dominican winter baseball 20.220-21, Don José Manuel Fernández, In Memoriam, the Giants of the Cibao beat San Francisco de Macorís 10-1 to the Bulls of the East; and the Cibaeñas Eagles won an 11-9 run to the Lions of the Chosen One in the Capital.
The Tigers ’tenth win (10-15) keeps them with a breath of life in their meager aspirations to qualify, but they can’t afford to lose one of the five games they have left.
Now, instead of the Giants (12-12, tied with the Stars in third), it’s up to the Chosen One (14-15) that Licey should overtake in his attempt to reach fifth, less than three games away. the fourth, to go to a mini playoff. The Blues are 2.0 games away from the Reds, who have their last game this Sunday against the Bulls in the Capital. Eagles and Bulls mark a tie at the top with 15-12.
Licey has this Sunday a crucial double game against the Eagles in Santiago from 2:00 pm, for which he will send to the hill the veteran Ervin Santana in the first and the young Jean Carlos Mejía in the second.
the game
The coaching staff led by Luis Sojo had signaled to face the Greens this Saturday in the prospective Deivi Garcia, but had to appeal to veteran reliever Gabriel Arias, who only allowed 4:00 hits, poncho one and did not transfer. In the fifth he had his greatest difficulty, when with a simple allow out, he withdrew the next and then tied a hit to the box, but dominated the next. Dany Jiménez took charge in the sixth, they hit him with a hit at every inning, but poncho four, two per inning. Lisaberto Bonilla allowed two inconceivables in the eighth and one in the ninth, but without consequences. He blew two for his first save of the season.
The Bengals scored their first in the third episode, when Wynton Bernard scored a hit with a bat for third, defender Ronnier Mustelier made a shooting error and the batsman came in second. It advanced to the third party with rolled by the initial of Sergio Alcántara and wrote down by high of sacrifice of Emilio Bonifacio.
In the fifth with two batters out, Bernard made a huge four-corner post over the center-yard grid against all-star opener and loser Andy Otero to put the final score. Otero threw 5.0 innings of three hits and two strikeouts. Forrest Snow with 2.0 inning, Ergar I. Garcia (1.0) and Diogenes Armengol (1.0) finished from the eastern mound and struck out 7 in the last four episodes.
Sergio Alcántara and the brothers Emilio (the captain) and Jorge Bonifacio completed the five unstoppable ones that the Licey could connect, apart from the quadrangular and simple one of Bernard.
Between Rainel Rosario and Ronnier Mustelier they rented six of the nine stars of the Stars, three each. On Sunday Leyba, Lewin Díaz and Gustavo Núñez got the rest. The nine were simple.