The last leg of the All Against All calendar of the fall-winter baseball tournament finds the teams of the “Macorís” in a mad rush towards the final series, while the “great and glorious” teams slowly agonize and see their opportunities reduced.
After the first 13 dates of the Round Robin, the Gigantes del Cibao (9-4) and the Estrellas Orientales (7-6) have placed themselves in an excellent position to dispute the title in the 2021-2022 season.
The Tigres del Licey and the Águilas Cibaeñas, which combine for 44 national titles, have fallen well behind with the same record of five victories and eight defeats, four games from first place and two from second – the last one that gives the right to contest the title. – with only five to play.
The Giants host the Tigres this Thursday at 7:30 at the Julián Javier stadium in San Francisco de Macorís where they go undefeated (6-0) in the Todos Contra Todos.
Those coached by Luis Urueta have confirmed the favoritism with which they came out in the forecasts with a 3-1 mark for a career, .284 in batting percentage, 12 home runs and 2.93 in the percentage of earned runs, all statistics in the first place.
The Blues’ offensive aspect has failed, both in power (three homers, 15 extra-base hits, 38 scored) and contact (90 hits, 60 walks for 101 strikeouts and .211 batting percentage). He has not served the good control of his pitchers (37 walks) or his good defense (six errors).
In the other match, the Stars host the Eagles at the Tetelo Vargas stadium in San Pedro de Macorís.
The Orientals are playing .500 at home (3-3), but the harriers have just one win in six road challenges.
After being close to leaving competition, the Stars have come back with four wins in a row with offense as their strong point.
The Greens lead the All Against All in runs (61), doubles (26), RBIs (58), walks (69) and fewer strikeouts (77). They are the ones who have made the fewest mistakes (5), surpassing the worst earned run percentage (4.54) at this stage of the campaign.
The Eagles have not been able to win in close games with their marks of 2-4 in the games decided by a run and 0-2 in the extrainnings. Only Licey has fewer runs scored and RBIs, but they are second in saves (5).
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