Licey leaves Estrellas prone and is the first finalist in the Dominican League

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Tigres de Licey leaves Estrellas Orientales prone in the tenth inning and gets a ticket to the LiDom Final Series for the third consecutive season


SANTO DOMINGO — Unstoppable Gustavo Nunez sent the plate to Wilmer Difo in the bottom of the tenth inning, and the Licey Tigers left on the ground at Eastern Stars with a 2-1 victory on Friday, for advance to the Final Series of the Dominican League.

For the cats it was their 11th victory against three defeats in the Round Robin, while the Orientales (5-9) are still alive, since the Leones del Esgido were blanked 1-0 by the Águilas Cibaeñas.

The victory belonged to reliever Carlos Vargas (3-0) by throwing the tenth blank. Ramón Méndez lost (0-1) when he gave up the winning return.

For Licey, Troy Johnston had two hits; Gustavo Núñez with his winning hit; Francisco Mejía had a hit and a sacrifice fly that produced a run and Sergio Alcántara had a hit.

The Stars went ahead in the top of the fifth inning against Tellache with a sacrifice fly to the center of Juniel Querecuto, which allowed Magneuris Sierra to score in a run from third.

The Tigers tied the score at the end of the seventh against left-hander Jefry Yan. Christian Adames, batting in place of Víctor Mendoza, negotiated a transfer. Domingo Leyba also received a free ticket. Difó, instead of Dawel Lugo, sacrificed himself for the 5-3 route, moving the runners to third and second. Mejía hit a sacrifice fly to left, scoring Adames from third.

The Blues left the Stars on the field in the tenth due to a long single against the wall by Núñez that allowed Wilmer Difó to score from second base.

For the Stars, Robinson Canó had a couple of hits; Sierra and Rainer Núñez are unstoppable.

LIONS HAS TO WAIT FOR A TICKET

In Santiago de los Caballeros, the Leones del Esído could not achieve their place in the Final Series this Friday, since they fell narrowly against the Águilas Cibaeñas 1-0 at the Cibao stadium.

The only run of the game came in the second inning with a solo home run by Alexander Canario to left field off Johnny Cueto (1-1), who pitched five innings of six hits, one run, four strikeouts and one walk. to bear defeat.

The winning pitcher was Teddy Stankiewicz (1-1), who pitched two shutout innings with two strikeouts. Fernando Abad (2) got the save by playing in the ninth blank.

For the capitalians, Zoilo Almonte went 1-for-3, and Erik González, 1-for-3. For the cuyayas, Canario went 1 for 4, with a home run, one run scored and one RBI, and Christian Bethancourt, 2 for 3.

After the result, the Chosen One (9-5) remains in second place in the Round Robin and the Águilas (3-11), already disqualified, remain in the basement.