Dominican Winter League 2005

[Licey Fan]

The dominican winter league 2005-06 season started yesterday, with a dissapointing coming from behid loss for my team licey tigers (we beat the hell out of Odalis Perez (LAD) and had a 5-0 lead in the 2nd, but still blew it and loss the game 6-5)...

Here are the results, if you guys are interested... :waving

Licey Tigers 5 - Escogido Lions 6
Cibao Giants 2 - Cibao Eagles 3
Eastern Bulls 0 - Eastern Stars 7

Standing:

Team W-L GB
Lions 1-0 0.0
Eagles 1-0 0.0
Stars 1-0 0.0
Licey 0-1 1.0
Giants 0-1 1.0
Bulls 0-1 1.0

Reminder: 50 game league, 10 games against each team... Top 4 advance to the round robin semifinal round, which has 18 games (6 against each team) and the top 2 of the round robin goes to the best of 9 final series

[Blackout]

I read an AP article that Pedro Martinez wants to pitch for Licey this winter if his toe injury gets better or something, is that going to go down?

[Cuba_fan]

Hi Licey Fan,

I am going to Punta Cana in January (01/21-2/2), do you know if there will be a game in the neighbourhood?

greetings

[Licey Fan]

I read an AP article that Pedro Martinez wants to pitch for Licey this winter if his toe injury gets better or something, is that going to go down?

that's what he said... we're really looking fwd to it...

[Licey Fan]

Hi Licey Fan,

I am going to Punta Cana in January (01/21-2/2), do you know if there will be a game in the neighbourhood?

greetings

The closest team is The Eastern Bulls, which play in La Romana... That's like 40 to 50 miles apart from Punta Cana... And first, they have to make it to the playoffs... In january is playoff

[Licey Fan]

Results for 10/20/05

The Lions get another come-from-behind victory, beating the Eagles 3-2 in 11 innings (the game went to extrainnings tied 1-1, the eagles scored in the 11th, so they were up 2-1, but the lions replied in the bottom of the 11th, and won it)

In another game, the Licey Tigers lost their second straight, being shutout 1-0... That makes 16 scoreless innings in a row...

Results:

Licey Tigers 0 - Eastern Bulls 1
Cibao Eagles 2 - Escogido Lions 3 (11)
Eastern Stars 4 - Cibao Giants 2

Today's Games:
Bulls @ Tigers
Lions @ Eagles
Giants @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB Strk Home Away
Lions 2-0 0.0 2W 2-0 0-0
Stars 2-0 0.0 2W 1-0 1-0
Bulls 1-1 1.0 1W 1-0 0-1
Eagles 1-1 1.0 1L 1-0 0-1
Licey 0-2 2.0 2L 0-0 0-2
Giants 0-2 2.0 2L 0-1 0-1

[Licey Fan]

Results for 10/21/05

The Lions fall short this time, while the stars win again, so they stay alone in first place. In the mean time the giants lose their 3rd straight, and now stay alone in las place. Here are the results:

Eastern Bulls 1 - Licey Tigers 6
Escogido Lions 4 - Cibao Eagles 6
Cibao Giants 3 - Eastern Stars 5

Today's Games:
Eagles @ Tigers
Lions @ Stars
Giants @ Bulls

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB Strk Home Away
Stars 3-0 0.0 3W 2-0 1-0
Lions 2-1 1.0 1L 2-0 0-1
Eagles 2-1 1.0 1W 2-0 0-1
Bulls 1-2 2.0 1L 1-0 0-2
Licey 1-2 2.0 1W 1-0 0-2
Giants 0-3 3.0 3L 0-1 0-2

[Licey Fan]

Results for 10/22/05

Today Dominican Republic was affected by Tropical Storm Alpha, that appeared out of nothing all of a sudden... It affected some of the games, but still some ball could be played... Here are the results

Licey Tigers 1 - Cibao Eagles 2
Cibao Giants 2 - Eastern Bulls 5
Eastern Stars - Escogido Lions (PPD)

Today's Games:
Lions @ Tigers
Eagles @ Giants
Stars @ Bulls

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Stars 3-0 0.0 .999 3W 2-0 1-0
Eagles 3-1 0.5 .750 2W 3-0 0-1
Lions 2-1 1.0 .667 1L 2-0 0-1
Bulls 2-2 1.5 .500 1W 2-0 0-2
Licey 1-3 2.5 .250 1L 1-0 0-3
Giants 0-4 3.5 .000 4L 0-1 0-3

[Cuba_fan]

The closest team is The Eastern Bulls, which play in La Romana... That's like 40 to 50 miles apart from Punta Cana... And first, they have to make it to the playoffs... In january is playoff

Hi Licey Fan

Thanks a lot for the information...hopefuly they will make it

[Licey Fan]

10/23

All games suspended

10/24

Felix Jose dispatched 2 Hr's and now is one away from the all time record for the Dominican League (59) in its way of help the Stars keep their undefeated record. The Eagles won in 14, so the Giants are still without a win

Results:

Eastern Stars 13 - Escogido Lions 8
Cibao Giants 6 - Cibao Eagles 8 (14 innings)

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Stars 4-0 0.0 .999 4W 2-0 2-0
Eagles 4-1 0.5 .800 3W 4-0 0-1
Lions 2-2 2.0 .500 2L 2-1 0-1
Bulls 2-2 2.0 .500 1W 2-0 0-2
Licey 1-3 3.0 .250 1L 1-0 0-3
Giants 0-5 4.5 .000 5L 0-1 0-4

[GregGross]

Does anyone have a Dominican League schedule or a link to one?

[Licey Fan]

Here's the link to the calendar (in spanish) http://www.licey.com/articulo.asp?did=1292

10/25

The Eagles keep their winning streak and take over first place. The Lions get back on track, and the Tigers keep it going while the Giants still don't get a win

Results:

Licey Tigers 3 - Cibao Giants 0
Cibao Eagles 8 - Eastern Stars 5
Eastern Bulls 8 - Escogido Lions 10

Today's Games:
Tigers @ Stars
Bulls @ Eagles
Giants @ Lions

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 5-1 0.0 .833 4W 4-0 1-1
Stars 4-1 0.5 .800 1L 2-1 2-0
Lions 3-2 1.5 .600 1W 3-1 0-1
Bulls 2-3 2.5 .400 1L 2-0 0-3
Licey 2-3 2.5 .400 1W 1-0 1-3
Giants 0-6 5.0 .000 6L 0-2 0-4

[GregGross]

Thanks a lot; are all playoff games in home ballparks, or are they in Santo Domingo?

[Licey Fan]

All the teams play in their home ballparks throught the season, including the round robin semifinal, and the dominican series

I couldn't get online yesterday, so I'll post the results of both 10/27 and 10/28

The Eagles are now alone in first, while the mean time the Stars, who started undefeated, have lost 4 straight. The Giants on the other hand have won 2 in a row after being winless in 6 games

Results for 10/27:

Escogido Lions 2 - Cibao Giants 6
Eastern Stars 4 - Licey Tigers 8
Cibao Eagles 4 - Eastern Bulls 3 (10)

Results for 10/28:
Cibao Giants 9 - Licey Tigers 1
Eastern Stars 2 - Cibao Eagles 5
Escogido Lions 4 - Eastern Bulls 2

Today's Games:
Tigers @ Lions
Giants @ Eagles
Bulls @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 7-2 0.0 .778 2W 4-1 1-1
Lions 5-3 1.5 .625 1W 3-2 1-2
Licey 4-4 2.5 .500 1L 2-1 2-3
Stars 4-4 0.5 .500 4L 2-2 2-2
Bulls 3-5 2.5 .325 2L 2-2 1-3
Giants 2-7 5.0 .222 2W 0-3 2-4

[Licey Fan]

Wohoo!!! The Tigers :gt created a race track yesterday, and blew up the Lions 18-4... The Eagles made a comeback, and beat the Giants 4-3... The Bulls, behid a solid performance of SP Jose Mercedes beat the Stars 5-1

Today's Games:
Eagles @ Lions
Tigers @ Bulls
Stars @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 8-2 0.0 .800 3W 5-1 1-1
Lions 5-4 2.5 .556 1L 3-3 1-2
Licey 5-4 2.5 .556 1W 2-1 3-3
Stars 4-5 3.5 .444 4L 2-3 2-2
Bulls 4-5 3.5 .444 1W 2-2 2-2
Giants 2-8 6.0 .200 1L 0-3 2-5

[Licey Fan]

The Eagles keep soaring high and the Tigers take over 2nd place

The Eagles kept their winning streak going, shuting out the Lions... In the mean time, the Tigers kept their torrid offense going, and marked 8 more runs, including 6 in the first inning, to take over the bulls... Here are the results

Results for 10/30:

Eastern Stars 4 - Cibao Giants 5 (11 Innings)
Cibao Eagles 5 - Escogido Lions 0
Licey Tigers 8 - Eastern Bulls 1

Today's Games:
Lions @ Tigers
Bulls @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 9-2 0.0 .818 3W 5-1 2-1
Licey 6-4 2.5 .600 2W 2-1 4-3
Lions 5-5 3.5 .500 2L 3-4 1-2
Stars 4-6 4.5 .400 5L 2-3 2-3
Bulls 4-6 4.5 .400 1L 2-3 2-3
Giants 3-8 6.0 .273 1W 1-3 2-5

[Licey Fan]

The Lions are back in 2nd

In a dramatic fashion, the Lions took over the Tigers in 12 innings and beat them 3-2. The game was lost by Yhency Brazoban who even though pitched for a 0, was punished by the defense with 2 errors...

The other game, started with a pitching duel between Anastacio Martinez of the Stars (1-0 0.90) and Raul Valdez of the Bulls (2-0 0.73). Both threw 7 innings and the game was tied 1-1. The bullpen of the Bulls couldn't hold the Stars, and they took the game 4-1

Today's Games:
Giants @ Lions
Tigers @ Stars
Bulls @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 9-2 0.0 .818 3W 5-1 2-1
Licey 6-5 3.0 .545 1L 2-2 4-3
Lions 6-5 3.0 .545 2L 3-4 2-2
Stars 5-6 4.0 .455 1W 3-3 2-3
Bulls 4-7 5.0 .364 2L 2-3 2-4
Giants 3-8 6.0 .273 1W 1-3 2-5

[PadresGiantsFan]

Hi,
Does anyone know where I can rosters of all the teams in the winter league? I'm looking to see which major and minor leaguers are playing this year. Thanks, John

[Licey Fan]

Hi,
Does anyone know where I can rosters of all the teams in the winter league? I'm looking to see which major and minor leaguers are playing this year. Thanks, John

Major Leaguers enter the league after they rest a bit in their homes... Right know the only players we have are Pedro Feliz for the Giants, Yhency Brazoban for the Tigers, Odalis Perez for the Lions, Angel Berroa for the Bulls, among others...

By the december the likes of Pedro Martinez, Aramis Ramirez, Ronnie Belliard, Vladimir Guerrero, Luis Castillo, Cristian Guzman, all should be playing for the tigers.

David Ortiz, Sammy Sosa, Rafael Furcal, Neifi Perez should be in uniform with the Lions

Manny Ramirez, Miguel Tejada, Bartolo Colon should be in Eagles uniform.

The Giants are hoping that Jose Reyes and Albert Pujols join the team.

Robison Cano, Julio Franco, Alfonso Soriano are Stars players.

The bulls are waiting for Antonio Alfonseca...

That's just an example of what to expect in december

[Licey Fan]

The gap closes at the top

The Bulls manage to beat the Eagles at home (called Death Valley), while the Lions and Tigers get a victory each, so the gap to first closes to just 2 games apart...

Here are the results for 11/1

Giants 5 - Escogido 8
Licey 4 - Stars 1
Bulls 9 - Eagles 7

Today's Games:
Eagles @ Tigers
Lions @ Stars
Bulls @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 9-3 0.0 .750 1L 5-2 2-1
Licey 7-5 2.0 .714 1W 2-2 5-3
Lions 5-5 2.0 .714 1W 4-4 2-2
Stars 5-7 4.0 .417 1L 3-4 2-3
Bulls 5-7 4.0 .417 1W 2-3 3-4
Giants 3-9 6.0 .250 1L 1-3 2-6

[Licey Fan]

Licey beat Eagles in front of packed stadium

In front of a sellout crowd (first of this season, and obvious, between the 2 most popular teams in the nation) the Tigers could pull of a victory against the league leaders eagles 4-3... The game was marked by constant lead changes and ties, and the tigers, after falling behind 3-2 in the top of the 8th, made 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th, to take the game... The victory was for RP Yhency Brazoban who pitched 2 scoreless innings. Here are the results

Here are the results for 11/2
Eagles 3 - Tigers 4
Lions 0 - Stars 5
Bulls 5 - Giants 6 (12)


Today's Games
Off Day

Games for 11/4
Giants @ Stars
Bulls @ Tigers
Lions @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 9-4 0.0 .692 2L 5-2 2-2
Licey 8-5 1.0 .615 2W 3-2 5-3
Lions 7-6 2.0 .538 1L 4-4 2-3
Stars 6-7 3.0 .462 1W 4-4 2-3
Bulls 5-8 4.0 .385 1L 2-3 3-5
Giants 4-9 5.0 .308 1W 2-3 2-6

[Licey Fan]

Bulls get payback... Pound Tigers at home :grouchy

In a huge game, were the Bulls scored in every inning except the 5th and the 9th, they payed back the defeat at home, and came to Santo Domingo to kill the tigers 16-4.. The winning pitcher was Jose Mercedes (2-1) pitching 5innings of 2ER... The loser Wilton Chavez (1-2) who pitched 1.1 IP with 5ER...

In Santiago, the Escogido gave the Eagles the 3rd straight loss, so now their back in 2nd...

Here are the results for 11/4
Bulls 16 - Tigers 4
Lions 6 - Eagles 4
Giants 5 - Stars 6


Today's Games
Stars @ Tigers
Eagles @ Bulls
Lions @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 9-5 0.0 .643 3L 5-3 2-2
Licey 8-6 1.0 .571 1L 3-3 5-3
Lions 8-6 1.0 .571 1W 4-4 3-3
Stars 7-7 2.0 .500 2W 5-4 2-3
Bulls 6-8 3.0 .428 1W 2-3 4-5
Giants 4-10 5.0 .286 1L 2-3 2-7

[tonypug]

Is there a website where they show rosters and other news?

[Licey Fan]

Is there a website where they show rosters and other news?

The rosters change daily, as the teams get their major leaguers... anyhow, ill post the official team pages:

Licey: licey.com
Eagles: lasaguilas.com
Stars: estrellasdeoriente.com
Giants: gigantesdelciabo.com
Lions: escogido.com

The bulls don't have an official page

Fan sites:

Licey: bengaleses.com, elglorioso.com
Eagles: aguiluchos.com
Lions: rinconrojo.com

[Licey Fan]

Licey alone in first:gt

I couldn't post yesterday's results, by the time i could get online, today's games (day games) were already done, so i'll post both together...

The tigers made 6 runs in the 6th innings, and combined with the 5th straight loss by the eagles, the tigers take sole posession of 1st place... In the mean time, the bulls, win their 3rd in a row, and now have sole posession of 4th... here are the results:

Results for 11/5

Lions 2 - Giants 5
Stars 2 - Licey 4
Eagles 2 - Bulls 5

Results for 11/6

Lions 2 - Licey 9
Giants 6 - Eagles 2
Stars 1 - Bulls 2

Today's Games
Giants @ Tigers

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 10-6 0.0 .625 3L 5-3 5-3
Eagles 9-7 1.0 .562 5L 5-4 2-3
Lions 8-8 2.0 .500 2L 4-5 3-4
Bulls 8-8 2.0 .500 3W 4-3 4-5
Stars 7-9 3.0 .437 2L 5-4 2-5
Giants 6-10 4.0 .375 2W 3-3 3-7

[tonypug]

The rosters change daily, as the teams get their major leaguers... anyhow, ill post the official team pages:

Licey: licey.com
Eagles: lasaguilas.com
Stars: estrellasdeoriente.com
Giants: gigantesdelciabo.com
Lions: escogido.com

The bulls don't have an official page

Fan sites:

Licey: bengaleses.com, elglorioso.com
Eagles: aguiluchos.com
Lions: rinconrojo.com
Thanks Licey Fan

[Licey Fan]

Licey celebrates it's 98th anniversary with a win

The calendar had only one game scheduled for 11/7 as usual, because the league let's licey (the oldest team in the country) take the spotlight... Yesterday the Cibao Giants were visiting, and the Tigers took the win helped by great pitching of Aaron Heilman (NYM) who's now 3-0

The game ended 5-2, with the offense coming of Willis Otañez (who's posting MVP numbers, I'll post the numbers soon) who batted 3-5, with a 2B and 3RBI

Today's Games

Today's Games
Eagles @ Stars
Bulls @ Lions
Tigers @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 11-6 0.0 .647 4W 6-3 5-3
Eagles 9-7 1.5 .562 5L 5-4 2-3
Lions 8-8 2.5 .500 2L 4-5 3-4
Bulls 8-8 2.5 .500 3W 4-3 4-5
Stars 7-9 3.5 .437 2L 5-4 2-5
Giants 6-11 5.0 .375 1L 3-3 3-8

[Licey Fan]

Licey hangs on, keeps streak going.

After throwing away an 8-0 lead in the first inning, the Giants could hung on, after the giants tied the game 8 a piece, with a homer off the bat of Curtis Granderson (DET), to take the game 9-8. The game was saved by Yhency Brazoban (4Sv)

In the other game, the Eagles had a 7-2 lead, and blew it, allowing 5 runs in that inning, and finally losing the game 8-7 in 12 innings. The offense was led by Abraham Nuñez who hit 2 HR's, including a 2 run shot in the bottom of the ninth to keep the game alive

The Bulls - Lions game was PPD by rain

Today's Games

Today's Games
Stars @ Eagles
Lions @ Bulls

Here are the updated standings:

Standing:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 12-6 0.0 .667 5W 6-3 6-3
Eagles 9-8 2.5 .529 6L 5-4 2-4
Lions 8-8 3.0 .500 2L 4-5 3-4
Bulls 8-8 3.0 .500 3W 4-3 4-5
Stars 8-9 3.5 .471 1W 6-4 2-5
Giants 6-12 6.0 .333 2L 3-4 3-8

[Licey Fan]

League Leaders :radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
M. López (AC) .429,W. Otañez (L) .414, R. Yan (Az) .395

Runs Scored
E. Germán (Az) 13, L. Terrero (Az) 10, F. Guzmán (EO) 10, B. Castro (AC) 10, M. Cabrera (AC) 10

RBI
W. Otañez (L) 15, C. Rogowiski (Az) 13, N. Gorneault (Az) 12

Hits
W. Otañez (L) 24, E. Germán (Az) 23, M. López (AC) 21

Doubles
C. Rogowski (Az) 7, E. Garabito (Az) 7, W. Otañez (L) 7

Triples
B. Castro (AC) 1, Y. Haad (EO) 1, C. Barmes (AC) 1, R. Nivar (E) 1, F. Pie (L) 1, A. Hernandez (L) 1, H. Ramírez (L) 1, S. Martínez (L) 1, E. Germán (Az) 1, J. Melo (Az) 1, A. Marte (Az) 1, B. Peña (GC) 1, Ch. Águilas (GC) 1, C. Arias (GC) 1, T. Olivares (GC) 1

HR
W. Otañez (L) 4, W. Betemit (E) 4, J. Ramírez (GC) 3, S. Martínez (L) 3, I. Alcántara (E) 3, Ni. Gorneault (Az) 3, J. Bautista (L) 3

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 9, F. Guzmàn (EO) 6, E. Aybar (L) 6

Pitching
F. Díaz (L) 3-0, S. Ramírez (AC) 2-0, R, Minier (EO) 2-0, L. Estrella (GC) 2-0, R. Valdez (Az) 3-1, E. Knott (L) 3-1

ERA
F. Díaz (L) 1.08, R. Valdez (Az) 1.08, M. Aybar (L) 2.20

K
R. Valdez (Az) 28, A. Martínez (EO) 17, J. Vasquez (GC) 16, J. Fernández (AC) 16

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 4, S. Ramírez (AC) 3, J. Vargas (Ac) 3, M. de la Rosa (Az) 3

[Licey Fan]

Eagles snap skid, Pound Stars at Home

Behind a solid performance of knucleballer Jared Fernandez, the Eagles finally snapped their 6 game skid, beating the stars 11-2... The Lions also won by blowout, and took care of the bulls 12-5

Today's Games

Bulls @ Lions

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 12-6 0.0 .667 5W 6-3 6-3
Eagles 10-8 2.0 .556 1W 6-4 2-4
Lions 9-8 2.5 .529 1W 4-5 4-4
Bulls 8-9 3.5 .471 1L 4-4 4-5
Stars 8-10 4.0 .444 1L 6-4 2-6
Giants 6-12 6.0 .333 2L 3-4 3-8

[GregGross]

Are any teams close to Puerto Plata?

[Licey Fan]

Are any teams close to Puerto Plata?

The Cibao Eagle (actual champions) play in Santiago, 2nd biggest city in the country... It's a 1 hour trip from Puerto Plata... Actually, Puerto Plata is supposed to have an expansion team (The Mariners) but still hasn´t started

[Licey Fan]

Lions tie at 2nd, full schedule today

The Lions made 3 runs in the bottom of the ninth, after trailing 5-2, to tie up the game and eventually beat up the bulls 6-5...

Today's Games

Stars @ Lions
Tigers @ Eagles
Giants @ Bulls

Today the top to pitchers of this season are going on the mound... Raul Valdez of the Bulls (2-1 and K leader), and Felix Diaz of the Tigers (3-0 and ERA leader 1.08)

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 12-6 0.0 .667 5W 6-3 6-3
Eagles 10-8 2.0 .556 1W 6-4 2-4
Lions 10-8 2.0 .556 2W 5-5 4-4
Bulls 8-10 4.0 .444 2L 4-4 4-6
Stars 8-10 4.0 .444 1L 6-4 2-6
Giants 6-12 6.0 .333 2L 3-4 3-8

[Licey Fan]

Eagles, Lions, get closer to the top

In the first sellout crowd of the season for the Eagles, they got an incredible performance of Bernie Castro, who was a single shy of hitting for the cycle, and beat the league leading Tigers 7-5. The winning pitcher was Britt Reames, while the loser was Felix Diaz. Arnaldo Muñoz got the save.

The Eagles' bullpen almost messed up again, and after leading 7-1, allowed 4 runs in the 7th, but could get the final out with bases loaded in that same inning.

The Lions beat the Stars at home 3-2. And the Bulls came from behind, and save their ace Raul Valdez of another loss, after surrendering 3 runs in 3 innings, the Bulls made 2 in the 9th, and beat the Giants 6-5. Eddie Garabito drove in 4

Today's Games

Lions @ Tigers
Eagles @ Giants
Bulls @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 12-7 0.0 .632 1L 6-3 6-4
Eagles 11-8 1.0 .579 2W 7-4 2-4
Lions 11-8 1.0 .579 3W 6-5 4-4
Bulls 9-10 3.0 .474 1W 5-4 4-6
Stars 8-11 4.0 .421 1L 6-4 2-7
Giants 6-13 6.0 .316 3L 3-4 3-9

[Licey Fan]

3 way tie at the top

The Lions pitching manage to shut down the tigers offense almost completely, allowing just one hit in 9 innings, and beat the tigers 2-0.

In Santiago, the Eagles kept the good streak going, and pounded the Giants 15-9, behind 2 homers of debuting catcher Mike Napolis...

The Bulls continue to win, and beat the stars 5-4. The winning hit was once again hit by Eddy Garabito.

Today's Games

Bulls @ Tigers
Lions @ Eagles
Giants @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 12-8 0.0 .600 2L 6-4 6-4
Eagles 12-8 0.0 .600 3W 7-4 3-4
Lions 12-8 0.0 .600 3W 6-5 5-4
Bulls 10-10 2.0 .500 2W 5-4 5-6
Stars 8-12 4.0 .400 2L 6-5 2-7
Giants 6-14 6.0 .300 4L 3-5 3-9

[GregGross]

How many teams make the playoffs? What is the format?

[Licey Fan]

How many teams make the playoffs? What is the format?

4 out of 6 teams make the playoffs... It's a 50 game regular season... Top 4 advance... Then is an 18 game round robin semifinal... Top 2 advance to the best of 9 dominican final

[Licey Fan]

The teams from the capital remaing at the top

Behind HR by Angel Peña, the Lions won their 5th straight, and again the Eagles' Bullpen couldn't hang on, and lost at home 8-3.

The other team from Santo Domingo, the Tigers, shutout the Bulls 3-0. Aaron Heilman pitched 6.2 scoreless innings to take the win. Yhency Brazoban made the save.

In San Pedro, the Stars won a pitching duel against the Giants 2-1

Today's Games
OFF DAY

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 13-8 0.0 .619 1W 7-4 6-4
Lions 13-8 0.0 .619 5W 6-5 6-4
Eagles 12-9 0.0 .571 1L 7-5 3-4
Bulls 10-11 3.0 .476 1L 5-4 5-7
Stars 9-12 4.0 .429 1W 7-5 2-7
Giants 6-15 7.0 .286 5L 3-5 3-10

[tonypug]

Has Heilman been a regular starter, and how has his control been?

[Licey Fan]

Heilman has been in excellent control!!! I'll post his numbers:

Yesterday:
6.2 IP 0R 0ER 4H 4K 0BB W

Season
3-1 2.40ERA 26.2IP 7R 7ER 6BB 22K 23H 5GS .232OBA 1.11WHIP

[tonypug]

Heilman has been in excellent control!!! I'll post his numbers:

Yesterday:
6.2 IP 0R 0ER 4H 4K 0BB W

Season
3-1 2.40ERA 26.2IP 7R 7ER 6BB 22K 23H 5GS .232OBA 1.11WHIP
Thank You for the stats. As a Mets fanit's good to see Heilman doin well. There has been some question whether he would be used as a starter or reliever. Apparently the Mets have asked that he be used as a starter.I have a question, you mentioned that the rosters are always changing,what determines who plays for which team? Thanks.

[Licey Fan]

Free agency doesn't exist in dominican republic... Each year there is a rookie draft, to asign each player to a dominican team for the rest of his life (unless his traded or left free).

For example... Pedro Martinez played for my team Licey, for a last time in the 94-95 season... He hasn't pitched since, but still, he's a player of the tigers... If he ever wills to play in the dominican (as he's announcing he'll do this year because of the wbc) he has to pitch with licey...

So, if Pedro wants to pitch, you have to take one of the rookie pitchers out of the roster in order to place a major leaguer...

That's what I meant... Most of the players coming from MLB take a rest after the MLB season... When they decide to play, is between 2nd half november, and december (2nd half of the season)... The more "star status" you have, the later you start playing, since you know you are going to have an opening role anyhow...

The best example is Miguel Tejada... If you think is incredible his streak of consecutive games in the majors, you'll be surprised to know that he has played in every single season for his cibao eagles since 98... This year in the preseason press conference, he called the manager and told the audience "guys (refering to the team), do a good job keeping the team in qualifying position, so i can rest a little longer and don't have to go help you guys soon"

If you need any more info, I'll gladly inform you

[Licey Fan]

Edwin Encarnacion hits for cycle, 4 runs in Eagles' Win

In an amazing display of offense, Edwin Encarnacion (3B) hit for the cycle, and scored each time, to help the Eagles finally beat the Bulls 12-6...

The Eagles couldn't gain on the leaders, since the Tigers won their game 5-4, even though they made 6 errors... Yhency Brazoban made the save (8).

The Lions beat the Giants 4-3

Today's Games
Tigers @ Eagles
Giants @ Bulls
Stars @ Lions

Today Julian Tavarez will start against the Tigers...

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 14-8 0.0 .636 2W 8-4 6-4
Lions 14-8 0.0 .636 6W 6-5 7-4
Eagles 13-9 1.0 .591 1W 7-5 4-4
Bulls 10-12 4.0 .455 2L 5-5 5-7
Stars 9-13 5.0 .409 1L 7-5 2-8
Giants 6-16 8.0 .273 6L 3-6 3-10

[Licey Fan]

Lions unstoppable!! 7th straight win puts them in first

The lions continue their incredible streak, by beating the stars 12-7. Felix Jose hit a Homerun in the losing end, his 59th of his dominican career, tying the all time record with Rico Carty... His next homer will put him as the sole member of the 60HR club...

In the other hand, Juan Senreiso hit 2 singles, and had 3RBI's to help the Bulls get past the Giants, who lost their 7th straight 13-4

The game of the day between the rivals Eagles and Licey was PPD by rain, and is going to be played today... Felix Diaz will start for the Tigers, and Julian Tavarez is suposed to start for the Eagles

Today's Games
Tigers @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 15-8 0.0 .652 7W 7-5 7-4
Licey 14-8 0.5 .636 2W 8-4 6-4
Eagles 13-9 1.5 .591 1W 7-5 4-4
Bulls 11-12 4.0 .478 1W 6-5 5-7
Stars 9-14 6.0 .391 2L 7-5 2-9
Giants 6-17 9.0 .261 7L 3-6 3-10

[Licey Fan]

Pictures of Heilman and Manny Acta in Licey Tigers uniform

This post is specially for TonyPug, as a Mets fan, i though he'll like this pictures, since I know not all americans get access to them...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/acta.jpgManny Acta

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/f974ca68.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/heilman1.jpg
Heilman

[caribeño]

Lions unstoppable!! 7th straight win puts them in first

The lions continue their incredible streak, by beating the stars 12-7. Felix Jose hit a Homerun in the losing end, his 59th of his dominican career, tying the all time record with Rico Carty... His next homer will put him as the sole member of the 60HR club...

In the other hand, Juan Senreiso hit 2 singles, and had 3RBI's to help the Bulls get past the Giants, who lost their 7th straight 13-4

The game of the day between the rivals Eagles and Licey was PPD by rain, and is going to be played today... Felix Diaz will start for the Tigers, and Julian Tavarez is suposed to start for the Eagles

Today's Games
Tigers @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 15-8 0.0 .652 7W 7-5 7-4
Licey 14-8 0.5 .636 2W 8-4 6-4
Eagles 13-9 1.5 .591 1W 7-5 4-4
Bulls 11-12 4.0 .478 1W 6-5 5-7
Stars 9-14 6.0 .391 2L 7-5 2-9
Giants 6-17 9.0 .261 7L 3-6 3-10
Licey :
Gracias por las estadísticas y los comentarios . Magníficos .
Un saludo desde Borinquen .

[Licey Fan]

Licey still can't win in Santiago, Eagles win 5-3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/condorito.jpg Julian Tavarez (Picture) made his debut yesterday, pitching 4 innings of 2 runs allowed... He didn't show a lot of stuff, but was helped by great plays of the defense...

Felix Diaz did his part, and threw also 5 innings of 2 runs. No decision. Then the bullpen blew it... The eagles made 3 runs in a 4 pitcher 6th inning, and held on to the lead, to finally win it 5-3

Mendy Lopez by the Eagles, and Willis Otañez by the Tigers each hit solo shots, to stay tied in the league lead with 5, tied with Wilson Betemit of the Lions...

Arnaldo Muñoz made the save.

Today's Games
Stars @ Giants
Tigers @ Bulls
Eagles @ Lions

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 15-8 0.0 .652 7W 7-5 7-4
Licey 14-9 1.0 .609 1L 8-4 6-5
Eagles 14-9 1.0 .609 2W 8-5 4-4
Bulls 11-12 4.0 .478 1W 6-5 5-7
Stars 9-14 6.0 .391 2L 7-5 2-9
Giants 6-17 9.0 .261 7L 3-6 3-10

P.S.
Gracias caribeño!! Para eso estamos ;)

[Licey Fan]

The King of the Jungle!! Lions win 8th straight, take distance at the top :clapping

The Lions kept their winning streak going by beating the eagles 5-4 at home... Edwin Encarnacion of the Eagles put them on top 3-2 in the 4th, but the bullpen couldn't hang on, so they came from behind, to beat them...

In La Romana, Raul Valdez went looking for his 4th win, and that's exactly what he got! He threw 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 2 hits, gave 2 BB and struck out 5... The losing pitcher was Erick Knott... The final score was 6-4... Ond the winning end, Juan Melo drove in 3, and Casey Rogowski went 4-5

In San Francisco, the Giants finally came out of their streak, and beat the Stars 8-1. Aquilino Lopez pitched 6 strong innings, and allowed just one. Nelson Cruz homered and drove in 3...

Today all the teams play the same teams, but in different home. Today's game mark the first half of the season (game 25) out of 50 regular season games

Today's Games
Giants @ Stars
Bulls @ Tigers
Lions @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 16-8 0.0 .667 8W 8-5 7-4
Licey 14-10 2.0 .583 2L 8-4 6-6
Eagles 14-10 2.0 .583 2W 8-5 4-5
Bulls 12-12 4.0 .500 2W 7-5 5-7
Stars 9-15 7.0 .375 2L 7-5 2-10
Giants 7-17 9.0 .292 1W 4-6 3-10

[Licey Fan]

Felix Jose hits 60th: All-time Homerun King :clapping

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/felixjose.jpg http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/felixjose2.jpg

Felix Jose, of the Stars, hit a solo shot in the 1st inning, marking his 4th homerun of the season, and the 60th of his career, to make him the sole member of the 60HR club in the Dominican Winter League history... He left behind Rico Carty's 30 year record of 59... The closest active player is Izzy Alcantara, who's currently playing for the Escogido Lions, and has 5. The Stars won that Game 9-5.

In Santiago, the Lions kept their streak going, now making it 9 straight, and came back to win 8-7. The game was 7-6 in the top of the ninth, but the lions reacted, and took the game away from the Eagles' closer Arnaldo Muñoz.

In Santo Domingo, the Tigers took payback on the Bulls, and won the game 6-5... Jose Bautista hit his 5th homer of the season... The tigers came top the 8th winning 6-1, but the bullpen allowed 4 runs, to make it 6-4... Then in the 9th Yhency Brazoban was called up to make the save... He allowed a run, but held on, for his league leading ninth save of the season...

The games of yesterday marked the halfway point of the season, as game 25 were played... Today's the start of the second half, and Juan Carlos Cruz (former cubs) is announced to start the game for the tigers, trying to cut the lions incredible performance...

Today's Games
Lions @ Tigers
Eagles @ Giants
Stars @ Bulls

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 17-8 0.0 .680 9W 8-5 8-4
Licey 15-10 2.0 .600 1W 9-4 6-6
Eagles 14-11 3.0 .560 1L 8-6 4-5
Bulls 12-13 5.0 .480 1L 7-5 5-8
Stars 10-15 7.0 .400 1W 8-5 2-10
Giants 7-18 10.0 .280 1W 4-6 3-11

[Licey Fan]

Finally!! Licey snaps Lions' streak

The tigers playing at home against a sellout crowd, and behind a solid performance of debuting pitcher Danny Tamayo, shutout the lions and closed the gap to the top to just one game...

Joel Guzman of the stars hit a grand slam, and Doug Linton allowed 1 in 6 innings, to beat the bulls 4-1

The Giants started with a 4-0 lead against the eagles, and could hang on... to win it 5-4

Today's Games
Off Day

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 17-9 0.0 .654 1L 8-5 8-5
Licey 16-10 1.0 .615 2W 10-4 6-6
Eagles 14-12 3.0 .538 2L 8-6 4-6
Bulls 12-14 5.0 .461 2L 7-6 5-8
Stars 11-15 6.0 .423 2W 8-5 3-10
Giants 8-18 9.0 .308 2W 5-6 3-11

[jimm5y]

Hello Licey fan,

I am traveling from San Diego,California USA this Thursday evening, Thanksgiving night and will be arriving Friday morning@ SDQ Las Americas airport @ approximately 11:00 AM. I did reserve a rental car and this is pursuing one of my lifetime dreams of seeing winter baseball in the Dominican Republic!!

Could you please inform me of the games that will be played while I am there Nov.25-28.

I was at a San Diego Padres vs Milwaukee Brewers back in May of this year and spoke to Julio Santana and he told me to look him up when I got there but I only had his cell phone number and since have missplaced it.

I am strictly going for baseball and would like to see as many games as I can in the short time I will be there.


If you would be so kind to respond to this email , I would certainly appreciate it and tell me how I go about getting tickets and so on and directions to the stadiums.

I would also like to go to San Pedro de Macoris and maybe to the cigar factory Arturo Fuentes if it is feasible to drive from where I am staying in Boca Chica.


GO TIGRES!!!!

[Licey Fan]

Ok... so here's your info

Thursday:
OFF DAY

Friday:
8:05 Eagles at Tigers in Santo Domingo (game of the day, probably sold out)
7:35 Lions at Stars in San Pedro de Macoris (Lions are in 1st place)
7:35 Bulls at Giants in San Francisco (forget about this one)

Saturday:
8:05 Lions at Tigers in Santo Domingo (game of the day, also a probable sell out)
7:35 Eagles at Giants in San Francisco
7:35 Stars at Bulls in La Romana

Sunday:
5:05 Stars at Lions in Santo Domingo
5:05 Tigers at Eagles in Santiago (the dominican classic again, already sold out)
5:05 Giants at Bulls in La Romana

You picked an excellent weekend to watch some baseball, the best teams of the league will be playing each other this weekend... Timo Perez is supposed to join the lineup this weekend for the tigers, and Jose Lima is supposed to pitch Sunday for the eagles in Santiago

I marked in bold the games I recommend you to get... The sunday game is in Santiago, is pretty far of Santo Domingo, and since you don't have the tickets, is probably better that you go to the lions-stars game... You'll find tickets for that game easily

For friday and saturday, those are hard to get tickets, and they can't be bought in advance... You could probably get them, but you'll have to pay overprice for them (black market)

But since you come from the States, you'll find that the tickets are relatively cheap... The best tickets cost RD$400 pesos (about 12 dollars)... In the black market they can go as high as 1,200 pesos (thats like 35 dollars)... And those are THE BESTS SEATS... you can get cheaper seats... it all depends of the attendance

I'll go to the friday and saturday games in santo domingo... if you need my cell phone, pm me along with your name, and i'll send it to you... I'll gladly help you in buying the tickets, even though i already have mine since im a season ticket holder

Good Luck!! :waving

P.S.
I'm not sure, but I think Santana plays for the lions

[El Nino Linares]

In my opinion this winter ball in DR is really gonna show how all of latin america has strength and it not just being DR.... Yes they are running the majors right now but I would guarantee that if cubans were able to defect that we would be a top of the majors like we always were....

[Licey Fan]

More of the same

And I mean by the same this: The bulls beat the eagles in their home, for the 3rd time this season... by a score of 6-1

The tigers beat the stars again, and they're still undefeated against them. 3-1 was the result. Yhency Brazoban made the save again. Wilton Chavez got the win.

The lions keep on winning, while the giants keep on losing. HR's of Izzy Alcantara and Angel Peña... Final score 7-6

Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Stars @ Tigers
Lions @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 18-9 0.0 .667 1W 9-5 8-5
Licey 17-10 1.0 .630 3W 10-4 7-6
Eagles 14-13 4.0 .518 3L 8-7 4-6
Bulls 13-14 5.0 .481 1W 7-6 6-8
Stars 11-16 7.0 .407 1L 8-6 3-10
Giants 8-19 10.0 .296 1L 5-6 3-12

[steph13]

The rosters change daily, as the teams get their major leaguers... anyhow, ill post the official team pages:

Licey: licey.com
Eagles: lasaguilas.com
Stars: estrellasdeoriente.com
Giants: gigantesdelciabo.com
Lions: escogido.com

The bulls don't have an official page
Fan sites:

Licey: bengaleses.com, elglorioso.com
Eagles: aguiluchos.com
Lions: rinconrojo.com

:noidea Do you know the name of Canadian or New Zealander players in Dominican winter league 2005 ?

[Licey Fan]

:noidea Do you know the name of Canadian or New Zealander players in Dominican winter league 2005 ?

I don't know of any...

There's two players: Casey Rogowski and Nick Gorneault who are playing for the bulls, I don''t know if they're americans...

[Licey Fan]

Eagles get payback, Pound Bulls

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/mullhern.jpg Justin Miller pitched 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 3 singles, and Ryan Mullhern (picture) homered, and tripled, batting in 5, in route to a 11-0 victory.

The Stars finally could take one from the tigers, but it wasn't easy. The Stars started up with a 5-0 lead in the 3rd inning. In the 7th, leading 7-3, Jose Bautista hit a grand slam, his league leading 6HR of the season, to tie up the game... The tigers menaced in the 10th, but couldn't capitalize and paid for it in the 11th, with a game winning single of Luke Allen. The final score was 8-7

In San Francisco, Nelson Cruz hit his 5th homer in 5 days, and led the way to a giant victory 9-3 over the league leading lions.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Stars @ Tigers
Lions @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 18-10 0.0 .643 1L 9-5 8-6
Licey 17-11 1.0 .607 1L 10-5 7-6
Eagles 15-13 3.0 .536 1W 8-7 5-6
Bulls 13-15 5.0 .464 1L 7-7 6-8
Stars 12-16 6.0 .429 1W 8-6 4-10
Giants 9-19 9.0 .321 1W 6-6 3-12

[Licey Fan]

League Leaders as of November 23 :radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
A. Peña (E) .352, M. López (AC) .341, B. Castro (AC) .339

Runs Scored
E. Germán (Az) 21, J. Gathright (E) 20, N. Gorneaut (Az) 19, W. Betemit (E) 19

RBI
C. Rogowski (Az) 24, A. Gómez (AC) 20, J. Guzán (EO) 20, A. Gómez (AC) 20

Hits
B. Castro (AC) 38, A. Peña (E) 37, E. Germán (Az) 34

Doubles
C. Rogowski (Az) 12, A. Gómez (AC) 11, N. Gorneault (Az) 9

Triples
B. Castro (AC) 2

HR
R. Mulhern (AC) 6, W. Betemit (E) 5, M. López (AC) 5, J. Bautista (L) 5, W. Otañez (L) 5

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 18, J. Gathright (E) 9, B. Castro (AC) 8

Pitching
R. Valdez (Az) 4-1, N. Rodríguez (E) 3-1, F. Díaz (L) 3-1, R.Minier (EO) 3-1, A. Heilman (L) 3-1, J. Fernández (AC) 3-1, E. Knott (L) 3-1, F. Heredia (Az) 3-1

ERA
R. Valdez (Az) 1.26, J. Miller (AC) 2.13, F. Heredia (Az) 2.32, A. Heilman (L) 2.36, F. Díaz (L) 2.42

K
R. Valdez (Az) 35, J. Fernández (AC) 27, A. Martinez (EO) 24

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 10, J. Veras (E) 5, S. Ramírez (AC) 3, M. de la Rosa (Az), J. Vargas (Ac) 3

[Licey Fan]

Licey blows it off... Losses in 11 to eagles :evil

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/ronnie.jpg
In the debut of Ron Belliard, who went 3-6, the tigers let go of a game they were winning 6-4 in the 9th... Yhency Brazoban blew up the save this time, and Willy Mo Peña homered and went 4-5, in route of leading the eagles to a 7-6 win in 11 innings.

The other 2 games were suspended

Today's Games
Tigers @ Lions
Bulls @ Giants
Eagles @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 18-9 0.0 .667 1W 9-5 8-5
Licey 17-11 1.5 .607 1L 10-5 7-6
Eagles 15-13 3.5 .536 1W 8-7 5-6
Bulls 13-14 5.0 .481 1W 7-6 6-8
Stars 11-16 7.0 .407 1L 8-6 3-10
Giants 8-19 10.0 .296 1L 5-6 3-12

[Licey Fan]

Lima debuts big! Eagles continue to roll over Tigers

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/lima.jpg Jose Lima pitched 5 strong innings, of only 3 hits and no runs, and Alberto Castillo and TJ Peña hit back to back homeruns, to lead the way to a 9-0 victory over the tigers... Wilton Chavez was the losing pitcher

In Santo Domingo, the Lions scored 3 in the bottom of the 9th to leave the stars in the field... They took the game 5-4

In La Romana, Eude Brito pitched 5 scoreless innings, and the Bulls had a 4 run fourth, so they took over the Giants 4-0

Results for 11/26
Eagles 8 - Giants 2
Tigers 8 - Lions 7
Stars 3 - Bulls 5

Results for 11/27
Tigers 0 - Eagles 9
Stars 4 - Lions 5
Giants 0 - Bulls 4

Today's Games
Off Day

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 19-11 0.0 .633 1W 10-6 8-5
Licey 18-13 1.5 .581 1L 10-5 8-7
Eagles 18-13 1.5 .581 3W 9-7 6-6
Bulls 15-15 4.0 .500 3W 9-6 6-8
Stars 12-18 7.0 .400 3L 8-6 3-12
Giants 9-21 10.0 .300 3L 5-7 3-13

[Licey Fan]

On a reasigned game, Juan Camilo dispatched a 2 run shut in the top of the 7th inning, to over come a 2-1 deficit, and finally take the game 3-2 stars win

Today's Games
Eagles @ Tigers
Lions @ Stars
Bulls @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 19-12 0.0 .613 1W 10-7 8-5
Licey 18-13 1.0 .581 1L 10-5 8-7
Eagles 18-13 1.0 .581 3W 9-7 6-6
Bulls 15-15 4.0 .500 3W 9-6 6-8
Stars 13-18 6.0 .419 1W 8-6 4-12
Giants 9-21 10.0 .300 3L 5-7 3-13

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/polonia.jpg Luis Polonia was a double shy of hitting for the cycle, and Justin Miller pitched 6 strong innings, to lead the Eagles victory over the Tigers 7-4. Arnaldo Muñoz got his 3rd save of the season, all of them against the tigers

The Lions, on the other hand, fell to the Stars for the 2nd straight day, this time losing 5-0. This, combined with the Eagles' win, puts the Eagles tied in 1st place with them. Jung Bong pitched 6 scoreless for his 1st win, and Juan Camilo homered for the second straight day.

Finally, the Bulls continue to humilliate the Giants, and keep securing the 4th and final playoff spot. Felix Heredia got the win in the 7-4 victory.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Tigers @ Stars
Giants @ Lions

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Lions 19-13 0.0 .594 1L 10-7 8-6
Eagles 19-13 0.0 .594 4W 9-7 7-6
Licey 18-14 1.0 .563 3L 10-6 8-7
Bulls 16-15 2.5 .516 4W 9-6 7-8
Stars 13-19 5.0 .406 2W 9-6 4-12
Giants 9-22 9.5 .290 4L 5-8 3-13

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/feliz_pedro.jpg Pedro Feliz, the Giants' captain, made a solid debut, homering twice and driving 5 runs in, while leading the Giants to a 9x6 win over the Lions.

The Eagles took advantange of the Lions' loss, and took over 1st place, but it wasn't easy. After leading for most of the game 2-0, the Bulls tied it up to force extrainnings, but the bullpen couldn't hold on, so the Eagles took it 4-2

The Stars had a huge 7th inning, where they scored 5 runs, to make a come from behind victory over the tigers, and take the game 9-7

Today's Games
Bulls @ Eagles
Stars @ Tigers
Giants @ Lions

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 20-13 0.0 .606 5W 9-7 8-6
Lions 19-14 1.0 .575 2L 10-7 8-7
Licey 18-15 2.0 .545 4L 10-7 8-7
Bulls 16-16 3.5 .500 1L 9-7 7-8
Stars 14-19 5.0 .424 3W 9-6 5-12
Giants 10-22 9.5 .312 1W 6-8 3-13

[Licey Fan]

Ronnie Belliard drove in 3, and the tigers offense just exploded, to kill the stars 14-1

In the meantime, the lions where shut out at home 10-0. That lead the way to a tie in 2nd place. Pedro Feliz went 3-5 for the winners...

In Santiago, the Bulls kept dominating in the Eagles' home, and kept their undefeated streak, by pounding the Eagles 15-8

Today's Games
Eagles @ Giants
Lions @ Tigers
Bulls @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 20-14 0.0 .588 1LW 9-8 8-6
Lions 19-15 1.0 .559 3L 10-8 8-7
Licey 19-15 1.0 .559 1W 10-7 9-7
Bulls 17-16 2.5 .515 1W 9-7 8-8
Stars 14-20 5.0 .412 1L 9-7 5-12
Giants 11-22 8.5 .333 2W 6-8 4-13

[jimm5y]

I had a wonderful time while I was visiting and what a game I saw on Sunday when the Lions came back and won . Sorry that your trip to Santiago was not as fruitful , a 9-0 loss is no fun.. I see where Julio Santana signed with Philly on Wednesday so maybe that is why he was not @ the stadium. I had a nice chat with Miguel Olivo on Sunday and also Bob Geron prior to the game.

On the way to the airport on Monday ,I stopped @ the academies of the Chicago Cubs, Diamond Backs ( although they were not in camp), and the Reds. What nice facilities they have. Looks alot like Spring Training here in the States.
Once again thanks for all the hospitality and companionship you showed me .


I see where by your great ongoing and detailed reporting where Licey is just 1 game back now . Go Tigers :clapping .....:gt Later James

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/calzado.jpg Napoleon Calzado (picture) homered and doubled, driving in 4 runs, to lead the Tigers to a 5-2 victory... It was a sloppy game for the Lions' defense, where they commited 5 errors. Wilton Chavez got the win, while Nerio Rodriguez was charged with the loss and Roberto Novoa made the save.

In San Francisco de Macoris, the Giants improved to 3-0 since their captains (Pedro Feliz) debut. They came from behind, and scored 2 in the bottom of the 9th, thanks to 2 throwing errors on the same play, to take the game 4-3... That lead the way to a tigers tie at 1st place

In San Pedro de Macoris, the bulls closed the gap to 3rd place with another victory... Even though Raul Valdez didn't bring his best stuff yesterday, Nick Gourneault went 3-4, with a double and 3 RBI's, as the bulls beat the stars 9-6

Today's Games
Eagles @ Lions
Tigers @ Bulls
Stars @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 20-15 0.0 .571 1L 9-8 8-7
Licey 20-15 0.0 .571 2W 11-7 9-7
Lions 19-16 1.0 .543 4L 9-8 8-8
Bulls 18-16 1.5 .529 2W 9-7 9-8
Stars 14-21 5.0 .400 2L 9-8 5-12
Giants 12-22 7.5 .353 3W 7-8 4-13

[Licey Fan]

I had a wonderful time while I was visiting and what a game I saw on Sunday when the Lions came back and won . Sorry that your trip to Santiago was not as fruitful , a 9-0 loss is no fun.. I see where Julio Santana signed with Philly on Wednesday so maybe that is why he was not @ the stadium. I had a nice chat with Miguel Olivo on Sunday and also Bob Geron prior to the game.

On the way to the airport on Monday ,I stopped @ the academies of the Chicago Cubs, Diamond Backs ( although they were not in camp), and the Reds. What nice facilities they have. Looks alot like Spring Training here in the States.
Once again thanks for all the hospitality and companionship you showed me .


I see where by your great ongoing and detailed reporting where Licey is just 1 game back now . Go Tigers :clapping .....:gt Later James

Hope you enjoyed the country... Yeah, it was an awful game, with just had a bad season against the eagles (series now 6-1)... But we're back in the lead, and have 6 games left against the giants (last place) and 3 against every other team, so we have the best schedule down the strech

[Licey Fan]

Jose Lima made his second start of the season, allowing 2 runs in 5.2 innings, to lead the Eagles to a 4-2 victory over the lions. That marked their 5th straight loss

In La Romana, the Tigers did their part in keeping up with the eagles, beating up the Bulls 5-2. The tigers scored all of their runs in the 5th inning. Napoleon Calzado drove in 2 of those. Yhency Brazoban got his 11th save.

In San Francisco, the Stars snapped their losing streak, by beating up the Giants 7-3. Nelson Cruz hit his league leading 9th homer in the losing end.


Today's Games
Giants @ Eagles
Tigers @ Lions
Bulls @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 21-15 0.0 .583 1W
Licey 21-15 0.0 .583 3W
Lions 19-17 2.0 .528 5L
Bulls 18-17 2.5 .514 1L
Stars 15-21 5.0 .417 1W
Giants 12-23 8.5 .343 1L

[tonypug]

Just wanted to say thanks Licey Fan, this has been a great tread, and a great way to keep up with many of the players. Just a question do they play summer ball in the Dominican, and if so what is the level of ball? By that I mean A, AA, AAA. Thanks again.

[comptixking]

I wish to second the appreciation of Licey Fan for giving us this update page, and also the audio link for Licey for me so that baseball withdrawal would be minimal.

[Licey Fan]

Just wanted to say thanks Licey Fan, this has been a great tread, and a great way to keep up with many of the players. Just a question do they play summer ball in the Dominican, and if so what is the level of ball? By that I mean A, AA, AAA. Thanks again.

Summer Ball is played... but is class A

The teams are named after their parent organizations, since they are played between the MLB acadamies that play here... So the games are A's vs. D-backs
Mets vs. Phillies, etc etc

It doesn't get too much coverage

And it's been a pleasure... I'm doing the best I can

For you seeking info on new MLB additions: Neifi Perez (Lions), Duaner Sanchez (Giants) and Jose Offerman (Tigers) debuted yesterday...

If you want information on any particular player, as if its played, what's his dominican team, etc, feel free to ask

[tonypug]

Any word on whether Pedro Martinez or Miguel Tejada will play this winter?

[Licey Fan]

Any word on whether Pedro Martinez or Miguel Tejada will play this winter?

Tejada's already getting in shape... He'll play for sure... Pedro says he hasn't healed yet, but if he does in time, he'll pitch a couple of games... So count Tejada in, Pedro, not just yet...

[Licey Fan]

The gap between the 4 top teams narrowed even more, as the league leaders combined losses, and the lions and bulls won their games... The 5th and 6th spot teams are taking distance of playoff contention, so they should speed up if they wanna make it til january...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/celebracionroja.jpgThe Lions made an impresive comeback to win the game yesterday... After falling behind early 4-0, they made 1 run in the 6th, and 3 in the 7th to tie up the game... The tigers made one more in the 8th, to put the game 5-4, but then Yhency Brazoban blew the save, allowing 2 runs (only one earned, as D'Angelo Jimenez made a bobble in 2nd that let the tying run come in:grouchy) in the bottom of the 9th. Jose Offerman went 4-4 in the losing end, with a homer and 2RBI's and Jorge Sosa (debuting) threw a scoreles 8th. For the Lions Juan Tejeda was the hero, hitting the pinch hit walk-off single

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/feliz_pedro.jpg In Santiago, Pedro Feliz homered for the 3rd time in 5 games, to lead the Giants to a 4-2 victory over the eagles. Juan A. Peña pitched 5.2 innings, allowing just one run. The knuckleballer Jared Fernandez had the loss and Jose Parra got his 3rd save.

The Bulls keep up their good momentum, and took care of the Stars 9-7. Juan Melo drove in 2 for the winners. Winston Abreu got the win, Francisco Rosario got the loss and Julio Mañon made his 2nd save.

Today's Games
Bulls @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 21-16 0.0 .568 1L
Licey 21-16 0.0 .568 1L
Lions 20-17 1.0 .541 1W
Bulls 19-17 1.5 .528 1W
Stars 15-22 5.0 .405 1L
Giants 13-23 7.5 .361 1W

[Licey Fan]

The bulls confirmed the good time they are passing with an easy victory 7-3 over the Cibao Giants. Eddie Garabito was the best on the winning offense with a homer and a single... With their 7 runs yesterday, they're now the best scoring team in the league, with a total of 121 (3.27runs per game). They also now have a 4 game lead over the 5th spot stars, with 13 games remaining in the regular season, so the stars have to speed off, or they'll be left out of the big dance.

Today's Games
Giants @ Tigers
Lions @ Bulls
Stars @ Eagles

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 21-16 0.0 .568 1L
Licey 21-16 0.0 .568 1L
Lions 20-17 1.0 .541 1W
Bulls 20-17 1.0 .541 2W
Stars 15-22 5.0 .405 1L
Giants 13-24 8.0 .351 1L

[Licey Fan]

League Leaders as of December 5 :radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
E. Rodger (EO) .366, E. Germán (Az) .346, N. Cruz (Gc) .323, A. Peña (E) .319, B. Castro (AC) .319, A. Gómez (AC) .317, B. Peña (GC) .314, E. Wilson (E) .312, , W. Otañez (L) .308, E. Garabito (Az) .308.

Runs Scored
E. Germán (Az) 30, B. Castro (AC) 25, A. Núñez (EO) 24, W. Betemit (E) 24, N. Gorneaut (Az) 23

RBI
C. Rogowiski (Az) 27, J. Guzmán (EO) 26, A. Peña (E) 25, A. Gómez (AC) 24, N. Gorneault (Az) 24, N. Cruz (GC) 24, L. Terrero (Az) 23, W. Otañez (L) 23

Hits
B. Castro (AC) 51, E. Germán (Az) 47, A. Peña (E) 44, W. Otañez (L) 41, A. Núñez (EO) 41, N. Gorneault (Az) 40, A. Gómez (Ac) 38, E. Peña (E) 38, E. Garabito (Az) 38, C. Rogowiski (AZ) 38, A. Hernández (L) 37, B.Peña (GC) 37, E. Aybar (L) 36

Doubles
A. Gómez (Ac) 14, C. Rogowski (Az) 12, N. Gorneault (Az) 10, J. Camilio (EO) 10, J. Guzmán (EO) 9, E. Garabito (Az) 8, W. Betemit (E) 8, B. Peña (GC) 8, W. Otañez (L) 8, E. Rodger (EO) 8

Triples
A. Núñez (EO) 3, B. Castro (AC) 3, A. de Aza (EO) 3, F. Pie (L) 2, T. Peña Jr. (AC) 2

HR
N. Castro (GC) 9, R. Mulhern (AC) 8, W. Betemit (E) 6, J. Bautista (L) 6, I. Alcántara (E) 5, J. Guzmán (EO) 5, M. López (AC) 5, W. Otañez (L) 5

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 24:eek: , B. Castro (AC) 11, E. Aybar (L) 10, J. Gathright (E) 9, F. Guzmán (EO) 9, L. Terrero (Az) 6

Pitching
J. Miller (AC) 3-0, 1000, J. Peralta (GC) 3-0, 1000, R. Valdez (Az) 5-1, 833, F. Heredia (Az) 4-1, 800, R. Miniel (EO) 3-1, 750, A. Heilman (L) 3-1, 750, F. Díaz (L) 3-1, 750, M. Saladín (Az) 3-1, 750

ERA
J. Miller (AC) 1.45, F. Heredia (Az) 2.50, R. Valdez (Az) 2.54, D. Linton (EO) 2.84, N. Rodríguez (E) 3.38

K
R. Valdez (Az) 49, J. Fernández (AC) 35, D. Linton (EO) 30, W. Abreu (Az) 30, J. Miller (AC) 29, A. Martínez (EO) 27, J. Bong (EO) 25, J. Vasquez (GC) 24, N. Rodríguez (E) 23

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 11, J. Veras (E) 5, S. Ramírez (AC) 4, M. de la Rosa (Az) 3, A. Muñoz (AC) 3

[Licey Fan]

Edison Volquez threw 5 dominant innings, and marked the way to a 2-0 victory over the lions. He allowed just 3 hits and gave up 2 bases, while striking out 7.

In another pitcher duel, the tigers got the best part, and took care of the giants 2-1. Felix Diaz won that game pitching 6 innings, where he allowed 7 hits and one earned run. He struck out 3 and walked one. The losing pitcher was Jose Capellan, who pitched good, but not good enough. 7 strong innings allowing 2 runs, 5 hits, struck out 4 and walked 2. Pedro Liriano, Jorge Sosa and Yhency Brazoban finished Felix Diaz's work. Brazoban got his 12th save.

In Santiago, the eagles kept pace with the tigers, pounding the stars 7-3. Arnaldo Muñoz got the win in a relief effort, while Anastacio Martinez lost his 3rd game of the season. Willie Mo Peña homered for the eagles.

Today's Games
Tigers @ Giants
Valerio De los Santos 1-0 4.11 vs. Aquilino Lopez 2-2 4.06

Bulls @ Lions
Raul Valdez 5-1 2.54 vs. Nerio Rodriguez 3-3 3.38

Eagles @ Stars
Robinson Tejeda 0-0 2.57 vs. Luis Martinez 0-1 12.26


Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 22-16 0.0 .568 1W
Licey 22-16 0.0 .568 1W
Bulls 21-17 1.0 .541 3W
Lions 20-18 2.0 .541 1L
Stars 15-23 6.0 .405 2L
Giants 13-25 9.0 .351 2L

[Licey Fan]

Nothing else to say... All games were moved to next monday, as this weekend is an off weekend because of the Dominican Republic vs. Puerto Rico all star game... I'll post the rosters as soon as they're ready

Today's Games
Giants @ Bulls
Aquilino Lopez 2-2 4.06 vs. Raul Valdez 5-1 2.54

Stars @ Lions
Jung Bong 1-3 4.22 vs. Román Colón 0-1 10.79

Tigers @ Eagles
Eric Knott 4-3 3.78 vs. Robinson Tejeda 0-0 2.57

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Eagles 22-16 0.0 .568 1W
Licey 22-16 0.0 .568 1W
Bulls 21-17 1.0 .541 3W
Lions 20-18 2.0 .541 1L
Stars 15-23 6.0 .405 2L
Giants 13-25 9.0 .351 2L

[baseball24/7]

If you want information on any particular player, as if its played, what's his dominican team, etc, feel free to ask



I would really appreciate it if you could let me know how Felix Heredia was doing. What is stats are, where the box scores are for the team he plays for, where I can access this information, etc.

Thanks much in advance

[Licey Fan]

I would really appreciate it if you could let me know how Felix Heredia was doing. What is stats are, where the box scores are for the team he plays for, where I can access this information, etc.

Thanks much in advance

He's 2nd right now (in my opinion) in the pitcher of the year race, behind fellow teammate Raul Valdez. He pitches for the Eastern Bulls, which play in the city of La Romana.

2005-06 Season Stats:

4-1, 2.50ERA, .201OBA, 7GS, 36.0 IP, 27H, 15R, 10ER, 13BB, 24K, 1.11WHIP

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/2d7a7b42.jpg Erick Aybar, Anderson Hernandez and Napoleon Calzado (in that order in the picture) combined for 10 of the 17 hits of the tigers, and the tigers pounded the Eagles 10-3. Aybar went 5-5, including a double and 2 scored, and got in bases in his 6 plate appereances, as he also got a base on ball. Hernandez went 3-5, Calzado 2-5, Jose Offerman 3-5 and Jose Bautista hit a 2 run shut. Jose Lima was the losing pitcher allowing 4 earned in 4 innings. The victory leaves the tigers alone in 1st place. Licey's magic number is now down to 5.

In Santo Domingo, the Lions could hold on and win an exciting pitching duel 2-1. Doug Linton (stars) and Roman Colon (lions) were both pitching a shutout until the bottom of the 6th, when Enrique Wilson hit a solo shot... The game was 1-0 until the top of the 9th, when the stars tied up the game, but then a good base running in the bottom of the 9th of Neifi Perez, that lead to a throwing error from Manny Alexander, let the winning run score. They now tie at 3rd place.

In La Romana, Raul Valdez wasn't as effective as always, allowing 4 runs, and Aquilino Lopez pitched 6.1 innings, struck out 4 and walked one, allowing no runs. The final score was 4-1. On the losing end, Esteban German keeps up with his MVP season, and went 3-5

Today's Games
Bulls @ Tigers
Jose Mercedes 2-3 5.87 vs. Manny Aybar 0-0 2.02

Giants @ Stars
Elizardo Ramirez 0-3 5.21 vs. Tom Shearn 1-1 3.04

Lions @ Eagles
Nerio Rodriguez 3-3 3.38 vs. TBA

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 23-16 0.0 .590 2W
Eagles 22-17 1.0 .564 1L
Bulls 21-18 2.0 .538 1L
Lions 21-18 2.0 .538 1W
Stars 15-24 7.0 .385 3L
Giants 13-26 10.0 .333 3L

[tonypug]

Is Julio Franco playing this winter? He just signed with the Mets.

[Licey Fan]

Is Julio Franco playing this winter? He just signed with the Mets.

No. He's not playing, and I think he won't play. He's owned by the stars, and it seems they won't make the playoffs... He hasn't played since the 1999-2000 season

[Licey Fan]

The Tigers stopped the bulls run, by shutin them out 8-0. Valerio de los Santos got the win pitching 5 strong innings. Daniel Cabrera got the loss. The Magic number's now reduced to 4.

In Santiago, the Eagles did their part, and took care of the Lions of the Lions 7-1. Willie Mo Peña homered and double, to lead the offense. Joaquin Benoit made a strong debut, pitching 3 shutout innings. Mac Suzuki got the loss. Their magic number's now 5.

The Stars practically took the Giants out of playoff contention by blowing them up 6-1. Chris Michalak pitched 5.2 Innings, allowing one earned.

The season now takes the all star break and we start the downstrecht to the end of the season. 40 games gone, 10 to go. Regular season ends december 22, and top 4 teams advance.

Today's Games
Off Day

Tomorrow's Game

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/flag_dominican_republic.gif Dominican Republic All-Stars vs. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/flag_puerto_rico.gif Puerto Rico All-Stars
Hiram Bithorn Stadium. 5pm


Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 24-16 0.0 .600 3W
Eagles 23-17 1.0 .575 1W
Bulls 21-19 3.0 .525 2L
Lions 21-19 3.0 .525 2W
Stars 16-24 7.0 .400 1W
Giants 13-27 11.0 .325 4L

[Licey Fan]

Today at 4pm is going to be played the interleague all-star game between the dominican league all stars vs. the puertorican league all stars. They have been 2 of this games previously. The first one was in 2003, won by Puerto Rico 14-7 at Hiram Bithorn Stadium. Last year, Dominican Republic tied up the series at home (Quisqueya Stadium), and beat Puerto Rico 7-6.

There's supposed to be a 3x3 homerun derby. The dominican candidates will be Willie Mo Peña (6HR), Willis Otañez (5HR) and Nelson Cruz (9).

Dominican Roster

Alberto Castillo - C - AC
Angel Peña - C - E
Brayan Peña - C - GC
Ronnie Paulino - C - AZ
Eddy Garabito - IF - AZ
Edward Rogers - IF - EO
Edwin Encarnación - IF - AC
Esteban German - IF - AZ
Joel Guzmán - IF - EO
Willis Otáñez - IF - L
Bernie Castro - IF/OF - AC
Napoleón Calzado - IF/OF - L
Abraham Núñez - OF - EO
Alexis Gómez - OF - AC
Luis Terrero - OF - AZ
Nelson Cruz - OF - GC
Luis Polonia - OF/DH - AC
Anastacio Martínez - P - EO
Aquilino López - P - GC
Félix Díaz - P - L
Greg Aquino - P - EO
Joel Peralta - P - GC
José Veras - P - E
Miguel Saladín - P - AZ
Nerio Rodríguez - P - E
Santiago Ramírez - P - AC
Winston Abreu - P - AZ
Yhency Brazobán - P - L
Arnaldo Muñoz - P - AC
Félix Fermín - Manager - AC


Puerto Rico Roster

Yadier Molina - C - Carolina
John Lynn Pachot - C -Manatí
Wilbert Nieves - C - Mayagüez
Raúl Casanova - C - Ponce
Alex Cora - IF - Caguas
Alex Cintrón - IF - Caguas
Rubén Gotay - IF - Carolina
Edwards Guzmán - IF - Arecibo
Juan Figueroa - IF - Mayagüez
Donny León - IF - Caguas
Javier Valentín - IF/OF - Manatí
Luis A. Figueroa - IF - Mayagüez
José León - IF -Manatí
Luis D. Figueroa - IF - Carolina
José-Tony-Valentín - OF - Manatí
José Velázquez - OF - Arecibo
Pedro Valdez - OF - Carolina
John Rodríguez - OF - Manatí
Jorge Padilla - OF - Caguas
Eric Reed - OF - Mayagüez
Juan Padilla - P - Caguas
Johnny Luján - P - Caguas
William Collazo - P - Carolina
Chris Cooper - P - Arecibo
Stevenson Agosto - P - Arecibo
Bill Pulsipher - P - Mayagüez
Jean Carlos Alvarado - P - Ponce
Juan Carlos Romero - P - Carolina
Federico Báez - P - Manatí
William Vázquez - P - Manatí
Matt Whiteside - P - Mayagüez
Josué Matos - P - Carolina
José Santiago - P - Carolina
Mako Oliveras - Manager - Mayagüez

[baseball24/7]

Awesome! Thanks a lot! If you could provide periodic updates of how he is doing, as I do not have access to the infromation you do, I would be greatful.


He's 2nd right now (in my opinion) in the pitcher of the year race, behind fellow teammate Raul Valdez. He pitches for the Eastern Bulls, which play in the city of La Romana.

2005-06 Season Stats:

4-1, 2.50ERA, .201OBA, 7GS, 36.0 IP, 27H, 15R, 10ER, 13BB, 24K, 1.11WHIP

[Licey Fan]

Awesome! Thanks a lot! If you could provide periodic updates of how he is doing, as I do not have access to the infromation you do, I would be greatful.

No problem, there's only 10 games in the regular season left, so I'll post his numbers by the end of the season, that way he has 2 more starts or so

[Licey Fan]

League Leaders as of December 11 :radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
E. Rodgers .379, E. German (Az) .354, B. Castro (AC) .331, N. Calzado (L) .326, E. Aybar (L) .321, A. Gómez (AC) .316, B. Peña (GC) .313, A. Hernández (L) .311, E. Wilson (E) .308, E. Garabito (Az) .308.

Runs Scored
E. Germán (Az) 32, B. Castro (AC) 28, A. Núñez (EO) 25, W. Betemit (E) 24

RBI
C. Rogowiski (Az) 29, J. Guzmán (EO) 26, A. Gómez (AC) 26

Hits
B. Castro (AC) 56, E. Germán (Az) 52, E. Aybar (L) 45, A. Peña (E) 44, E. Garabito (Az) 44

Doubles
A. Gómez (AC) 14, C. Rogowski (Az) 13, B. Peña (GC) 11, N. Gorneault (Az) 11

Triples
A. Núñez (EO) 3, B. Castro (AC) 3, A. de Aza (EO) 3, F. Pie (L) 2, T. Peña Jr. (AC) 2

HR
N. Cruz (GC) 9, R. Mulhern (AC) 8, J. Bautista (L) 7, W. Betemit (E) 6

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 26, B. Castro (AC) 12, J. Gathright (E) 9, F. Guzmán (EO) 9, E. Aybar (L) 9

Pitching
J. Peralta (GC) 3-0, 1000, J. Miller (AC) 3-0, 1000, M. Saladín (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Heredia (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Díaz (L) 4-1, 800, R. Miniel (EO) 3-1, 750, A. Heilman (L) 3-1, 750, R. Valdez (Az) 5-2, 714.

ERA
J. Miller (AC) 1.45, F. Heredia (Az) 2.50, D. Linton (EO) 2.56, R. Valdez (Az) 2.86, N. Rodríguez (E) 2.38.

K
R. Valdez (Az) 50, D. Linton (EO) 36, J. Fernández (AC) 35, A. López (GC) 32, W. Abreu (Az) 30

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 12, J. Veras (E) 5, S. Ramírez (AC) 4, M. de la Rosa (Az) 3, A. Muñoz (AC) 3

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/domfan.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/garabito.jpg
In pictures, a dominican fan waves his flag in celebration. 2nd picture: Eddie Garabito (DOM) slides safely in home.

In a game delayed by rain, the Dominican Republic showed timely offense, and the bullpen hung 8 straight zeros, to beat the puertorican team 6-2.

Puerto Rico took the lead in the bottom of the first with a sac fly of José “Tony” Valentín scoring Eric Reed, who reached base on an error of firstbaseman Willis Otáñez.

Pedro Valdés drove in the 2nd run for Puerto Rico with a roller to 1st that batted in Luis “Wicho” Figueroa from third.

The dominicans responded with 3 runs in the 2nd inning.

With 2 outs in the top of the 2nd, a throwing error of SS Figueroa, allowed the first 2 dominican runs to score. Luis Polonia drove in the 3rd run with a linedrive triple by the right field line.

For Dominican Republic, Joel Peralta struck out 2 and sorted out a bases loaded mess by fouling out José Velázquez.

Reliever Juan Padilla came in the 7th with 2 outs and runners in 1st and 2nd, but couldn't stop the dominicans, that scored their fourth run with a single by centerfield of the bat of Alexis Gómez.

The official attendance was of 6.517.

The game was dedicated to legendary firstbaseman Víctor Pellot Power, who died recently at age 78.




Luis Polonia chosen MVP - Willie Mo HR Derby Champion

The dominicans swept all the all star trophies by winning both the MVP and HR derby trophies.

Luis Polonia, a 22 season veteran in the dominican winter league, was chosen as the Most Valuable Player. In the dominican campaign, Polonia has an average of .289, two homeruns, 18 driven in, six stolen bases and 20 runs scored wearing an Cibao Eagles uniform.

In the homerun derby, the dominican won the contest 5-4. Mo Peña hit 2, Otañez and Nelson Cruz hit one each.

By Puerto Rico, Tony Valentin hit 4 homeruns, but his teammates didn't add any, so Puerto Rico lost the derby.

[Reds Nd2]

If you need any more info, I'll gladly inform you

I just wanted to say this has been a great thread Licey Fan. I have found that winter league stats, information, et cetera are very difficult to come by in the U.S. Even the teams web pages seem to have alot of misinformation. Your posts have made it easier to follow for a non-spanish speaking fan to follow the games. Muchas gracias for the updates!

I do have a few questions if you have the time to answer them. First, can you confirm that Edwin Encarnacion has been playing 2B? If so, how has he looked on defense? Is Wily Mo Peña playing 1B and how many games has he started at that position? How has he looked on defense at first base?

I believe you mentioned Jung Bong. Would that be Jung Keun Bong from the Cincinnati Reds? If so, how is he doing? And do you have any information on Joe Valentine and Elizardo Ramierez?

Thanks again for the updates. They have been great. :clapping

[comptixking]

Are there any availabel from the Eagles? I tried emailing them and got no response.

[Licey Fan]

Muchas gracias for the updates!

No problem, I like this job! :) So bad's gone in february :rolleyes:

First, can you confirm that Edwin Encarnacion has been playing 2B? If so, how has he looked on defense?

No, he has been playing 3rd base for the eagles. He's been average in defense.

Numbers: 24H in 92AB for a 261AVG. 18R, 5Doubles, 1Triple, 3HR, 12RBI, 11BB and 12K in 25 games. 339OBP



Is Wily Mo Peña playing 1B and how many games has he started at that position? How has he looked on defense at first base?

No. He has been playing in the outfield, basically RF. He has played at first, but i don't have the exact number... He has really progressed with his bat, not going away with bad pitches (sliders low and away like he usually does). Actually, he's taken a lot of walks.

Numbers: 21H in 51Ab for a 412Avg. 10R, 1 2b, 5HR, 14RBI, 8BB and 8K in 13 games. He's also stolen a base, and has a 500OBP

I believe you mentioned Jung Bong. Would that be Jung Keun Bong from the Cincinnati Reds?

I'm not sure if that's the Jung Bong. It sure looks like him (even though most eastern people look alike :p), and it's also a lefty. He hasn't looked pretty well though. :noidea

Stats: 1-3 4.22ERA 7GS 32.0IP 19R 15ER 37H 9BB 25K 282OBA 1.44WHIP

And do you have any information on Joe Valentine and Elizardo Ramierez?

Thanks again for the updates. They have been great. :clapping

I haven't heard about a Joe Valentine here. Below the numbers for Elizardo Ramirez

0-3 5.21ERA 5APP 19.0IP 18R 11ER 30H 6BB 8K 357OBA 1.89WHIP (ouch)

Any another info, feel free to ask :rolleyes: :cool:

[Licey Fan]

Are there any availabel from the Eagles? I tried emailing them and got no response.

I'll try to get them for u

[Mike_Piazza]

This season 5 players from Dominican Republic played for my team,Fortitudo Bologna,that won italian title.
http://www.fortitudobaseball.com :)
They are Kelly Ramos,Jorge Nunez,Wadi Almonte ,Juan Figueroa and Jesus Matos (the best pitcher of the league this year,better than Jaime Navarro that last year dominated here).
Did you know ? Are they pitching in the Dominican Winter League now ?

[Licey Fan]

This season 5 players from Dominican Republic played for my team,Fortitudo Bologna,that won italian title.
http://www.fortitudobaseball.com :)
They are Kelly Ramos,Jorge Nunez,Wadi Almonte ,Juan Figueroa and Jesus Matos (the best pitcher of the league this year,better than Jaime Navarro that last year dominated here).
Did you know ? Are they pitching in the Dominican Winter League now ?


They're not playing this year here. I think Kelly Ramos' playing in Colombia

[Licey Fan]

Tourney resumes today

After the all-star break, the season goes to its final strech... 10 games remaining for each team, were no one is disqualified just yet, but the giants and the stars are almost packing...


Today's Games
Eagles @ Tigers
Jared Fernandez 3-3 3.43 vs. Manny Aybar 0-0 2.02

Bulls @ Giants
Eude Brito 1-3 5.12 vs. Tony Peña 1-4 4.83

Lions @ Stars
Ezequiel Astacio (debut) vs. Luis Martinez 0-1 12.26

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 24-16 0.0 .600 3W
Eagles 23-17 1.0 .575 1W
Bulls 21-19 3.0 .525 2L
Lions 21-19 3.0 .525 2W
Stars 16-24 7.0 .400 1W
Giants 13-27 11.0 .325 4L

[Licey Fan]

I'm really on a rush today, so'll make it short...

The eagles, behind a strong performance of knucleballer Jared Fernandez, beat the tigers 4-1. Fernandez pitched 7.1 scoreless innings, struck out 6, and allowed just 3 hits. Juan Cruz made the start for the tigers, and settled with the loss. Magic number for the leader's now 4.

The giants made a come from behind win and beat the bulls 2-1. The stars left the lions in the field, beating them 5-4

Today's Games
Giants @ Tigers
Lions @ Bulls
Stars @ Eagles


Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 24-17 0.0 .585 1L
Eagles 24-17 0.0 .585 1W
Bulls 21-20 3.0 .512 3L
Lions 21-20 3.0 .512 1L
Stars 17-24 6.0 .415 2W
Giants 14-27 10.0 .341 1W

[Licey Fan]

Danny Tamayo had a superb performance starting the game against the Giants. He pitched 7 innings, allowing just 4 hits and a run, with 2 strike outs. Jorge Sosa pitched the 8th, and Yhency Brazoban got his 13th save. The tigers had their big inning in the 5th when Napoleon Calzado singled, Ron Belliard tripled and the Jayson Bass homered to put the game 3-0.

In La Romana, the starters Daniel Cabrera (bulls) and Roman Colon (lions) pitched 5 shutout innings each. The game went to the bottom of the 9th tied at 2, and Juan Senreiso singled, then a sac bunt moved him to 2nd, and the a wild throw of the pitcher to 3rd when the runner was moving, allowed him to come in with the game winning run.

The game between the stars and the eagles was rained out and is going to be played as part of a doubleheader on wednesday.

Today's Games
Giants @ Lions
Aquilino Lopez 3-2 3.41 vs. Jorge DePaula 0-0 3.12

Tigers @ Stars
Valerio de los Santos 2-0 3.10 vs. Anastacio Martinez 2-2 4.29

Bulls @ Eagles
Raul Valdez 5-2 2.86 vs. Jose Lima 2-1 3.07

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 25-17 0.0 .595 1W
Eagles 24-17 0.5 .585 1W
Bulls 22-20 3.0 .524 1W
Lions 21-21 4.0 .500 2L
Stars 17-24 6.5 .415 2W
Giants 14-27 11.0 .333 1L

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/dobleplay.jpgThe Giants gave the Lions their 3rd straight loss, putting them under 500 for the 1st time this season, by outdueling them 1-0. Aquilino Lopez pitched 5.2 innings, allowing 5 hits, a walk, and strucking out 4. Jorge De Paula pitched 5 innings were he just allowed a run of the bat of Wilson Valdez, who hit a single.

In Santiago, the Bulls won the season series against the eagles, winning that game 5-4 in 11 innings. The Bulls won the series 6-4, sweeping the eagles IN THEIR HOME 5-0, and winning 1 of 5 in La Romana (their home) :noidea ODD SERIES :p

Anyhow, they now take a 2 game lead on the lions in the 3rd spot. Juan Melo, who was 0-4 in his previous AB, hit the game winning homerun of Franquelis Osoria in the top of the 11th. Julio Mañon closed the game for the save. The Eagles opened the score in the 5th with 3 runs against starter Raul Valdez, but they answered in the bottom of the 5th against Jose Lima, and made 4 runs, thanks to some sloppy defense. Esteban German kept his MVP run, going 4-5.

The Tigers on the other hand, took more distance in 1st place, and pounded the stars 13-4. Their magic number's now down to 1 :gt . Carlos Ruiz hit a triple with the bases loaded, and Licey got homers from José Bautista, Willy Otáñez y Ronnie Belliard, to lead the offense.


Today's Games
Bulls @ Lions
Tigers @ Giants (Game 1)
Tigers @ Giants (Game 2)
Eagles @ Stars

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
Licey 26-17 0.0 .605 2W
Eagles 24-18 1.5 .571 1L
Bulls 23-20 2.0 .535 2W
Lions 21-22 5.0 .488 3L
Stars 17-25 7.5 .405 1L
Giants 16-27 10.0 .372 1W

[VIBaseball]

The Tigres website, www.licey.com, is the most reliable place I know to get the Liga Dominicana statistics and box scores.

Say, Licey Fan, have you had a chance to see Midre Cummings play for the Aguilas? This is the first time he's ever played winter ball at age 34. He's trying to get noticed and land a spring training invitation. Every year he has to scrap for a job.

[Licey Fan]

The Tigres website, www.licey.com, is the most reliable place I know to get the Liga Dominicana statistics and box scores.

Say, Licey Fan, have you had a chance to see Midre Cummings play for the Aguilas? This is the first time he's ever played winter ball at age 34. He's trying to get noticed and land a spring training invitation. Every year he has to scrap for a job.

I've been impressed of what I've seen of him... :rolleyes:

And yes, licey.com is where I get all of my stats

[Licey Fan]

The Tigers secured their presence in the postseason by sweeping the doubleheader against the Giants. Game one ended 6-2 and game 2 ended 5-3. Willis Otañez was the main character in both games, homering and driving in 4 in both games. Ramon Ortiz made his debut in the 2nd game.

The Lions snapped the losing streak they had, and reduced their magic number to 6. Neifi Perez hit a 2 run shot in the 4th to lead the lions to a 5-3. Miguel Olivo also hit a solo shot for the lions.

The stars left the eagles in the field, beating them 7-6 in extrainnings.


Today's Games
Lions @ Tigers
Nerio Rodriguez 3-3 3.38 vs. Erick Knott 4-3 4.02

Giants @ Eagles
E. Ulloa 0-4 6.53 vs. Jose Acevedo 0-0 1.17

Stars @ Bulls
Luis Martinez 0-1 12.26 vs. Edison Volquez 1-0 2.51

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 28-17 0.0 .622 4W
Eagles 24-19 3.0 .558 2L
Bulls 23-21 4.5 .523 1L
Lions 22-22 5.5 .500 1W
Stars 18-24 8.0 .442 1W
z-Giants 16-29 12.0 .356 2L

x- Clinched Playoff Berth
z- Disqualified. Cannot make playoffs

[baseball24/7]

Anymore news on how Felix Heredia is doing? Thanks!

[Larry Biittner]

When do the Playoffs start? What is the format? I will be in Punta Cana January 20-27 and would like to check out the Bulls in La Romana. they are the nearest team, right?

[Licey Fan]

When do the Playoffs start? What is the format? I will be in Punta Cana January 20-27 and would like to check out the Bulls in La Romana. they are the nearest team, right?


They playoffs start december 26... Is a 4 team round robin... Each team plays 18 games, 8 against every other team... Top 2 advance to the dominican series that start january 20th... If you are coming that date, I don't know if the bulls will still be playing, it depends if they make it to the finals

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/offerman.jpg Jose Offerman (picture) homered twice and drove in 3 runs, to lead the tigers to the city championship by beating the lions 6-1 (the city champ is the season series against the tigers and the lions, since they both play in the same stadium for the same city: Santo Domingo. The tigers won the series 6-4).

In Santiago, the eagles got closer to classification, beating the disqualified giants 7-5. Joaquin Benoit got the W and Jose Vargas the save.

In La Romana, the stars got a step closer to classification, by beating the bulls 4-2.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Tigers
Lions @ Stars
Bulls @ Giants

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 29-17 0.0 .630 5W
Eagles 25-19 3.0 .568 1W
Bulls 23-22 5.5 .511 2L
Lions 22-23 6.5 .489 1L
Stars 19-24 8.0 .442 2W
z-Giants 16-30 13.0 .348 3L

x- Clinched Playoff Berth
z- Disqualified. Cannot make playoffs

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/timo.jpg The tigers won an incredible game in the bottom of the 9th, securing 1st place for the regular season. Jared Fernandez started the game for the eagles, and once again tied up the blue bats, pitched 8.2 innings. The Tigers came to the 9th trailing 2-1 when Jose Offerman opened up with a linedrive to LCF, and slided in second, but in a questionable call, he was called out (the replay from various angles showed him evading the tag). Then Otañez hit a roller to short, that marked the 2nd out... Then the miracle started: Jose Coffee Herrera singled to left, then Ron Belliard infield hit by 3rd base... That sent Fernandez to the shower, coming in closer Jose Vargas. Then Timo Perez, on the first pitched hit a linedrive in right-center field that scored both runs and gave the tigers the 3-2 victory :dance :gt Fernandez was the loser, since both runners were his, and Roberto Novoa got the W. Ramon Ortiz allowed 1 run in 3 innings, for the tigers.

The lions also made a come from behind victory, and after trailing 6-5 in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs, then the lions exploded and marked five after 2 outs. The final score was 10-5. With that win, their magic number to get to the postseason was reduced to 3.

The bulls had an easy task, and beat the last place giants 7-5

Today's Games
Off Day

Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 30-17 0.0 .638 6W
Eagles 25-20 4.0 .556 1L
Bulls 24-22 5.5 .522 1W
Lions 23-23 6.5 .500 1W
Stars 19-25 9.0 .432 1L
z-Giants 16-31 14.0 .340 4L

x- Won Regular Season
y- Clinched Playoff Berth
z- Disqualified. Cannot make playoffs

[Licey Fan]

Anymore news on how Felix Heredia is doing? Thanks!

Stats as of 12/17

4-1 2.45 .199OBA 8G 36.2IP 27H 15R 10ER 14BB 25K 1.32WHIP

[Licey Fan]

League Leaders as of December 19:radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
E. Rodgers (EO) .360, E. Germán (Az) .349, B. Castro (AC) .327, E. Aybar (L) .321, B. Peña (GC) .313, W. Otañez (L) .308, N. Cruz (GC) .308, E. Wilson (E) .302, A. Hernández (L) .301, A. Gómez (AC) .300.

Runs Scored
E. Germán (Az) 35, B. Castro (AC) 34, W. Betemit (E) 29, J. Bautista (L) 28, A. Núñez (EO) 27

RBI
J. Guzmán (EO) 31, W. Otañez (L) 30, C. Rogowiski (Az) 29, A. Peña (E) 26, A. Gómez (AC) 26

Hits
B. Castro (AC) 64, E. Germán (Az) 60, E. Aybar (L) 52, B. Peña (GC) 50, A. Peña (E) 50

Doubles
A. Gómez (AC) 14, C. Rogowski (Az) 13, B. Peña (GC) 13, N. Gorneault (Az) 11, W. Betemit (E) 11

Triples
B. Castro (AC) 4, A. Núñez (EO) 3, A. de Aza (EO) 3

HR
N. Cruz (GC) 9, R. Mulhern (AC) 8, J. Bautista (L) 8, W. Mo. Peña (AC) 7,W. Otañez (L) 7

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 30, B. Castro (AC) 15, E. Aybar (L) 11, F. Guzmán (EO) 11, L. Terrereo (Az) 10

Pitching
M. Saladín (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Heredia (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Díaz (L) 4-1, 800, M. Ramos (E) 3-1, 750, R. Miniel (EO) 3-1, 750, A. Heilman (L) 3-1, 750, R. Valdez (Az) 5-2, 714. A. López (GC) 4-2, 667, E. Knott (L) 5-3, 625

ERA
J. Miller (AC) 1.45, J. Fernández (AC) 2.95, A. López (GC) 2.95, D. Linton (EO) 3.05, R. Valdez (GC) 3.11

K
R. Valdez (Az) 52, D. Linton (EO) 44, J. Fernández (AC) 42, A. López (GC) 36, W. Abreu (Az) 33.

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 14, J. Veras (E) 6, J. Vagas (AC) 5, S. Ramírez (AC) 4, M. de la Rosa (Az) 3, A. Muñoz (AC) 3

[OK BLUEJAYS]

League Leaders as of December 19:radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
E. Rodgers (EO) .360, E. Germán (Az) .349, B. Castro (AC) .327, E. Aybar (L) .321, B. Peña (GC) .313, W. Otañez (L) .308, N. Cruz (GC) .308, E. Wilson (E) .302, A. Hernández (L) .301, A. Gómez (AC) .300.

Runs Scored
E. Germán (Az) 35, B. Castro (AC) 34, W. Betemit (E) 29, J. Bautista (L) 28, A. Núñez (EO) 27

RBI
J. Guzmán (EO) 31, W. Otañez (L) 30, C. Rogowiski (Az) 29, A. Peña (E) 26, A. Gómez (AC) 26

Hits
B. Castro (AC) 64, E. Germán (Az) 60, E. Aybar (L) 52, B. Peña (GC) 50, A. Peña (E) 50

Doubles
A. Gómez (AC) 14, C. Rogowski (Az) 13, B. Peña (GC) 13, N. Gorneault (Az) 11, W. Betemit (E) 11

Triples
B. Castro (AC) 4, A. Núñez (EO) 3, A. de Aza (EO) 3

HR
N. Cruz (GC) 9, R. Mulhern (AC) 8, J. Bautista (L) 8, W. Mo. Peña (AC) 7,W. Otañez (L) 7

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 30, B. Castro (AC) 15, E. Aybar (L) 11, F. Guzmán (EO) 11, L. Terrereo (Az) 10

Pitching
M. Saladín (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Heredia (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Díaz (L) 4-1, 800, M. Ramos (E) 3-1, 750, R. Miniel (EO) 3-1, 750, A. Heilman (L) 3-1, 750, R. Valdez (Az) 5-2, 714. A. López (GC) 4-2, 667, E. Knott (L) 5-3, 625

ERA
J. Miller (AC) 1.45, J. Fernández (AC) 2.95, A. López (GC) 2.95, D. Linton (EO) 3.05, R. Valdez (GC) 3.11

K
R. Valdez (Az) 52, D. Linton (EO) 44, J. Fernández (AC) 42, A. López (GC) 36, W. Abreu (Az) 33.

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 14, J. Veras (E) 6, J. Vagas (AC) 5, S. Ramírez (AC) 4, M. de la Rosa (Az) 3, A. Muñoz (AC) 3

Licey fan:
What are my chances of getting to a playoff game between Jan 15 and 23rd?
I will be visiting DR near San Juan.
I will need transpo to and from game also.

[OK BLUEJAYS]

How does one get tickets to playoff games?
I will be visiting DR near San Juan January 15-23.
I will need transpo to and from game as well.

[Licey Fan]

How does one get tickets to playoff games?
I will be visiting DR near San Juan January 15-23.
I will need transpo to and from game as well.


San Juan's a very long trip to the games... A 4 hour drive will get you to the capital... Still I can't tell the schedule, since not all the teams are qualified yet... When it is, I'll post it...

[Licey Fan]

With one team already qualified, the eagles with their magic number in 1, and the lions and stars batteling for the final playoff spot, the tournament resumes... The stars need to win their final 5 games, and the lions to lose their remaining 3 in order to make it...

Today's Games
Bulls @ Lions
Eagles @ Stars (Game 1)
Eagles @ Stars (Game 2)
Tigers @ Giants


Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 30-17 0.0 .638 6W
Eagles 25-20 4.0 .556 1L
Bulls 24-22 5.5 .522 1W
Lions 23-23 6.5 .500 1W
Stars 20-25 9.0 .444 1L
z-Giants 16-31 14.0 .340 4L

x- Won Regular Season
y- Clinched Playoff Berth
z- Disqualified. Cannot make playoffs

[Licey Fan]

Jose Acevedo pitched 6 strong innings, and was backed up by a strong offense, to lead the eagles to a 8-2 victory in game 1 of a doubleheader. That win put the eagles in the playoff picture. The stars won the 2nd game 5x2, to split the double header, and keep their hopes alive. Now they have to win their remaining 3 games and the lions lose the next 3 in order to force a sudden death playoff...

The lions beat the bulls 5-4. Julio Mañon came in the bottom of the 9th with the bases loaded, and a wild pitch let the winning run score. Now their magic number's down to 1

The tigers won their game against the giants 2-0. Danny Tamayo pitched 6 strong innings and Offerman homered again.

Today's Games
Lions @ Bulls
Stars @ Eagles(Game 1)
Stars @ Eagles (Game 2)
Giants @ Tigers


Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 31-17 0.0 .646 7W
y-Eagles 26-21 4.5 .553 1L
Bulls 24-23 6.5 .511 1L
Lions 24-23 6.5 .511 2W
Stars 21-26 9.5 .447 1W
z-Giants 16-32 15.0 .333 5L

x- Won Regular Season
y- Clinched Playoff Berth
z- Disqualified. Cannot make playoffs

[Licey Fan]

With their playoff hopes on the line, the stars fell short, by losing the 2nd game of a doubleheader against the eagles 11-8. They blew out the eagles in the 1st game 11-0, but fell short in the 2nd. That puts them out of the playoff picture, being today the last day of the regular season...

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/hanley2112.jpg The tigers, using a team made mainly from rookies, beat the giants 5-4. The game came tied in the bottom of the 9th, when with bases loaded, majorleaguer Hanley Ramirez hit a single and drove in the winning run. That puts their winning streak in 8, and they've won 14 of their last 16 games.

The lions took 3rd place, by beating the bulls 5-2. Mario Ramos (picture) pitched 6 strong innings, allowing just 3 hits and strucking out 2

Today's the last game of the regular season, then the tourney takes a pause because of the holidays, and the playoffs start december 26. Its a round robin format, 6 games against each team, totaling 18 games.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Lions
Tigers @ Bulls
Stars @ Giants


Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 32-17 0.0 .653 8W
y-Eagles 27-21 5.0 .551 1W
y-Lions 25-23 6.5 .511 3W
y-Bulls 24-24 7.5 .500 1L
Stars 22-27 10 .449 1L
Giants 16-33 16.0 .327 6L

x- Won Regular Season
y- Clinched Playoff Berth

[Licey Fan]

The Giants won their final game 6-5. The tigers blew a 4-1 lead in the 9th, and lost to the bulls 5-4 to snap their winning streak in 8. The lions beat the eagles 7-5. Miguel Tejada made his debut, going 1-3 with 2 rbi's and one scored in the losing end.


Today's Games
Bulls @ Lions 11am


Here are the updated standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 32-18 0.0 .640 1L
y-Eagles 27-23 5.0 .540 1L
y-Lions 26-23 5.5 .531 4W
y-Bulls 25-24 6.5 .510 1W
Stars 22-28 10 .440 2L
Giants 17-33 15.0 .340 1W

x- Won Regular Season
y- Clinched Playoff Berth

[Licey Fan]

In a game played this morning to define the final positions of the tournament, Nerio Rodriguez made the start for the lions... He pitched 8 shutout innings, but then the bullpen blew it in the 9th, and the bulls won the game 4-2 in 10 innings


Here is the FINAL REGULAR SEASON STANDING:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk Home Away
x-Licey 32-18 0.0 .640 1L
y-Eagles 27-23 5.0 .540 1L
y-Lions 26-24 6.0 .520 1L
y-Bulls 26-24 6.5 .520 2W
Stars 22-28 10 .440 2L
z-Giants 17-33 15.0 .340 1W

x- Won Regular Season
y- Clinched Playoff Berth

[Licey Fan]

Below the calendar for the round robin playoff of the 2005/06 season. Remember 18 games, 6 against each team. For those of you traveling, here are the hometowns:

Licey Tigers and Escogido Lions play in the capital Santo Domingo. Stadium Quisqueya - Juan Marichal

The Cibao Eagles play in Cibao Stadium, in the city of Santiago (2nd biggest in the country). Nothern part of the country

The Eastern Sugaring Bulls play in Francisco Micheli Stadium, in the city of La Romana. That's the one closest to the Punta Cana Resort Area

Now, the schedule:



DECEMBER

Mon 26
Bulls @ Tigers - Lions @ Eagles

Tue 27
Eagles @ Lions - Tigers @ Bulls

Wed 28
Bulls @ Tigers - Lions @ Eagles

Thu 29
Eagles @ Tigers - Lions @ Bulls

Fri 30
Bulls @ Lions - Tigers @ Eagles

Sat 31 OFF DAY


JANUARY 2006

Sun 1 OFF DAY

Mon 2
Lions @ Tigers - Eagles @ Bulls

Tue 3
Tigers @ Lions - Bulls @ Eagles

Wed 4
Eagles @ Lions - Tigers @ Bulls

Thu 5
Lions @ Tigers - Bulls @ Eagles
Fri 6 OFF DAY


Sat 7
Eagles @ Tigers - Lions @ Bulls

Sun 8
Bulls @ Lions - Tigers @ Eagles

Mon 9
Tigers @ Lions - Eagles @ Bulls

Tue 10
Bulls @ Tigers - Lions @ Eagles

Wed 11
Eagles @ Lions - Tigers @ Bulls

Thu 12 OFF DAY


Fri 13
Tigers @ Lions - Bulls @ Eagles

Sat 14
Eagles @ Tigers - Lions @ Bulls

Sun 15
Bulls @ Lions - Tigers @ Eagles

Mon 16
Lions @ Tigers - Eagles @ Bulls

[Licey Fan]

Final Regular Season Leaders:radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Stars: EO
Lions: E
Giants: GC

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
E. Rodgers (EO) .366, E. Germán (Az) .331, B.Peña (GC) .326, B. Castro (AC) .325, E. Aybar (L) .325, A. Hernández (L) .307, W. Otañez (L) .304, E. Wilson (E) .302, A. Nuñez (EO) .302, A. Gómez (AC) 301.

Runs Scored
B. Castro (AC) 36, E. Germán (Az) 35, A. Núñez (EO) 30, W. Betemit (E) 29, J. Bautista (L) 28

RBI
J. Guzmán (EO) 33, W. Otañez (L) 31, C. Rogowiski (Az) 29, A. Peña (E) 27, A. Gómez (AC) 26

Hits
B. Castro (AC) 66, E. Germán (Az) 60, B. Peña (GC) 56, E. Aybar (L) 54, A. Peña (E) 50

Doubles
B. Peña (GC) 15, A. Gómez (AC) 14, C. Rogowski (Az) 13, W. Betemit (E) 12, N. Gorneault (Az) 11

Triples
B. Castro (AC) 4, A. Núñez (EO) 3, A. de Aza (EO) 3, A. Hernández (L) 3

HR
N. Cruz (GC) 9, R. Mulhern (AC) 8, J. Bautista (L) 8, W. Mo. Peña (AC) 7,W. Otañez (L) 7

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 30, B. Castro (AC) 15, E. Aybar (L) 11, F. Guzmán (EO) 11, L. Terrero (Az) 10

Pitching
M. Saladín (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Heredia (Az) 4-1, 800, F. Díaz (L) 4-1, 800, M. Ramos (E) 4-1, 750, J. Peguero (EO) 3-1, 750, R. Miniel (EO) 3-1, 750, A. Heilman (L) 3-1, 750

ERA
J. Fernández (AC) 2.95, . López (GC) 2.95, D. Linton (EO) 3.05, N. Rodríguez (E) 3.08, R. Valdez (GC) 3.17, E. Knott (L) 3.64

K
R. Valdez (Az) 53, D. Linton (EO) 44, J. Fernández (AC) 42, A. López (GC) 36, W. Abreu (Az) 36

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 14, J. Veras (E) 6, J. Vagas (AC) 6, S. Ramírez (AC) 4, M. de la Rosa (Az) 3, A. Muñoz (AC) 3

[Licey Fan]

Today playoff season starts... The round robin gets underway and everybody's back to zero again... 18 games each, top 2 teams advances to the best of 9 final series...

The Lions had the best record among qualified teams (17-13). Eagles and Tigers both played for 500 (15-15), and the bulls had a 13-17 record. All of that is history right now, as these games are the ones that matter... Licey campeon!! (Right Jim?) :gt


Today's Games
Lions @ Eagles
Bulls @ Tigers


Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 0-0 0.0 .000
Eagles 0-0 0.0 .000
Lions 0-0 0.0 .000
Bulls 0-0 0.0 .000

[Cubano100%]

Today playoff season starts... The round robin gets underway and everybody's back to zero again... 18 games each, top 2 teams advances to the best of 9 final series...

The Lions had the best record among qualified teams (17-13). Eagles and Tigers both played for 500 (15-15), and the bulls had a 13-17 record. All of that is history right now, as these games are the ones that matter... Licey campeon!! (Right Jim?) :gt


Today's Games
Lions @ Eagles
Bulls @ Tigers


Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 0-0 0.0 .000
Eagles 0-0 0.0 .000
Lions 0-0 0.0 .000
Bulls 0-0 0.0 .000

No, man! Los Toros del Este will become champs even though we already lost the first game versus the Tigers.

With the likes of former Havana Cowboys Raul Valdez, former Industrialist Lions prospect Brayan Pena and former Villa Clara Orange Growers Jorge Toca, the Bulls will battle the Eagles and the Tigers for the Crown.

Where can you get update boxscores?
Licey.com does not have the recent boxscores.

[Licey Fan]

No, man! Los Toros del Este will become champs even though we already lost the first game versus the Tigers.

With the likes of former Havana Cowboys Raul Valdez, former Industrialist Lions prospect Brayan Pena and former Villa Clara Orange Growers Jorge Toca, the Bulls will battle the Eagles and the Tigers for the Crown.

Where can you get update boxscores?
Licey.com does not have the recent boxscores.

Good luck!! The bulls where the most stable team the whole season.. They never got into streaks, so they're a terrible team to beat... We really had a hard time yesterday

And the boxscore of yesterday's game is here: http://www.licey.com/pbp2005/pbp2005.asp

[Licey Fan]

Eastern Bulls 8 at Licey Tigers 9 (11 innings)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/Calzado.jpg Napoleon Calzado (picture) hit a infield hit with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 11th, to lead the tigers past the bulls 9-8. Even though the score doesn't tells so, the game was an exhibition of great defense, is just that it had bad pitching.

The only good pitching performance was out of Pedro Liriano, who came in after starter Manny Aybar allowed 4 runs in the 1st inning. Liriano pitched 2.2 and struck out 7!!

The tigers had an excellent offensive performance out of Erick Aybar, who went 5-5 and got a BB. Ron Belliard (who tied up the game twice) and Napoleon Calzado both went 3-6 to lead the offense. Yhency Brazoban (1-0) got the W, and Eude Brito (0-1) settled with the loss.

The best offensively for the bulls were Esteban German and Kenny Perez, 3 hits each; Ben Johson hit a 3 run shot in 5AB

Scoring Summary
Bulls 1st: Manny Aybar pitching. Eddy Garabito singled, Brayan Pena walked, Jorge Toca grounded out, 1 RBI; Ben Johnson hit 3-run home run; Juan Melo walked. PITCHING CHANGE: PEDRO LIRIANO. Luis Terrero struck out swinging, Juan Senreiso struck out swinging.
Bulls 4 - Tigers 0

Licey 1st: Edison Volquez on the mound for the bulls. Anderson Hernandez flied out. Erick Aybar walked, advanced to 3rd on wild pitch. Jose Offerman grounded out, 1 RBI. Willis Otanez struck out swinging.
Bulls 4 - Tigers 1

Licey 4th: Still pitching Volquez. Willis Otanez struck out swinging.
Andy Abad lined out. Ronnie Belliard reached on error, advanced to 2nd on error. Napoleon Calzado hit 2-run home run. Jose Bautista struck out swinging.
Bulls 4 - Tigers 3


Licey 5th: Volquez' still on the mound. Carlos Ruiz struck out swinging. Anderson Hernandez singled. Erick Aybar tripled, scoring Hernandez. Jose Offerman singled, Aybar scores. PITCHING CHANGE: ALFREDO GONZALEZ. Willis Otanez struck out swinging. Andy Abad grounded out.
Bulls 4 - Tigers 5

Bulls 6th: Eddie Ramos starts the inning. Jorge Toca struck out looking. Ben Johnson singled. PITCHING CHANGE: JUAN CEDEÑO.
Juan Melo singled, advanced to 2nd on error, tagged out going to 3rd, but the run scores. PITCHING CHANGE: ROBERTO NOVOA. Luis Terrero reached on fielder's choice. Juan Senreiso flied out.
Bulls 5 - Tigers 5

Bulls 9th: NEW PITCHER: JORGE SOSA. Juan Melo singles. Luis Terrero grounded out.Juan Senreiso struck out swinging. Kenny Perez doubled, scoring Melo. Esteban German triples, scoring Perez. Eddy Garabito struck out looking.
Bulls 7 - Tigers 5

Licey 9th: NEW PITCHER: JULIO MAÑON. Erick Aybar singled. Jose Offerman flied out foul. Willis Otanez flied out. Andy Abad tripled, scoring Aybar. Ronnie Belliard singled, scoring Aybar. Napoleon Calzado flied out.
Bulls 7 - Tigers 7

Bulls 11th: NEW PITCHER: YHENCY BRAZOBAN. Ruddy Yan singled.
Luis Terrero grounded out. Juan Senreiso grounded out. Kenny Perez singled, scoring Yan. Esteban German singled. Eddy Garabito walked. Brayan Pena struck out swinging.
Bulls 8 - Tigers 7

Licey 11th: NEW PITCHER: EUDE BRITO. Erick Aybar singled. Jose Offerman walked. D'ANGELO JIMENEZ PH FOR OTAÑEZ. Hits sacrifice bunt.
Andy Abad intentionally walked, to load the bases. PITCHING CHANGE: JOSELO DIAZ. Ronnie Belliard singles, driving in Aybar. Napoleon Calzado singles, drives in winning run in the legs of Offerman.
Bulls 8 - Tigers 9 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
EB 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 00 01 8 13 2
LT 1 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 00 02 9 16 2

W: Yhency Brazoban (1-0)
L: Eude Brito (0-1)

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Escogido Lions 3 at Cibao Eagles 9

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/polonia.jpg Luis Polonia (picture) went 4-5 with a double and 2 RBI's, and Victor Diaz hit a double and a HR, to lead the orange offense to a 9-3 victory over the lions! Jose Acevedo got the victory pitching 5 innings, were he allowed 3 runs and 4 hits, walked 1 and struck out 4. Roman Colon got the loss fot the lions.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Roman Colon starts the game. Bernie Castro, infield single. Luis Polonia, RBI double. Miguel Tejada singles, driving in Polonia. Wily Mo Peña ground out. Víctor Díaz GIDP
Lions 0 - Eagles 2

Eagles 2nd: Tony Batista homers. José Fernández 4-3. Alexis Gómez 4-3. Alberto Castillo 4-3
Lions 0 - Eagles 3

Escogido 3rd: Acevedo on the mound. Izzy Alcantara walks. Miguel Olivo flyout. Quincy Foster 4-3, advancing Izzy. Neifi Perez RBI single to RF. Juan Uribe grounds to SS.
Lions 1 - Eagles 3

Escogido 5th: Matt Watson strikes out. Alcántara triples, scoring on a sac fly by Olivo. Foster strikes out.
Lions 2 - Eagles 3

Eagles 5th: Alexis Gómez doubles. Castillo 1-4. Bernie Castro RBI triple. Luis Polonia line out. Tejada HBP. Mo Peña strikes out.
Lions 2 - Eagles 4

Escogido 6th: Neifi Pérez singles. Juan Uribe flys out. PITCHING CHANGE: WANDY RODRIGUEZ. J.R. Pillips walks. Wilson Betemit K'ed. Angel Peña, walked, bases loaded. Matt Watson RBI single, Phillips gunned at the plate.
Lions 3 - Eagles 4

Eagles 6th: Colon still on the mound. Díaz solo homerun. Batista walked. Fernández walked. PITCHING CHANGE: FRANKLIN GRACESQUI. Gómez singles, and Batista scores because of a throwing error. Castillo 4-3. Castro 6-3. Polonia RBI infield hit. Melky Cabrera pinchruns for Alexis Gomez, and scores on a balk. Tejada roller to short.
Lions 3 - Eagles 8

Eagles 7th: Mo Peña strikes out. Díaz doubles. Batista fly out. Fernández RBI single. Melky Cabrera walked. Castillo grounds out.

Lions 3 - Eagles 9 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 3
CE 2 1 0 0 1 4 1 0 0 8

W: Jose Acevedo (1-0)
L: Roman Colon (0-1)

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Today's Preview

Games 2 of this 3 game set are played today. Same teams, changing home stadiums.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Lions
Robinson Tejada 0-0 0.00 vs. Jorge DePaula 0-0 0.00

Tigers @ Bulls
Juan Carlos Cruz 0-0 0.00 vs. Daniel Cabrera 0-0 0.00

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 1-0 0.0 .999 1W
Eagles 1-0 0.0 .999 1W
Lions 0-1 1.0 .000 1L
Bulls 0-1 1.0 .000 1L

[Licey Fan]

In a really closed fashion that need to rounds to define, Willis Otañez won the regular season MVP award. He beat the bulls' Esteban German 24-20 in a vote-off after being tied 22 apiece in the first voting session. German won the award in the "Dominican First Award", thus this is an unofficial award ceremony where only dominicans can participate. (I myself think that German deserves it the most, even though im a licey fan).

Otañez' Stats: 43G, 168AB, 20R, 51H, 10Doubles, 7HR, 31RBI, 14BB, 29K, 0SB, .304AVG, .366OBP

German's Stats: 47G, 181AB, 35R, 60H, 5Doubles, 2Triples, 0HR, 19RBI, 36BB, 18K, 30SB, .331AVG, .443OBP


Rafael "Prendalinda (pretty clothes)" Santana, manager of the Bulls, got the Manager of the year Award easily in both versions. He got the bulls the postseason after 3 years out, with a team without big names. Well Deserved!

Anderson Hernandez did his part in the rookie of the year award. He had no sincere competition... Look at his numbers:

40G, 166AB, 23R, 51H, 4Doubles, 3Triples, 1HR, 22RBI, 12BB, 20K, 7SB, .307AVG, .352OBP

Yhency Brazoban won the pitcher of the year award. Raul Valdez had the inside track, but he didn't win a game in december... In the meantime, Brazoban's closer competitor made 6 saves... Stats:

3-2 1.64ERA, .250 OBA, 22G, 14SV, 22.0 IP, 21H, 7R, 4ER, 6BB and 21K (8.59 K/9 and a 1.23WHIP)

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 7 at Eastern Bulls 4

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/AndyAbadVsToros.jpg Andy "Tulile" Abad went 3-4, driving in 3, with a double; and Juan Cruz pitched 5.1 strong, to lead the tigers to a 7-4 victory over the bulls. The game was lost by Daniel Cabrera who allowed 5 runs.

Brayan Peña was the best in the offense for the bulls, going 2-4, with a triple and a single and 2 rbi's (even though he killed the ball yesterday, hitting to the wall twice, but didn't make it enough for a HR)

Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Daniel Cabrera pitching. Anderson Hernández BB. Erick Aybar singles, Hernández to third by RF error. José Offerman strikes out, but Aybar steals 2nd. Andy Abad single, 2 score. Ronnie Belliard struck out. Napoleón Calzado 6-3.
Licey 2 - Bulls 0

Licey 4th: Cabrera's still pitching. Calzado LCF double. Carlos Ruiz sac bunt, Calzado to third. Manny Martínez RBI single. Martínez thrown out in 2nd trying to steal. Hernández strikes out, reaches to 1st on pass ball. Aybar fly out.
Licey 3 - Bulls 0

Licey 5th: Cabrera on the box. Offerman 4-3. Otáñez singles, and moves to second on WP. Abad RBI double. Belliard reaches on 2 base error of 3B German, scoring Abad. PITCHING CHANGE: FELIX HEREDIA. Calzado 6-3. Ruiz RBI single. Martínez flys out
Licey 6 - Bulls 0

Bulls 5th: Cruz' on the mound since the start of the game. Juan Melo doubles. Luis Terrero doubles, scoring Melo. Kenny Pérez flys out. Esteban Germán 5-3. Eddy Garabito pops out.
Licey 6 - Bulls 1

Bulls 6th: Cruz still pitching. Brayan Peña triples. Jorge Toca sac fly. PITCHING CHANGE: MELQUIS TORRES. Ben Johnson singles. PITCHING CHANGE: VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS. Jim Rushford RBI triple. Melo pops out to 1st. Terrero fly out
Licey 6 - Bulls 3

Licey 8th: Hector Ramirez' pitching since the 7th. Ruiz singles. Martínez does the same, Ruiz to third. Hernández forces Ruiz in 2nd, run scores. Aybar flys out. Offerman 6-3.
Licey 7 - Bulls 3

Bulls 9th: Carlos Pérez pitching since the 8th. Kenny Pérez struck out. Germán walks. Garabito singles. Peña flys out. Toca RBI single to LF. Johnson forces Toca in 2nd to end the ball game.
Licey 7 - Bulls 4 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 7 11 2
EB 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 13 2

W: Juan Carlos Cruz (1-0)
L: Daniel Cabrera (0-1)
S: Yhency Brazoban (1)

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Cibao Eagles 9 at Escogido Lions 5

Wily Mo Peña drove in 3 runs and the Eagles got their 2nd win in the Round Robin 9 to 5. The 3 game series goes back to Santiago tonight for the rubber game. The game was secured in the 3rd inning, when they made a 5 run rally. The win was for Fernando Hernandez, who came in relief for the injured Robinson Tejeda (blistered finger). Jorge DePaula got the loss.

The bes in offense for the eagles: Mo Peña, 2 hits and 3RBI; Víctor Díaz 2 doubles and a single; Luis Polonia, Miguel Tejada and Melky Cabrera, pair of singles each and José Fernández, a double.

For the Lions, J.R. Pillips, solo shot; Miguel Olivo, homerun shy of the cycle.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Jorge DePaula starts the game. Bernie Castro fly out. Luis Polonia singles. Miguel Tejada HBP. Wily Mo Peña RBI single. Víctor Díaz FC. Tony Batista K.
Eagles 1 - Lions 0

Eagles 3rd: Tejada infield hit. Mo Peña walked. Díaz RBI double. Tony Batista RBI single. José Fernández RBI single. PITCHING CHANGE: MARIO RAMOS. Melky Cabrera 4-3 scoring Batista. Castillo sac fly.
Eagles 6 - Lions 0

Eagles 5th: Díaz doubled. Batista roller to 3rd. Fernandez roller to 3rd, Diaz advances. Cabrera infield hit, scores Diaz. Castillo flies out.
Eagles 7 - Lions 0

Escogido 5th: Fernando Hernandez pitching for the Eagles since the 4th (R. Tejeda out. Injured). Matt Watson roller to 1st. Juan Tejeda PH for Juan Uribe and pops out to center. JR Phillips homers to right. Angel Peña strikes out.
Eagles 7 - Lions 1

Eagles 6th: Castro foul fly. Polonia walked. Tejada singles, Polonia to 3rd. Mo Peña RBI single. Diaz and Batista both strike out.
Eagles 8 - Lions 1

Escogido 6th: Wilson Betemit, singles. Izzy Alcantara fly out. Miguel Olivo RBI triple. Ramon Santiago sac fly, Olivo scores. Neifi Perez fly to left.
Eagles 8 - Lions 3

Escogido 7th: NEW PITCHER: ARNALDO MUÑOZ. Watson doubles. Tejeda, RBI double. Phillips fly to left. Angel Peña RBI double. Betemit 1-3. Alcantara strikes out.
Eagles 8 - Lions 5

Eagles 8th: NEW PITCHER: JOSE VERAS. Castro singles. Polonia singles. Tejada roller to SS. Mo Peña RBI single. Diaz forces Peña in 2nd. Batista flies out.
Eagles 9 - Lions 5 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 9 14 0
EL 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 9 0

W: Fernando Hernandez (1-0)
L: Jorge De Paula (0-1)

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Today's Preview

Games 3 of this 3 game set are played today. Same teams, changing home stadiums.

Today's Games
Lions @ Eagles
Ezequiel Astacio 0-0 0.00 vs. Edward Valdez 0-0 0.00

Bulls @ Tigers
Raul Valdez 0-0 0.00 vs. Danny Tamayo 0-0 0.00

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 2-0 0.0 .999 2W
Eagles 2-0 0.0 .999 2W
Lions 0-2 2.0 .000 2L
Bulls 0-2 2.0 .000 2L

[senorgorra]

Do you know when Jared Fernandez is going to pitch for the Eagles again?

[Licey Fan]

Do you know when Jared Fernandez is going to pitch for the Eagles again?

Maybe tomorrow... He hasn't returned from USA yet... He traveled for the holidays

[Licey Fan]

For the one that asked me some days ago for the pictures of Melky Cabrera... Here I'll post one... They are taken from TV, so they're not 100% perfect... Still they look nice

The one's are the bottom are the best ones... ENJOY

http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky01.jpg
http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky05.jpg
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http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky06.jpg
http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky03.jpg
http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky08.jpg
http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky02.jpg
http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky07.jpg
http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky09.jpg
http://venus.walagata.com/w/jholguin/Melky11.jpg

[Cubano100%]

The Bulls have to win the games that Daniel Cabrera and Raul Valdez start. If they want to win, they have to find a way to win these games.

[baseball24/7]

Licey Tigers 7 at Eastern Bulls 4

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/AndyAbadVsToros.jpg Andy "Tulile" Abad went 3-4, driving in 3, with a double; and Juan Cruz pitched 5.1 strong, to lead the tigers to a 7-4 victory over the bulls. The game was lost by Daniel Cabrera who allowed 5 runs.

Brayan Peña was the best in the offense for the bulls, going 2-4, with a triple and a single and 2 rbi's (even though he killed the ball yesterday, hitting to the wall twice, but didn't make it enough for a HR)

Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Daniel Cabrera pitching. Anderson Hernández BB. Erick Aybar singles, Hernández to third by RF error. José Offerman strikes out, but Aybar steals 2nd. Andy Abad single, 2 score. Ronnie Belliard struck out. Napoleón Calzado 6-3.
Licey 2 - Bulls 0

Licey 4th: Cabrera's still pitching. Calzado LCF double. Carlos Ruiz sac bunt, Calzado to third. Manny Martínez RBI single. Martínez thrown out in 2nd trying to steal. Hernández strikes out, reaches to 1st on pass ball. Aybar fly out.
Licey 3 - Bulls 0

Licey 5th: Cabrera on the box. Offerman 4-3. Otáñez singles, and moves to second on WP. Abad RBI double. Belliard reaches on 2 base error of 3B German, scoring Abad. PITCHING CHANGE: FELIX HEREDIA. Calzado 6-3. Ruiz RBI single. Martínez flys out
Licey 6 - Bulls 0

Bulls 5th: Cruz' on the mound since the start of the game. Juan Melo doubles. Luis Terrero doubles, scoring Melo. Kenny Pérez flys out. Esteban Germán 5-3. Eddy Garabito pops out.
Licey 6 - Bulls 1

Bulls 6th: Cruz still pitching. Brayan Peña triples. Jorge Toca sac fly. PITCHING CHANGE: MELQUIS TORRES. Ben Johnson singles. PITCHING CHANGE: VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS. Jim Rushford RBI triple. Melo pops out to 1st. Terrero fly out
Licey 6 - Bulls 3

Licey 8th: Hector Ramirez' pitching since the 7th. Ruiz singles. Martínez does the same, Ruiz to third. Hernández forces Ruiz in 2nd, run scores. Aybar flys out. Offerman 6-3.
Licey 7 - Bulls 3

Bulls 9th: Carlos Pérez pitching since the 8th. Kenny Pérez struck out. Germán walks. Garabito singles. Peña flys out. Toca RBI single to LF. Johnson forces Toca in 2nd to end the ball game.
Licey 7 - Bulls 4 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 0 7 11 2
EB 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 4 13 2

W: Juan Carlos Cruz (1-0)
L: Daniel Cabrera (0-1)
S: Yhency Brazoban (1)

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Cibao Eagles 9 at Escogido Lions 5

Wily Mo Peña drove in 3 runs and the Eagles got their 2nd win in the Round Robin 9 to 5. The 3 game series goes back to Santiago tonight for the rubber game. The game was secured in the 3rd inning, when they made a 5 run rally. The win was for Fernando Hernandez, who came in relief for the injured Robinson Tejeda (blistered finger). Jorge DePaula got the loss.

The bes in offense for the eagles: Mo Peña, 2 hits and 3RBI; Víctor Díaz 2 doubles and a single; Luis Polonia, Miguel Tejada and Melky Cabrera, pair of singles each and José Fernández, a double.

For the Lions, J.R. Pillips, solo shot; Miguel Olivo, homerun shy of the cycle.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Jorge DePaula starts the game. Bernie Castro fly out. Luis Polonia singles. Miguel Tejada HBP. Wily Mo Peña RBI single. Víctor Díaz FC. Tony Batista K.
Eagles 1 - Lions 0

Eagles 3rd: Tejada infield hit. Mo Peña walked. Díaz RBI double. Tony Batista RBI single. José Fernández RBI single. PITCHING CHANGE: MARIO RAMOS. Melky Cabrera 4-3 scoring Batista. Castillo sac fly.
Eagles 6 - Lions 0

Eagles 5th: Díaz doubled. Batista roller to 3rd. Fernandez roller to 3rd, Diaz advances. Cabrera infield hit, scores Diaz. Castillo flies out.
Eagles 7 - Lions 0

Escogido 5th: Fernando Hernandez pitching for the Eagles since the 4th (R. Tejeda out. Injured). Matt Watson roller to 1st. Juan Tejeda PH for Juan Uribe and pops out to center. JR Phillips homers to right. Angel Peña strikes out.
Eagles 7 - Lions 1

Eagles 6th: Castro foul fly. Polonia walked. Tejada singles, Polonia to 3rd. Mo Peña RBI single. Diaz and Batista both strike out.
Eagles 8 - Lions 1

Escogido 6th: Wilson Betemit, singles. Izzy Alcantara fly out. Miguel Olivo RBI triple. Ramon Santiago sac fly, Olivo scores. Neifi Perez fly to left.
Eagles 8 - Lions 3

Escogido 7th: NEW PITCHER: ARNALDO MUÑOZ. Watson doubles. Tejeda, RBI double. Phillips fly to left. Angel Peña RBI double. Betemit 1-3. Alcantara strikes out.
Eagles 8 - Lions 5

Eagles 8th: NEW PITCHER: JOSE VERAS. Castro singles. Polonia singles. Tejada roller to SS. Mo Peña RBI single. Diaz forces Peña in 2nd. Batista flies out.
Eagles 9 - Lions 5 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 1 0 9 14 0
EL 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 0 0 5 9 0

W: Fernando Hernandez (1-0)
L: Jorge De Paula (0-1)

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Today's Preview

Games 3 of this 3 game set are played today. Same teams, changing home stadiums.

Today's Games
Lions @ Eagles
Ezequiel Astacio 0-0 0.00 vs. Edward Valdez 0-0 0.00

Bulls @ Tigers
Raul Valdez 0-0 0.00 vs. Danny Tamayo 0-0 0.00

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 2-0 0.0 .999 2W
Eagles 2-0 0.0 .999 2W
Lions 0-2 2.0 .000 2L
Bulls 0-2 2.0 .000 2L


Appreciate any help!

[Licey Fan]

Appreciate any help!

Boxscores of games of 12/27

http://www.licey.com/boxscores/2005/box20051227.pdf

[Licey Fan]

Sorry about the delay... Had a busy day...

Eastern Bulls 6 at Licey Tigers 5

The Bulls made an impresive comeback in the game last night, to avoid the 3 game sweep at the start of the postseason. The tigers came to the 8th inning leading 4-0, and an error after 2 outs of SS Erick Aybar, led to a 3 run shot of Ronny Paulino, followed by a PH homerun of Cuban Jorge Toca. Napoleon Calzado homered in the bottom of the 8th, hitting the leftfield foulpole, but it wasn't enough, since the Bulls answered back of the bat of fellow cuban Brayan Peña's double, to get the victory. Jose Valverde got the save.

The result blew and excellent performance of licey's Danny Tamayo, who pitched 6 shutout innings.

Scoring Summary
Licey 2nd: Cuban Raul Valdez on the mound. Ron Belliard walked. Napoleon Calzado singles, Belliard to third. Carlos Ruiz sac fly. Manny Martinez hits into linedrive DP.
Bulls 0 - Licey 1

Licey 3rd: Valdez's still pitching. Anderson Hernandez triples. Erick Aybar singles, Hernandez scores. Jose Offerman hits into DP. Willis Otañez strikes out.
Bulls 0 - Licey 2

Licey 5th: Valdez's pitching. Carlos Ruiz and Manny Martinez both get walked. Hernandez sacrifices, moves runners. Erick Aybar 5-3, nobody moves. Jose Offerman reaches on error of SS Kenny Perez; Ruiz and Martinez score. Willis Otañez BB. NEW PITCHER: EUDE BRITO. Andy Abad flys out.
Bulls 0 - Licey 4

Bulls 8th: Roberto Novoa's pitching since the 7th. Esteban German grounds to short. Eddy Garabito singles. Brayan Peña flys out. Ben Jhonson reaches on error from SS Erick Aybar. Ronny Paulino hits enourmous 3 run shot over the right field wall. NEW PITCHER: CARLOS PEREZ. Jorge Toca pinch-hits and follows with a lineshot over the left field wall. Andy Marte strikes out as a PH to end the nightmare.
Bulls 4 - Licey 4

Licey 8th: NEW PITCHER: WINSTON ABREU. Ron Belliard strikes out. Napoleon Calzado hits the left field foul pole for a solo HR. Carlos Ruiz and Manny Martinez strike out.
Bulls 4- Licey 5

Bulls 9th: NEW PITCHER: JORGE SOSA. Luis Terrero reaches on infield hit. Kenny Perez singles. Esteban German sacrifices 1-3. Eddy Garabito sac fly, Terrero scores. Brayan Peña hits a double to the right field wall, Perez scores. Ben Jhonson singles, but Peña's caught in a rundown.
Bulls 6 - Licey 5 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 10 1
LT 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 5 8 1

W: Winston Abreu (1-0)
L: Jorge Sosa (0-1)
S: Jose Valverde (1)

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Escogido Lions 6 at Cibao Eagles 3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/izzy.jpg Doug Linton pitched 7 strong innings, and Izzy Alcantara (picture) hit a 2 run shot to lead the Lions on their way to beating the eagles 6-3.

Linton pitched 7 innings, allowing 5 hits and to earned, while striking out 2 to get the W. The best on the losing end was Wily Mo Peña, who hit his 2nd homerun of the round robin, a solo shot.

The lions stay in 2nd place, and just one game behind of leaders tigers and eagles.

Scoring Summary
Lions 4th: Starter Edward Valdez on the mound. Quincy Foster singles, and reaches 3rd on a throwing error. Neifi Perez grounds to short, but the run scores. JR Phillips strikes out to end the inning.
Lions 1 - Eagles 0

Lions 5th: Valdez' still pitching. Wilson Betemit strikes out. Jose Reyes walked. Izzy Alcantara gets walked. Ruddy Guillen 6-3, runners advance. Ramon Santiago RBI double, 2 runs score. Foster K'ed.
Lions 3 - Eagles 0

Lions 6th: NEW PITCHER: JUAN SALAS. Neifi Perez singles. JR Phillips flys out, Perez scores on throwing error of Willy Mo Peña. Angel Peña strikes out. Wilson does the same.
Lions 4 - Eagles 0

Lions 7th: Sala's still on the mound. Reyes singles. Alcantara hits 2 run shot. Guillen strikes out. Santiago fly to 3rd. Foster singles. Perez 4-3.
Lions 6 - Eagles 0

Eagles 7th: Starter Doug Linton's still pitching. Miguel Tejada flys out. Willy Mo Peña homers. Victor Diaz singles. Tony Batista pops to short. Jose Fernandez 6-4.
Lions 6 - Eagles 1

Eagles 8th: Linton's on the mound. Alexis Gomez singles. NEW PITCHER: JAIRO GARCIA. Melky Cabrera PH for Alberto Castillo and doubles, Gomez scores. Bernie Castro singles, Cabrera to third. Luis Polonia sac fly. Miguel Tejada fly to left. Mo Peña line out to Quincy Foster (amazing diving grab!!!).
Lions - Eagles 3 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 0 0 0 1 2 1 2 0 0 6 8 1
CE 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 3 8 2

W: Doug Linton (1-0)
L: Edward Valdez (0-1)
S: Fernando Rodney (1)

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Today's Preview

Today the teams change. The top 2 will play each other, and the bottom 2 will do the same.

Today's Games
Lions @ Bulls
Ezequiel Astacio 0-0 0.00 vs. Roberto Rodriguez 0-0 0.00

Eagles @ Tigers
Jared Fernandez 0-0 0.00 vs. Erick Knott 0-0 0.00

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 2-1 0.0 .667 1L
Eagles 2-1 0.0 .667 1L
Lions 1-2 1.0 .333 1W
Bulls 1-2 1.0 .333 1W

[tonypug]

I am curious, what kind of attendence have the games been drawing. Once again Licey Fan, you have made this a great thread, thank you.

[Licey Fan]

I am curious, what kind of attendence have the games been drawing. Once again Licey Fan, you have made this a great thread, thank you.

The dominican classic is what draws the biggest attention... Those are the games between tigers and eagles, the historical leaders in championship, both tied with 19 since 1951 (that's when they started counting, since that's when the current teams started playing together)... The biggest park here takes 18k seated... That's the stadium Cibao in Santiago, home of the Eagles, that is the only one with bleachers behind the homerun wall...

The Quisqueya Stadium, home of Licey and Escogido, takes 16,000. And the Francisco Micheli, home of the Bulls, 13k

In Avg: Licey-Eagles: 12k minimum (today it was around 13000).
Lions-Tigers: 10K (since they both play in the same stadium, is the same)
Licey-Bulls: 8k
Eagles-Bulls 6k
Lions-Bulls: 4-5k

[senorgorra]

How did the Eagles do last night? And Jared Fernandez?

[Licey Fan]

Cibao Eagles 9 at Licey Tigers 3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/jared.jpgThe Eagles made an impresive exhibition of power, while Jared Fernandez did the usual, tying up the tigers' bats with his knucleball (even though he wasn't as effective as always, but had good backup), to pound the tigers 9-3. He pitched 6 innings, and allowed 3 earned.

The bests in the orange offense were: Bernie Castro and Victor Diaz, 3 hits each; Alberto Castillo triple and 2Rbi's; Jose Fernandez 2 hits and 2Rbi's; Miguel Tejada double and RBI.

In the losing end: Anderson Hernandez: 4-4 with 2 doubles; Erick Aybar and Napoleon Calzado a double each.


Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Jared Fernandez starts the game. Anderson Hernandez double. Erick Aybar roller. Jose Offerman singles. Otañez SO. Henry Rodriguez SO.
Eagles 0 - Licey 1

Eagles 2nd: Starter Erick Knott on the mound. Willy Mo Peña walked. Víctor Díaz singles. Tony Batista pops out. José Fernández RBI single. Melky Cabrera RBI single. Alberto Castillo 2 run triple. Bernie Castro 6-3. Luis Polonia 6-3.
Eagles 4 - Licey 1

Eagles 5th: Wilton Chavez' pitching since the 3rd. Castro infield hit, stole 2nd. Polonia struck out. Tejada, RBI double. Mo Peña, HBP. Díaz, single. Batista forced Peña in 3rd, Tejada scores. Fernández RBI single. Cabrera struck out
Eagles 7 - Licey 2

Eagles 9th: NEW PITCHER: CARLOS MORLA. Castro singles. Polonia singles, Castro to third. Castro scores on throwing error of Morla trying to catch Polonia at 2nd. Tejada pops out. Alexis Gomez PH is walked. Diaz RBI single, and then is thrown out at 3rd. Batista foul fly.
Eagles 9 - Licey 3 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 0 4 0 0 3 0 0 0 2 9 13 1
LT 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 11 3

W: Jared Fernandez (1-0)
L: Erick Nott (0-1)


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Escogido Lions 4 at Eastern Bulls 9

The Bulls had a huge 3rd inning where they scored 6 runs, in route of beating the lions 9-4. With that victory, the bulls now tie the tigers in 2nd place, while the lions drop to last place in the standing.

The best in the purple offense: Esteban German going 3-4 with 3RBI's; Eddy Garabito triple and single; Ronny Paulino y Luis Terrero 2 hits, and Jorge Toca, a homerun.

Scoring Summary
Bulls 1st: Right hander Ezequiel Astacio starts the game. Esteban Germán singles. Eddy Garabito singles. Brayan Peña fly to left and Germán is thrown out trying to advance to 3rd. Jorge Toca walked. Ben Johnson RBI single. Jim Rushford lines to the pitcher.
Lions 0 - Bulls 1

Bulls 3rd: Astacio still on the box. Garabito triples. Peña por la 6-3, Garabito scores. Toca homers. Johnson singles. Jim Rushford singles. NEW PITCHER: MACADA SUZUKI. Ronny Paulino singles. Luis Terrero singles. Kenny Reyes 1-3, runners advance to 2nd and 3rd. Germán 2 run single. Garabito lines to short.
Lions 0 - Bulls 7

Lions 4th: Starter Ricardo Rodríguez on for the Bulls. Neifi Pérez walked. J.R.Phillips strikes out. Angel Peña hit. Watson forces Peña 4-6, Pérez scores. Wilson Betemit single to right. Israel Alcántara RBI single. José Reyes singles and is out trying to reach 2nd
Lions 3 - Bulls 7

Bulls 5th: NEW PITCHER: GUSTAVO MARTINEZ. Rushford 6-3. Paulino singles. Terrero double. Pérez 4-3. Germán connects infield hit to the pitcher, he makes a bad throw so both runners score. NEW PITCHER: RAFAEL SORIANO. Garabito pops to 2nd.
Lions 3 - Bulls 9

Lions 9th: NEW PITCHER: MIGUEL SALADIN. Reyes struck out. Santiago HBP, and advances to 2nd on WP, then moves to 3rd on another WP. Quincy Foster RBI Single. NEW PITCHER: YORKIN FERRERAS. Tejeda singles. Phillips and Peña both strike out, to end the game.

Lions 4 - Bulls 9 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 4 11 0
EB 1 0 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 9 14 0

W: Jose Mercedes (1-0)
L: Ezequiel Astacio (0-1)


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Today's Preview

Today is the final date before the new year's break. Same to teams matchup, changing home stadiums. If yesterday's losers win, the we could see the standing as close as it could be after 5 games... Personally, that's what I hope it happens... GO TIGERS!!!

Today's Games
Bulls @ Lions
Chris Michalak 0-0 0.00 vs. Victor Santos 0-0 0.00

Tigers @ Eagles
Wandy Rodriguez 0-0 0.00 vs. Felix Diaz 0-0 0.00

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 3-1 0.0 .750 1W
Licey 2-2 1.0 .500 2L
Bulls 2-2 1.0 .500 2W
Lions 1-3 2.0 .250 1L

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 8 at Cibao Eagles 6

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/AndyAbadVsToros.jpg In a game that looked more like a homerun derby than a game itself, Andy Abad homered twice and drove in 4 runs to lead the tigers in their 8-6 victory over the Eagles. The win got the tigers back to first place.

The tigers had a big 5 run rally in the 1st inning against debuting MIGUEL BATISTA, who seemed out of shape. Also made their pitching debut this season for the eagles Joaquin Benoit, who pitched 2 shutout, and Wandy Rodriguez, who got the loss.

For the tigers: Abad lead the offense with 2HR and 4 RBI; Erick Aybar triple and a single; Jose Offerman and Ronnie Belliard, pair of singles each.

The bests in the orange offense were: Tony Batista and Alexis Gómez, one homer a piece; Luis Polonia 2 doubles and a single; Miguel Tejada, a double.

Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Miguel Batista starts the game. Anderson Hernández flys to center. Erick Aybar triples. Napeolón Calzado RBI single. Henry Rodríguez RBI single. José Offerman flys out. Ronnie Belliard infield hit. Andy Abad hits 3 run shot over the right field wall. Carlos Ruiz 4-3.
Licey 5 - Eagles 0

Eagles 2nd: Starter Felix Diaz on the mound. Matt Cepicky struck out. Víctor Díaz, 6-3. Tony Batista solo shot. José Fernández 4-3.
Licey 5 - Eagles 1

Eagles 3rd: Alexis Gómez and Henry Mercedes both fly to right. Bernie Castro gets walked. Luis Polonia RBI double. Miguel Tejada does the same. Cepicky strikes out.
Licey 5 - Eagles 3

Eagles 4th: Víctor Díaz singles, and steals 2nd. Batista singles, Diaz to third. Fernández GIDP, Diaz scores. Alexis Gómez solo shot to deep center. NEW PITCHER: VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS. Merdeces struck out
Licey 5 - Eagles 5

Eagles 5th: Castro flys to left. Polonia doubles, steals 3rd. Tejada IBB. Cepicky pops to SS. NEW PITCHER: EDDIE RAMOS. Díaz RBI single. Batista strikes out.
Licey 5 - Eagles 6

Licey 6th: Wandy Rodriguez is pitching since the 4th. Offerman singles. Belliard singles. Andy Abad, infield hit, and the bases are loaded. NEW PITCHER: FRANQUELIS OSORIA. Carlos Ruiz GIDP, Offerman scores. Manny Martínez bunts for a squeeze play :clapping , and it works! Belliard scores. Anderson Hernández grounds out.
Licey 7 - Eagles 6

Licey 8th: Abad hits long homerun over the CF wall. Ruiz flys out. Martínez strikes out. Hernández 4-3
Licey 8 - Eagles 6 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 8 13 0
CE 0 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 6 10 1

W: Jorge Sosa (1-0)
L: Wandy Rodriguez (0-1)
S: Yhency Brazoban (2)


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Eastern Bulls 1 at Escogido Lions 16

The Lions scored 4 runs in the 1st inning, and 7 in the 4th, to humilliate the Bulls with a blown out 16-1 victory. That win put them again tied in 2nd place, and one game behind classification.

For the Lions: J.R.Phillips 2 doubles and 2 RBI's; Quincy Foster and Israel Alcántara, 2 hits and Juan Tejeda homerun.

For the Bulls: Eddy Garabito solo shot.

Scoring Summary
Bulls 1st: Nerio Rodríguez started the game. Esteban Germán 6-3. Eddy Garabito solo shot. Brayan Peña struck out. Jorge Toca singled. Ben Johnson struck out.
Bulls 1 - Escogido 0

Escogido 1st: Osvaldo Martínez starts the game. Quincy Foster singles and steals 2nd. Neifi Pérez singles. J. R. Phillips RBI double. Angel Peña walked to load the bases. NEW PITCHER: JOSELO DIAZ. Matt Watson walked, Neifi scores. Betemit walked, Phillips scores. Israel Alcántara flys out. Miguel Olivo walked, Watson scores. PITCHING CHANGE: OMAR BELTRE. Ramón Santiago grounds into 6-4-3 DP.
Bulls 1 - Escogido 4

Escogido 4th: Beltre's still pitching. Alcántara singles. Olivo singles. Santiago 2-run double. Foster RBI double. NEW PITCHER: ALFREDO GONZALEZ. Neifi forces Foster 1-6. Phillips RBI double. Peña 6-3. Watson RBI single. Alcántara walked. NEW PITCHER: EUDE BRITO. Santiago forces Alcántara 6-4.
Bulls 1 - Escogido 11

Escogido 7th: NEW PITCHER: JUAN PEÑA. Alcántara double. Alex Diaz pinch-runs. Olivo 6-3. Santiago walked. Diaz and Santiago advance on wild pitch. Foster walked. Argenis Reyes PH for Perez, grounds 5-3, Diaz scores. Phillips ground to 1st.
Bulls 1 - Escogido 12

Escogido 8th: NEW PITCHER: HECTOR RAMIREZ. Juan Tejeda homers. Elpidio Guzmán singles. Guzmán reaches 2nd on WP. Wilton Veras RBI single. Diaz walked. José Reyes, pinchitting for Olivo, singles. Santiago 2-RBI single. Ruddy Guillén pinchitting for Foster, grounds into 6-4-3 DP. Argenis Reyes roller to 1st
Bulls 1 - Escogido 16 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
EL 4 0 0 7 0 0 1 4 0 16

W: Franklin Gracesqui (1-0)
L: Osvaldo Martinez (0-1)


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Today's Preview

No Games for today... New Year's Eve. The playoff pauses for New Year's, and resumes on Monday... I wish you all happy 2006, and thanks for following my thread. I've done my best to make it a good source of information of our league for those of you who can't get info that easily... Have wonderful holidays!!

Today's Games
OFF DAY

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 3-2 0.0 .600 1L
Licey 3-2 0.0 .600 1W
Bulls 2-3 1.0 .400 1L
Lions 2-3 1.0 .400 1W

[Cubano100%]

What happened to the Bulls, man? No pitching no winning.

[Licey Fan]

What happened to the Bulls, man? No pitching no winning.

They didn't hit either... The only run was a solo homerun...

Happy New Year :waving

[Licey Fan]

Round Robin Leaders as of Jan 1st:radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Lions: E

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
M. Olivo (E) .625, A. Gómez (AC) .600, L. Polonia (AC) .522, V. Díaz (AC) .478, I. Alcántara (E) .467, A. Abad (L) .450, E. Garabito (Az) .409, E, Germán (Az) .400, M. Cabrera (AC) .400, N. Calzado (L) .375, R. Paulino (Az) .365, Q. Foster (E) .353, B. Johnson (Az) .348

Runs Scored
V. Díaz (AC) 7, L. Polonia (AC) 7, E. Aybar (L) 6, B. Johnson (Az) 5, I. Alcántara (E) 4

RBI
J. Toca (Az) 5, A. Abad (L) 5, W. Mo Peña (AC) 4, N. Calzado (L) 4

Hits
V. Díaz (AC) 9, E. Aybar (L) 9, L. Polonia (AC) 9, N. Calzado (L) 8, E. Garabito (Az) 8

Doubles
V. Díaz (AC) 3, L. Polonia (AC) 2, L. Terrero (Az) 2, A. Hernández (L) 2, N. Calzado (L) 2, JR. Phillips (E) 1, N. Pérez (E) 1, A. Gómez (AC) 1

Triples
E. Germán (AZ) 2, B. Castro (AC) 1, E. Aybar (L) 1, I. Alcántara (E) 1, A. Abad (L) 1

HR
A. Abad (L) 2, N. Calzado (L) 2, J. Toca (Az) 2, B. Johnson (Az) 1, V. Díaz (AC) 1, T. Batista (AC) 1, RJ. Phillips (E) 1

Stolen Bases
E. Aybar (L) 2, E. Germán (Az) 1, R. Belliard (L) 1

Pitching
J. Mercedes (Az) 1-0, 1000, J. Acevedo (AC) 1-0, 1000, JC. Cruz (L) 1, F. Ozoria (AC) 1-0, 1000, W. Abreu (Az) 1-0, 1000, D. Linton (E) 1-0, 1000

ERA
A. González (Az) 0.00, P. Liriano (L) 0.00, R. Novoa (L) 0.00, D. Tamayo (L) 0.00, R. Tejada (AC) 0.00, W. Abreu (AC) 0.00

K
R. Tejada (AC) 7, P. Liriano (L) 7, E. Volquez (Az) 6, J. Acevedo (AC) 6, E. Valdez (AC) 5, M. Ramos (E) 5, J. Sosa (L) 3

Saves
Y. Brazobán (L) 2, J. Valverde (Az) 1, F. Rodney (E) 1

[Licey Fan]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/davidortiz.jpg The Round Robin takes a new tastes beginning today with the Debut of "Big Papi" David Ortiz, tonight, for the Escogido Lions. Ortiz hasn't played in the dominican league since 2003...

The debut can give the lions momentum on their dominican series bid... They stand today with a 2-3 record, but just 1 game behind leaders eagles and tigers. If they win tonight, they'll tie the tigers for second place, and the scenario can get even more interesting, since a 4 way tie can happen, if thhe bulls also win their game against the eagles... The bulls won the season series against the eagles 6-4, while the tigers beat the lions for the city championship also 6-4.

The picture show's David Ortiz taking bating practice in Quisqueya Stadium last friday.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Jose Acevedo 1-0 5.07 vs. Edison Volquez 0-0 6.24

Lions @ Tigers
Doug Linton 1-0 2.57 vs. Manny Aybar 0-0 360.00 (4ER in 0.1IP)

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 3-2 0.0 .600 1L
Licey 3-2 0.0 .600 1W
Bulls 2-3 1.0 .400 1L
Lions 2-3 1.0 .400 1W

[tonypug]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/davidortiz.jpg The Round Robin takes a new tastes beginning today with the Debut of "Big Papi" David Ortiz, tonight, for the Escogido Lions. Ortiz hasn't played in the dominican league since 2003...

The debut can give the lions momentum on their dominican series bid... They stand today with a 2-3 record, but just 1 game behind leaders eagles and tigers. If they win tonight, they'll tie the tigers for second place, and the scenario can get even more interesting, since a 4 way tie can happen, if thhe bulls also win their game against the eagles... The bulls won the season series against the bulls 6-4, while the tigers beat the lions for the city championship also 6-4.

The picture show's David Ortiz taking bating practice in Quisqueya Stadium last friday.

Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Jose Acevedo 1-0 5.07 vs. Edison Volquez 0-0 6.24

Lions @ Tigers
Doug Linton 1-0 2.57 vs. Manny Aybar 0-0 360.00 (4ER in 0.1IP)

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 3-2 0.0 .600 1L
Licey 3-2 0.0 .600 1W
Bulls 2-3 1.0 .400 1L
Lions 2-3 1.0 .400 1W
It sure is a different game over there. Players seem to come out of nowhere to play for teams. I know you explained in the beginning how players were tied to their origonal team, it sure is different.

[Licey Fan]

Escogido Lions 1 at Licey Tigers 9

Ron Belliard went 2-4 with a double, a homerun and 5 RBI's; and Napoleon Calzado went 4-4 and drove in 2. The winning pitcher was Manny Aybar, who pitched 5 scoreless innings, allowing just 5 hits. The attendance last night was the biggest of this whole season between any of the teams, with around 18000 fans.

For those of you wondering about how Ortiz did, he went 1-4, even though he looked well with the bat, just had bad luck and was robbed once, and then hit a foul HR in his last AB before being struck out looking.

Scoring Summary
Licey 2nd: José Offerman walked by starter Doug Linton. Ronnie Belliard doubles. D’Angelo Jiménez 6-3. Carlos Ruiz fly 9. Manny Martínez strikes out.
Escogido 0 - Licey 1

Licey 4th: Offerman fly out. Belliard lines to short. Jiménez walked. Ruiz, singles, and Jimenez scores on a throwing error while Ruiz reaches third. Ruiz scores by WP. Martinez flys out
Escogido 0 - Licey 3

Licey 5th: Anderson Hernández hit to center. Erick Aybar infield hit. Napoleón Calzado singles, bases loaded. Andy Abad sac fly. Offerman strikes out. Belliard hits 3 run homerun over the LF wall. Jiménez flys out.
Escogido 0 - Licey 7

Licey 7th: Aybar K'ed. Calzado infield hit. Abad singles. Offerman walked, bases loaded. Belliard forces Offerman en 2nd and Nanita, running for Calzado, scores. Jimenez flys out
Escogido 1 - Licey 8

Licey 8th: Ruiz singles. Martínez 5-3. Hernández 4-3. Aybar RBI single. Ricardo Nanita GIDP.
Escogido 1 - Licey 9 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1
LT 0 1 0 2 3 1 1 0 9

W: Manny Aybar (1-0)
L: Doug Linton (1-1)


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Cibao Eagles 7 at Eastern Bulls 0

Jose Acevedo pitched 7 innings were he allowed just 2 hits, struck out 6 and walked one; and Victor Diaz went 3-4 in route of beating the bulls 7-0.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Edison Vólquez starts the game. Melkys Cabrera reaches on error from SS Kenny Pérez. Víctor Diaz RBI double. Diaz thrown out trying to steal 3rd. Miguel Tejada 5-3. Matt Cepicky 4-3.
Eagles 1 - Bulls 0

Eagles 2nd: José - Mayobanex- Fernández strikes out. Alexis Gómez walked. Edwin Encarnación infield hit. Alberto Castillo RBI single. Félix- El Gatico- Martínez fly out. Cabrera K'ed.
Eagles 2 - Bulls 0

Eagles 6th: Mayobanex Fernández doubles. Gómez struck out. Encarnación walked. NEW PITCHER: WILTON ABREU. Castillo strikes out, but catcher tries to catch Fernandez at third, and he scores on a bad throw. Encarnacion to 3rd, and scores on WP. Martinez strikes out
Eagles 4 - Bulls 0

Eagles 8th: NEW PITCHER: ALFREDO GONZALES. Fernández walked. Gómez singles. Encarnación RBI single. PITCHING CHANGE: MIGUEL SALADIN. Castillo singles. Martínez fly out. Cabrera forces 5-4, Gómez scores. Diaz RBI single. Tejada strikes out.
Eagles 7 - Bulls 0 FINAL


TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 1 1 0 0 0 2 0 3 0 7
EB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0


W: Jose Acevedo (2-0)
L: Edison Volquez (0-1)


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Today's Preview

Same Teams, Different Homeclub

Today's Games
Bulls @ Eagles
Daniel Cabrera 0-1 8.31 vs. Jose Lima 0-0 0.00

Tigers @ Lions
Juan Carlos Cruz 1-0 3.38 vs. Roman Colon 0-1 12.60

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 4-2 0.0 .667 1W
Licey 4-2 0.0 .667 2W
Bulls 2-4 2.0 .333 2L
Lions 2-4 2.0 .333 1L

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 6 at Escogido Lions 1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/jcc.jpgJuan Cruz pitched 7 scoreless innings, and D'Angelo Jimenez and Ron Belliard each drove in 2 runs, in the Tigers victory over the Lions 6-1.

Cruz allowed only 5 hits, including a double of David Ortiz (who went 1-4), walked 1 and struck out 4.

Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Anderson Hernández gets K'ed of starter Roman Colon. Erick Aybar singles. Napoleon Calzado RBI single. Andy Abad GIDP.
Licey 1 - Escogido 0

Licey 2nd: José Offerman singles. Belliard sac 1-3. D'Angelo Jimenez RBI single. Carlos Ruiz strikes out. Manny Martinez 6-3.
Licey 2 - Escogido 0

Licey 4th: Abad singles. Offerman pops to 1st. Belliard reaches on error, Abad to 3rd. Jimenez sac fly. Ruiz flys out.
Licey 3 - Escogido 0

Licey 5th: Manny Martínez singles and steals 2nd. Hernandez lines out. Erick Aybar RBI single. Calzado singles. Abad 5-3.
Licey 4 - Escogido 0

Escogido 7th: Wilson Betemit flys out. Ramón Santiago walked. Quincy Foster walked. Erick Reed RBI single. Neifi Pérez flys out. David Ortiz 4-3.
Licey 4 - Escogido 1

Licey 8th: Calzado walked. PH José Herrera (for Andy Abad) singles. Offerman 5-3, runners advance. Belliard 2RBI single. Jiménez FC. Ruiz HBP. Martínez fly out
Licey 6 - Escogido 1 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 6 10 0
EL 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 8 3

W: Juan Carlos Cruz (2-0)
L: Roman Colon (0-2)


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Eastern Bulls 2 at Cibao Eagles 5

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/tejada.jpgJose Lima pitched 6 strong innings where he allowed 0 earned runs (2 unearned), and Miguel Tejada homered and drove in 3, to lead the eagles pack to a victory 5-2.

The homer of Tejada came of reliever Winston Abreu who came in for starter Raul Valdez, who got the loss. Lima walked one and struck out 4.

Scoring Summary
Bulls 5th: Lima on the mound. Luis Terrero doubles, Kenny Perez sacrifices, moves runner to 3rd. Esteban German reaches on error of SS Tejada, Terrero scores. Eddy Garabito GIDP 6-4-3, Castro scores.
Bulls 2 - Eagles 0

Eagles 5th: Valdez on the mound. Alberto Castillo walked. Félix- El Gatico- Martínez FC 1-4. Martínez reaches 2nd on WP, and reaches 3rd on throwing error of C Brayan Peña. Víctor Díaz RBI single. NEW PITCHER: WINSTON ABREU. Miguel Tejada 2 run homerun. José Mayobanex- Fernández strikes out.
Bulls 2 - Eagles 3

Eagles 7th: NEW PITCHER: YORKIN FERRERAS. Félix Martínez singles. Polonia singles. Díaz fly out. Tejada RBI single. NEW PITCHER: JOSE MERCEDES. José Fernández strikes out. Tony Batista pops to 2nd.
Bulls 2 - Eagles 4

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2
CE 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 1 0 5

W: Jose Lima (1-0)
L: Raul Valdez (0-1)


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Today's Preview

The leaders' have taken distance on the top, so the lions and bulls oughta make a run quick, since this is a quick series. Today the Eagles visit the Lions. The Eagles are leading their playoff series 2-1. Meanwhile, the tigers go to La Romana to take on the Bulls. Licey leads that series 2-1

Today's Games
Tigers @ Bulls
Eagles @ Lions

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 5-2 0.0 .714 2W
Licey 5-2 0.0 .714 3W
Bulls 2-5 3.0 .286 3L
Lions 2-5 3.0 .286 2L

[Larry Biittner]

I will be in Punta Cana during the Dominican Series, and I gotta go see a game, and La Romana is closest, so let's root for the home team!

Great to see Juan Cruz pitching well. He can be great. Reminds me of Mario Soto.

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 6 at Eastern Bulls 5 (11 Innings)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/anderson.jpgAnderson Hernandez hit a solo shot in the top of the 11th inning, to start a 4 run rally and lead the tigers to a 6-5 victory over the bulls. Jose Offerman drove in 2 runs in the 6th, and added another RBI in the 11th to be the best in the offensive end.

Daniel Cabrera and Danny Tamayo got in an tight pitching duel!! Both came without decision. Cabrera pitched 6 innings, were he allowed 3 hits, 2ER, walked 4 and struck out 6. Danny Tamayo pitched 7 innings allowing 6 hits, 2 earned, walked one and didn't struck anyone.

For the Bulls: Jorge Toca was the best offensively, with his 2 run shot in the 6th.

Scoring Summary
Licey 6th: Starter Cabrera on the mound. Manny Martínez walked. Anderson Hernández roller to first. Aybar walked. Napoleón Calzado walked. José- Café- strikes out. José Offerman 2-RBI single. Ronnie Belliard struck out.
Licey 2 - Bulls 0

Bulls 6th: Starter Danny Tamayo still pitching. Brayan Peña singles. Jorge Toca 2-run homerun. Ben Johnson fly out. Jim Rushford fly out. Andy Marte fly out.
Licey 2 - Bulls 2

Licey 11th: Reliever Julio Mañón on the mound. Anderson Hernández homers by right field. Erick Aybar 1-3. Napoleón Calzado doubles. Andy Abad, pinchitting for Willis Otáñez, gets walked intentionally. Offerman RBI single. Belliard sac fly, and another run scores because the catcher let the outfield throw get away. Jiménez roller to 1st.
Licey 6 - Bulls 2

Bulls 11th: Eddy Ramos is pitching since the 10th. Toca singles. Johnson walked. Jim Rushford hit and error of 2B Anderson Hernández, Toca scores, runners to 3rd and 2nd. NEW PITCHER: CLOSER YHENCY BRAZOBAN. Kenny Pérez fly out. Terrero 4-3, run scores. Julian Yan strikes out.
Licey 6 - Bulls 5 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
LT 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00 04 6 6 1
EB 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 00 03 5 9 1

W: Eddy Ramos (1-0)
L: Julio Mañon (0-1)
S: Yhency Brazoban (3)


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Cibao Eagles 6 at Escogido Lions 2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/jared.jpg Jared Fernandez did the usual, and tied up the bats of the lions, while the eagles cruised in a 6-2 victory over the lions. He pitched 6 innings, allowing 1 run and 5 hits.

The offense was well distributed among all the lineup. Tony Batista had 2 RBI's. In the losing end, David Ortiz hit a sac fly.

Scoring Summary
Lions 1st: Fernandez starts the game. Erick Reed and Quincy Foster bunt hit. David Ortiz sac fly.
Eagles 0 - Lions 1

Eagles 6th: Starter Ramos still on the mound. Cepicky gets walked, Batista sac flies and Alexis Gomez RBI single combined for 3 runs.
Eagles 3 - Lions 1

Eagles 7th: Victor Diaz 2RBI single, and Batista RBI single
Eagles 6 - Lions 1

Lions 7th: Olivo doubles. NEW PITCHER: JOSE NUÑEZ. Izzy Alcantara RBI single.
Eagles 6 - Lions 2 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 6 7 0
EL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 6 1

W: Jared Fernandez (2-0)
L: Mario Ramos (0-1)


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Today's Preview

The Tigers play their third game this week against the lions. Today's supposed to be the last game for David Ortiz, who's going to Boston because of publicity contracts, and isn't going to play again unless the lions reach the finals. In that same game, Timo Perez' supposed to return to the lineup, and Luis Castillo's scheduled to debut.

Today's Games
Bulls @ Eagles
Ricardo Rodriguez 0-0 6.75 vs. Joaquin Benoit 0-0 0.00

Lions @ Tigers
Nerio Rodriguez 0-0 0.00 vs. Erick Knott 0-1 12.00


Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 6-2 0.0 .750 3W
Licey 6-2 0.0 .750 4W
Bulls 2-6 4.0 .250 4L
Lions 2-6 4.0 .250 3L

[Licey Fan]

Escogido Lions 10 at Licey Tigers 5

Angel Peña hit a 3 run homerun in the 7th inning, and Miguel Olivo hit a double and to singles, to lead the lions to a 10-5 beating of the tigers. David Ortiz went 2-5 with a double and 2RBI's. Jorge De Paula got the win after pitching 5 innings, and Erick Knott got the loss.

Erick Aybar was the best for the losers, going 3-5 with 3 RBI's.

Scoring Summary
Escogido 2nd: Starter Knott pitching. Miguel Olivo singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd. Angel Pena struck out swinging. J R Phillip sacrifice flied, 1 RBI. Israel Alcantara struck out swinging.
Escogido 1 - Licey 0

Escogido 3rd: Wilton Veras singled. Erik Reed struck out swinging. Neifi Perez RBI double. Juan Uribe RBI double, reaches 3rd on error. David Ortiz struck out swinging. Miguel Olivo grounded out.
Escogido 3 - Licey 0

Escogido 4th: Angel Pena doubles. J R Phillip RBI single. Israel Alcantara grounded into double play. Wilton Veras flied out.
Escogido 4 - Licey 0

Licey 4th: Anderson Hernandez grounded out. Erick Aybar reached on error. Napoleon Calzado grounded out.
Willis Otanez RBI single. Jose Offerman grounded out.
Escogido 4 - Licey 1

Licey 5th: Ronnie Belliard flied out. Jose Herrera struck out swinging. Carlos Ruiz tripled. Manny Martinez RBI single.
Anderson Hernandez singles, Martinez to third. Erick Aybar RBI single, Hernandez to third. Napoleon Calzado struck out swinging.
Escogido 4 - Licey 3

Escogido 6th: NEW PITCHER: VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS. Angel Pena grounded out. J R Phillip reached on error.
Israel Alcantara singled, tagged out going to 2nd, Phillip to third. Phillip scores on wild pitch. Wilton Veras flied out.
Escogido 5 - Licey 3

Escogido 7th: De Los Santos' pitching. Erik Reed struck out looking. Neifi Perez flied out. Juan Uribe singled.
David Ortiz RBI single. NEW PITCHER: PEDRO LIRIANO. Miguel Olivo walked. Angel Pena hit 3-run home run. Alex Diaz lined out.
Escogido 9 - Licey 3

Licey 7th: Ezequiel Astacio pitching since the 6th. Jose Herrera doubled. Carlos Ruiz walked. Manny Martinez flied out.
Anderson Hernandez reached on fielder's choice (forces Ruiz). Erick Aybar 2 run triple, Herrera and Hernandez score. NEW PITCHER: JAIRO GARCIA. Napoleon Calzado grounded out.
Escogido 9 - Licey 5

Escogido 9th: Melquis Torres pitching since the 8th. Ramon Santiago doubled. David Ortiz RBI double. Elvis Peña Pinchruns for David Ortiz, forced at 3rd. Miguel Olivo flied out. Angel Pena lined out.
Escogido 10 - Licey 5 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 0 1 2 1 0 1 4 0 1 10 14 0
LT 0 0 0 1 2 0 2 0 0 5 9 0

W: Jorge De Paula (1-1)
L: Erick Knott (0-2)

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Eastern Bulls 5 at Cibao Eagles 3

The Bulls continue to dominate the Eagles in their nest, where they've won 5 out of 6 games between them played in the eagles home. Yesterday, RBI singles out of Kenny Perez and Brayan Peña against bigleaguer Miguel Batista, broke the 3-3 tie and gave the bulls the victory 5-3

Alfredo Gonzalez got the win in the relief effort, while Miguel Batista got the loss. The Eagles continue to play bad at home, where they have a negative record (2-3), while on the road they have a perfect 4-0 record.

Esteban Germán, Peña y Kenny Rogers hit 2 hits each. Eddy Garabito hit a triple.

For the Eagles: Félix Martínez and Miguel Tejada both hit a double and a single. Luis Polonia, two singles.

The Eagles scored one in the first. After one out Polonia got walked and reach 3rd on a single by Tejada and score with a sac fly by Victor Diaz. (1-0). They added another one in the second by single of Alberto Castillo, double by Félix Martínez and sac fly by Melquis Cabrera. (2-0).

Los Toros tied (2-2) in the 3rd, when after 2 outs, they attacked starter Joaquín Benoit. Kenny Pérez and Esteban Germán consecutive singles and followed with an RBI triple. They took the lead in the 4th (3-2) against reliever Wandy Rodríguez who struck out Jorge Toca, allowed single of Ben Jonson who reached 3rd on wild pitch and score of RBI single by Juan Melo.

The eagles tied the game in the bottom of the 4th. Félix Martínez singled, Cabrera struck out, but Martinez stole 2nd. He scores on RBI single by Polonia.

Then it was all blank until the 9th when the Bulls reacted. Miguel Batista came to the mound. After one out, Juan Senreinso singles, steals 2nd an scores on an RBI single by Kenny Pérez, who also stole 2nd an after 2 outs and an intentional BB to Garabito, was batted in by Peña for the 5-3 final score.

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 5 11 1
CE 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 10 1

W: Alfredo Gonzalez (1-0)
L: Miguel Batista (0-1)


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Today's Preview

The Round Robin Playoff reached it midway point... Yesterday's game were game 9 for each of the teams, with 9 remaining... Today's an off day, and then we have saturday and sunday games between the tied teams... Eagles and Tigers face each other, and Lions and Bulls do the same.

Today's Games
OFF DAY

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 6-3 0.0 .667 1L
Licey 6-3 0.0 .667 1L
Bulls 3-6 3.0 .333 1W
Lions 3-6 3.0 .333 1W

[Licey Fan]

Round Robin Leaders as of Jan 6:radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Lions: E

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
L. Polonia (AC) .471, M. Olivo (E) .450, E. Aybar (L) .432, A. Abad (L) .423, V. Díaz (AC) .410, N. Calzado (L) .410, Q. Foster (E) .393, E. Germán (Az) .371, E. Garabito (Az) .378, I. Alcántara (E) .367.

Runs Scored
V. Díaz (AC) 10, E. Aybar (L) 9, L. Polonia (AC) 9, N. Calzado (L) 9

RBI
V. Díaz (AC) 10, A. Abad (L) 10, R. Belliard (L) 10, R. Santiago (E) 7, M. Tejada (AC) 6, N. Calzado (L) 6

Hits
E. Aybar (L) 19, L. Polonia (AC) 16, V. Díaz (AC) 16, N. Calzado (L) 16, E. Aybar (L) 16, E. Garabito (Az) 14

Doubles
L. Polonia (AC) 4, V. Díaz (AC) 4, N. Calzado (L) 4, JR. Phillips (E) 3, I. Alcántara (E) 3

Triples
E. Germán (AZ) 2, E. Aybar (L) 2

HR
J. Toca (Az) 3, N. Calzado (L) 2, Abad (L) 2, T. Batista (AC) 2

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 3, E. Aybar (L) 3, A. Gómez (AC) 2

Pitching
E. Ramos (L) 2-0, 1000, J. Acevedo (AC) 2-0, 1000, J. Fernández (AC) 2-0, 1000, JC. Cruz (L) 2-0, 1000

ERA
D. Tamayo (L) 0.00, L. Núñez (AC) 0.00, J. Vargas (AC) 0.00, R. Novoa (L) 0.00, J. Lima (AC) 1.50, JC. Cruz (L) 1.58, J. Cedeño (L) 1.80, F. Ozoria (AC) 1.93, J. Acevedo (AC) 2.19, J. Fernández (AC) 3.00.

K
J. Acevedo (AC) 13, E. Volquez (Az) 12, D. Cabrera (Az) 9, M. Ramos (E) 8, L. Núñez (AC) 8, R. Tejada (AC) 7, P. Liriano (L) 7, J. Cedeño (L) 7, J. Sosa (L) 7

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 3, J. Valverde (Az) 1, F. Rodney (E) 1, M. Batista (AC) 1.

[Licey Fan]

Cibao Eagles 2 at Licey Tigers 4

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/ronnie.jpgIn front of the best crowd yet this season (19,018 payed), Licey's captain Ron Belliard hit a bases loaded single in the bottom of the 8th inning, that lead to an error where all 3 runs scores, to get past the eagles 4-2 in the playoff standing.

The game started as a pitching duel, where the eagles took the best part. Jose Acevedo pitched 6 scoreless innings, scattering 3 hits; while the eagles run came out of a solo shot of Alexis Gomez in the 3rd inning, and a RBI double of Matt Cepicky in the 6th.

15 runners were left in the bases, 8 by the eagles and 7 by the tigers.

Their playoff series is now 2-1 in favor of Licey.


Scoring Summary
Eagles 3rd: Starter Felix Diaz on the mound. Alexis Gomez homers. Alberto Castillo walked. Felix Martinez FC 5-4. Luis Polonia fly out. Diaz struck out.
Eagles 1 - Licey 0

Eagles 6th: Diaz pops out. Miguel Tejada K'ed. Willy Mo Peña singles. Matt Cepicky doubles, reaches 3rd on error, Peña scores. Tony Batista 6-3.
Eagles 2 - Licey 0

Licey 8th: NEW PITCHER: LEO NUÑEZ. Anderson Hernandez walked. Erick Aybar singles. Napoleon Calzado sacrifices, runners advance. Andy Abad reaches on error, Hernandez scores. Ron Belliard hits bases loaded single that passes under the glove of left fielder Matt Cepicky, the ball goes to the wall, bases cleared, Belliard to third. Timo Perez walked. Sandy Martinez fly out.
Eagles 2 - Licey 4 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2
LT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 X 4

W: Wilton Chavez (1-0)
L: Leo Nuñez (0-1)
S: Yhency Brazoban (4)

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Escogido Lions 6 at Eastern Bulls 1

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/linton.jpgPitcher Doug Linton and OF Izzy Alcantara were key for the lions huge (classification-wise) victory over the bulls...

Linton pitched 5 strong innings, allowing one run, on six hits, and walked no one. The Lions' offense was lead by Izzy Alcantara who went 2-4 with a double and 2 rbi's; Juan Uribe hit a double and a triple and drove in one.

The loss was for Edison Volquez, who pitched 4.1 innings, allowing 6 hits, 4 runs (3 earned), and struck out 4.

That was Linton's final outing in the dominican ball, since he was called by the Rockies to represent them in the Winter Meetings.

Scoring Summary
Escogido 1st: Starter Edison Volquez on the mound. Eric Reed strikes out. Neifi Perez fouls out. Juan Uribe doubles, and reaches 3rd on wild pitch. Miguel Olivo RBI single. Olivo thrown out in 2nd trying to steal.
Escogido 1 - Bulls 0

Escogido 5th: Angel Peña singles. Wilson Betemit reaches on error. Izzy Alcantara 2 run double. Juan Tejada singles, Izzy to third. Quincy Foster 6-3, run scores. NEW PITCHER: WINSTON ABREU. Eric Reed strikes out swinging. Neifi Perez 4-3.
Escogido 4 - Bulls 0

Bulls 5th: Juan Senreiso singles. Kenny Perez singles, Senreiso to third. Ruddy Yan flys to left, but he drops it. Perez thrown out at 2nd. Esteban German sac fly. Eddy Garabito 4-3.
Escogido 4 - Bulls 1

Escogido 8th: NEW PITCHER: FELIX HEREDIA. Eric Reed flys out. Neifi Perez singles. Juan Uribe RBI triple. Miguel Olivo 2-3. Angel Peña RBI single. Betemit roller to 1st.
Escogido 6 - Bulls 1 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 1 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 6
EB 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1

W: Doug Linton (2-1)
L: Edison Volquez (0-2)


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Today's Preview
Today's game 2 of this 2 game miniseries... Another sellout crowd is expected in the game between eagles and tigers, this time in the eagles' nest.
There's an interesting scenario right now... The Bulls must win in order to keep their hopes alive... With their current record, they have to win 7 out of 8 remaining games in order to finish over 500, and that STILL wouldn't garantee their ticket to the finals, since a mini playoff would be played... In the other hand, the lions have a good chance to make a run... If they win today, and the eagles lose, they'll be just one game back of 2nd place, which is relatively easy to follow... In that scenario, the tigers would almost secure their pass, since they'll take a 2 game lead over the eagles AND get their record in 8-3 with 7 games remaining. They'd have to win only 3 more games to secure at least a tie in 2nd...


Today's Games
Tigers @ Eagles
Juan Carlos Cruz 2-0 1.59 vs. Jose Lima 1-0 1.50

Bulls @ Lions
Felix Heredia 0-0 0.00 vs. Nerio Rodriguez 0-0 2.25

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 7-3 0.0 .700 1W
Eagles 6-4 1.0 .600 2L
Lions 4-6 3.0 .400 2W
Bulls 3-7 4.0 .300 1L

[Licey Fan]

Eastern Bulls 0 at Escogido Lions 3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/olivo.jpgMiguel Olivo exploded yesterday with the bat, hitting a triple, a double an a single, with 2 runs scored; and Roman Colon pitched 5 shutout innings to help the lions keep their winning streak alive, and take out the bulls 3-0

Colon pitched 5 innings allowing 4 hits, walking one and striking out one. Was relieve by bigleaguer Francisco Cordero, Jairo Garcia ,and Jose Veras who got the save.

The game was lost by Justin Reed.


Scoring Summary
Escogido 1st: Starter Justin Reed pitching for the bulls. Miguel Olivo triples. Neifi Perez sac fly. Juan Uribe pops out. Angel Peña fly out.
Bulls 0 - Escogido 1

Escogido 4th: Peña doubles. Wilson Betemit 4-3. Izzy Alcantara struck out. JR Phillip RBI single. Eric Reed singles, Phillips thrown out at the plate trying to score.
Bulls 0 - Escogido 2

Escogido 5th: Olivo singles. Neifi Perez singles, Olivo to third. Uribe sac fly. NEW PITCHER: JOSELO DIAZ. Peña fly out and Perez' thrown out at the plate.
Bulls 0 - Escogido 3 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
EL 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 X 3 9 2

W: Roman Colon (1-1)
L: Justin Reed (0-1)
S: Jose Veras (1)

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Licey Tigers at Cibao Eagles

This game was rained out. It was rescheduled for Thursday, January 12; so know this 2 teams will play 10 games in a row.

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Today's Preview
The Lions will try to keep their winning streak alive when they face league leaders Licey Tigers today at Quisqueya Stadium. In the meantime the Eagles go to La Romana to take on the Bulls who try to stay alive.


Today's Games
Eagles @ Bulls
Tigers @ Lions

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 7-3 0.0 .700 1W
Eagles 6-4 1.0 .600 2L
Lions 5-6 2.5 .454 3W
Bulls 3-8 4.5 .272 2L

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 2 at Escogido Lions 3

Licey's sloppy defense, and good timing by Neifi Perez' bat, helped the Lions get it's 4th straight win, this time against leaders Licey Tigers.

Perez hit 3 hits, including a double, and the game winning RBI, to be the best offensively. Mario Ramos got the win, after relieving starter Nerio Rodriguez in the 4th. Fernando Rodney got the save and Valerio de los Santos, got the loss.


Scoring Summary
Licey 2nd: Andy Abad strikes out. Offerman walked. Belliard 5-3. Timo Perez RBI double. Sandy Martinez K'ed.
Licey 1 - Escogido 0

Escogido 3rd: Starter Juan Cedeño pitching. Miguel Olivo 5-3. Neifi Perez singles. Juan Uribe RBI double. Angel Peña reaches on E5, Uribe to 3rd. Izzy Alcantara sac fly. JR Phillips K'ed.
Licey 1 - Escogido 2

Licey 4th: Napoleón Calzado fly out. Andy Abad singles. Offerman fly out. Belliard RBI double. Timoniel Pérez IBB. Sandy Martínez pops out.
Licey 2 - Escogido 2

Escogido 6th: Quincy Foster infield hit. Eric Reed struck out. Miguel Olivo singles, Foster to 3rd. Neifi infield hit, run scores. Uribe forces Perez. Peña fly out
Licey 2 - Escogido 3 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 3
EL 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 X 3 8 0

W: Mario Ramos (1-1)
L: Valerio de los Santos (0-1)
S: Fernando Rodney (1)

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Cibao Eagles 3 at Eastern Bulls 2

Jared Fernandez demonstrated once again why he have become the most dominant starter in the dominican league. He pitching 8 innings, allowing just one earned run, while Victor Diaz hit a 2 run homerun, to be the keys to the eagles win 3-2.

With the win, the Eagles go back to the top, tied with the tigers, but now just 1.5 games away from the inspired lions.


Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Omar Beltré on the mound. Luis Polonia singles. Víctor Díaz singles, Polonia to third. Miguel Tejada 4-6-3 double play, but Polonia scores. Wily Mo Peña strikes out.
Eagles 1 - Bulls 0

Bulls 1st: Starter Jared Fernandez pitching. Esteban Germán lead off homerun. Eddy Garabito k'ed. Brayan Peña 6-3. Jorge Toca fly out.
Eagles 1 - Bulls 1

Eagles 6th: Beltre's on the mound. Alberto Castillo fly out. Félix- El Gatico- Martínez singles. Polonia 4-3, Martínez to 2nd. Díaz 2 run homerun. Tejada ends the inning 4-3..
Eagles 3 - Bulls 1

Bulls 8th: Fernández stays in the box. Jim Rushford walked. Juan Senreiso strikes out. Kenny Pérez singles. Ruddy Yan reaches on E5. Germán forces Yan 6-4, Rushford scores. Garabito fly out.
Eagles 3 - Bulls 2 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 6 2
EB 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 4 0

W: Jared Fernandez (3-0)
L: Omar Beltre (0-1)
S: Miguel Batista (2)

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Today's Preview
The Lions go to Santiago to take on the eagles in their nest!! This is a crucial 2 games series that could define who stays in the run and who goes out... Remember, the lions are only 1.5 back... In the meantime, licey'll have 2 consecutive games against last place bulls... If they sweep, they'll be in a good position toward this difficult weekend where they'll play the eagles 3 times in 4 days


Today's Games
Lions @ Eagles
Jorge De Paula 1-1 10.29 vs. Jose Lima 1-0 1.50

Bulls @ Tigers
Jose Mercedes 1-0 0.00 vs. Danny Tamayo 0-0 1.38

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team W-L GB WPct Strk
Licey 7-4 0.0 .636 1L
Eagles 7-4 0.0 .636 1W
Lions 6-6 1.5 .500 4W
Bulls 3-9 5.5 .250 3L

[Licey Fan]

Eastern Bulls 7 at Licey Tigers 6

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/jorgetoca.jpg The tigers have fallen into a losing streak in the worst of times... Jorge Toca (picture) hit a 2 run jack, and Jose Valverde pitched a perfect 9th, to give the bulls a 7-6 come-from-behind win that keep'em alive.

The win was for reliever Yurkin Ferreras, while the loss (and the blown save) was for closer Yhency Brazoban. Valderde saved the game.

The Bulls secured the game in the top of the 9th, were they scored twice, with RBI's by Esteban German and Jorge Toca.


Scoring Summary
Bulls 1st: Esteban Germán retired 6-3 by starter Danny Tamayo. Eddy Garabito singles, steals 2nd and reaches 3rd on wild pitch. Brayan Peña 6-3, run scores.
Bulls 1 - Licey 0

Licey 3rd: Erick Aybar singles. Timoniel Pérez singles, Aybar to third, and scores on E2. Napoleón Calzado lines out. Willis Otañez 4-3.
Bulls 1 - Licey 1

Licey 5th: Aybar walked. Pérez fly out. Calzado reaches on E6. Otañez struck out. José Offerman 2 run double, and is thrown out at 3rd.
Bulls 1 - Licey 3

Bulls 6th: Garabito singles, and reaches 3rd on error. Peña RBI single. Jorge Toca hits 2 run homerun. Juan Melo strikes out. Jim Rushfort singles. Juan Senreiso doubles. Pérez pops out. Ruddy Yan lines out.
Bulls 5 - Licey 3

Licey 7th: Aybar singles. Pérez infield hit. Calzado walked to load the bases. Otañez 3 run double. Offerman 1-3. Ronnie Belliard pops out. Luke Allen roller to 1st.
Bulls 5 - Licey 6

Bulls 9th: Closer Yhency Brazoban is called up. Kenny Pérez singles and steals 2nd. Yan 6-3. Germán RBI single. Garabito singles, German to 3rd. Peña 4-3, German scores. Toca 6-3.
Bulls 7 - Licey 6 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 1 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 7 11 3
LT 0 0 1 0 2 0 3 0 0 6 11 4

W: Yorkin Ferreras (1-0)
L: Yhency Brazoban (1-1)
S: Jose Valverde (2)

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Escogido Lions at Cibao Eagles

This is the second straight game suspended in Santiago... Now the Eagles have 2 games behind schedule, and no off days. The lions now fall one game behind the schedule.


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Today's Preview
Same teams, different stadium... Today Luis Castillo, now playing for the Minnesota Twins, is announced to make it's debut with the tigers... Also Felix Rodriguez, and Guillermo Mota will be in roster beginning tonight.


Today's Games
Eagles @ Lions
Jose Lima 1-0 1.50 vs. Ezequiel Astacio 0-1 15.75

Tigers @ Bulls
Erick Knott 0-2 9.00 vs. Jose Mercedes 1-0 0.00


Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team GP W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 11 7-4 0.0 .636 1W
Licey 12 7-5 0.5 .583 2L
Lions 12 6-6 1.5 .500 4W
Bulls 13 4-9 4.0 .308 1W

[Cubano100%]

The Bulls are out with a few games remaining! Thank you for Toca's picture. What are his stats and Pena's stats?

[Licey Fan]

The Bulls are out with a few games remaining! Thank you for Toca's picture. What are his stats and Pena's stats?

Toca's been ok, his avg is low, but he's hitting the ball hard, and has a lot of RBIS; but Peña seems out of focus lately... Yesterday was fooled by a rookie he had to tag, and allowed a run.

Toca's: 13G 50AB 9H .180Avg 5R 4HR 9RBI 1BB 13K .192OBP
Peña's: 12G 51AB 13H .255Avg 4R 1H2 1H3 0HR 6RBI 4BB 4K 1SB .309OBP

By the way, the bulls lost yesterday, so now their officially out of the race... Those of you that were coming to Punta Cana and planning to watch a game there, can't do it now.... The closest stadium is in Santo Domingo, the capital, and it's a 4 hour trip.

Summary's coming soon... I'm on a rush now

[Licey Fan]

Today I have a busy day, so I'll just post the results and the updated standing... The summaries come later


Licey Tigers 2 at Eastern Bulls 0

Erick Knott got his first win of the round robin, shuting out the bulls 2-0

W: Erick Knott (1-2)
L: Jose Mercedes (1-1)
S: Valerio de Los Santos (1)

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Cibao Eagles 8 at Escogido Lions 4

Tony Batista homered twice for the eagle to be the main performer in this game.


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Today's Preview
The tigers go to Santiago to take on the Eagles in the dominican classic. The winner of this game will take the overall lead, and will place on foot on the finals


Today's Games
Tigers @ Eagles

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team GP W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 12 8-4 0.0 .667 2W
Licey 13 8-5 0.5 .615 1W
Lions 13 6-7 2.5 .461 1L
Bulls 14 4-10 5.0 .286 1L

[Cuba_fan]

next week (01/21) we are going to dom. republic (punta cana)...hopefully we will be able to watch a game :rolleyes:

[Licey Fan]

next week (01/21) we are going to dom. republic (punta cana)...hopefully we will be able to watch a game :rolleyes:

the finals (dominican series) are scheduled to start 1/18

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 6 at Cibao Eagles 7

Bottom of the 9th, the home team losing 6-4 one out, bases cleared, on the mound for the opposing team the league's leader in saves... beautiful scenario to make something special... AND DID THEY DO IT!!

With one down, Luis Polonia (who went 4-4) singled... Miguel Tejada forced, for the 2nd out, and then Willie Mo Peña doubled to tie up the game... Then Victor Diaz became hero by hitting a single to bat in the game winning run... Yhency Brazoban messed up for his 2nd straight appereance...

For the tigers: Ron Belliard, Willis Otañez and Erick Aybar all homered.

Scoring Summary
Licey 2nd: Wilis Otañez down 6-3 against starter Wandy Rodríguez; José Offerman singles; Ronnie Belliard 2 run jack.
Luke Allen doubles. Robinson Díaz goes 6-3; Manny Martínez foul fly
Licey 2 - Eagles 0

Licey 3rd: Erick Aybar fly out; Luis Castillo infield hit; Napoleón Calzado singles, Castillo to third. E6 allows Castillo to score, Calzado reaches 2nd and is thrown out trying to extend to 3rd. Wilis Otañez walked; José Offerman walked. PITCHING CHANGE: EDWARD VALDEZ. Ronnie Belliard forces Offerman 4-6.
Licey 3 - Eagles 0

Eagles 4th: Wily Mo Peña HBP by starter Juan Carlos Cruz. Victor Díaz homerun. Matt Cepiky fly out. Tony Batista double; Alexis Gómez fly out; Alberto Castillo 5-3.
Licey 3 - Eagles 2

Eagles 5th: Bernie Castro strikes out. Luis Polonia singles. Miguel Tejada struck out swinging. Peña singles. NEW PITCHED: WILTON CHAVEZ. Victor Diaz singles, the run score, but the Diaz' thrown out trying to return to 1st (9-3).
Licey 3 - Eagles 3

Eagles 7th: Bernie Castro fly out. Polonia singles. NEW PITCHER: JORGE SOSA. Miguel Tejada forces Polonia 6-4. Mo Peña roller to SS, who bubbles, and makes a bad throw to 1st; Tejada scores. Victor Díaz 6-3.
Licey 3 - Eagles 4

Licey 8th: Luis Castillo 6-3. Napoleón Calzado singles. NEW PITCHER: MIGUEL BATISTA. Willis Otañez 2 run homerun.
José Offerman pops to 2nd. Ronnie Belliard doubles. Luke Allen 4-3.
Licey 5 - Eagles 4

Licey 9th: Manny Martínez 1-3. Erick Aybar solo homerun. NEW PITCHER: JOSE VARGAS. Luis Castillo 6-3. Napoleón Calzado HBP. Willy Otañez 4-3
Licey 6 - Eagles 4

Eagles 9th: NEW PITCHER: CLOSER YHENCY BRAZOBAN. Félix Martinez PH, strikes out. Bernie Castro singles. Luis Polonia singles. Miguel Tejada 5-3, run scores. Wily Mo Peña RBI double. NEW PITCHER: PEDRO LIRIANO. Victor Diaz game winning single.
Licey 6 - Eagles 7 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 9 1
CE 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 3 7 13 2

W: Jose Vargas (1-0)
L: Yhency Brazoban (1-2)


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Today's Preview
The final strech of the round robin winds up... Today David Ortiz' supposed to make his return to the escogido lions' lineup, trying to give em the boost they need to make it to the finals


Today's Games
Tigers @ Lions
Felix Diaz 0-0 4.15 vs. Jorge De Paula 1-1 10.29

Bulls @ Eagles
Edison Volquez 0-2 5.14 vs. Jose Acevedo 2-0 1.47


Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team GP W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 13 9-4 0.0 .692 3W
Licey 14 8-6 1.5 .571 1L
Lions 13 6-7 3.0 .461 1L
Bulls 14 4-10 5.5 .286 1L

[Licey Fan]

Round Robin Leaders as of Jan 12:radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Lions: E

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
M. Olivo (AC) .472, L. Polonia (AC) .404, E. Aybar (L) .400, A. Gómez (AC) 394, N. Calzado (L) .385, A. Abad (L) .353, V. Díaz (AC) .346, I. Alcántara (E) .341, E. Germán (Az) .321, Q. Foster (E) .308.

Runs Scored
E. Aybar (L) 13, V. Díaz (AC) 11, E. Aybar (L) 11, L. Polonia (AC) 11, N. Calzado (L)11

RBI
R. Belliard (L) 13, V. Diaz (AC) 12, A. Abad (L) 11

Hits
E. Aybar (L) 24, N. Calzado (L) 20, L. Polonia (AC) 19, E. Garabito (Az) 18, V.Diaz (AC) 18

Doubles
L. Polonia (AC) 5, I. Alcantara (E) 5, V. Díaz (AC) 4, N. Calzado (L) 4,R. Belliard (L) 4

Triples
M. Olivo (E) 3, E. Aybar (L) 3, B. Peña (Az) 2, E. German (Az) 2, E. Garabito (AZ) 2

HR
J. Toca (Az) 4, T. Batista (AC) 4, N. Calzado (L) 2, Abad (L) 2, T. Batista (AC) 2

Stolen Bases
E. Germán (Az) 3, M. Olivo (E) 3, E. Aybar (L) 3

Pitching
J. Fernandez (AC) 3-0, 1000, E. Ramos (L) 2-0, 1000, J. Acevedo (AC) 2-0, 1000, JC. Cruz (L) 2-0, 1000

ERA
J. Lima (AC) 1.42, J. Acevedo (AC) 1.47, JC. Cruz (L) 1.59, J. Fernandez (AC) 2.25, D. Tamayo (L) 2.45

K
J. Acevedo (AC) 20, E. Volquez (Az) 16, J. Lima (AC) 11, J. Cedeño (L) 11, M. Ramos (E) 11

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 4, J. Valverde (Az) 2, F. Rodney (E) 2, M. Batista (AC) 2

[dbackswin]

Licey Fan,

Thanks so much for the reports, you are a great fan!

Miguel Batista appears to be giving up a lot of runs. In your opion, what is wrong?

[Licey Fan]

Licey Fan,

Thanks so much for the reports, you are a great fan!

Miguel Batista appears to be giving up a lot of runs. In your opion, what is wrong?

He seems out of shape... He's getting under the batter's, and when he wants to go by the middle he's getting killed

His numbers: 0-1 16.20 .464OBA 5App 2Sv 5.0IP 13H 9R 9ER 2BB 1K

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 4 at Escogido Lions 2

The Licey Tigers got closer to the dominican finals winning yesterday's game against the lions 4-2. With that win their magic number goes down to 2 (they have a 2.5 game lead over the lions with 3 games remaining for the tigers, and 4 for the lions).

Willis Otañez drove in 2 runs, to lead the attack of the blues. The win was for Starter Felix Diaz, and Jorge De Paula got the loss. Jorge Sosa got his 1st save of the playoff, taking over the closer spot for Yhency Brazoban, who has been inconsistent.

David Ortiz was back on the lineup for the lions, and drove in a run.

Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Erick Aybar flys to LF against starter Roman Colon. Anderson Hernandez 4-3. Napoleon Calzado doubles. Willis Otañez RBI single. Jose Offerman strikes out.
Licey 1 - Escogido 0

Escogido 1st: Felix Diaz starts the game. Quincy Foster 4-3. Neifi Perez singles, reaching 2nd on passball and 3rd on throwing error of the catcher. David Ortiz sac fly. Angel Peña strikes out.
Licey 1 - Escogido 1

Licey 5th: Sandy Martinez fly out. Manny Martinez singles, and steals 2nd. NEW PITCHER: JORGE DE PAULA. Erick Aybar RBI triple, and scores on wild pitch. Hernandez fly out. Calzado strikes out.
Licey 3 - Escogido 1

Escogido 7th: Angel Peña singles, and Ramon Santiago PR. Izzy Alcantara singles and Elpidio Guzman PR. Santiago scores on WP, Guzman to third. Jose Reyes strikes out. Wilton Veras 4-3. Juan Tejada strikes out.
Licey 3 - Escogido 2

Licey 8th: Hernandez singles. Jose Herrera (PH) 1-3. Otañez RBI single. Offerman GIDP..
Licey 4 - Escogido 2 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 4 10 2
EL 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 7 0

W: Felix Diaz (1-0)
L: Jorge De Paula (1-2)
S: Jorge Sosa (1)


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Eastern Bulls 3 at Cibao Eagles 9

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/5_Tejada_vt.jpgThe Cibao Eagles put a foot on the Finals by pounding the disqualified Bulls 9-3.

Miguel Tejada was the hero for the eagle offense, going 3-5 with a homerun, a run scored and 4 batted in.

Jose Acevedo (3-0) was the winning pitcher, after pitching for 6 innings, allowing 6 hits, 3 runs, 2 K's and a walk. Matt Cepicky also helped the cause, going 2-4 with a 2 run homerun.

For the Romanians, the best in the offense was Brayan Peña, who went 2-4 with a homerun and drove in all 3 runs of his team.}


Scoring Summary
Bulls 3rd: Jerry Gil reaches on error. Ruddy Yan singles. Eddy Garabito sacrifices. Brayan Peña 6-3, run scores. Toca strikes out.
Bulls 1 - Eagles 0

Eagles 3rd: Alberto Castillo walked. Alexis Gomez doubles. Bernie Castro RBI single. Luis Polonia roller. Miguel Tejada 5-3, run scores. Victor Diaz Fly Out.
Bulls 1 - Eagles 2

Bulls 5th: Jerry Gil fly out. Ruddy Yan singles, and is thrown out on a steal attempt. Eddy Garabito walked. Brayan Peña 2 run homerun. Toca fly out.
Bulls 3 - Eagles 2

Eagles 6th: Starter Justin Reid still on the mound. Luis Polonia singles. NEW PITCHER: WINSTON ABREU. Miguel Tejada 2 run homerun. Victor Diaz walked. Matt Cepicky 2 run homerun. NEW PITCHER: JOSELO DIAZ. Tony Batista strikes out. Alexis Gomez walked. Alberto Castillo singles, Gomez to third. Alexis Fernandez RBI single. NEW PITCHER: YORKIN FERRERAS. Bernie Castro strikes out. Luis Polonia RBI single. NEW PITCHER: CESAR HERRERA. Miguel Tejada RBI single. Victor Diaz strikes out.
Bulls 3 - Eagles 9 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 4
CE 0 0 2 0 0 6 0 0 X 2

W: Jose Acevedo (3-0)
L: Winston Abreu (1-3)



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Today's Preview
Licey welcomes the eagles for a 2 game set... A win of the tigers combined with a lions loss will get them to the finals. The lions go to romana to take on the bulls, and the schedule is on their favor, since they have 2 straight against them.


Today's Games
Eagles @ Tigers
Jared Fernandez 3-0 2.25 vs. Juan Cedeño 0-0 2.00

Lions @ Bulls
Mario Ramos 1-1 3.29 vs. Edison Volquez 0-2 5.14


Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team GP W-L GB WPct Strk
Eagles 14 10-4 0.0 .714 4W
Licey 15 9-6 1.5 .600 1W
Lions 14 6-8 4.0 .429 2L
Bulls 14 4-11 6.5 .267 2L

[dbackswin]

Licey fan


Quote
He seems out of shape... He's getting under the batter's, and when he wants to go by the middle he's getting killed

His numbers: 0-1 16.20 .464OBA 5App 2Sv 5.0IP 13H 9R 9ER 2BB 1K
__________________

That does not sound good. Thanks for the information. Another question for you. What is the interest level in the World Baseball Classic in the Dominican Republic?

[Licey Fan]

Licey fan


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He seems out of shape... He's getting under the batter's, and when he wants to go by the middle he's getting killed

His numbers: 0-1 16.20 .464OBA 5App 2Sv 5.0IP 13H 9R 9ER 2BB 1K
__________________

That does not sound good. Thanks for the information. Another question for you. What is the interest level in the World Baseball Classic in the Dominican Republic?

The interest's huge!! Is like some of the posters here have said... It lacks interest in the United States (as every international competition)... But for us, is a way to make a name for ourselves... Everybody's really looking forward to it and hyped about it... Can hardly wait :rolleyes:

[Licey Fan]

Cibao Eagles 10 at Licey Tigers 3

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/celeb-ac.jpgThe Eagles had a huge 9th inning were they scored 6 runs, to secure their ticket to the dominican league finals, and in the meantime secure homefield advantage thru the series, by pounding the Licey Tigers 10-3.

Miguel Tejada, Víctor Díaz, Alexis Gómez and Matt Cepicky all homered in the slugfest. Tejada went 2-4, with 3 rbis; Diaz hit a grandslam in the ninth to finish 2-4; and Cepicky and Gomez both hit solo shots.

The game stood closed into the 9th inning, with the tigers trailing by just one run, until the eagles exploded with homeruns by Cepicky and Diaz. The win was for Jared Fernandez (4-0) who went thru a rough start where he allowed 3 early runs, but then settled. He pitched 6.1, allowed 8 hits, and 3 earned. The Tigers bullpen just collapsed in this game, and blew the effort of starter Juan Cedeño, who went without decision. He pitched 5 innings, and allowed just one run. The loser was Eddie Ramos, who allowed the go ahead run in the 7th

Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Knuckleballer Jared Fernández starts the game. Erick Aybar 5-3. Luis Castillo lines out. Andy Abad homers. Willis Otáñez 6-3.
Eagles 0 - Licey 1

Licey 2nd: Luke Allen fly out. Ronnie Belliard walked. Hanley Ramírez fly out. Carlos Ruiz infield hit. Manny Martínez 2 run double. Erick Aybar 6-3.
Eagles 0 - Licey 3

Eagles 3rd: Juan Cedeño pitching. Alberto Castillo fly out. Bernie Castro 6-3. Luis Polonia doubles. Miguel Tejada RBI single. Víctor Díaz fly out.
Eagles 1 - Licey 3

Eagles 6th: NEW PITCHER: PAT MAHOMES. Luis Polonia walked. Miguel Tejada 2 run homerun. Víctor Díaz strikes out. Batista strikes out. Matt Cepicky's walked and Mahomes hits the showers. NEW PITCHER: EDDIE RAMOS. Edwin Encarnación lines out.
Eagles 3 - Licey 3

Eagles 7th: Ramos still pitching. Alexis Gómez go ahead homerun. Alberto Castillo walked. NEW PITCHER CARLOS PEREZ. Bernie Castro foul fly. Luis Polonia grounds into 643 DP.
Eagles 4 - Licey 3

Eagles 9th: NEW PITCHER: VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS. Matt Cepicky welcomes him with enourmous homerun. Encarnación doubles. Alexis Gómez RBI single. NEW PITCHER: JOSE JIMENEZ. Alberto Castillo 4-6. Bernie Castro infield hit. Polonia infield hit to load the bases. Miguel Tejada fly out. Víctor Díaz dispatches grand slam to the left field scoreboard that buries the tigers. Tony Batista fly out.
Eagles 10 - Licey 3 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 6 10 14 0
LT 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 0

W: Jared Fernandez (4-0)
L: Eddie Ramos (2-1)


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Escogido Lions 3 at Eastern Bulls 7

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/andymarte.jpgThe DQ'ed Bulls gave the Lions a painful defeat yesterday, to put the lions in critical condition. They couldn't take advantage of the tigers loss in Santo Domingo, and helped reduce Licey's magic number down to 1. They must now win all of their remaining games, COMBINED with 3 straight losses by the tigers, to get to the finals.

The Bulls offense was lead by Andy Marte (picture) who hit a huge 430ft 3 run blast over the centerfield wall; Jorge Toca also homered, and Brayan Peña doubled and drove in 2.

Scoring Summary
Lions 3rd: Starter Daniel Cabrera still pitching. Elpidio Guzmán singles. Foster sacrifices 3-4. Neifi Pérez RBI single. David Ortíz IBB. Juan Uribe K'ed. Angel Peña k'ed.
Lions 1 - Bulls 0

Bulls 4th: Brayan Peña singles. Toca fly out. Rushford singles. Juan Senreiso RBI double. Andy Marte fly out. Jerry Gil 6-3
Lions 1 - Bulls 1

Bulls 5th: Ruddy Yan singles. Jesus Tavares singles. Peña 2 run double. Toca RBI single. Rushford fly out. Senreiso 1-3.
Lions 1 - Bulls 4

Bulls 7th: Peña 4-3. Toca singles. Rushford strikes out. Senreiso singles. Andy Marte hits huge blast over centerfield fence. Gil fly out.
Lions 1 - Bulls 7

Lions 8th: NEW PITCHER: ALFREDO GONZALEZ. Angel Peña homerun. Eric Reed, Jose Reyes and Wilton Veras all fly out.
Lions 2 - Bulls 7

Lions 9th: Neifi Pérez singles. David Ortiz walked. Juan Uribe fly out. Angel Peña RBI single. Reed roller to second.
Lions 3 - Bulls 7 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3
EB 0 0 0 1 3 0 3 0 X 7

W: Wilson Heredia (1-0)
L: Williams Simas (0-1)



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Today's Preview
Licey's magic number got down to 1, since the lions also lost their game. In order for the lions to make it to the finals, they have to win their 3 remaining games (including tomorrow's game against the tigers IF NECESSARY). If the tigers win any of their 2 remaining games, it doesn't matter what happens with the lions, and the round robin stops right there, since the other games are not necessary... If the playoffs end today, then the finals will start on tuesday... If not, they'll start on wednesday. Expect the eagles to sit their all-stars today, to rest them for the finals


Today's Games
Tigers @ Eagles
Danny Tamayo 0-0 2.45 vs. Joaquin Benoit 0-0 3.60

Bulls @ Lions
Omar Beltre 0-1 7.20 vs. Rafael Soriano 0-0 1.69


Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team GP W-L GB WPct Strk
x-Eagles 15 11-4 0.0 .733 5W
Licey 16 9-7 2.5 .563 1L
Lions 15 6-9 5.0 .400 3L
Bulls 15 5-11 6.5 .313 1W

x- Advances to finals

[Licey Fan]

Licey Tigers 1 at Cibao Eagles 2

In a game marked by the dominance of pitching (or lack of batting for that matter), they eagles demostrated again their favorite status, and manage to beat the tigers still playing with only half of their "A" team... That win, combined with the win of the lions, makes the lions go into a sudden death game against the tigers tonight.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Danny Tamayo starts the game. Félix Martínez roller to 1st. Luis Polonia singles. Alexis Gómez walked. Víctor Díaz fly out. Matt Cepicky RBI single. Tony Batista RBI single. Alex Fernández infield hit. Ryan Hubele 1-3.
Licey 0 - Eagles 2

Licey 8th: NEW PITCHER: SANTIAGO RAMIREZ. Erick Aybar strikes out. Luis Castillo walked. NEW PITCHER: ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ. Andy Abad doubles. NEW PITCHER: JUSTIN MILLER. Willis Otáñez 4-3, run scores. Hanley Ramirez 1-3.
Licey 1 - Eagles 2 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 0
CE 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 X 2 7 0

W: Joaquin Benoit (1-0)
L: Danny Tamayo (0-1)
S: Justin Miller (1)

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Eastern Bulls 2 at Escogido Lions 8

The Escogido Lions stay alive by pounding a Bulls rookie team 8-2. That victory got them now just 1.5 games back of licey, with 2 games remaining... That means the MUST win both calendar games remaining in order to force a tiebreaker, if not, licey goes on to face the Eagles.

Scoring Summary
Lions 1st: Starter Omar Beltre pitching. Quincy Foster's out. Neifi Perez and Juan Uribe both get walked. Angel Peña 3 run homerun. Jose Reyes doubles. Wilton Veras 6-3. Elpidio Guzman strikes out.
Bulls 0 - Lions 4

Bulls 3rd: Lance Davis pitching. Lizahio Baez' out. Ruddy Yan 5-3. Francis Gomez doubles. Brayan Peña RBI triple. Toca 6-3
Bulls 1 - Lions 4

Lions 3rd: Angel Peña k'ed. José Reyes singles. Wilton Veras RBI single. Elpidio Guzmán force out. Ramón Santiago 6-3.
Bulls 1 - Lions 5

Lions 5th: After one out of Juan Uribe, Angel Peña is HBP. José Reyes singles, and a throwing error of the catcher allows Peña to score and Reyes to advance. Wilton Veras walked. Elpidio Guzmán sac fly. Ramón Santiago walked. Reed strikes out.
Bulls 1 - Lions 7

Lions 7th: After 2 outs, Wilton Veras hits solo homerun. Elpidio Guzmán ends the inning.
Bulls 1 - Lions 8

Bulls 9th: Juan Senreiso HBP. Andy Marte ground out, runner advances. Jerry Gil ground out. Senreiso scores on wild pitch. Lizahio Baez' out to end the gamme.
Bulls 2 - Lions 8 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EB 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 8 2
EL 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 X 8 6 1

W: Lance Davis (1-0)
L: Omar Beltre (0-2)

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Today's Preview
Today the Escogido Lions go into a sudden death game against the tigers... even though they have 2 win 3 straight in order to make it to the finals (thats win tonight, then win tomorrow against the eagle their rescheduled game, and then a tiebreaker on wednesday)... it seems they have the advantage since they have the momentum, while the tigers have lost 2 straight games to their probable rival in the finals... that's put they morale way low... and also take into account that yesterday's loss was to a bunch of rookies, so that hurts even more...

The game between the eagles and bulls today has no importance between them, so don't expect to hear any known names playing.

Licey just have 2 win one game, out of 2 possible, or have the lions lose one, out of 3 possibly remaining to make it to the finals... so they still have the inside lane...

GO TIGERS!! :gt


Today's Games
Tigers @ Lions
Eagles @ Bulls

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team GP W-L GB WPct Strk
x-Eagles 16 12-4 0.0 .750 6W
Licey 17 9-8 3.5 .529 2L
Lions 16 7-9 5.0 .437 1W
Bulls 17 5-12 7.5 .294 1L

x- Advances to finals

[Licey Fan]

Escogido Lions 1 at Licey Tigers 6

The final score doesn't reflect in any sense the pressure felt on that game that was converted into an instant classic. In the end, it was the tigers who got the best of it, and could finally advance to the finals, beating the lions 6-1, to face the current champions Cibao Eagles. The game was deadlocked at 1 until the final 3rd of the game, when it opened up in the bottom of the 7th...

Ronnie Belliard wasn't a factor in the score, but he was in base in his 4ab's, and was a huge motivating factor, demonstrating again his captain condition. The offense was lead by rookie of the year Anderson Hernandez (taking over Luis Castillo who left the game), and Erick Aybar, the 1-2 spots on the lineup, nicknamed "The Minors" by the fans, because of their age and their size...

The game was won by veteran leftie Carlos Perez, who came in and made and incredible relief effort, when he came to pitch in the top of the 7th, with no outs, runner on third and the infield in, and managed to strike out the 1st to batters, and then got Neifi Perez to pop up to shortstop

The Lions only run was produce by David Ortiz, who hit a huge 480 blast over the right field wall, that I think it hasn't landed yet... :p At least, that's the biggest homerun I've ever seen in my life...

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Scoring Summary
Escogido 3rd: Starter Juan Carlos Cruz on the mound. Neifi Pérez pops up. David Ortíz launches enourmous 480 ft blast over the right field fence for a solo homerun. Angel Peña singles. Jose Reyes strikes out. Izzy Alcantara 6-3. Elpidio Guzman 6-4.
Escogido 1 - Licey 0

Licey 5th: Starter Nerio Rodriguez pitching for the Lions. Luke Allen 6-3. Carlos Ruiz singles. Manny Martínez walked. Anderson Hernández (for Luis Castillo, left the game injured) fly out. Erick Aybar singles, Ruiz scores (picture of the slide). Napoleón Calzado walked. Willis Otañez fly out.
Escogido 1 - Licey 1

Licey 7th: NEW PITCHER: JOSE VERAS. Martínez strikes out. Hernández hits triple by the right field line, and scores on throwing error of shortstop Neifi Perez trying to take him out at third. Aybar also triples by right field, and scores on wild pitch. Calzado 4-3. Otañez 4-3.
Escogido 1 - Licey 3

Licey 8th: NEW PITCHER: FRANCISCO CORDERO. Hanley Ramírez singles, and streals 2nd. Ronnie Belliard walked. Both runners advance on wild pitch. Víctor Mercedes, for José Herrera, walked to load the bases. NEW PITCHER: JESUS SANCHEZ. Carlos Ruiz sac fly to right. Martinez HBP, bases reloaded. Hernandez HBP, forced run scores. NEW PITCHER: FERNANDO RODNEY. Aybar strikes out. Calzado walked. Otañez strikes out.
Escogido 1 - Licey 6 FINAL


TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
EL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6 1
LT 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 3 X 6 7 0

W: Carlos Perez (1-0)
L: Jose Veras (0-1)

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Cibao Eagles 2 at Eastern Bulls 12

This game meant nothing for either team, so it was played mainly by sustitutes. Brayan Peña went 4-5 and drove in four, and Roberto Gomez went 4-4 in the winning side. Miguel Batista was the loser, has he allowed 3 runs in 2 innings starting the game.

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Today's Games
Off Day

Tomorrow's Game
Dominican Winter League Final Series - Game 1
Licey Tigers @ Eagles

Here are the updated ROUND ROBIN standings:

Team GP W-L GB WPct Strk
x-Eagles 17 12-5 0.0 .706 1L
x-Licey 18 10-8 2.5 .556 1W
Lions 17 7-10 6.0 .412 1L
Bulls 18 6-12 6.5 .333 1W

x- Advances to finals

[Licey Fan]

Hi! I just wanted to post this pictures taken in the tigers dugout celebrating their pass to the finals!!! Enjoy them

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[senorgorra]

GO EAGLES! When do the finals start?

[Licey Fan]

GO EAGLES! When do the finals start?

game 1's tomorrow... I'll post my preview then...

[Licey Fan]

Final Round Robin Leaders :radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC
Bulls: AZ
Lions: E

Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
L. Polonia (AC) .469, N. Calzado (L) .390, E. Aybar (L) .364, A. Gómez (AC) 340, V. Díaz (AC) .338, A. Abad (L) .333, E. Germán (Az) .321, I. Alcántara (E) .319, B. Peña (Az) .313

Runs Scored
L. Polonia (AC) 18, E. Aybar (L) 15, V. Díaz (AC) 14, N. Calzado (L) 13, N. Pérez (E) 11

RBI
V. Díaz (AC) 20, M. Tejada (AC) 15, R. Belliard (L) 15, B. Peña (Az) 12, A. Abad (L) 12

Hits
L. Polonia (AC) 30, E. Aybar (L) 28, V. Díaz (AC) 23, N. Calzado (L) 23, B. Peña (Az) 21

Doubles
L. Polonia (AC) 7, R. Belliard (L) 6, N. Calzado (L) 5, I. Alcantara (E) 5

Triples
E. Aybar (L) 4, M. Olivo (E) 3, B. Peña (Az) 2, E. German (Az) 2, E. Garabito (AZ) 2

HR
J. Toca (Az) 4, T. Batista (AC) 4, M. Tejada (AC) 4, V. Díaz (AC) 4

Stolen Bases
E. Aybar (L) 4, R. Yan (Az) 3, E. Germán (Az) 3, M. Olivo (E) 3

Pitching
J. Fernandez (AC) 4-0, 1000, J. Acevedo (E) 3-0, 1000, JC. Cruz (L) 2-0, 1000, E. Ramos (L) 2-1, 667, D. Linton (E) 2-1, 667

ERA
J. Acevedo (AC) 1.85, J. Cedeño (L) 1.93, J. Fernández (AC) 2.81, D. Tamayo (L) 2.82, F. Díaz (L) 2.63.

K
J. Acevedo (AC) 22, E. Volquez (Az) 16, D. Cabrera (Az) 15, F. Díaz (L) 14, M. Ramos (E) 13

Saves
Y. Brazoban (L) 4, J. Valverde (Az) 2, F. Rodney (E) 2, M. Batista (AC) 2

[Licey Fan]

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Dominican Winter League Finals 2006

Cibao Eagles (12-5) vs. Licey Tigers (10-8)

The Dominican Winter League Finals for season 2005-2006 start tonight in Santiago. This promises to be a very exciting final, since the top 2 historical teams in the nation are playing for the championship supremacy this time. Both Tigers and Eagles have a total of 18 crowns, even though history favors Licey, since the Eagles have tied the tigers 3 times, but they haven't passed the tigers ever, and the tigers get back on top...

The Eagles are clear favorites in this series... Even though the Licey Tigers won the regular season with a big 5 game margin, the lost their series against the Eagles 7-3. In the round robin, things got a little tighter, but still the Eagles dominated 4-2.

This will be the tigers' 27th final... The've won 18 and lost 9. The Eagles also have won 18, but they've needed 32 finals to do it... This'll be it's 33rd appereance in the finals...

In finals between them, history also favors the Licey Tigers... They've played 16, with the tigers leading 9-7.

None of that matters now, as you have to win 5 in order to be champion... Let's see what happens beginning tonight!! :clapping

This series' set to be a best of 9 series. The format is 1-1-1 meaning tonight they play in Santiago (Eagles), tomorrow in Santo Domingo (Licey), then in Santiago (Eagles), and so on...

DWL Finals - Game 1
Estadio Cibao - Santiago 8:05AST

Licey Tigers at Cibao Eagles
Felix Diaz 0-0 0.00 (RR 1-0 2.63) vs. Jose Lima 0-0 0.00 (RR 1-0 1.42)

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 1

Licey Tigers 11 at Cibao Eagles 6 (11 Innings)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/dangelo.jpg D'Angelo Jimenez became the unexepected hero and hit a golden 2 run single in the top of the 11th, to start up a 5 run rally, that lead to a stunning 11-6 win in game 1 of the Dominican Winter League Final Series.

The tigers mounted a tremendous amount of offense, making their 11 runs on 19 hits... They even let 14 runners on the bases, issue they'll have to manage in order to win the series...

The game was started by Felix Diaz, who did a marvelous job! He allowed 3 earned runs in the 2nd inning, but afterwards allowed only one hit, in 5.1 innings. In the other end, Jose Lima seemed off focus, but 2 double plays helped him sort things out, and allowed only 2 runs... Then the eagles took command 6-3, but the tigers erased the 3 run defecit once again. Carlos Perez once again did a terrific relief effort, and pitched 2 scoreless innings.

The key of the game was definetly keeping Luis Polonia and Bernie Castro out of the bases, while Licey's "minors" killed the eagles' pitching. The eagles' 1-2 hitters went 0-10; while Licey's went 6-11.

Now the tigers move the series to Santo Domingo with a 1-0 lead, taking homefield advantage with it...

For Licey: Belliard hit a double and a single a drove in 2; Hanley Ramírez, HR and 3B; Aybar went 4-5; Ruiz a double and a single; Otañez double.

For the Eagles: Batista HR, double and a single with 3RBI's; Mo Peña HR and a pair of hits; Tejada, double.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 2nd: Willy Mo Peña singles against starter Felix Diaz. Víctor Díaz singles. Matt Cepicky singles, Diaz picked off at 2nd. Tony Batista hits 3 run homerun. Alexis Gómez strikes out. Alberto Castillo 6-3.
Licey 0 - Eagles 3

Licey 3rd: Anderson Hernández infield hit against starter José Lima. Erick Aybar, infield hit. Napoleón Calzado strikes out. Andy Abad fly out. José Offerman singled to load the bases. Ronnie Belliard 2-run single. Offerman picked off at 2nd
Licey 2 - Eagles 3

Licey 6th: NEW PITCHER: JOAQUIN BENOIT. Ronnie Belliard strikes out. Hanley Ramírez hits a solo homerun. Ruiz doubles. Martínez strikes out. NEW PITCHER: WANDY RODRIGUEZ. Hernández strikes out.
Licey 3 - Eagles 3

Eagles 6th: Bernie Castro 6-3. Polonia strikes out. Tejada doubles. NEW PITCHER EDDIE RAMOS. Mo Peña welcomes him with a long 2-run shot over the CF wall. Díaz fly out.
Licey 3 - Eagles 5

Eagles 7th: NEW PITCHER: JOSE NUÑEZ. Cepicky singles. PINCHRUNNER: RICHARD GOMEZ. NEW PITCHER: WILTON CHAVEZ. Batista doubles. NEW PITCHER: CARLOS PEREZ. Gómez strikes out. Castillo bunts to Perez, who makes a bad throw to home, allowing Gomez to score, while Castillo advanced to second. José Mayobanex Fernández walked. Polonia struck out.
Licey 3 - Eagles 6

Licey 8th: Justin Miller pitching since the 8th. Ramírez triples. Ruiz reaches on E6, Ramirez scores. Willis Otañez, PH for Manny Martínez, doubles. PINCHRUNNER: VICTOR MERCEDES. NEW PITCHER: ARNALDO MUÑOZ. Hernández bunts, the pitcher makes a throwing error to 1st, allowing Victor Mercedes to score, while Hernandez is called out in second because he missed 1st base while running. Aybar RBI single. Calzado fly out. NEW PITCHER: JOSE VARGAS. Offerman pops to 2nd.
Licey 6 - Eagles 6

Licey 11th: Belliard doubled. Ramírez 5-3. Martínez walked. Both runners advance on wild pitch from pitcher Edward Valdez. D'angelo Jiménez, pinchitting, hits 2 run single by the middle of the field. PINCHRUNNER: LUKE ALLEN. Hernández doubles. Aybar IBB to load the bases. Calzado sac fly. Abad IBB to load the bases. Offerman and Belliard both walked, to add two more runs. Ramírez fly out.
Licey 11 - Eagles 6 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
LT 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 3 0 00 05 11 19 1
CE 0 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 00 00 6 11 2

W: Roberto Novoa (1-0)
L: Edward Valdez (0-1)

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Today's Game

DWL Finals - Game 2
Estadio Quisqueya - Santo Domingo 8:05AST

Cibao Eagles at Licey Tigers
Jose Acevedo 0-0 0.00 (RR 3-0 1.85) vs. Juan Cedeño 0-0 0.00 (RR 0-0 1.93)

Licey leads the series 1-0

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 2

Cibao Eagles 3 at Licey Tigers 2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/acevedo.jpg Jose Acevedo made an impresive pitching performance, to help the Eagles tie up the final series 1 a piece. He pitched 8 shutout innings, making 107 pitches, allowing 3 hits, walking 1 and striking out 7, to pick up the win.

The tigers bullpen also was superb, but it wasn't enough... Since the first inning, were the eagles made all of their runs, licey shutout the eagles... The bullpen pitched 6 shutout, and struck out 6... Juan Cedeño lost the game after a bad 1st inning. Ramon Ortiz, Valerio de los Santos and Pat Mahomes followed him in the mound.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Starter Juan Cedeño on the mound. Luis Polonia fly out. Víctor Díaz singles. Miguel Tejada walked. Both runners advance on passball. Wllly Mo Peña walked to load the bases. Diaz scores on balk of catcher (picked of the ball with the mask). Tony Batista struck out. José Fernández 2 run single. Alexis Gómez struck out.
Eagles 3 - Licey 0

Licey 9th: NEW PITCHER: DAVID MANNING. Calzado singles. Andy Abad singles. Offerman GIDP, Calzado to third. Ronnie Belliard infield single, Calzado scores on throwing error. Hanley Ramírez RBI single. NEW PITCHER: JOSE VARGAS. On the first pitch, Willis Otañez, PH for Carlos Ruiz, hits roller to second to end the game.
Eagles 3 - Licey 2 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 7 1
LT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 7 3

W: Jose Acevedo (1-0)
L: Juan Cedeño (0-1)
S: Jose Vargas (1)

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Today's Game

DWL Finals - Game 3
Estadio Cibao - Santiago 8:05AST

Licey Tigers at Cibao Eagles
Danny Tamayo 0-0 0.00 (RR 0-1 2.82) vs. Jared Fernandez 0-0 0.00 (RR 4-0 2.73)

Series tied 1-1

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 3

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Heavy rain fell yesterday in Santiago, the whole day, making it impossible to play the game yesterday. Game 3 will be played today in the same stadium, since it can't be played in Santo Domingo, or the Eagles'd lose their homefield advantage... Until game 3 isn't played in Santiago, no games will be played in Santo Domingo, so now the schedule moves up a day for every game, and I think (not official) that there will be a game played on monday, which was scheduled to be an off day, in order to pick up the schedule.


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Today's Game

DWL Finals - Game 3
Estadio Cibao - Santiago 5:05AST

Licey Tigers at Cibao Eagles
Danny Tamayo 0-0 0.00 (RR 0-1 2.82) vs. Jared Fernandez 0-0 0.00 (RR 4-0 2.73)

Series tied 1-1

[senorgorra]

Lets go Jared get another victory.

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 3

Licey Tigers 3 at Cibao Eagles 7

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/tejada.jpg Miguel Tejada is the best ranked player in the Final Series, and to pitch him's always a risk. Yesterday, the tigers risked it and payed for it. Tejada hit a 3 run monster blast to help the Eagles seal the deal against the tigers 7-3.

Jared Fernandez didn't make his best performance of the season. He pitched six innings, allowed 6 hits and 3 earned runs, while striking out 3. On the other hand Licey's started Danny Tamayo made an excellent performance but it wasn't enough. He piched 5.1, striking out six, and allowing only 3 hits and one earned run. He retired 15 out of 17 batters before allowing 2 hits in the top of the 6th inning to jump off the mound.

The loss was for Carlos Perez, who couldn't do the job has he had the previous games.

For Licey: Ron Belliard went 2-3 with a double, a HR, 2 scored, 1 RBI and an IBB.

Scoring Summary
Licey 1st: Starter Jared Fernandez on the mound. Anderson Hernández fly out. Erick Aybar singles. Napoleón Calzado 4-3, Aybar to 3rd. Willis Otañez RBI single. Andy Abad strikes out.
Licey 1 - Eagles 0

Licey 2nd: Ronny Belliard doubles. Hanley Ramírez fly out. Rubén Rivera RBI single. Carlos Ruiz 5-3. Anderson Hernández fly out.
Licey 2 - Eagles 0

Eagles 2nd: Danny Tamayo's on the mound. Matt Cepicky solo homerun. Tony Batista strikes out. José Fernández strikes out looking. Alexis Gómez strikes out looking.
Licey 2 - Eagles 1

Licey 4th: Andy Abad 1-3. Ronny Belliard solo homerun. Hanley Ramírez fly out. Rubén Rivera strikes out.
Licey 3 - Eagles 1

Eagles 6th: Alberto Castillo singles. Bernie Castro singles. NEW PITCHER: VALERIO DE LOS SANTOS. Luis Polonia GIDP 6-4-3, Castillo to third. NEW PITCHER PAT MAHOMES. Miguel Tejada IBB. Víctor Díaz reaches on E6, Castillo scores. NEW PITCHER: CARLOS PEREZ. Matt Cepicky roller to 1st.
Licey 3 - Eagles 2

Eagles 7th: Tony Batista singles. José Fernández singles. Alexis Gómez strikes out. Alberto Castillo walked. Bernie castro forces Castillo in 2nd. Luis Polonia RBI single. NEW PITCHER: ROBERTO NOVOA. Miguel Tejada 3 run homerun.
Víctor Díaz fly out.
Licey 3 - Eagles 7

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 1
CE 0 1 0 0 0 1 5 0 X 7 8 0

W: Joaquin Benoit (1-0)
L: Carlos Perez (0-1)

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Today's Game

DWL Finals - Game 4
Estadio Quisqueya - Santo Domingo 5:05AST

Cibao Eagles at Licey Tigers
Julian Tavarez 0-0 0.00 (RR 0-0 0.00) vs. Juan Carlos Cruz 0-0 0.00 (RR 2-0 2.57)

Eagles lead series 2-1

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 4

Cibao Eagles 3 at Licey Tigers 5

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/anderson.jpg Rookie of the year Anderson Hernandez (picture), and Erick Aybar, duo nicknamed "the minors" combined to hit 5-7, including the game winning double by Hernandez, to help Licey make a come-from-behind win over the Eagles and tie up the series at 2 games each.

The Eagles menaced in the top of the 8th, opening the inning with Luis Polonia on 1st, then manager Rafael Landestoy decided to bring his closer Jorge Sosa in the 8th, and after IBB Miguel Tejada, he struck out both Victor Diaz and Matt Cepicky to keep the score in favor of the tigers.

For the Tigers: Hernández 2 doubles and a single; Aybar, triple and a single; Andy Abad, a double.

For the eagles: Cepicky, a double; and Alexis Gómez, pair of singles.

Scoring Summary
Licey 3rd: Julian Tavarez started the game for the Eagles. Carlos Ruiz strikes out. Anderson Hernández doubles. Erick Aybar RBI triple. Calzado sac fly. Willis Otañez fly out.
Eagles 0 - Licey 2

Eagles 4th: Juan Carlos Cruz started the game for the Tigers. Bernie Castro singled. Luis Polonia fly out. Miguel Tejada singled. Víctor Díaz sac fly. Matt Cepicky RBI double. Tony Batista struck out.
Eagles 2 - Licey 2

Eagles 5th: José Fernández strikes out. Alexis Gómez, infield hit. Alberto Castillo singled, Gomez scored on E8, while Castillo got to third. Castro 4-3. Polonia 6-3.
Eagles 3 - Licey 2

Licey 6th: Calzado strikes out, but catcher Alberto Castillo couldn't catch the ball, and pitcher Tavarez tries to take Calzado out at 1st, making a bad throw that allows Calzado to reach 2nd. Otañez 5-3. Timoniel Pérez singled. NEW PITCHER: JUSTIN MILLER. Belliard sac fly. Hanley Ramírez struck out.
Eagles 3 - Licey 3

Licey 7th: Rubén Rivera walked. Carlos Ruiz sac bunt. Hernández RBI double, and is thrown out trying to extend it to a triple. Aybar singled, and reached 2nd on error. Calzado singled, but is thrown out trying to steal.
Eagles 3 - Licey 4

Licey 8th: Otañez fly out. PH Andy Abad, for Timoniel Pérez, doubles, and Ricardo Nanita pinchruns for him. Belliard walked. Ramírez walked. Rivera sac fly. Ruiz fly out.
Eagles 3 - Licey 5 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 2
LT 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 X 5 9 3

W: Jose Jimenez (1-0)
L: Justin Miller (0-1)
S: Jorge Sosa (1)

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Today's Game

DWL Finals - Game 5
Estadio Cibao - Santiago 8:05AST

Licey Tigers at Cibao Eagles
Ramon Ortiz 0-0 0.00 vs. Robinson Tejeda 0-0 0.00 (RR 4-0 2.73)

Series tied 2-2

[Licey Fan]

Final Series Leaders as of 1/23 :radio

This are the teams signals:

Licey: L
Eagles: AC


Average (2.7 Plate appearances per game)
E. Aybar (L) .471, R. Belliard (L) .462, A, Hernández (L) .444, N,. Calzado (L) .375, JM. Fernández (AC) .364, M. Cepicky (AC) .364, A, Castillo (AC) .300.

Runs Scored
R. Belliard (L) 4, M. Tejada (AC) 4, E. Aybar (L) 4, W. Mo. Peña (AC) 3

RBI
R. Belliard (L) 6, M. Tejada (AC) 3, T. Batista (AC) 3

Hits
A. Hernández (L) 8, E. Aybar (L) 8, N. Calzado (L) 6, R. Belliard (L) 6

Doubles
A. Hernández (L) 3, JM. Fernandez (AC) 2, R. Belliard (AC) 2

Triples
H. Ramírez (L) 1, A. Hernandez (L) 1, E. Aybar (L) 1

HR
(Many tied with 1)

Stolen Bases
L. Polonia (AC) 2, R. Belliard (L) 1, E. Aybar (L) 1

Pitching
R. Novoa (L) 1-0, 1000, J. Benoit (AC) 1-0, 1000, J. Acevedo (AC) 1-0, 1000, J. Jiménez (L) 1-0, 1000

ERA
J. Acevedo (AC) 0.00, D. Tamayo (L) 1.80, JC. Cruz (L) 3.00, J. Tavarez (AC) 3.38, J. Lima (AC) 3.60

K
J. Acevedo (AC) 7, D. Tamayo (L) 6, F. Díaz (L) 5, J. Sosa (L) 4, C. Pérez (L) 4, J. Fernández (AC) 4

Saves
J. Vargas (AC) 1, J. Sosa (L) 1

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 5

Licey Tigers 8 at Cibao Eagles 2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/calzado.jpg Napoleon Calzado drove in 3 runs, including 2 with the game winning double; and Carlos Ruiz added two more; to push Licey past the Eagles 8-2 and take a 3-2 series lead.

Andy Abad added a pinchit homerun to seal the deal. Valerio de los Santos got the win after pitching 3 shutout innings in relief, while reliever Jose Nuñez got the loss, after allowing Calzado's double.

For the tigers: Calzado double and 3 RBI's; Andy Abad, 2 run homerun; Otañez, pair of doules; Ruiz, double and a single with 2 RBI's; Rivera a double.

For the eagles: Castro 3 hits; and Jose Fernandez a double.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 3rd: Starter Ramon Ortiz on the mound. Miguel Tejada pops out. Matt Cepicky, fly out. Víctor Díaz walked. Tony Batista singles. José Fernández, RBI double. Alexis Gómez, walked. Alberto Castillo, foul fly to catcher.
Licey 0 - Eagles 1

Licey 4th: Starter Robinson Tejeda on the mound. Erick Aybar walked. Napoleón Calzado k'ed. Willis Otañez doubled. Timo Pérez walked. Otañez reaches 3rd on WP. Ronnie Belliard RBI single. Hanley Ramírez fly out.
Licey 1 - Eagles 1

Eagles 4th: Bernie Castro, infield hit. Luis Polonia, 1-3, Castro to 2B. Tejada IBB. Cepicky walked. Díaz forces Tejada at 2nd, Castro scores. Tony Batista 5-3
Licey 1 - Eagles 2

Licey 5th: Rubén Rivera walked. Ruiz k'ed. Anderson Hernández singled. Aybar walked to load the bases. Calzado sac fly. Otañez fly out.
Licey 2 - Eagles 2

Licey 7th: NEW PITCHER: LEO NUÑEZ. Rivera doubles. Ruiz sacrifices, and reaches on fielder choice, Rivera safe at third. Hernández strikes out. Aybar roller to third, but Rivera's caught via 3-2-5. Calzado 2 run double. Otañez 1-3.
Licey 4 - Eagles 2

Licey 8th: NEW PITCHER: JUSTIN MILLER. Timo Pérez walked, and Ricardo Nanita pinchruns. Belliard fly out. Ramírez, infield hit. Rivera fly out, Nanita to third tagging. Ruiz 2 run double. Hernández fly out.
Licey 6 - Eagles 2

Licey 9th: Aybar fly out. Calzado fly out. Otañez doubles. Andy Abad, PH for Ricardo Nanita, hits 2 run laser blast over the RF wall to seal the victory. Belliard 5-3.
Licey 8 - Eagles 2 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 2 8 10 1
CE 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 0

W: Valerio De los Santos (1-0)
L: Leo Nuñez (0-1)

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Today's Game

DWL Finals - Game 6
Estadio Quisqueya - Santo Domingo 8:05AST

Cibao Eagles at Licey Tigers
Jose Lima 0-0 3.60 vs. Felix Diaz 0-0 6.35

Licey leads series 3-2

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 4

Cibao Eagles 5 at Licey Tigers 13

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/liceistas.jpg The fans of the Tigers (me included) celebrated big their blowout victory yesterday in what could've been the last home gome for Licey this season. The duo "the minors" rocked the Eagles pitching once again.

Licey did what has been their strategy throughout the finals... Stay close against the starter pitchers, then pound the eagles weak bullpen, while our bullpen closes the game.

Now, even though NO ONE gave them as favorites, they're one game away of becoming the 2005-2006 champions, and reclaiming the crown to become once again the maximum winners in dominican league history...

For Licey: Anderson Hernández triple, double and single; Otañez, 3 hits; Calzado, 2 hits, including a double; Rubén Rivera and Carlos Ruiz, a double each

For the Eagles: Miguel Tejada 3 hits; Polonia a pair of singles.

Scoring Summary
Eagles 1st: Felix Diaz started the game for the Tigers. Bernie Castro reached on E3. Luis Polonia singles. Miguel Tejada RBI single, Polonia to 3B. Wily Mo Peña sac fly. Matt Cepicky fly out.
Eagles 2 - Licey 0

Licey 2nd: Starter Jose Lima's on the box. Willis Otañez singles. Timo Pérez singles, Otañez to 3rd. Ronnie Belliard sac fly. Hanley Ramírez singles. Rubén Rivera 2 run double. Carlos Ruiz GIDP.
Eagles 2 - Licey 3

Eagles 3rd: Polonia singles. Tejada singles. Mo Peña RBI single. José Fernández struck out. Cepicky pops out. Batista struck out.
Eagles 3 - Licey 3

Eagles 5th: NEW PITCHER: PAT MAHOMES. Polonia fly out. Tejada single. Mo Peña pops out. Fernández hits to 3B, and Belliard makes a bad throw, allowing Tejada to reach 3B and Fernandez to 2B. Cepicky IBB. Batista 2 run single. NEW PITCHER: JOSE JIMENEZ. Alexis Gómez force out.
Eagles 5 - Licey 3

Licey 6th: Jose Lima still on the mound. Anderson Hernández triples. Erick Aybar reaches on E6, Hernandez scores. Calzado RBI double. NEW PITCHER: EDWARD VALDEZ. Otañez RBI single. NEW PITCHER: BILL PULSIPHER. Timoniel Pérez singles, and Ricardo Nanita comes in to run. NEW PITCHER: DOMINGO ACOSTA. Belliard pops to short. Ramírez 4-3. Rivera pops out.
Eagles 5 - Licey 6

Licey 7th: Ruiz doubles. Hernández infield hit. NEW PITCHER: WANDY RODRIGUEZ. Aybar RBI infield hit. NEW PITCHER: DAVID MANNING. Calzado 2 run single. Otañez walked. NEW PITCHER: ORLANDO RODRIGUEZ. Andy Abad, pinchitting for Ricardo Nanita, pops out. Calzado scores on WP. NEW PITCHER: SANTIAGO RAMIREZ. Belliard singles. Ramírez RBI single. Rivera 5-3.
Eagles 5 - Licey 11

Licey 8th: Ruiz singles. Hernández RBI double. Aybar roller to 1st, Hernandez to 3B. Manny Martinez (for Calzado) sac fly. Otañez strikes out.
Eagles 5 - Licey 13 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
CE 2 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 5 9 3
LT 0 3 0 0 0 3 5 2 X 13 16 2

W: Jose Jimenez (2-0)
L: Jose Lima (0-1)

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Today's Game

DWL Finals - Game 7
Estadio Cibao - Santiago 8:05AST

Licey Tigers at Cibao Eagles
Juan Cedeño 0-1 0.00 vs. Jose Acevedo 1-0 0.00

Tigers lead series 4-2

[Licey Fan]

Dominican Winter League Final Series 2006 - Game 7

Licey Tigers 7 at Cibao Eagles 2

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v498/antivirusrd/losmenores.jpg The Tigers completed the Miracle, and against all the odds (since no one gave them as favorites in the media), they crushed for the 3rs straight night the Eagles, to win the Dominican Championship for the 19th time, and top the all time dominican championship list!!!

With that win, now the Tigers go to Venezuela to represent the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean World Series.

Timoniel Pérez and Anderson Hernández were the best in the blue attack, that once again counted with an excellent performance of their bullpen.

Yesterday on the mound for Juan Cedeño, Calvin Maduro (4), Eddy Ramos (6), who won the game; Valerio De los Santos (7) and Jorge Sosa. José Acevedo was the loser.

For Licey, Timoniel Pérez, homered and singled with 3RBI's; Anderson Hernández, 3 hits, an RBI and a run scored; Rubén Rivera, 2 hits.

For the Eagles, Mo Peña, a HR and a single

Anderson Hernandez and Erick Aybar (picture) nicknamed "The Minors" were named Final Series Co-MVP.

Scoring Summary
Licey 4th: Starter Jose Acevedo on the mound. Willis Otañez 6-3. Timoniel Pérez fly out. Ronnie Belliard singled, and reached 3B on wild pitch. Hanley Ramírez surprise the defense with a bunt, for the squeeze play, Belliard scores and he reaches 1st. Rubén Rivera singled. Carlos Ruiz RBI single. Anderson Hernández strikes out.
Licey 2 - Eagles 0

Licey 5th: Erick Aybar 6-3. Napoleón Calzado singled. Otañez singled. Timoniel Pérez 3 run homerun. NEW PITCHER: JUSTIN MILLER. Belliard pops out. Ramírez 6-3.
Licey 5 - Eagles 0

Licey 6th: Rivera singled, and reaches 2nd on error. Ruiz sac bunt, Rivera to third. Hernández RBI single, thrown out trying to extend. Aybar fly out.
Licey 6 - Eagles 0

Eagles 6th: Tejada singled. Mo Peña 2 run homerun. NEW PITCHER: EDDY RAMOS. José Fernández fly out. Tony Batista pops out.
Licey 6 - Eagles 2

Licey 9th: Ruiz struck out. Hernández singles, and stole second. Aybar RBI single. Calzado fly out. Otañez line out.
Licey 7 - Eagles 2 FINAL

TE 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
LT 0 0 0 2 3 1 0 0 1 7 13 0
CE 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 7 1

W: Eddy Ramos (1-0)
L: Jose Acevedo (1-1)

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Licey wins series 5-2

[Cubano100%]

Congratulations!

[Licey Fan]

Congratulations!

Thanks Cubano!! And thanks to all of you who made of this a great thread with your interest... I'll keep you posted if any more news are made, if not... We'll se each other next season... I'll keep visiting the forum ;)

Thanks guys!!

PD

Hi Jimmy!! Told you we'd win ;)

[senorgorra]

Good luck in the Carribean World Series. I heard Licey picke up Jared Fernanadez, Miguel Tejada, and Wilie Moe Pena.

[caribeño]

Thanks Cubano!! And thanks to all of you who made of this a great thread with your interest... I'll keep you posted if any more news are made, if not... We'll se each other next season... I'll keep visiting the forum ;)

Thanks guys!!

PD

Hi Jimmy!! Told you we'd win ;)
Licey , Felicitaciones . Once again is Tigers time ! And better than that Bigger Felicitaciones for a superb job with your thread , a real standard for BFever ! :clapping

[Licey Fan]

This is the official roster... The Original Licey players are in blue... The additions are in their original teams color (and signal)


# Pitchers
35 Cabrera, Daniel (EB)
36 Colon, Roman (EL)
51 Cruz, Juan
13 De Los Santos, Valerio
55 Fernandez, Jared (CE)
41 Chavez, Wilton
33 Pérez, Carlos
83 Ramos, Eddie
43 Sosa, Jorge
58 Tamayo, Danny
50 Tavarez, Julian (CE)
47 Valverde, José (EB)


# Catchers
14 Martínez, Sandy
50 Ruiz, Carlos

# Infielders
20 Aybar, Erick
10 Belliard, Ronnie
12 Hernández, Anderson
30 Offerman, José
39 Otañez, Willis
24 Ramírez, Hanley
4 Tejada, Miguel (CE)


# Outfielders
35 Cabrera, Melky (CE)
82 Calzado, Napoleon
23 Gómez, Alexis (CE)
72 Perez, Timoniel

[senorgorra]

Is there a website to check boxscores from the world series de caribe. i checked on licey.com and couldnt find one.

[Licey Fan]

Is there a website to check boxscores from the world series de caribe. i checked on licey.com and couldnt find one.

The official site is http://www.laseriedelcaribe.com.ve/

Maybe there

[Licey Fan]

This article was published by Amy Nelson on ESPN - The Magazine

You may find it interested... Be my guest...

Baseball = Life in the D.R. (http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=nelson/DR/1) (click the title)