{"id":100877,"date":"2026-01-04T22:16:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:16:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/toros-del-este-roar-jimenez-alcantara-and-de-la-cruz-drive-victory-against-gigantes\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T22:16:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-05T02:16:48","slug":"toros-del-este-roar-jimenez-alcantara-and-de-la-cruz-drive-victory-against-gigantes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/toros-del-este-roar-jimenez-alcantara-and-de-la-cruz-drive-victory-against-gigantes\/","title":{"rendered":"Toros del Este roar: Jim\u00e9nez, Alc\u00e1ntara and De la Cruz drive victory against Gigantes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toros del Este roar with power against Gigantes del Cibao<\/h2>\n\n\nLa Romana \u2013 Los Toros del Este demonstrated their offensive power by defeating the Gigantes del Cibao with a score of 10-6 this Sunday at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium, in the continuation of the Round Robin.\n\nThe Toros&#8217; attack was led by Eloy Jim\u00e9nez, Sergio Alc\u00e1ntara, and Bryan De La Cruz, who hit home runs to drive the victory.\n\nEloy Jim\u00e9nez stood out with a home run and three RBIs, while Sergio Alc\u00e1ntara contributed a two-run homer and Bryan De La Cruz hit a solo home run.\n\nThe Toros scored their 10 runs with nine hits, including five extra-base hits, among them two doubles and three home runs, totaling five home runs this postseason.\n\nThis was Eloy Jim\u00e9nez&#8217;s first home run in the Round Robin, extending his streak to four consecutive games driving in runs. In addition, he has hit in six of the seven games in which he has participated in this stage.\n\nWith this victory, the Bulls improved their record to 5-2, solidifying their position in second place in the standings and extending their lead over third place. They are only one game behind the leaders, occupied by the Leones del Escogido (6-1).\n\nIn the mound, Enny Romero (1-0) took the victory after pitching five innings, allowing three runs, four hits, one walk and striking out three batters. This was the best performance by a bullfighter starter in this Round Robin.\n\nChristopher Molina (0-1) took the loss, allowing four runs and three hits in three innings.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The game<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Toros took the lead in the first inning thanks to a triple by Gilberto Celestino, followed by a sacrifice fly by Luis Liberato.\n\nThe Giants responded in the third inning with a three-run home run by Francisco Mej\u00eda, taking the lead 3-1.\n\nThe Bulls&#8217; response was immediate, with Eloy Jim\u00e9nez connecting a three-run home run to give the home team the lead again (4-3).\n\nIn the sixth episode, the Bulls extended their lead with a four-run rally, highlighting a double by Tres Barrera and a home run by Sergio Alcantara.\n\nThe Giants tried to get closer in the seventh, but Bryan De La Cruz connected his second home run of the Round Robin, securing the victory for the Toros.\n\nFor the Bulls, Eloy Jim\u00e9nez went 1-4, with a home run, three RBIs, and a run scored; Sergio Alc\u00e1ntara went 2-4, with a home run, two RBIs, and a run scored; Tres Barrera went 1-3, with a double and two RBIs; Bryan De La Cruz went 1-4, with a home run, one RBI, and a run scored; Gilberto Celestino scored twice and stole a base, while Jeimer Candelario crossed the plate twice.\n\nFor the Giants, Francisco Mej\u00eda hit a three-run home run, and Ismael Mungu\u00eda contributed a double and two RBIs.\n\nThis Monday, a holiday, the Toros del Este will visit the Leones del Escogido at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, with left-hander Aaron Leasher announced as the starting pitcher.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Toros del Este roar with power against Gigantes del Cibao La Romana \u2013 Los Toros del Este demonstrated their offensive power by defeating the Gigantes del Cibao with a score of 10-6 this Sunday at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium, in the continuation of the Round Robin. The Toros&#8217; attack was led by Eloy Jim\u00e9nez, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":100878,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[1048,1117,11085,5271],"class_list":{"0":"post-100877","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-giants","9":"tag-home-runs","10":"tag-round-robin","11":"tag-toros-del-este"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100877","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100877"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100877\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100878"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100877"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100877"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100877"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}