Cleveland Sports Forum

1/17/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC


Esmil Rogers fulfilled his duty from the mound and the Licey Tigers put the final series of the Dominican winter ball 2-1.

The fourth game of the final series between Licey and Estrellas will be played today

The winter ball is in the final week

Estrellas and Licey seek a ticket to advance to the Caribbean Series

By Aquilino Rosario Baez

Jan. 17, 2023

Today in San Pedro de Macorís, the fourth game of the final series of the Dominican winter ball between the Tigres del Licey and the Estrellas Orientales for the Championship and the ticket to represent the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series that will be from 2 to February 10 in Caracas, Venezuela.

The last stage is the best of seven games; the Tigers won the regular round and the Stars came fourth in that round; In the round robin or semifinal series, both teams finished tied for first place after leaving Águilas Cibaeñas and Gigantes del Cibao on the road.

Leones del Escogido and Toros del Este were disqualified in the first part of the tournament.

For today's game, which will take place at the Tetelo Vagas stadium at 7:30 p.m., the Tigers announce that right-hander Brooks Hall will be their starter while the right-hander Edwin Uceta will also take the mound for Estrellas.

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1/17/23

PUERTO RICO



The Indios de Mayagüez and Gigantes de Carolina meet after 16 years of the Final Series of Puerto Rican professional baseball

by LBPRC Press

January 17, 2023

San Juan, Puerto Rico (Tuesday, January 17, 2023) –

The coronation dance now has its official partner. The Indios de Mayagüez and Gigantes de Carolina are the two teams that have reached the final stretch of the 2022-2023 season of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC).

The last time these teams faced each other for the national championship was in the 2004-2005 campaign where precisely Max "Mako" Oliveras got the championship commanding the Indios.

In the next two seasons (2005-2006 and 2006-2007) the Carolinian team won the national tournament consecutively, being the only two championships held by the franchise.

After the action ended yesterday where the Giants got second place in the final phase, both finalist teams strengthened themselves for the start of this stage. Carolina opted for Luis Leroy Cruz – left-handed pitcher for the Santurce Cangrejeros – while Mayagüez chose the right-handed Dereck Rodríguez who wore the colors of the Criollos de Caguas this season.

Similarly, the LBPRC and its tournament director – Carlos Berroa – confirmed the use of the replay challenge in the Final Series starting today at the Roberto Clemente Walker stadium.

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1/17/23

COLUMBIA



Vaqueros will play its third consecutive final

January 17, 2023

The June 18 Stadium and the best fans in Colombia witnessed a true match up last night, in which Vaqueros beat Caimanes, current champion of the Caribbean Series, 5 runs to 4. The team from Montería brought out all the lumber and with three home runs ensured their qualification to the final of the Colombian Professional Baseball League (Lpbc) for the third consecutive time.

As his slogan says, Vaqueros was in harmony throughout the game, with excellent pitching work from starter Julio Vivas and relievers Jhon Peluffo, Luis Pacheco and Francisco Carrillo, closer and save of the game. In the batting box, Pabel Manzanero, Francisco Acuña and the big leaguer from Montería, Jordan Díaz, lit up and took it out of the stadium.

Vaqueros will play in the final series against Tigres de Cartagena in a series agreed to seven games, which begins today at 7:00 pm in La Heróica home of the Tigers.

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1/18/23

PANAMA



Federales get one win away from title in Probeis

The Chiricanos take the lead in the Final Series by a score of 2-0 against the Atlánticos.

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1/18/2023

Jhon Anderson was unbeatable on the mound by not allowing runs in seven innings and Erasmo Caballero had another outstanding performance on offense as the Federales de Chiriquí beat Atlánticos de Bocas del Toro and Colón by a 4-0 shutout in the second game of the Final Series of the Professional Baseball League of Panama.

In this way, the Chiricanos take the lead in the Final Series 2-0 and are placed one win away from the Probeis title and earn the right to represent Panama in the 2023 Caribbean Series in Caracas, Venezuela.

All the runs for the Federales came in the top of the third inning when Kevin Acuña singled, followed by Rodrigo Orozco double and Michael Wielansky walked, with a bases full Iván Herrera was hit, scoring the Federales first run , the bases were still full and Erasmo Caballero hit a three-run double drive to make the score 4-0.

The winning pitcher, Jhon Anderson, pitched seven solid scoreless innings, gave up 4 hits, struck out two and walked one. Charged with the defeat Zackrie Phillips who allowed four runs, five hits, struck out two and walked two in four full innings.

Erasmo Caballero was the best hitter for the Federales, going 1-for-4 with a double and three RBIs; Michael Wielasnky 2-3 with a run scored; Rodrigo Orozco 1-3 with a double and a run scored, while Kevin Vicuña 1-3 with a run scored and Iván Herrera 0-3 with an RBI, a run and was hit once.

For the Atlantics Edgar Muñoz and Saúl Garza 1-4, while Bates Parker and Iván González hit 1-3.

The third game of the Final Series of the Professional Baseball League of Panama will be next Thursday, January 19 at the Rod Carew stadium starting at seven o'clock at night, the only thing left for the Atlantics to win to stay alive, while the Federales will seek to sweep the series and earn their ticket to the Caribbean Series.

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1/18/23

CUBA



Portuarios one step away from the Caribbean Series!

The Portuarios defeated the Centauros de Agricultores 8-5 and placed just one win away from representing Cuba in the Caribbean Series

By BORIS LUIS CABRERA

JANUARY 18, 2023

The Guerreros Portuarios, at home in San José de Las Lajas, defeated the Centauros de Agricultores 8-5 and placed themselves just one win away from setting sail for La Gran Caracas, where they will fight alongside seven other teams for the title of the Caribbean Series .

It was the third victory in these finals for Portuarios one step away from the crown in the first Elite League of Cuban Baseball.

Once again, they applied the power to come from behind and reverse adverse the score, firing four home runs to complete eight in the last two games.

Agricultores had scored four runs in the second inning when they drove starter Pavel Hernández off the mound with five hits, including three doubles, but no one in the stadium thought it was a sufficient advantage.

A home run by Jorge Enrique Alomá in the second inning, and another two home runs by Dennis Laza and Yasiel Santoya in the third, all with a man on base, put the Portuarios ahead.

Another homer in the fourth, this one by Yasniel González also with a man on board, turned the Nelson Fernández stadium into a madhouse, once again packed to support their team.

At that point, four pitchers had already paraded to the mound.

Marcos Ortega managed to shut down the opponents and scored the victory in relief that lasted 6.1 innings, where he gave up an earned run, driven in by Carlos Benítez in the ninth inning.

Juan Xavier Peñalver got the last three outs of the game when the Agricultores threatened to mount a rally.

The setback was conceded by the starter Yunier Castillo, in a two-inning outing where he surrendered four runs.

The lefty Miguel Paradelo was excellent in relied of 4.1 perfect innings, but his offense never came to the rescue.

In addition to the home run hits, the winners Oscar Valdés and Rangel Ramos stood out at bat, both with three hits throughout the afternoon.

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1/18/23

VENEZUELA



Edwin García sealed brilliant comeback for Magallanes in Valencia

Magallanes overcame a seven-race deficit and added their fourth consecutive victory with an 11-10

By Yelimar Rquena

January 18, 2023

The soul of a champion is never be underestimated. Navegantes del Magallanes came back from a seven-run deficit to beat the Tigres de Aragua 11-10 on Tuesday and thus add their seventh Round Robin victory.

At the José Bernardo Pérez in Valencia, to the sound of “yes we can”, the Turks won their fourth consecutive victory and tied Tiburones de la Guaira for second place with a 7-6 record. They are only one game behind the leader Leones del Caracas.

For the second night in a row, Edwin García capped off the Navagantes come back, this time with a single to left field that brought home Rayder Ascanio's with the winning run. It was the eighth run that the Navegantes scored between the eighth and ninth innings.

"Each game for us is a final... We are not going to give up, we are going to keep fighting," said Edwin García at the end of the game.

Tigers ambush

In the midst of the intense rivalry that exists between Tigres and Magallanes, and with everything that is at stake right now, this Tuesday's game was heart-stopping.

The Tigers went ahead convincingly with a five-run run in the fourth inning, combining hits from Carlos Duran, Henry Rodríguez and Alexi Amarista. Three of those runs were off the starter Felix Doubront and the other two foff of Ángel Acevedo.

The Tigers added one more in the top of the fifth on a double by Johan López. And for the first two thirds of the game, Magallanes could only score two runs, both driven in by Alberth Martínez.

Runs left and right

Aragua took advantage of the blunders the Magallanes relief pitchers and scored another four runs between the seventh and eighth innngs to take the lead 10-3.

Aragua took advantage of the blunders of the electric relay and made another four lines between the seventh and eighth stages to take the lead 10-3.

impressive comeback

Despite the huge difference, a good part of the fans stayed in the stadium cheering on the defending champion. And it worked.

A double from the inspired Alberth Martínez batted in the first of six runs that put the game difference at one (10-9). Rayder Ascanio, Edwin García, Rainel Rosario and David Rodríguez were all part of that rally, all with singles.

After Anthony Vizcaya shut out the Tigers in the ninth, Magallanes did what seemed impossible.

Alberth Martínez reached base again and after two outs, with a drive that hit the wall and became a triple. Edwin García sealed the comeback.

The entire team jumped onto the field to celebrate, while they were cheered on by their fans.

Leones 8-5, Tiburones 7-6, Navegantes 7-6, Tigres 6-7, Cardenales 4-8

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Leones made the house respect and retakes first place

In a perfect 4-4 night, Ali Castillo was the spark plug of the capital's offense

By Yelimar Requena

January 17, 2023

With timely hitting and capitalizing on the flickering of rival pitching, Leones del Caracas defeated Tiburones de La Guaira 7-3 on Tuesday to retake first place and take advantage in their desire to advance to the final.

In the UCV park, before more than 15,000 fans, the Lions added their eighth Round Robin victory and took a game advantage over the Sharks, now with 7-6.

forceful comeback

The Sharks went ahead with a run in the first inning. And, before the response of Leones -who tied the game in that same episode-, they returned to take advantage in the third inning on a solo home run by Franklin Barreto.

However, the Lions found the fall of the starter Ricardo Pinto and took off on the scoreboard.

With a fly ball by Jhonny Pereda and a deflected pitch by the pitcher, Caracas went up 3-2 in the fourth inning. The following inning Oswaldo Arcia, Harold Castro and Niko Vásquez combined to drive in another four runs and put the game on the ice 7-2.

Sharks could barely react with a run in the eighth after a double by Wilson Garcia. And, of course, that was not enough to stop the Lions.

Ali Castillo had a perfect 4-4 night with a walk and two runs scored to raise his average to .418. Oswaldo Arcia and Niko Vásquez, for their part, stood out with two RBIs each.

The victory went to Jhoulys Chacín (2-1) who excelled with 6.0 innings of just two runs, in which he did not issue any walks and struck out four to improve his ERA to 4.50. For his part, after a relief of an inning and a third with a run, José Mujica scored the save.

The setback went to Ricardo Pinto (0-2), who ended up allowing six runs in four and two-thirds innings.

More ON Ali Castillo



Ali Castillo is a replacement player plucked from the The Zulia Aguilas team after they were eliminated from the tournament.

It should be noted that it was not enough for Alí Castillo to just be the bat leader, leader during the regular season phase but he leads the current Round Robin in hits (23), runs scored (16), and also has the second most number of doubles (5) and is third in OBP (.468).

Now, in his last four games in the Caracas Leones uniform, the native of Maracaibo is averaging .563 (9-for-16) with a double, six runs scored and an OPS of 1.236, undoubtedly being an extremely valuable addition to the Lions offense on this stretch of the round robin finale.

In the same way, his performance in this postseason has not only shown offensively, but also defensively, since on Tuesday he starred in two very good plays at second base, which most likely prevented runs against for his team.

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1/18/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC




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Alfaro and Hall put Licey one game away from the championship by beating the Stars

The Tigers lead 3-1 in a best of 7 series

By EDITORIAL LIDOM

20 hours ago

Santo Domingo .

Jorge Alfaro hit a home run and drove in two, Brooks Hall pitched five quality innings to guide a 3-1 victory for the Tigres del Licey, which places the team one victory away from obtaining the crown by beating the Estrellas Orientales in the Tetelo Vargas Stadium.

Licey made its three runs after two outs against the Stars that have had only a run in their last two games.

With the series 3-1, in favor of Licey to obtain the Banreservas Cup, the fifth game will be played on Wednesday night at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.

The starters duel once again favored Licey for the third straight game. The game was won by Hall (1-9, 1.80), throwing a complete five innings of three hits, one run, one walk and six strikeouts; Edwin Uceta (0-1, 4.50), lost. He threw four innings of three hits, two runs, one walk and three strikeouts.

Another starting pitcher for Estrellas again fails to complete a minimum of five innings.

In the ninth, Jairo Asencio (2) got out the first two batters with no trouble, but the Stars failed to score after two outs and Asencio rallied for the save after having runners on third and first.

The Tigers' first run came after two outs on Alfaro's home run on the first pitch by Edwin Uceta.

In the fourth, also after two outs, Dairon Blanco walked, stole second and scored on Sergio Alcántara's single to left field, who reached third on a throw error by outfielder Ramón Flores. But José Herrera flied out to left field.

That's as far as Uceta's work went. In the fifth, Phillips Valdez appeared, in an inning in which Licey scored again after two outs and followed by a walk to Ronny Mauricio. Alfaro followed with a double, on the second pitch and drove in Mauricio from first base. Román Méndez came on to pitch for Valdez and retired Ramón Hernández for the third of the inning.

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1/18/23

PUERTO RICO



Mayagüez steals the first game of the winter baseball final

By: The Writing

January 18, 2023

The Indios de Mayagüez defeated the Carolina Giants on the road with a 5-3 final score, to take a 1-0 lead in the final series of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC).

The victory went to reinforcement Dereck Rodríguez's account despite allowing three hits, including a home run, with a strikeout in two innings.

Emmanuel Rivera was in charge of erasing the zero from the scoreboard when he hit a huge home run to left field with Chavez Young on base to give the visitors a 2-0 lead in the third inning.

The Giants took a momentary 3-2 lead in the fifth inning on José Sermo's three-run homer off Rodríguez's pitches.

The team from Mayagüez did not lose their composure and at the beginning of the seventh they took advantage of the lack of Carolina pitchers control to get a rally of three runs and retake control of the game.

The tying run came on the legs of Jeremy Rivera courtesy of a bases-loaded pitch to Josh Palacios, while two wild pitches from Johzan Oquendo set up Young and Rivera to score the go-ahead runs for their team.

Carolina led off the ninth inning with a single by Gabriel Cancel, but now closer Braden Webb got the final three outs of the game – including fanning two batters – for his second save of the postseason.

Reliever Oddy Núñez lost for the Giants after giving up two earned runs pitching a third of an inning.

The second game of the Final Series will be today Wednesday, January 18 from 7:10 pm at the Isidoro "Cholo" García stadium. The game will be televised by WAPA Deportes.

[ NOTE WORTHY: Johnathan Rodriquez's winter ball season came to an end this past Sunday. The Guardians halted Rodriguez's playing time due to the expiration of his contract ]

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1/18/23

COLUMBIA



Vaqueros win game one of the final playoff

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 18, 2023

Dayan Frias (SS - Batting Second - Monteria)
AB 5, R 1, H 1, RBI 0, BB 0, SO 1, AVG .347, OPS 1.009

Frias with his second so-so night but the Vaqueros came through winning the first game of the championship season. Dayan struck out swinging in the first inning, reach on a fielding error E3, in a 4-run fifth inning and trailing 1-0 with runners on 1st and 2nd with no outs Dayan had a drag bunt single to third loading the bases and scored the third run on a two base hit, Frias grounded out 4-3 in the seventh and flied out F6 in the ninth.

A double by Jordan Díaz rounded off a four-run rally for Vaqueros in the fifth inning that was decisive for their 5-1 victory over Tigres, in the first game of the final playoff of the Colombian Professional Baseball League, played this Tuesday at the Once de Noviembre Abel Leal stadium in Cartagena.

In said inning, Vaqueros loaded the bases with no outs after Francisco Acuña and Carlos Herrera were walked and Dayan Frías reached on an infield hit. Next, Reinaldo Rodríguez hit a sacrifice fly to the center for Acuña to score the first run. Jordan Díaz rocked a double that batted in Herrera and Frias.

Daniel Vellojín, who reached on a fielder's choice got to second after Jordan Díaz was thrown out trying to advance to third, scored on an error by shortstop Adrián Sánchez after Derwin Pomare's groundout.

Tigres had taken the lead in the second inning through Víctor Nova, who scored after a double by Jesús Marriaga that the home team claimed as a home run. The play was reviewed and the initial decision was upheld.

In the eighth, Acuña drove in the fifth Vaqueros run with a single that brought Pomare home.

Dominican Porfirio López worked six complete innings for Vaqueros and got the victory. He allowed five hits, one run, three walks and struck out four. Elvis Araújo (0.2), Luis Escobar (0.1), Jorge Martínez (1.0) and Carlos Mario Díaz (1.0) only allowed one hit and kept the lead until the end.

The loss went to Joel Inoa, who threw four full innings allowing two hits, two runs and four walks. He struck out three.

This Wednesday (7:00 pm) will be the second game of the series, again in Cartagena.

[ Note Worthy - Tonight, the Vaqueros and the Tigres are tied 2-2 in the fourth at the Tigres home field. Dayan Frias in two at bats has a double, scored, and walked. ]


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1/18/23

COLUMBIA




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Historic full house at the 11 de Noviembre Stadium- Abel Leal Díaz came to see Monteria - Cartegena

The first game of the championship series had an unprecedented crowd in the last 20 years

As in past times, the November Colosseum, now also called Abel Leal, was bursting at the seams in the first game of the grand final of the Colombian Professional Baseball League.

The doors of the stadium opened at 5:00 PM, where a large number of people came to receive their tickets, because most bought them online.

“The truth was that the stadium had not been seen in this way for a long time, people arrived early, it made me remember how full it was when Conastil vs Colpuertos played, that the doors had to be opened from 10 in the morning because the game started at 2 in the afternoon..” Pedro Jiménez, a fan of the Tigres team, told us.

Ignacia Rodriguez, a vendor of fried food on the outskirts of the stadium, expressed her joy at seeing that she was able to sell all the products and bring some money to her home: "The truth is, we are happy, I sold everything, especially in this month of January, which is quite difficult. , I can have for my children's tuition and buy the supplies..." she said.


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Laying of the first stone in 1947

For professor Fredy Goyeneche with a doctorate in economics, and a baseball fan, he told us that... yesterday was something glorious, it's a pity that the team lost but the impact and the flow of money yesterday helps a little to the battered economy of these sectors of the city. Seeing that the fried food vendors, the soda vendor, in short, manage to get a little money in this month of January, which is quite a difficult month, fills us with satisfaction, because this is the Cartagena that suffers and manages to get something to eat through informality, and this provides food security, at least for several days to several families.

What happened yesterday, despite some skirmishes and logistical failures, the packed stadium confirms that the fans of hot ball in Cartagena are alive.

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[ Note Worth: After three weeks of being missing in action, we have a Meibrys Viloria sighting in the Cartegena lineup. Viloria was the starting catcher, batted second in the lineup, and finished the game going 2-4 with 2 runs scored, 4 batted in with a walk. Villora also had a solo homer in the first. ]

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1/19/23

PANAMA



PANAMA

Federales de Chiriquí seeks to sweep the Probeis Final Series against Atlánticos, the winner of the title will represent Panama in the Caribbean Series.

By Jaime A. Chavez Rivera

1/19/2023

It smells like a sweep, Federales de Chiriquí will have the opportunity to become champion, but to lift the Probeis title in the current tournament they will have to beat Atlánticos when they face each other today at Rod Carew Stadium at 7:00 pm in the third game of the Final Series.

The team led by José Mayorga won the first two games of the Final Series, the first by a score of 6-5 and in the last one he prevailed by a 4-0 shutout, if they come out unscathed today they would win the Probeis Final Series by sweep against Atlantic Bocas del Toro and Colon.

The current Final Series of Probeis is played to the best of 5 games and since the team from "Valle de la Luna " has a 2-0 advantage, it only needs a victory to be crowned.

In the first two games of the Final Series, the one who stood out on the offensive of the Federales de Chiriquí was the catcher Erasmo Caballero who has hit at the right moments, in the first game he hit 1-4 a double, batted in three runs and scored once.

In the second game, Caballero hit another double, drove in three runs and finished the game on offense again 1-4.

"There is one game left for the title, but we have to keep fighting, we have a good rival in Atlánticos ," warned Caballero.

"You have to continue in the war, fighting pitch by pitch, game by game," said the Chiricano, who was out from the team for a period of a week due to a wrist sprain in his hand, but added that he feels totally recovered.

Caballero thanked the team pilot José Mayorga for his confidence, who reminded him that he must "take good turns (pitches)."

"For the third game of the Final Series, you have to go out and play hard, to give 100% and come out with the win," said Caballero.

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1/19/23

CUBA



To Bayamo by car: Farmers are alive

The Agricultores team defeated Portuarios 19-5 this Thursday by knockout in the fifth game of the final playoff of the Elite Cuban Baseball League

Agricultores 3-1; Portuarios 1-3

BORIS LUIS CABRERA

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Agricultores team defeated Portuarios 19-5 this Thursday by"knock out" in the fifth game of the final playoff of the Elite Cuban Baseball League , and head to San José de Las Lajas, where the hosts were willing to celebrate the first crown achieved in its history at the Nelson Fernández stadium.

Cornered with only one victory in four outings, Carlos Martí's Centauros reached their second victory and forced their rivals to travel to Bayamo to stage the championship-defining battle there.

A fierce attack of 19 runs with seven home runs included, silenced the stands overflowing with fans accustomed to great comebacks, but this time things were different.

A rally of six runs in the third inning tipped the balance of the game, while starter José Ignacio Bermúdez and his substitute Pedro Álvarez were ousted from the mound.

One inning later, the visitors continued the assault with four more runs, to the account of reliefers Elder Nodal, Adrián Sosa and Remberto Barreto, the latter disrespectfully greeted by Rafael Viñales with his 100th home run in the National Series, this one with two runners on base.

In the sixth they added another on a solo shot by Yordanys Alarcón (his second of the game) to complete his fourth rbi of the game, and an inning later Alexquemer Sánchez also dispatched his second homer with bases empty.

The coup de grace came in the seventh inning with a six-run attack where Viñales hit another home run to reach six RBIs in the game, this one against a delivery from left-handed Mailon Cruz.

The warriors of Portuarios fought and threatened to mutiny on several occasions, but it was not a day for surprises in these lands.

For the winners, Guillermo Avilés also hit a home run, and for the losers, Oscar Valdés and Roberto Acevedo hit homers, all with a teammate on board.

César García scored the victory with a 5.1 innings where he allowed five earned runs, gave up no walks and only one strikeout.

The sixth game of this playoff will be played this Saturday at the Mártires de Barbados in Bayamo, at 1:30 p.m.

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1/19/23

VENEZUELA



Sharks stopped Magallanes 4-0 and returned to first place

Maikel García dressed as a hero with a two-run home run in the eighth

By YELIMAR REQUENA

JANUARY 18, 2023

Maikel García, with a two-run homer in the eighth, broke a pitching duel and led the victory of Tiburones de La Guaira 4-0 over Navegantes del Magallanes , this Wednesday at the Parque de la Ciudad Universitaria.

Los Salados stopped Magallanes' four-win streak and now, with a record of 8-6, equaled the Leones del Caracas at the top.

The first two thirds of the game were absolutely dominated by the starters.

Ricardo Sánchez pitched five and two-thirds scoreless innings for Magallanes, in which he issued just two walks and struck out two to leave his ERA at 4.73. Ramón García did the same for the Sharks in 6.0 innings to maintain his minuscule 0.75 ERA.

Nate Antone, Arnaldo Hernandez and Edubray Ramos combined to keep Magallanes scoreless until the end. The Navegantes relievers could not do the same.

Tiburones opened the scoring in the eighth against Jake Sánchez who could only get one out. Maikel Garcia homered to left field to drive in the first two runs. And with rbi's by Ángel Reyes and Wilson García, against Wilkings Rodríguez, the sharks extended the lead to 4-0.

Maikel García, the hero of the game, finished 3-4 with two RBIs and one run scored. His average improved to .351.

Arnaldo Hernández (2-0) was left with the victory and Jake Sanchez (0-1) charged with the setback.

Magallanes, who has failed to win any of their 11 games in Caracas, is now one game off the lead, half a game ahead of Tigres (6-7).

Tiburones 8-6, Leones 8-6, Navegantes 7-7, Tigres 6-7, Cardenales 5-8

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They don't give up! Cardinals painted Lions white (shutout)

Mario Sánchez excelled with 7.0 brilliant innings and Alí Sánchez finished perfect 3-3

By YELIMAR REQUENA

JANUARY 18, 2023

Although their chances of advancing are remote, Cardenales de Lara does not think they will be easy prey for any rival. This was demonstrated this Wednesday by whitewashing Leones del Caracas 9-0 in Barquisimeto.

The red birds leaned on the stellar Mario Sánchez to keep the Lions at bay. The Zuliano pitched 7.0 innings, in which he gave up only four hits, did not issue walks and struck out six.

60 of his 80 pitches were in the strike zone and his ERA improved to 1.21. While Sánchez shone on the mound, the Cardinales hitters celebrated, scoring consecutive runs from the third to the seventh inning.

Kennys Vargas and Pedro Castellanos homered and batted in two runs each. Javier Sanoja, with a double, also added a couple of rbi's.

For his part, Alí ​​Sánchez finished perfect 3-3 with an RBI and improved his average to .462 to remain the best hitter for the Cardenales.

Jesús Sánchez (1.0) and Diego Moreno (1.0) relieved the last two innings against Leones without allowing even a hit. Mario Sánchez (2-1) claimed the victory and Jesús Vargas (1-1) suffered the defeat by allowing three runs in 3.2 innings.

The Cardinals added their second consecutive victory and left their record at 5-8 to be two and a half games from the top with only three days remaining.

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1/19/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIIC



Tigres del Licey champions with a Creole flavor by defeating the Estrellas Orientales 2-1

Jesús Sucre and José Herrera stood out in the final stage to reach the title

By GERARDO JAVIER ROMERO

JANUARY 19, 2023

The Tigres del Licey became the champions of the 2022-23 season of the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic (Lidom). They beat the Estrellas 2-1 in the Final Series.

The Tigers team defeated their rivals in the fifth game of the finasl to end a six-year drought in Dominican Republic baseball and reach their 23rd crown in history. In this way they break the tie of 22 titles that they had with the Águilas Cibaeñas.



The team became champion thanks to an rbi, walk off, base hit by Mel Rojas Jr..

As for the Final Series, Colombian Jorge Alfaron was named the Most Valuable Player for posting a .421 average in five games. In that span he had eight hits, a double, two home runs and drove in four runs.

A fundamental point for the Tigres del Licey to reach the title was the Venezuelan power, since receiver Jesús Sucre and José Herrera were active. Both players reinforced the Tigers after participating in the LVBP with Caribes de Anzoátegui and the Águilas del Zulia respectively.

Sucre was an offensive spark plug since his arrival, hitting five hits, two RBIs and one run scored to post a .238 average in seven Semifinal games. As for the Final Series, he saw action in four games in which he had only one hit and drove in a run.

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1/19/23

PUERTO RICO



The Carolina Giants tie the Final Series of the winter league in the West

The Giants' road win secures a Game 5 against the Indians this coming Sunday

by LBPRC Press

January 18, 2023

Richie Palacios (2B - Hitting Leadoff- Mayaguez)
AB 5, R 1, H 3, RBI 0, BB , K 2, LOB 0, AVG .235

Richie Palacios doubled and scored in the Mayaguez 4-run first inning to cut into the Carolina 6-run lead that they scored in the first, had a drag bunt single in the third, struck out swinging in the fifth, singled but was thrown out at third by the center fielder in the seventh, and struck out swinging in the ninth.

Mayagüez , Puerto Rico (Wednesday, January 18, 2023) –

This Final Series is zero. Tied! The Carolina Giants stole the second game of the championship series when they defeated the Indios de Mayagüez by a final score, 6-4.

In this way, Carolina tied the hostilities in this phase of the winter tournament 1-1, ensuring a fifth game this Sunday.

The victory went to Luis Leroy Cruz throwing five innings and two thirds despite allowing seven hits, two earned runs, giving up a walk and three strikeouts, while José Espada managed the save throwing the ninth inning with a strikeout.

The visitors only needed the first inning to score the six runs for the win. With bases loaded and one out, Anderson Feliz's singled, José Sermos doubled and Ozzie Martínez's hit made the score 5-0, causing Ronnie Williams to leave the mound, who lost the game after allowing five hits, six earned runs in a third of an inning.

After reliever Ricardo Vélez walked Jan Hernández, a base hit for Delvin Pérez drove in Martínez from second base to close out the Giants' scoring in the game at 6-0.

Mayagüez put up their first two runs in the bottom of the first inning combining back-to-back doubles by Richie Palacios and Chavez Young for the first run by Palacios, while Young scored the second on a groundout on Josh Palacios ground out.

Momentary lack of control by relievers José Fuentes and Chris Nunn loaded the Indian bases in the seventh inning who got two runs in the bottom half on a hit from the tribe's leadoff batter, but it was not enough to reverse the result.

The action of the Final Series of the winter league ceases this Thursday, January 19 and returns to the field on Friday, January 20, 2023 from 7:10 p.m. at the Roberto Clemente Walker stadium where the Carolina Giants will receive the Indians of Mayagüez, a game that will be televised by WAPA Deportes.

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