Abréu, Bonifacio and Alcántara lead Licey’s victory over El Escogido

 
Starter Albert Abreu threw five and two-thirds innings of just one hit, Emilio Bonifacio hit a two-round RBI single in the bottom of the second inning and Sergio Alcántara added a two-more home run in the seventh for the Tigres del Licey to beat 4 last night. -0 to the Leones del Escogido in the match held yesterday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium.
For the Bengali it was their 10th win against 13 losses to stay in contention for one of the qualifying spots for the round robin.
The Tigers won for the sixth time at home with five setbacks.
With their triumph, the Blues put the series 3-2 in their favor against the Lions in the dispute for the City Championships (City Champ). The Reds now put their record at 11-12 and 8-3 at home, despite playing away.
In his full work, Abreu (1-2) walked away two and struck out two batters. He was relieved in the sixth, after two outs, by Michael Feliz. The left-hander Génesis Cabrera worked the seventh blank. Oliver Ortega pitched the eighth and Jairo Asencio, in the ninth.
Left-hander Enny Romero (0-1) lost by allowing five hits on two rounds, giving away a walk and fanning six opponents in his five-round job.
The entry of the first two scores for the Blues was started by David Thompson with a fly to the center field. Yeison Asencio struck out swinging. Yermín Mercedes hit left unstoppable. Michael De La Cruz hit a hit down the middle to set the stage for Bonifacio’s two-lap RBI single.
Then in the seventh, second baseman Sergio Alcántara dispatched a long home run across the producing two-lap right field to make the game 4-0.
The Lions’ two hits came off Franchy Cordero’s bat.
In addition to Bonifacio with his unstoppable two-lap winning producer and Alcántara with his home run, the blue offense Michael De La Cruz stood out with two hits; Yermín Mercedes, Chris Owings and Ronny Mauricio with a hit.

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