The Licey will not be in the postseason, but you have to bring great taste if you end up preventing the Eagles from finishing in first place and Tuesday’s game can be a factor.
Narcís Crook entered the match with 24 rounds exhausted, only three unstoppable (singles) for a poor .125 and a push. But the 25-year-old, who had not played since December 19, watered the ball to the guinea pigs with three home runs and propelled the eight blue runs in the 8-3 win.
Crook, a native of Nagua and taken in the ninth round of the 2015 rookie draw, had just appeared in 12 games. According to journalist Tuto Tavárez, this is the ninth time a batsman has fired a trio of home runs in a Lidom match.
It was the 12th victory for the Cats against 17 losses. The sparrow reverse puts his mark at 16-14, below half of the Bulls (16-13), who close out their schedule this Wednesday. The team that finishes in first place will face fourth place in one of the series of the semifinals.
At Quisqueya Juan Marichal Park, the victory went to Austin Bibens-Dirkx (1-0) and the defeat to Marc Diplán (3-1).
Yermín Mercedes shot two hits and scored three times and Michael de León went 4-2 for the Licey. For the Eagles, Rangel Ravelo tied two hits in five innings and Jon Kemmer in four.
the races
The guinea pigs took control of the encounter at the first entrance. With two outs, Cuban Rangel Ravelo singled in center and scored with a double in the middle of the field of Isaïes Tejeda.
The yellow lead increased in the second when Jon Kemmer hit hit on the right, Juan Carlos Pérez and Francisco Peña received a ticket and blue receiver Roberto Penya committed a passed ball that gave space for the third runner to enter.
But the Blues retaliated at the close of the second. Yermín Mercedes opened the scoring with a tubey on the right, Whynton Bernard rolled that pitcher Angel Rondon did not drive and Narcís Crook dispatched a three-lap homer.
Those of Sant Jaume equalized the shock in the fourth episode when combining unstoppable of Penya and Melky Cabrera with base by balls of Ramón Torres to congest the bases and roll of Ravelo that the receiver Ramon Peña did not handle so that it entered the race .
However, the felines regained the lead in the sixth with a dose similar to the third. Mercedes received four fouls from Marc Diplán and then Crook blew the grid for the second time for the 5-3.
In the eighth the hosts inflated the lead. Mercedes opened the scoring with a hit to the left, Wynton Bernard hit unstoppably in the same area and Crook dispatched his third volley of the night.