The Gigantes del Cibao triumphed with a score of 3-0 against the Tigres del Licey whose offense was completely silenced this Tuesday night in the match held at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal stadium in the continuation of the round robin of the winter baseball tournament, option BanReservas cup, dedicated to the late Colonel Kalil Haché.
With their defeat, the Indigoes now equal their record at 1-1, as they came from convincingly beating the Eastern Stars 8-3 the night before,
On their side, the Giants went on to occupy the first place of the All against All alone by putting their mark at 2-0.
Left-hander Raúl Valdés (1-0) claimed victory by throwing 5.2 solid innings of just two hits, with four walks and six strikeouts to credit the victory. Juan Minaya struck out all three he faced to score the save. Cesar Valdez bore defeat.
The Blues broke the spell of Raúl Valdés’s pitching at the end of the fifth inning when Michael De León hit Licey’s first hit.
The francomacorisanos took control of the game at the top of the fourth inning by scoring a return before the shipments of César Valdez by ball to Moisés Sierra and consecutive singles by Carlos Paulino and Carlos Peguero who brought Sierra to the plate with the first run of the game.
They extended in the fifth on a solo homer by Henry Urrutia to make the score 2-0, in favor of the Giants.
The Northeast added another streak in the seventh by a triple by José Sirí and a sacrifice fly to center field by Hanser Alberto.
For the Tigres, Michael De León and Yermín Mercedes hit the only two blue hits.
For the Giants, Henry Urrutia hit a solo home run. José Sirí linked a tiple and Melvin Mercedes, a tubey.
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