Carlos Pegueron shot 4-2 and drove in three runs and the zurdo TylerAlexander allowed one in 5.2 innings for the Cibao Giants to beat the Eastern Stars 5-1 in a match corresponding to the 2021-2022 fall-winter baseball tournament held at the Stadium Tetelo Vargas of this city.
The Giants are now 7-8, tied with Licey for third place. Despite the setback of the Paquidermos (9-6) they remain at the top of the championship standings. Peguero produced two in the fourth off green starter Edwin Uceta (2-1), who charged with the backhand.
For the Stars, the only run was produced by Oscar González, the product of a home run, his second of the tournament, against a pitch from Tyler Alexander (1-2), who scored the victory. Alexander had five 2/3 innings of three hits, one run and six strikeouts.
He was replaced by Huáscar Brazobán (1.1), Reymin Guduan (1.0) and Tyler Cyr (1.0). Uceta couldn’t stick with his third win of the season after pitching four two-hit, two-run innings (both earned) and striking out five to raise his ERA to 2.57. At the start of the game he was at 1.80.
He was followed on the mound by Evan MacLane (1.0), Leo Crawford (0.2), Warner Madrigal (0.1), Chester Pimentel (1.0), Henry Martínez (0.1), Román Méndez (0.2) and Diógenes Almengó 1.0). Oscar González gave the Stars the first run of the game in the second inning from a home run.
In the fourth, the Giants took control of the game after Carlos Peguero hit a two-run RBI single.
In the sixth, those of “Jaya” linked their third round of the match with Juan Francisco’s unstoppable left field, scoring Hanser Alberto from the second. In the eighth, the Giants produced two more, this time with hits from Peguero and Carlos Paulino, respectively.
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