Cleveland Sports Forum

1/2/23



PUERTO RICO


the Gigantes de Carolina became the second team to qualify for the postseason when they defeated the Leones de Ponce at home

The Criollos de Caguas secure first place in the standings with victory over the Cangrejeros de Santurce

by LBPRC Press

January 3, 2023

Caguas, Puerto Rico (Monday, January 2, 2023) – The Criollos de Caguas clinched first place in the standings, while the Gigantes de Carolina became the second team qualify for a playoff berth when both got their first wins of 2023 in winter baseball.

The Criollos de Caguas defeated the Cangrejeros de Santurce by a score of 7-2, while the team from Carolina defeated the Leones de Ponce by a score of 4-1.

With these results, Caguas has a record of 30-18 (.625) followed by Carolina with 27-21 (.563), Mayagüez had a night off for which they maintain a record of 26-22 (.542), Santurce remains in fourth position with 25-23 (.521), while Ponce continues with a qualifying opportunity with a 23-25 ​​(.479) mark and RA12 did not see action on this day, maintaining their 13 victories in 48 commitments (.271).

The Criollos de Caguas ensure the location of the Semifinal Series A of the winter ball

The Criollos de Caguas secured the first position of the regular season defeating the Cangrejeros de Santurce by a score of 7-2.

This victory ensures the home field of the two-time defending champions in the Semifinal Series that begins this Saturday, January 7, 2023.

Caguas was the first to break the ice with the first run of the game courtesy of Luis Vázquez's single in the second inning, but Santurce tied the game with Yariel González's sacrifice fly in the fourth inning.

Jonathan Morales drove in Peter O'Brien from third base for Caguas to take a momentary 2-1 lead in the bottom of the fourth, Santurce tied the score again with a bunt hit on a suicide play bringing in the second crustacean run.

A three-run rally at the bottom of the 7th inning returned the lead to the Criollos with hits from Morales and Vázquez, while a two-run homer by Peter O'Brien gave Santurce a comfortible lead.

Yacksel Ríos continues to lead in the wins department in the tournament, earning his seventh win with an inning and a third in relief where he fanned two batters, while Andre Scrubb did not have the same luck had the setback allowing three earned runs in one inning.

Carolina defends their home field advantage against Ponce and punches their ticket to the postseason

The Carolina Giants defended their home field advantage against the Leones de Ponce, defeating them 4-1.

As a result, Carolina is the second team to qualify for the postseason and keeps Ponce alive, forced to win their remaining two games at home against Santurce, RA12 and depend on the results of the other games.

The first to score Carolina in the third inning when Johnathan Rodríguez singled to center driving in Delvin Pérez from second base.
5th inning with a base hit to tie the game one run per side on the legs of Gabriel García.

In the bottom half of the 5th, José Sermo's huge home run to center field added three to the Giants' tally, adding his fifth home run of the season.

Héctor Santiago was successful on the mound throwing six complete innings on two hits, one unearned run, three walks and eight strikeouts, the closer José Espada got his seventh save with the work of an inning without walks and one strikeout. The defeat went to Héctor Quiñones giving up two earned runs in one inning and a third.

Johnathan Rodriguez (Carolina - LF) AV 4, R 1, H 2, RBI 1, BB 0, SO 0, LOB 0 1, AVG .279

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1/2/23



DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Águilas dominated Licey and share the lead with the Stars

Santo Domingo . Roenis Elías was impressive once again against the Tigres del Licey with support from the offense in the 6-2 victory by the Águilas Cibaeñas.

With the victory, the Águilas (5-4) rise to first place in this round-robin semifinal, tied with the Estrellas Orientales (5-4), who earlier defeated the Gigantes del Cibao,

On December 21, Elías pitched a shutout against Licey going eight innings, also at Quisqueya.

This time Elías (3-0, 0.46) pitched 5 2/3 innings, five hits, one earned run and nine strikeouts over Valdés (1-1, 2.25)pitched six full innings, allowed five hits, four runs, three of them earned, four walks and four strikeouts.

All four teams went 4-4 into tonight's game after the year-end break.

The Águilas attacked a Valdés who surrendered four runs in the first inning. The damage was irreparable as the Licey starter pitched shutout ball in the next five innings.

A two-run double by Zoilo Almonte capped off the four-run rally.

Mel Rojas Jr. hit a solo home run to left center to bring Licey within 4-1, but Elías continued to be effective although Licey put runners in scoring position, the lefty pulled out all the stops to control the situation.

In the seventh the Eagles scored two more runs to make the game 6-1. Licey responded with another at the bottom of the inning.


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Estrellas wins their second in a row by beating Giants and move into first place

Andy Otero threw a three-hitter to lead a 3-0 shutout

Santo Domingo . Andy Otero pitched five complete innings to lead a 3-0 shutout by Estrellas Orientales en route to a win over the Gigantes del Cibao at Estadio Julián Javier.

With their victory (5-4) Estrellas becomes one of the teams that will remain at the top of this round robin tournament. Tonight, Monday marks the half way point of the tournament.

The Stars scored one in the first and two more in the seventh and four other pitchers produced the seventh shutout of this round robin.

Cristian Pache singled into left field and drove in Danny Santana.

In the seventh, a wild pitch from reliever Luis Perdomo allowed Emilio Gustave to score with the second for the Estrellas runs and Núñez singled to left field that drove in Danny Santana with the third round of the game, also against Perdomo.

Otero (2-1, 1.38) allowed three hits, walked two and struck out two. He received the help of Raffi Vizcaíno, Gerson Montero and Ronel Blanco to complete the shutout. Blanco (2) threw a perfect ninth with a strikeout to earn the save.

Licey pitcher Wily Peralta (0-2, 2.53) threw for five hits, one run and six strikeouts during five innings.

OSCAR GONZALEZ DID NOT PLAY

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1/2/23

VENEZUELA

The Aragua Tigers seek to straighten out after a bad day

Definitely nothing went right for the Tigers on Monday in their Round Robin debut. They were shut out 14-0, had only three hits, reached base five times, and even made a defensive error.

It must also be taken into account that the club was at a physical disadvantage, since Magallanes had not played since December 27 and Tigres extended its participation in 2022 until Friday the 30th.

Now, the team led by Wilfredo Romero will have to turn the page quickly, not only because of how short and demanding a Round Robin is (16 games in a period of 20 days) but also because of how much or how little that defeat against the Navigantes took out of them.

The Tigers have the material to get it done, since they had the second best offense in the regular season and in two games in the Wild Card Series they batted for a .410 average (34-of-83) with an OPS of .994 and an average of 11 runs scored per game.

In contrast, they were the worst pitching staff of the season, in the Series against the Braves there was a minimal improvement, since in 18 innings they had a 4.50 ERA, and the rivals barely hit for a .246 average and could only score nine runs against them.


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Ali Castillo led Leones to victory over Sharks

Ali Castillo ended up being the protagonist in the victory for Leones del Caracas 6-5 against Tiburones de La Guaira , this Monday at the beginning of the Round Robin.

The opportune bat from the Zuliano, who replaced pitcher Tiago Da Silva on the Leones roster, ended up making the difference in the close duel at UCV.

Tiburones took advantage of minor lapse by starter Jhoulys Chacín to do damage. And -- with a pair of sacrifice flies -- went ahead with two runs in the second inning.

However, after four scoreless innings, Leones finally figured out pitcher Ricardo Pinto. Alexander Palma tied the game with a line drive to left field and Ali Castillo put the Leones up 3-2 with a single to shortstop.

Tiburones reacted quickly and tied it in the top of the sixth on a single by Ehire Adrianza. But Caracas countered and expanded the lead with single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings to take a 6-3 lead.

And it is when the Tiburones threatened to come back in the ninth, after reinforcement Ángel Reyes hit a two-run homer against Anthony Castro's pitches with only one out on the board. However, the Leones closer managed to get subdue Balbino Fuenmayor and Carlos Castro for the victory.

Ali Castillo finished 3-for-5 with two RBIs and one scored, and Alexander Palma (1-for 4) added another pair of RBIs.

Ricardo Rodriguez (1-0), who came on to relieve Chacín, ended up taking the victory after an inning of one run and Anthony Castro (1) scored the save.

Gregory Infante, for his part, charged with the setback by allowing a run in relief in one inning.

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1/3/23

COLUMBIA

Meibrys Viloria (C Cartegena)
AB 2, R 3, H 1, RBI 0, BB 3, SO 0, AVG .248, OPS .967




Tigres handed Caimanes their fifth consecutive defeat

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 3, 2023

Caimanes suffered its fifth consecutive defeat on Tuesday, the third in a week against Tigres, in Barranquilla, and was three games out of first place in the Colombian Professional Baseball League. The team from Cartagena won 10-4 and established itself at the top of the tournament. The winning pitcher was Francisco Jiménez (5-0) and the loser was Francisco López (0-1).

With Andrés Álvarez on third base, Adrián Valerio made it 4-3 to break a 3-3 game. Cartagena retook a 5-4 lead when Adrián Sánchez doubled that drove in Roberto Caro and Meibrys Viloria. The Tigers scored two more in the eighth inning when Jesús Marriaga tripled to drive in Nova'. On the same play, Marriaga scored on an error. to make it 7-4. In the ninth inning, the cats produced three more runs to extend the difference to 10-4.

Meibrys Viloria grounded out in the first, bunt single and scored in the fourth, walked in the fifth, walked and scored in the seventh, walked and scored in the ninth.


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Dayan Frias (SS Monteria)
AB 4, R 2, H 2, RBI 1, BB 1, SO 1, AVG .303, OPS .967




Vaqueros continues to dream of reaching first place

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 4, 2023

Vaqueros de Montería does not give up on its aspiration to reach first place in the Colombian Professional Baseball League. This Tuesday, with a 9-3 victory over Toros de Sincelejo, they remained in second place, just one game behind the leader Tigres and just two games away from third the Caimanes.

Against Sincelejo, the Montería team has five wins in a row after rallies of four in the 7th and three runs in the 8th. In the 2nd inning, the Vaqueros scored two runs . Derwin Pomaren and Dayan Frías walked. Bayan Buelvas scored and Frias advanced to second. Carlos Herrera singled in Frias. The Toros scored one in the third, on Rodolfo Nolasco's double. A single by Édgar Barrios turned the score around in the fourth driving in Sabriel Polanco and Sneider Batista.

In the seventh, Monteria rallied to score four runs that gave them a 6-3 lead. Carlos Herrera and Andrés Angulo singled. Herrera scored on an error. With one out, Jordan Díaz doubled in Andrés Angulo. Another double by Dayan Frías drove in Díaz. Frías scored after a wild pitch for a 6-3 Monteria lead. In the eighth, Monteria rallied for three runs for a final score of 9-3. The victory went to Hernando Mejía (1-0), who worked two and a third innings without allowing hits or runs. Wilder Aguirre (0-2) lost, who worked one and a third. He gave up three hits and three runs.

Dayan Frias walked and scored in the second, singled and stole a base in the fourth, struck out in the fifth, doubled driving in a run and scoring in the seventh, and reached on a fielder's choice in the eighth.

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1/3/23

PUERTO RICO



The Gigantes de Carolina secure second place in the winter tournament, while the Leones de Ponce continue with the hope of qualifying

by LBPRC Press

January 4, 2023

Carolina, Puerto Rico

RA12, Leones de Ponce and Gigantes de Carolina were winners on this date of the regular season of the winter tournament.

Roberto Alomar's team beat the Indios de Mayagüez at home 5-3 final, Santurce defended their home against the Cangrejeros de Santurce 7-3, while the Carolinian team had a walk off win over the Criollos de Caguas in the eleventh inning shutting them out 1-0.

These results leave Caguas in the first place with 30-19 (.612), Carolina secures the second place with a record of 28-21 (.571), Mayagüez continues in third place with 26-23 (.531), Santurce retains fourth position at 25-24 (.510), while Ponce closes one game out of the final qualifying slot at 24-25 (.490) and RA12 marks its 14th win in 49 games (.286). Of the teams, only the Criollos de Caguas, Gigantes de Carolina and Indios de Mayagüez have qualified.

Golden hit for Bryan Torres leaves the Criollos de Caguas on the field


Johnathan Rodriguez (LF - Carolina)
AB 4, R 0, H 0, RBI 0, BB 0, K 1, LOB 1, AVG .272


With a base hit to right field by Bryan Torres in the eleventh inning, the Gigantes de Carolina blanked the Criollos de Caguas 1-0 to secure the second qualifying position of the winter tournament.

This win qualifies them for a Semifinal spot that will begin this Saturday, January 7, 2023 at 7:10 p.m., but they are still waiting for a rival.

Five pitchers of the Giants combined to silence the Creole offense, giving up only four singles and the victory went to Jean Félix Ortega who pitched two innings with a walk and three strikeouts.

For the visitors, Jake Newberry had setback. The Criollos hit 0-13 with players in scoring position, leaving 10 runners on base.

The Lions continue with qualifying hopes after defeating the Crabs

The Leones de Ponce continue with their qualifying hopes after defeating the Cangrejeros de Santurce 7-3.

The Santurce will have their last home game against the RA12 team and their qualification will depend on the result of the game between Santurce and Carolina on Wednesday.

With one out and two on, the first to score were the locals in the bottom of the second inning when Kevin Santa and Dairon Blanco scored.

A three-run homer for Pedro León at the top of the second turned the score around to momentarily lead the Cangrejeros de Santurce.

The Lions tied the game in the third inning on Blanco's hit that scored the fourth to give them a 4-3 lead in the fifth inning.

Ponce added three to his runs in the sixth.

Comeback in the 9th inning gives victory to the RA12 team in the West


Richie Palacios 2B - Lead Off Hitter - Mayagquez
AB 3, R 1, H 0, RBI 0, BB 2, K 0, LOB 2, AVG .231


In their last regular season matchup, RA12 defeated the Indios de Mayagüez at home, 5-3.

Right-hander Francisco López earned his first win of the tournament with an inning without runs, Roy Geigel emulated his teammate's pitching work to get his seventh save, while Braden Webb did not have the same luck giving up three earned runs in the last inning of the game.

Jonathan Nieves bases-loaded walk and another to Jan Mercado brought a couple of runs in for the visitors in the first inning of the game.

It didn't take long for the tribe to tie the game at two runs apiece when Richie Palacios scored on a defensive error in his brother Josh Palacios' turn at bat in the bottom of the first inning, while the second run came in the second inning on a single by Alan Marrero.

Danny Ortiz's sacrifice fly broke the tie in the bottom of the third inning to give the hosts a 3-2 lead.

RA12 changed the course of the game in the upper part of the ninth of picking up the bats when they tied the score at three runs on a double by Shawn Ross, while Yadiel Rivera donned the hero's cape driving in two runs with a single to left field.

Closing of the regular season of the winter tournament

This Wednesday, January 4, 2023, the winter league presents the last games of the regular season with three games starting at 7:10 p.m.

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1/3/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Licey recovers from a deficit to spark another four-way tie at the top of the round robin

Santo Domingo . Mel Rojas Jr. hit a two-run single to lead a decisive four-run rally in the eighth inning and the Tigres del Licey rallied from a deficit to beat the Estrellas Orientales 8-4 on Tuesday night at the Estadio Quisqueya Juan Marichal.

The Licey victory provokes another 4-way tie for first place, after the victory of the Gigantes del Cibao 5-0 over the Águilas Cibaeñas, in Santiago. They all have a 5-5 records, after Tuesday's game that marks the second part of the round robin, with eight games remaining.

Águilas and Estrellas arrived tonight with a 5-4 mark.

The Tigers started trailing 4-0 in the first inning and then pulled back to tie 4-4.

After Rojas' hit, which drove in Ronny Mauricio and Jordy Barley, to make the game 6-5, Pablo Reyes followed with another that drove in Jorge Bonifacio and Jesús Sucre drove in Rojas Jr. with another single for the fourth run of the inning that defined the game 8-5.

The game was won by Mejía (1-0, 1.80); Bautista lost (1-1, 11.25) and Jairo Asencio (4) got the save.

Mauricio was 3-for-3, including two doubles, scored three runs and batted in one; Alfaro also 3-3, with a run scored and an RBI.

OSCAR GONZALEZ DID NOT PLAY


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Giants deliver one-hit shutout to Eagles; Fernández and Navarro define victory

Santo Domingo . Yamaico Navarro homered and led his team's attack with four RBIs and Pedro Fernández stopped the Águilas Cibaeñas for a 5-0 victory by the Gigantes del Cibao on Tuesday night at the Cibao Stadium.

Navarro drove in two in the third inning with a single to left field batting in Erik González and Hanser Alberto.

Gigantes and Águilas now register a 5-5 mark, when the second part of the round robin of the Dominican winter ball will be played.

In the seventh, in a rally of three, after González's sacrifice fly, Navarro, with Alberto on board, homered off Jared Wilson.

Only for the Aguilas was Jonathan Villar's single to center field.

The Eagles remain with a 2-2 mark in their park, their two wins have been by shutout.

Pedro Fernández started and went 6 innings, giving up one hit, gave up two walks, and struck out three.

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1/4/23

PUERTO RICO



the semifinal series in the LBPRC
The stage begins on Saturday at the Caguas and Carolina stadiums.

Statistics show that the two-time champion Criollos de Caguas and the Cangrejeros de Santurce, which was the last team to qualify for the postseason, should be the teams that will advance to the final series of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League this year.

Well, statistics do speak, but they don't say words written in stone.

The only thing certain right now is that the semifinals begin on Saturday and that the rivals will be the Indios de Mayagüez against the Criollos in series A, while the Cangrejeros will challenge the Gigantes de Carolina in series B.

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San Juan, Puerto Rico (Thursday, January 5, 2023) –

Catcher Rubén Castro became the batting champion of the 2022-2023 regular season of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC).

The 26-year-old from Yabuco has lived a dream year in Puerto Rican baseball, this being another award in his resume, finishing the regular stage of the current campaign with a .305 average with 40 singles, 18 runs scored, eight RBIs, 28 bases on balls for a .442 OBP and an .809 OPS. The slugger will now reinforce the Carolina Giants in the postseason after being selected in the morning during the Reinforcement Draft.

Close behind, Yadiel Rivera finished second in the batting department with a .304 average and will face his RA12 teammate when he joins the Cangrejeros de Santurce after being selected in the morning during the Reinforcement Draft in the semifinal B Series.

Creole Edwin Díaz dominated three offensive categories of the tournament, being the leader in RBIs with 29, in runs scored with 28 and in home runs with eight (8), while the Santurce import Dairon Blanco was the fastest on the bases, stealing a total of 26 to set a new LBPRC mark in a 50-game campaign.

From the mound, Rubén Ramírez of RA12 finished as the leader in ERA, accumulating 0.74, throwing a total of 48.2 innings where he gave way to 39 hits, eight runs of which only four were earned, and 33 strikeouts.

The number of victories was dominated by Yacksel Ríos of the Criollos de Caguas with seven (7), the king of strikeouts was Braden Webb of the Indios de Mayagüez with 65, while Alexis Rivero of the Leones de Ponce was the pitcher. with more games saved with 11.

In the collective area, the best offensive team was the Leones de Ponce in their return to professional baseball with a .232 average, the pitching corresponded to the Cangrejeros de Santurce with a 2.01 ERA, while the Criollos de Caguas allowed 202 runs and his arms prescribed 441 strikeouts in 50 games.

The LBPRC recesses this Friday, January 6, 2023 due to the Three Kings Day holiday and returns to the field this Saturday, January 7, 2023 when the postseason begins with the Semifinal Series.

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1/4/23

COLUMBIA

Dayan Frias - (2B - Leadoff Batter Monteria)
AB 4, R 3, H 2, HR 1, RBI 2, BB 1, SO 1, AVG .359, OPS 1.125



Dayan Frias

Alligators, in a tailspin and without the option of being first or second

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 5, 2023

Two six-scoring rallies, in the first and fifth innings, sealed the defeat this Thursday for the Caimanes at the hands of the Vaqueros, by a score of 13-1, at the Édgar Rentería stadium in Barranquilla.

It was the seventh loss in a row for the current champion of the Colombian Professional Baseball League who was left without any chance of occupying the first two places in the regular season, which will be defined by Tigres and Vaqueros.

A bad start by rookie Pedro Vásquez put the Caimanes behind in the first inning. A single by Jordan Diaz and a triple by Derwin Pomare combined to drive in four runs with just one out on the board.

Brayan Buelvas, still with Pomare at third base, hit a homer to right for a 6-0 lead to start the game.

The Monterianos charged again with force in the fourth inning against relief pitcher of Luis Escobar, replacement of the ineffective Kevin Escorcia.

Dayan Frías hit a solo homer with no runners on base to make it 7-0 in favor of Monteria.

The Alligators woke up from the lethargy of their bats, thanks to Alexander Romero, who, with no runners on the bases, hit a huge home run to right field for the 7-1 lead.

Despite this, the offensive power of the Vaqueros continued to shine when Pabel Manzanero hit a double to right-central field batting in Derwin Pomare to make the score 8-1.

The count continued to grow, in the fifth inning, when a hit by Brayan Buelvas scored Manzanero, making it 9-1.

The score increased to 10-1 when Dayan Frías singled drivingg in Buelvas.

An error by Carlos Arroyo on a throw to first, after a grounder by Randy Perea, allowed two more runs to score and then Daniel Vellojín brought another run home on a base hit to right to raise the difference to 13-1.

From then on, the young relief pitcher Roberto Pérez took over going three and a third innings silencing the Caimanes.

The winning pitcher was Samuel Burgos, who in two innings allowed the only Caimanes run on Alexander Romero's home run, in the fifth inning.

The defeat was charged to Pedro Vásquez, who only lasted two thirds on the mound. Vaqueros scored six runs and the other seven were against Luis Escobar.

Alligators will meet the Tigres de Cartagena on Friday, at 2:00 pm, at the Édgar Rentería stadium.

Dayan Frías walked to lead off the Vaqueros first innning and scored two batters later, grounded out short to first leading off the second inning, homered leading off the fourth, singled driving in a run and later scored in the six run fifth, struck out in the sixth, was pinch hit for in the ninth.

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The Cartagena Tigres lost against the Barranquilla Caimanez 3-0
Meibrys Viloria (C Cartegena) Did Not Play

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1/4/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Licey beats Estrellas; Aguilas lose by shutout against Cibao

After the break on Thursday in the LIDOM round robin , the activity resumes with two matches.

Los Tigres del Licey (6-5) and Gigantes del Cibao (6-5) seek to get two games over .500 for the first time in the semifinal series. A the moment the only team that managed to get two games above .500 were the Estrellas Orientales after the fourth date of action with a 3-1 mark, at that time the Aguilas Cibaeñas and the TIgres del Licey were tied with a 2-2 mark and the Gigantes del Cibao occupied the fourth position with mark of 1-3.

Mel Rojas Jr. hit a two-run RBI single with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth inning and Pablo Reyes and Jesús Sucre also had RBI hits in the inning as the Tigres del Licey defeated the Estrellas 8-5.

With their victory, Licey is tied for first place with Estrellas. Aguilas Cibaeñas and Gigantes del Cibao are tied at 5-5.

The victory to reliever Jean Carlos Mejía (1-0), who pitched the eighth. Reliever Gerson Bautista lost (0-1) while allowing three runs, one hit and three walks. Jairo Asencio retired all three batters he faced in the ninth for the save.

Giants shutout the Eagles 5-0

Pedro Fernández with the arm and Yamaico Navarro with the bat, put on a show last night at the Cibao Stadium to guide the Gigantes to a 5-0 victory over the Águilas Cibaeñas in the continuation of the round robin tournament.

Fernández tied up the Aguilas bats and limited them to just one hit, while Navarro was almost perfect at 4-5, with a homer, double, two singles and 4 RBIs.

It was the eighth shutout of the semifinal series, four by the Aguilas pitchers, two by the Estrellas Orientales and two by the Giants pitchers.

With the win, the Giants are tied with the Eagles, both at 5-5 after playing 10 games.

The victory went to Fernández (1-0), with the defeat for Carlos Hernández (1-1).

Friday's games

Licey travels to San Pedro de Macorís with Esmil Rogers (0-0, 6.23) to face the Stars (5-6) with Edwin Uceta (0-0, 4.50) starting at 7:30 pm, while the Gigantes with Cristopher Molina (0-0, 2.45) will receive the Águilas Cibaeñas (5-6) with a pitcher to be defined at the Julián Javier starting at 7 p.m.

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1/4/23

VENEZUELA



TIGRES ACHIEVED THE SECOND WHITEWASH IN A ROW AND SETTLED ON TOP

The experience of David Ramos came to light this Thursday in Maracay and the Tigres de Aragua defeated Navegantes del Magallanes 7-0 to add their second Round Robin victory and the second consecutive shutout.

In total there are 21scoreless innings that the Tigers pitchers strung together in their first three Round Robin games.

David Ramos, who was taken as a reinforcement in the draft of additions and substitutions, showed that the seven victories he achieved with the Braves were no accident. The right-hander pitched 6 1/3 innings of just two hits, one walk and two strikeouts.

After his 80-pitch effort, his ERA ended perfect and he ultimately scored his first win of the postseason.

The Bengali offense took advantage of all the rival's blinks to support David Ramos. His brother Wilson and Yonathan Mendoza combined to put the Tigers ahead with two runs in the second inning.

Three innings later Carlos Tocci extended the lead to 3-0. All those runs were charged to starter Henderson Álvarez.

Tigres scored four runs in the sixth after a home run by Carlos Rivero, doubles by Wilson Ramos and Yonathan Mendoza and a ground ball by Alexi Amarista.

The shutout was completed by Yender Cártamo (0.2), Jorgan Cavanerio (1.0) and closer Adam Hofacket (1.0).

Wilson Ramos (.300) and Yonathan Mendoza (.222) doubled and combined to drive in four of the Tigers' seven runs.

Henderson Alvarez III (0-1) charged with the setback.

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Gorkys led Cardenales' crushing victory in Caracas

With a historic inning of 12 runs and a tremendous Gorkys Hernández, Cardenales de Lara beat the Leones del Caracas 19-6 on Thursday in the second game of the series that was played at UCV.

The red birds leave their record at 2-1, the same as the Tigers, while the Lions remain with a 2-2 record.

home run fest

Lara took the lead in the first inning with a solo home run by Odúbel Herrera and then, in the following inning, wrote a new chapter in the history of Venezuelan baseball.

Hernán Pérez, César Hérnandez and Gorkys homered, the latter with the bases full, to make the score 8-0. Next, a fly ball by Juniel Querecuto, singles by Jackson Flores and Ildemaro Vargas, and a double by Yojhan Quevedo added four more to complete a 12-run inning.

The Cardenales continued producing and had six runs between the third and fifth innings, the last two with a second home run by Gorkys.

Leones tried to react in that same period, but -although they scored five runs- they always received a forceful response from the red birds. They scored one more in the eighth, but there was nothing to do anymore.

high caliber offense

Gorkys Hernández was the spark plug for Lara by finishing 3-5 with two home runs, including a Grand Slam, and batting in seven runs. His average shot up to .417.

Hernán Pérez, Jecksson Flores and Yojhan Quevedo also tripled in five plate appearances and together drove in another five runs.

Williams Perez (1-0), despite allowing five runs and four walks in 5.0 innings, came away with the win. Elih Villanueva (0-1), for his part, charged with the setback by allowing six runs in a one-inning effort.

In total, five of the seven Leones pitchers received at least two runs.

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1/7/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Another quadruple tie in the winter ball; Its happend five times in the round robin

The round robin teams are Licey, Águilas, Gigantes and Estrellas

Last night Estrellas beat Licey and the Águilas beat the Giants

by Aquilino Rosario Baez

Jan. 07, 2023

For the fifth time, the Águilas Cibaeñas , Tigres del Licey, Estrellas Oriental and Gigantes del Cibao tied for first place in the winter ball round robin . The four have a 6-6 record after the game on January 6. Previous ties have been 1-1, 3-3, 4-4, and 5-5 .

In last night's games, the Stars beat the Tigres 4-2 at the Tetelo Vargas stadium in San Pedro de Macorís.

Águilas defeated the Giants 5-0 at the Julián Javier stadium in San Francisco de Macorís.



The Estrellas Orientales rallied for three runs in the eighth to recover from a deficit and thus beat the Tigres del Licey 4-2, which causes another four-way tie for first place in the round-robin semifinal of the Dominican winter ball.

With only six games remaining in this semifinal round, the four teams have a 6-6 record, which represents the fourfold tie, after minutes before the Águilas Cibaeñas won 5-0 over the Gigantes del Cibao.

The Stars reached the eighth with the score 2-1, but the green team took the lead with a drive up the infield, which caught the Licey defense off guard in a bases-loaded action against reliever Jean Carlos Mejía.

Danny Santana hit a ground ball to shortstop, Sergio Alcántara who threw to second where Michael de León forced Jeimer Candelario, Junior Lake scored the tying run, the throw to first base was wide of the bag and Gustavo Núñez took advantage of the action to score.

Robinson Canó then hit a single that drove in Luis Barrera to make it 4-2.

Emilio Bonifacio started with a triple in the first inning against Estrellas starter Edwin Uceta and then scored on Ronny Mauricio's ground ball to first base. Estrellas responded with the tie at the end of the inning on a "wild pitch" from Licey starter, Esmil Rogers.

In the fourth inning, also against Uceta, after one out, Jorge Alfaro hit a double to right field and scored on another double by Ramón Hernández to left field for a Licey lead.

[ Note: Oscar Gonzalez Did Not Play for Estrellas - Third game in a row now ]

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Aneury Tavarez hits a grand slam and the semifinal is tightened again in Lidom

Santo Domingo.- The power of Aneury Tavarez's bat for the Águilas Cibaeñas and the aggressive play of the Estrellas Orientales has once again marked one of the most competitive postseasons in the history of the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic, where the four Participating teams tied again at the top with a 6-6 mark with six games remaining to conclude the stage that precedes the final.

Aneury Tavarez shot a grand slam to lead the Águilas Cibaeñas' 5-0 win over the Gigantes del Cibao in the semifinal of the Dominican winter baseball championship this Friday.

Tavarez came to the plate in the sixth inning in the scoreless game, one out and three runners on base, when he managed to hit a pitch from Giants reliever Emmanuel Ramírez, sending the ball over the wall in the right field to bring four lruns to the plate.

The fifth score for the Eagles came in the seventh inning due to an error by center fielder Luis Liberato on a Tavarez hit. Jonathan Villar scored twice to be another key figure in the offense led by José Leger.

Reliever Joel Peguero (1-0) pitched a third inning for the win. For the Giants, who were victims of the ninth shutout that has been pitched this postseason, Webster Rivas, Kelvin Gutiérrez and Marcell Ozuna registered shutout innings on three hits. Jose Cisnero (0-1), who was tagged for three runs in one-third of the inning, took the loss for the Giants.

For this Saturday the Tigers travel to San Francisco de Macorís to play with the Giants and the Stars receive the Eagles in San Pedro de Macorís.

Gigantes del Cibao 6-6
Tigres del Licey 6-6
Águilas Cibaeñas 6-6
Estrellas Orientales 6-6.

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1/7/23

PUERTO RICO



The winter league postseason begins with two semifinal series

by LBPRC Press

January 7, 2023

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Today the two Semifinal Series take place at the start of the 2022-2023 Postseason of the Roberto Professional Baseball League Clement (LBPRC).

At Yldefonso Solá Morales stadium, the Criollos de Caguas will receive the Indios de Mayagüez in what has been proclaimed "La Revancha", since these two teams have met in the last two Final Series of professional baseball on the Island and with Caguas being the two-time defending champions.

At the Roberto Clemente Walker stadium, there will be a highly anticipated series called “Los de la Metro” where the Gigantes de Carolina and Cangrejeros de Santurce will seek one of the two passes to the LBPRC tournament.

“Today our postseason begins with two Semifinal Series that are super level. No one can anticipate a winner, which is why we wish our teams the greatest success”, said Juan A. Flores Galarza, league president.

The particular series between Caguas and Mayagüez ended 6-4 in favor of the Caguas, while Santurce and Carolina ended the regular season tied, with the Santurce scoring the most runs with 29 and allowing 22 to their opponent.

Both series will be available by digital transmission completely free for the residents of Puerto Rico through Facebook LIVE and http://www.r1live.com , while WAPA Deportes will broadcast one games of each day on national television.

In turn, R1 Live will be responsible for exporting all the games internationally through its platform at an affordable rate for fans of professional baseball outside the Island.

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1/6/23

VENEZUELA



Inspired! Tigres added their third victory in a row

Carlos Rivero finished star of the game going 3-4 with a home run, walk and three runs batted in

The inspired Tigres de Aragua defeated the Cardenales de Lara 7-5 in Barquisimeto this Friday and added a third consecutive victory in the Round Robin.

Wilfredo Romero's team were alone in first place in the standings (3-1), one game above the Cardenales, Leones and Magallanes, all with a 2-2 record.

Solomon Bates followed the example of Guillermo Moscoso and David Ramos and completed a quality start. The American pitched five and two-thirds innings of two unearned runs, no walks and five strikeouts.

The Aragua offensive backed him up early. They tied it 1-1 with a fly ball by Wilson Ramos and turned the score around in the fourth inning with a two-run home run by Carlos Rivero.

In the top of the eighth Yorman Rodríguez and Rivero added two more runs and extended the lead of the Tigers to 5-2. But at the end of that same inning, against Claudio Custodio, Cardenales reacted and scored twice on a hit by Odúbel Herrera.

In the ninth César Hernández tied the score with a fly ball and forced the extra innings.

Finally everything was defined in the 11th inning after a fly ball by Carlos Arroyo and a single by Leobaldo Piña, who scored José “Cafecito” Martínez and Henry “El pollito” Rodríguez.

Carlos Rivero finished as the most outstanding going 3-4 with a walk, three rbi's and two runs scored. His average was .524.

Jorgan Cavanerio (1-0) was left with the victory and Eduardo Figueroa (1) was left with the save. Luis Madero (0-1), for his part, charged with the setback.

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Rayder Ascanio wins victory for Magellan

The infielder ended up being decisive in a game marked by pitching blunders

Taking advantage of the rival's blunders also helps to win games, Magallanes demonstrated it this Friday by beating Tiburones de La Guaira 6-5

Despite his inconsistent defense, which already has nine errors in the Round Robin, and the slump that affects their offense, Magallanes managed to add their second victory of the postseason to even their record at 2-2.

Pitching stumbles marked the route

Maikel García, with a fly ball, and Balbino Fuenmayor, with a line drive to the center, had La Guaira winning 2-0 at the top of the fourth inning. But at the bottom of that inning, starter Aldo Montes lost the strike zone and Magallanes changed the face of the game.

With the bases loaded -after a double, a walk and a hit batter - Daniel Mayora was hit with a pitch and Arturo Nieto popped up to the center to tie the score. Rayder Ascanio put Magallanes up 4-2 with a triple that blew up Valencia's starter José Bernardo Pérez.

Tiburones managed to tie in the top of the eighth against reliever Alex Tovalin with a double by dh Wilson García. But Magallanes responded immediately, again capitalizing on mistakes.

Luis Torrens and David Rodríguez hit leadoff singles. Torrens scored on a grounder by Alberth Martínez and Rodríguez scored after two walks and a hit by a pitch.

La Guaira threatened to tie in the ninth, against Wilking Rodríguez, but they could only score one run and that was not enough. Wilking (1-0) picked up the win after 1 1/3 innings of relief and Nate Antone (0-1) took the loss.

Rayder Ascanio finished 1-3 with a walk and three RBIs.

La Guaira, who issued six walks and left 20 runners on base, remains with a 1-3 record and is last at the end of the first round of the Round Robin.

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1/7/23

COLUMBIA

Vaqueros is not loosening up either and continues to hunt for the lead

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 7, 2023



Dayan Frias (2B - Lead Off Batter - Monteria)
AB 3, R 0, H 1, RBI 3, BB 2, SO 0, AVG .341, OPS 1.091


Carlos De Ávila achieved his fourth victory of the season, Brayan Buelvas drove in four runs, Dayan Frías three and Jordan Díaz, Derwin Pomare and Pabel Manzanero two each, and Vaqueros beat Toros 17-1, this Friday in the Professional League of Colombian Baseball.

Montería's team, which reached eight consecutive victories, follows a game behind the leader Tigres continue aspiring to unseat them from first place.

Pomare had four hits in six at-bats, three of them doubles for the Vaqueros, who had a total of 16 hits and produced four-run rallies in the second fourth and fifth innings and five runs in the third. The one run for Toros came in the sixth, on the legs of Édgar Barrios, product of a ground ball for a double play by Sneider Batista.

Brayan Buelvas, in the fourth, contributed a two run home run to left field against Juan Pinilla, with Pabel Manzanero ion base. It was Buelvas' fourth home run in the championship.

Toros, who has accumulated 14 straight losses, had seven hits, including two by Édgar Pérez and two by Robinson Cabrera.

Their starting pitcher, Anfernee Benitez (0-2), pitched 2 1/3 innings. He gave up five hits, nine runs, walked six and struck out three batters. Juan Pinilla (1.1) gave up five lines and debutant Danelson Rodríguez (2.0) three. Francisco Mendoza pitched the last three innings without allowing a run.

For Vaqueros, Carlos De Ávila (4-0) took the victory after five complete innings in which he only allowed three hits. He walked one and struck out one. Jhon Peluffo, Carlos Ocampo, Julio Vivas and Francisco Carrillo,pitched one inning each.

This Saturday, starting at 2:00 pm at the Édgar Rentería, Vaqueros (26-14) will face Caimanes (21-19).

The Monterianos need to win and hope that Toros (6-34) defeats Tigres (27-13), in Cartagena, to reach Sunday with the option of finishing first in the regular season.

Dayan Frias flied out in the first, doubled to center driving in three runs in the second, walked in the third, reached on a fielder's choice in the fourth, wallked in the fifth, was pinch hit for in the seventh. Frias came to bat in each of the first five innings.


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The Cartegena Tigers defeated the Barranquilla Caimanes 4-1.

Meibrys Viloria (Cartagena) Did Not Play, AWOL last three games

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1/7/23

CUBA



Agricultores win again in the Elite Baseball League semifinal

Now Lead series 2-0 after winning 6-1 against Tabacaleros.


By Raúl Hernández Lima

Friday, January 7, 2023 05:18 PM

Havana.-

An overwhemling offensive today gave Farmers their second victory in the playoff semifinal of the First Elite League of Cuban Baseball , by a score of 6-1 against Tabacaleros.

With this win, they took a comfortable advantage of two games won without defeats before embarking on the long journey to the Capitán San Luis stadium, in Pinar del Río, where the next three games of that subseries will be played, if necessary.

An anemic offense from the visitors, plus erratic defense, favored the work for the home team, who fell voraciously against Erlis Casanova's pitches in the fifth inning to send him to the showers after three runs on five hits, including a home run by Guillermo Aviles.

The Orientals once again had more than 10 hits (12) and with today's six scored they reached 19 in 16 offensive innings, a lot of punishment for the Westerners' pitching.

Avilés went 3-4, the same as Osvaldo Abreu, and receiver Iván Prieto at 2-2, stood out with the wood for the home team.

The veteran Leandro Martínez took the win, with the save to Yoel Mogena after three innings pitched.

With the series tilted in favor of Agricultores, their rivals are forced to win at least two games at home to prolong the playoff and aspire to sneak into the League final.

This Saturday the series between Portuarios and Centrales resumes in the Nelson Fernández park in San José de las Lajas, with a tie at one win per side.

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