Cleveland Sports Forum

1/8/23

COLUMBIA



Tigres triumphantly celebrated their ticket to the final

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 8, 2023

Tigres of Cartagena celebrated with their 5-3 victory over Toros of Sincelejo, this Saturday at the Once Noviembre Abel Leal stadium in Cartagena, their early qualification for the final playoff of the Colombian Professional Baseball League.

The victory by the Caimanes of Barranquilla over the Vaqueros of Monteria 4-3 earlier in the day clinched first place and passage to the playoffs.

Dayan Frias (2B - Leadoff Hitter - Monteria)
AB 2, R 0, H 0, RBI 1, BB 1, SO 0, AVG .341, OPS 1.091

Dayan Frias grounded out 6-3 leading off in the first, grounded out 6-3 leading off in the fourth, walked leading of the sixth, hit a sacrifice fly F8 in the eighth.

Maibrys Viloria (C Cartegena) Did Not Play, AWOL 4 In A Row.

The team from Cartagena, who reached 13 consecutive victories, secured first place in the regular season and will wait for the winner of the five-game series between Vaqueros and Caimanes, second and third, respectively, to define the champion.

Against Toros, Tigres began to make the difference in the third inning by scoring two runs on a double by Adrián Sánchez that drove in Juan García and Óscar Mercado.

Tigres increased the score to 4-0 in their favor in the fourth, thanks to a solo home run by Víctor Nova, his seventh of the season, and then with a triple by Brallan Pérez that drove in Jonathan Lozada, who singled and stole second.

Toros discounted one in the fifth through rookie Jeam Kair Arévalo, who scored on Robinson Cabrera's single.

In the bottom of that inning, Tigres produced one more on the legs of Adrián Sánchez, who was hit by a pitched ball, advanced to third after Deibinson Romero and Víctor Nova drew walks, and scored on Lozada's sacrifice fly to center field.

Toros responded with two runs in the sixth scored by Gerson Jiménez and Andrés Noriega, the latter after Arévalo's single.

The winning pitcher was Luis Ariza (2-0), who in six complete innings allowed six hits, one run, two walks and three strikeouts. Óscar Marcelino worked the last inning and scored his fifth save in the championship.

The defeat was for Juan Yanes (0-1), who spent four innings on the mound. He gave up five hits, four runs, three walks and struck out five.

This Sunday (4:00 pm), Tigres will close the regular season by visiting Vaqueros in Montería. Toros, at the same time, will play against Caimanes, in Barranquilla.

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1/8/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



The Stars rebel in the 8th and triumph over the Eagles

The Estrellas Orientales won and are tied for the first position with Licey

January 8, 2023

Oscar Gonzalez (Estrellas) Did Not PLay

Pinch runner Emilio Gustave scored when Johan Camargo fumbled a Ramón Flores drive, which started a five-run rally in the bottom of the eighth, by the Estrellas Orientales, who beat the Águilas Cibaeñas 5-0 . Gustave ran for Raimer Núñez, he reached third base due to an error in Geraldo Perdomo's shot on Cristian Pache's hit.

The game that ended 5-0 in favor of Estrellas, on Saturday at the Tetelo Vargas stadium in San Pedro de Macorís, as part of the Saturday round robin of Dominican winter baseball . Gustavo Núñez's single drove in two more runs in the inning; Lewin Díaz also had a single that scored the fourth and fifth for the winners.

The victory by the Orientals left them in the first position of the second half of the round robin, tied with the Tigres del Licey, who beat the Gigantes del Cibao early in the morning. Both teams, Licey and Estrellas, are 7-6, while the defeated ones are 6-7 in second position.

The round robin concludes when the first two places are defined to advance to the final round for the ticket to represent the Dominican Republic in the 2023 Caribbean Series, which will be from February 2 to 10 in Caracas, Venezuela. .

The official calendar has games scheduled until January 13.

Both teams face each other again, changing venues, at 5:00 in the afternoon at the Cibao Stadium in Santiago, as part of the Sunday round of tournament games.

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Emilio Bonifacio hit a home run in victory for the Tigers over the Giants

César Valdez was the winning pitcher and put his record at 3-1

by Aquilino Rosario Baez

A home run with the bases loaded by Emilio Bonifacio capped off a fourth inning rally of six runs in the 7-5 victory by the Tigres del Licey over the Gigantes del Cibao.

Now the cats are 7-6, on top of the standings tied with the stars, with five games to play, while the Giants, with two straight losses, are 6-7, in second place.

Licey who trailed 2-1 in the game, took final control of the game that took place at the Julián Javier stadium in San Francisco de Macorís, home of the Giants.

The victory went to César Valdez in a 6.0 episode, four runs, two earned, six hits, four strikeouts, one home run and put his record at 2-1, 2.65, while Javier Solano, 0-1, 10.80, charged with the defeat; he allowed five runs, four earned in 3.1 innings, with a save for Jairo Asencio, his sixth in the tournament.

The winners opened the game with a run, but in the bottom half of the inning the Gigantes scored two to take advantage. They scored one more in the fourth and fifth innings. A solitary home run by Henry Urrutia, was the fifth run.

For Licey it was their fourth game of 10 hits or more in the second half of the tournament where they compete for two tickets for the final round.

For the Tigres on offense, Luis Avilés Jr. and Sergio Alcántara, two singles; Emilio Bonifacio a grand slam; Ramón Hernández and Ronny Mauricio, double; Luis Barrera, Mel Rojas Jr. and Jorge Alfaro, a single each.

For the Giants, Henry Urrutia homered and singled; Yamaico Navarro, two hits like Luis Liberato; Carlos Peguero, a home run, Kelvin Gutiérrez, a double, Tomás Telis and Marcell Ozuna, a single each.

Both teams will meet again on Sunday, January 8, changing the scenario. Willy Peralta for the visitors and Raúl Valdés for the locals, are the pitchers designated to start the match, which begins at 5:00 in the afternoon at the Quisqueya-Juan Marichal Stadium in Santo Domingo.

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1/8/23

VENEZUELA



Tiburones defeats Tigres but remains at the bottom of the standings

Tiburones are tied with the Leones del Caracas in the last position of the Round Robin

Tiburones de La Guaira continues in the fight to reach the next phase of the Round Robin after defeating the Tigres de Aragua 3-2 at the José Pérez Colmenares stadium in Maracay.

The game was controlled by pitching for much of the engagement, with the only displays of offense in the second, third and fourth innings.

The Tiburones began their offensive at the top of the second inning to seek to get out of the bottom of the standings. The star of this inning was Ángel Aguilar, who hit a 2 run home run to left field to drive in Alcides Escobar.

In the top of the third, the experienced Balbino Fuenmayor would extend the lead with his second homer of the Round Robin to make the score 3-0.

Aragua would complicate the result in the bottom of the fourth inning, when Wilson Ramos hit a 2 run single driving in Carlos Rivero and Denis Phipps.

With this result, the Tiburones de La Guaira tie the record with the Leones del Caracas last place in the standings.

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Magallanes defeated Leones and complicates the Round Robin

The Magallanes team ties the Tigres at the top of the Round Robin

Navegantes del Magallanes got a valuable victory (5-1) against Leones del Caracas at the José Bernardo Pérez stadium in Valencia.

With this victory, the Navegantes remains in the fight to advance to the final stage of the tournament, in what was a show of true Magallanes power.

Home control began in the second inning when Renato Núñez singled to left field driving in Rainel Rosario.

In the bottom of the third, Navegantes' domination would expand with an offensive that began by Luis Torrens and David Rodríguez. It ended with a two-run home run by Rainel Rosario.

Rayder Ascanio singled to center, Cade Gotta lined a single to right, Luis Torrens grounded out Rayder Ascanio scores Cade Gotta out to 2nd. Luis Torrens to 1st, David Rodriguez line single to center Luis Torrens scored, Luis Torrens steals 2nd base. Luis Torrens to 3rd, Rainel Rosario hits a home run to the left center field. David Rodriguez scores CAR 0 - MAG 5

The winning pitcher was Erick Leal and picking up the loss was Jhoulys Chacin. Isaias Tejeda homered for Caracas, Rainel Rosario doubled and homered for Magallanes.

"Thank God we did the job, we have to continue like this to achieve the winning results," Rosario said after finishing the game.

Leones managed to score their only run in the top of the seventh on a home run by Isaías Tejeda.

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1/8/23

PUERTO RICO



Gigantes Johnathan Rodríguez and the Indios Danny Ortiz hit solo home runs in the victories of their respective teams

Johnathan Rodríguez hits a home run to give the Carolina Giants the victory

Johnathan Rodriguez (LF Carolina)
AB 4, R 1, H 2, DBL 1, HR 1, RBI 1, BB 0, K 1, LOB 0, AVG .500

Jonathan Rodriquez struck out in the bottom of the second inning, reached on an error in the fourth, homered to left in the bottom of the sixth, and doubled in the eighth.

Carolina, Puerto Rico-

The Gigantes de Carolina and Indios de Mayagüez emerged victorious in their respective meetings to take a 1-0 lead on the first night of the winter baseball semifinal series.

The Carolinian team defeated the Cangrejeros de Santurce 3-2, while the Indios stole the victory with a 2-1 final over the Criollos de Caguas.

Johnathan Rodríguez's home run led the Carolina Giants to their first victory in Semifinal Series B, defeating the Cangrejeros de Santurce 3-2.

The victory went to the veteran Héctor Santiago despite allowing the two runs from the visitors and striking out three in six innings, the save went to the account of José Espada with the work of an inning without liberties fanning a batter, while the reverse it was charged by Bryan Escanio allowing the winning run as a reliever in one and a third innings.

Santurce took the lead in the top of the second when, with two on base, Roberto Peña's single brought Roy Morales and backup Yadiel Rivera to the plate.

Carolina did not lose their composure, tying the game in the third inning at two runs apiece with on a passed ball from the Santurce catcher and a sacrifice fly by Brian Navarreto and then taking advantage of the first game of the series with a solo home run by Johnathan Rodríguez in the bottom half of the sixth inning.

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The Indians steal the win at Solá Morales

The Indios de Mayagüez stole the first win of the Semifinal Series A defeating the Criollos de Caguas with a final, 2-1.

The Indios produced their first score in the fourth inning on the legs of Chavez Young on a fielder's choice play during Henry Ramos' turn at bat and in the seventh inning, slugger Danny Ortiz increased the lead with a solo shot to right field to lead the visitors, 2 -0.

Caguas escaped a shutout in the inning when Jonathan Morales homered to left field for the only run for Caguas.

Ronnie Williams got the victory throwing six innings of three hits and eight strikeouts, Chavez Fernander got his first save of the postseason although he gave up Morales's home run and Bowden Francis did not have the same luck surrendering two singles, an unearned run and seven strikeouts in four innings of work.

On Sunday, January 8, 2023, the second round of both semifinal series will take place, both games at 7:10 p.m.

The Indios de Mayagüez will have their first home game of the postseason at the Isidoro “Cholo¨ García stadium, receiving the Criollos de Caguas, while the Gigantes de Carolina and Cangrejeros de Santurce will face off at the Hiram Bithorn stadium, a game that will be televised by WAPA Sports.

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1/8/23

CUBA



Portuarios advances in the First Elite Baseball League playoff

They beat Centrales for the second time, this time 1-0 in 10 innings.

Havana.-

Inan attractive duel of pitching and defense, Portuarios left the field today 1-0 against Centrales at the Nelson Fernández stadium and took a 2-1 lead in one of the semifinals of the First Elite League of Cuban Baseball.

The starters Alain Sánchez (CEN) and the young José Ignacio Ibáñez (POR) engaged in an interesting confrontation from the mound. Both worked with good control, neither allowed walks and they entrusted themselves to their respective relievers.

The game came tied at 0-0 in the tenth inning, in which the young Mayabéco reliefer Marlon Vega did not allow any walks and left the game ready for the decisive hit by outfielder Denis Laza against a fast ball from reliever Javier Mirabal.

With runners on first and second bases -as stipulated by the Schiller Rule-, the manager of the Centrales, Armando Ferrer, ordered the sacrifice with closer Vega trying to shut down the situation. The rival manager Michael González trusted his captain Laza who did not disappoint him with his timely hit.

The pitching of the group that brings together players from Industriales and Mayabeque has hung 16 consecutive shut out innings against players from Matanzas, Villa Clara and Cienfuegos.

This series will continue on Sunday in a similar stadium. Raymond Figueredo will pitch for Portuarios and Renner Rivero for Centrales.

The second semifinal series of the playoffs will also continue, which goes 2-0 in favor of Agricultores over Tabacaleros. It will be played in the vueltabajero Capitán San Luis park.

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1/9/23

PUERTO RICO



Cangrejeros level semifinal series, defeat Carolina 2-1

Johnathan Rodriguez (LF - Carolina)
AB 4, R 0, H 1, RBI 0, BB 0, K 2, LOB 2, AVG .375

Johnathan Rodriquez grounded into an around the horn double play, struck out in the fourth, struck out in the sixth, singled to right in the ninth.

The Santurce Cangrejeros defended their home by beating the Carolina Giants 2-1 to tie the Semifinal B Series at one game per team.

Santurce was the first to score with Roy Morales' RBI single in the first inning, but the Giants were in charge of tying the game at one run apiece with Ozzie Martínez's hit that batted in Gabriel Cancel at the top of the fifth.

In the eighth inning with two retired and men at the corners, Alejandro De Aza singled to drive in Yadiel Rivera who scored the winning run against reliever Jonathan Bermúdez.

Andre Scrubb clinched the win by pitching a scoreless inning with a strikeout, and closer Fernando Cruz saved the game allowing a single and fanning two batters in one inning. The defeat went to Eduardo Rivera giving up two runs in seven innings and a third.

The third game of the Semifinal B series will be on Tuesday, January 10 at 7:10 pm, at the Roberto Clemente Stadium. The game will be nationally televised by WAPA Deportes.

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Criollos beat Indians 3-2; tie semifinal series

The Criollos de Caguas returned the defeat the Indios de Mayagüez, achieving an away victory last night with a 3-2 final score to tiel the Semifinal A Series at one win each.

Anthony Maldonado earned his first win at this stage of the tournament, pitching a third inning with no runs. The save went to Ricardo Gómez, while Rob Whalen did not have the same luck giving way to six singles, three earned runs and two strikeouts in two innings and a third.

The two runs came in the first inning courtesy of Josh Palacios' two-run home run, his first of the postseason.

After two out in the second inning, Caguas scored on Jonathan Morales's double and Peter O'Brien's RBI single for the visitors' first run.

The Indios tied the game at two runs. “Cholo” García driving in Vimael Machín followed by a hit by Edwin Díaz driving home the winning run by Reymond Fuentes.

The action of the semifinal series recesses this Monday, January 9, 2023, both returning to the field this Tuesday, January 10 at 7:10 p.m.

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1/9/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Licey continues at the top in the round robin with a big rally against Águilas

They scored eight runs in the third inning

Santo Domingo .

An eight-round rally in the third inning gave Licey a 10-2 lead after three innings of play. The Licey 12-5 victory over the Águilas Cibaeñas keeps them on top of the round-robin semifinal series tied with the Estrellas Orientales.

Jorge Alfaro with a home run and three RBIs, Mel Rojas also with another two-run home run, and Emilio Bonifacio and Ramón Hernández with two RBIs each took control of the offense for Licey's third straight victory and handing the Aguilas their third straight loss.

The eight runs by the Tigers resulted in an inning in which 13 Licey batters came to the plate, adding four extra-base hits, three doubles and a home run. Licey started with two in the first against Yunesky Maya, who had another start below his level and left with defeat.

The Eagles tied the game at 2-2 in the second against Licey starter, Steve Moyers (2-0, 4.26), who won the game. Maya lost (1-3, 7.82).

The semifinal enters a recess for this Tuesday, January 10 and returns on Wednesday with games between the Gigantes del Cibao and Tigres, at Quisqueya and Estrellas against Águilas Cibaeñas at the Cibao Stadium.

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Briceño's bases-loaded homer keeps Estrellas in first place by beating the Gigantes

It is the fourth consecutive victory by the Stars and meanwhile it is the fourth consecutive loss for the Cibaeño team

[ Oscar Gonzalez Did Not Play - Wondering If He's Still In the Dominican ]

Santo Domingo .

José Briceño hit a grand slam home run to lead a 5-2 victory for the Estrellas Orientales over the Gigantes del Cibao this Sunday, which jeopardizes the classification of the Cibaeño team, with three games remaining to complete the semifinal round-robin.

The Stars (9-6) won for the fourth consecutive game against the Giants (6-9), who have four consecutive losses.

The Cibaeño team scored one in the ninth and had the tying run at the plate against Gerson Bautista but relief pitcher Román Méndez put an end to the threat, who got the last two outs to score the save.

Philips Valdez (1-1,2.93) pitched five complete innings of one hit, one walk and five strikeouts to earn the win. The duel against Pedro Fernández (1-1, 1.40) was close, but the starter from Ciba, despite having a quality start during five innings, left with one run allowed, but still picked up the defeat. Mendez (1) got his first save.

Danny Santana drove in the first Giants run in the fourth with a single to right field and Lewin Díaz scored, to lead the fourth win in a row for the Stars in five games.

In the seventh, Luis Perdomo started the inning against Robinsón Canó, who doubled to center field, Danny Santana Singled to center and Sandber Pimentel, who batted for Rainer Núñez, received a walk to load the bases. And Shred Long Jr replaced him. Cristian Pache reached on the fielder's choice, while Canó was tagged out from shortstop to the catcher.

It was then when it was Briceño's turn, who hit his homer on the left field to put the game at 5-0.

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1/9/23

VENEZUELA



Sharks knock Magellan out of first place and climb out of the basement

The Tiburones de La Guaira won again at the Universitario stadium , this time against the Navegantes del Magallanes 5-2.

Henry Blanco's team had pitcher Ramón García Jr. who was able to keep the Magallanes offense at bay . He pitched for 6.0 innings, allowed 2 hits and no runs, gave up 3 walks and struck out 3.

On the other side of the coin, left-hander Ricardo Sánchez was defeated and lost his second gave of the tournament.

Danry Vásquez lead the offense carrying the team on his shoulder with 2 RBIs, 2 hits and 1 walk in 3 at-bats. Maikel García, Balbino Fuenmayor and Franklin Barreto drove in the other 3 runs.

Finally, La Guaira prevailed over some Navegantes who have not yet been able to win in Caracas. Los Salados lower Magallanes from the lead and equalize them in third place, only behind Cardenales and Tigres.

The Aragua Tiger lead the standings at 3-2, In a 3-way tied for second at 3-3 are the Magallanes Navigantes, La Guaira Tiburones, and Caracas Leones. Bringing up the rear is the Lara Cardenales at 2-3.

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Cardinals could not win against Lions in Barquisimeto

The Cardenales de Lara (2-3) could not beat their counterpart, the Leones del Caracas (3-3) and fell by a score of 7 runs to 4 , in a game held at the Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez stadium in Barquisimeto before 13,589 people in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

The victory in this game went to JC Ramírez (1-1), while the defeat fell to Mario Sánchez (1-1) and the save went to Silvino Bracho (2). With this result, the Cardinales are placed with a negative record in the Round Robin 2-3.

The right-handed pitcher Sánchez started the game on the mound, remained for four and a third innings where he allowed three runs as a result of six hits, did not walk any batters and struck out two.

The offense was silenced after getting eight hits, leaving as many as many runners in scoring position with two outs. Outfielder Odubel Herrera was 2-4 with two singles and a walk. Juniel Querecuto 1-4 with a run scored and an RBI. Yojhan Quevedo 1-2 with a run batted in.

Lara will face the Tiburones this Monday and then visit Maracay to face the Aragua Tigres.

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1/9/23

COLUMBIA



Home run by Monteria Vaqueros Jordan Díaz ended the Cartagena Tigres' winning streak 7-5

Dayan Frias (3B - Batting Second - Monteria)
AB 5, R 0, H 2, RBI 1, BB 0, SO 1, AVG .347, OPS 1.084

Dayan Frias flied out to third F5 in the first, flied out to first F3 in the third, singled in the fifth, RBI double to left center in the seventh, and struck out in the eighth.

[ Meibrys Viloria Did Not Play - Wondering if Meibrys Viloria Is Still In Columbia ]

A two-run walk off homer by big leaguer Jordan Díaz, in the bottom of the ninth inning, gave the Vaqueros a 7-5 victory over the Tigres, this Sunday at the 18 de Junio ​​stadium in Montería, at the close of the regular season in the Colombian Professional Baseball League.

Díaz hit a delivery from pitcher Francisco Jiménez and took it out to left field with Andrés Angulo on base to leave the Tigers on the field and, incidentally, breaking a 13-game winning streak that catapulted them into first place and get the direct ticket to the final playoff.

Vaqueros (27-15) finished second, one game behind Tigres (28-14). Alligators (23-19) was third, five games behind Tigers and four behind Cowboys. Toros was last with six wins and 36 losses, 23 games from first place.

The team of Montería tied the game at five runs in the eighth inning as Derwin Pomare, who opened with a single and reached third due to another hit by Pabel Manzanero. Brayan Buelvas received a walk and, with the bases loaded, a wild pitch from pitcher Francisco Jiménez allowed Pomare to score.

The winning pitcher was Francisco Carrillo (1-0), who despite granting two walks in the ninth, managed to get a zero. Francisco Jimenez (5-1) suffered his first loss of the season after going 1 1/3 innings and giving up Jordan Diaz's two-run homer. He walked one and struck out three batters.

Starting this Tuesday, in Montería, Vaqueros will host Caimanes at the start of a best of five series for a place in the finals against the Tigres.

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Alligators warmed up for the semifinal against Vaqueros

With an outstanding performance by Fabián Pertuz, who hit 4-for-5 with a solo home run, drove in five runs and scored three, Caimanes closed this Sunday with a 13-1 victory over Toros the regular season of the Colombian Professional Baseball League.

Evan Mendoza was another outstanding player for Caimanes, hitting 3-5, including a triple, four RBIs and one run scored.

The victory went to Pedro Vásquez (1-1), who pitched three innings and allowed three hits.

The defeat was charged by Wilder Aguirre (0-3) who in two innings allowed four hits and four runs.

This Tuesday, Caimanes, who finished third, will begin the semifinal by visiting Vaqueros, who occupied second place, in Montería. The winner of this best five series will play against the Tigres.

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1/9/23

CUBA



Elite League semifinal playoff: Centrales breathe

When the Portuarios were thinking of throwing the body of Centrales overboard, they turned around on deck, defeated them 8-6.

After scoring just one run in the last 26 innings and trailing 1-3 in the semifinal series, Centrales scored in the second and third innings, but Guajiro Yasniel González homered to left field off of the right-hander Javier Mirabal with two runners on base, to put his team in front 3-2 and ignite the crowd.

Yadián Martínez pitched 5.1 innings, two scores, relief pitcher Andy Vargas did the job by retiring eight opponents in order, and when Matador Marlon Vega seemed to score the save, the Portuarios collapsed.

Three errors, one of them by Yoassán Guillén who was key in the collapse of the Portuarios, led the Centrales to produce a lethal six-run rally that turned the scoreboard upside down.

The left-hander Dariel Góngora did a tremendous job of containment during five innings to win, but had to leave the mound leaving the bases full in the ninth.

A hit by Lázaro Martínez against a pitch from reliever Noervys Entenza batted in the fourth run for the Portuarios, and another by Orlando Lavandera brought home two more runs to make it an 8-6 ball game, but closer Hermes González struck out pinch-hitter Jorge Luis Barcelán and Yasiel Santoya on a fly ball to the right field.

This Wednesday these two teams will face each other at 1:30 p.m. at the Victoria de Girón in Yumurino, in the sixth game of a playoff that is now 3-2 in favor of the Portuarios.





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There were no surprises: Agricultores is in the Elite League final

The Agricultores finished exterminating the Tabacaleros in Capitan San Luis by defeating them 5-4, to reach their ticket to the grand finals of the first Elite League of Cuban Baseball

Agricultores achieved their fourth win without defeat in this semifinal playoff and reaffirmed themselves as the great favorites to win the gold medal of this selective event, after a qualifying phase where they dominated the standings from the beginning.

Two consecutive homers in the fifth drove starter Jonathan Carbó out of the box, and his replacement Frank Luis Medina couldn't avoid an RBI double by Yordanys Alarcón and a single by Rafael Viñales (3-4) that brought home another.

Yunier Castillo scored the victory in a 5.2-inning effort where he allowed two runs, one of them unearned, and Alberto Pablo Civil saved his ninth game of the season by getting the last three outs, one of them by way of a strikeout.

Five pitchers paraded through the Tabacaleros mound, and Carbó conceded the setback by surrounding four runs in the same number of innings worked.

For the defeated, Dayán García stood out going 2-5 with a run scored, Dainier Gálvez was 1-4 with an rbi double, and Jorge Yoan Rojas in a perfect afternoon at 2-2.

Now the Agricultores will wait at their headquarters in Bayamo for the other finalist to decide the tournament champion in a series of seven games.



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1/10/23

VENEZUELA



Caracas hit back at Magallanes

The Leones were left alone in first place with a 5-3 record

With a torrid offensive of 12 hits, Leones del Caracas dominated Navegantes del Magallanes 7-1 on Tuesday in the second round of the Round Robin to be alone in first place.

In the Parque de la UCV, in front of 20,513 fans, the Lions brought out the caste to add their fifth victory of the postseason and take a half-game advantage over the Sharks (4-3).

Leones got starter Henderson Álvarez III up early and went ahead with two runs in the first inning after a fly ball by Orlando Arcia and a single by José Rondón.

Magallanes cut into the lead with one at the top of the fourth with a sacrifice from Alberth Martínez. But Leones responded immediately and added one at the end of the fourth -with a hit by Gabriel Noriega- and another one in the sixth -with a homer by Orlando Arcia-.

Leones gave the final thrust in the eighth and, before the lack of control of Bruce Rondón, produced three more runs to sentence Magallanes, who could barely connect for five hits and committed two more errors.

David Gutiérrez got the last three outs of the game to seal the victory.

Gabriel Noriega was perfect at 3-3 with an RBI and Orlando Arcia stood out at 2-3 with two RBIs.

Ronald Herrera (2-0) picked up the win after a solid 5 1/3 innings of a run, improving his ERA to 2.45. For his part, Henderson Alvarez III (0-2), who could only throw one inning and two thirds, charged with the setback.

Magallanes continues without winning in the capital after a dozen attempts.

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Cardenales caught their breath in Maracay

Williams Pérez grew up on the mound and led Larense to victory

To end a streak of three consecutive losses, the Cardenales de Lara deployed a 12-hit offensive and ended up shutting out the Tigres de Aragua 7-0 in Maracay, this Tuesday in the seventh round of the Round Robin.

Both the Red Birds and the Bengals left their record at 3-4.

Williams Pérez grew up on the mound and pitched 6.0 shutout innings, allowing just three hits, no walks and striking out four.

The dominance of the right-hander was overwhelming. Only 16 of his 58 pitches were out of the strike zone.

Taking advantage of the Tiger starter, the Lara slugger did his thing and produced four runs between the fourth and fifth innings, combining a grounder by Javier Sanoja with singles by César and Gorkys Hernández. All the runs charged to starter David Ramos.

Cardenales put the icing on the cake in the eighth with a rally of three runs driven in by Juniel Querecuto and Odúbel Herrera.

Andres Sotillet (0.2), Darwinzon Hernandez (0.1), Pedro Garcia (1.0) and Jesús Sánchez (1.0) combined to complete the shut out.

Gorkys was the best Lara hitter after finishing 3-5, while César Hernández and Juniel Querecuto stood out with two RBIs each.

Williams Perez (2-0) picked up the win and improved his ERA to 4.09, while David Ramos (1-1) took the loss.
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1/11/23

PUERTO RICO



Will the two Series be tied tonight or will the Series be over ??

San Juan, Puerto Rico

Will the two Series be tied tonight or will the Series be over ?? These are the possible scenarios when the winter league postseason enters its fourth round of the semifinal series.

The Indios de Mayagüez (2-1) and Cangrejeros de Santurce (2-1) are halfway to becoming finalists in the tournament, while the Criollos de Caguas (1-2) and Gigantes The Carolinas (1-2) must win tonight to even the series and spark a game six next Saturday.

Last night, the Indios dominated the Cangrejeros with a final result of 6-1.

The Criollos defeated the Gigantes in 12 innings with a score of 4-3.

Johnathan Rodriguez (LF Carolina)
AB 4, R 0, H 1, RBI 0, BB 0, K 2, LOB 2 AVG .375

Rodriguez grounded into a 5-4-3 double play in the first, struck out in the fourth, struck out in the sixth, singled to right in the ninth.

The Mayagüezans had the best offensive luck of the day with Blaine Crim batting for 2-4 with two RBIs, one scored and a walk. From the mound, Daryl Thompson pitched a seven-inning gem where 63 of his 100 pitches were strikes, giving way to three singles, an unearned run and seven strikeouts.

The Carolina Giants will bring lefty Jonathan Bermudez to the mound who has pitched in relief in two of the three games in the postseason series with a 1.2 innings with one hit and two strikeouts.

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1/11/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Estrellas and Licey just a game away from the final series only need a win to advance

The round robin that in its first 12 dates had been the closest and most unpredictable in history (there were five quadruple ties in one, three, four, five and six wins and losses for each team) can end this Wednesday.

Simply, Águilas and Gigantes have no margin for defeat and Estrellas and Licey just need a win in three games to seal their ticket.

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Eagles and Giants with sweat on their necks", but one with the possibility of advancing

Águilas Cibaeñas and Gigantes del Cibao have a chance to advance to the final round of winter ball .

Only one of them has a chance to fight for a ticket to the final round of the tournament.

Tigres del Licey and Estrellas Orientales are leading the standings.

Licey 9-6, Estrellas 9-6, Cibaenas 6-9, Cibao 6-9.

For pointers, the magic number is one. The possibility for the Cibao teams to advance will be that Licey and Estrellas, (one of the two), lose the three remaining games and Gigantes or Águilas, win their three games.

According to the Lidom regulations, if there is a tie for the second position between two teams, an extra game will be played which starts at the venue of the one who has won the particular series or for the best Earned Run Average.

The winner of that game meets the first place winner in the best-of-seven semifinal.

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Hey Joe,

Are any of these Winter Leagues playing with the new MLB rules going into effect for the 2023 season?

Bigger bases? Fielder positioning? time clocks? Pick off limits?

They are not Seagull. The new rules probably won't take effect until next year, If then. I think each league would have to have their own vote process for rules changes.