{"id":102599,"date":"2026-01-09T23:35:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/aguilas-cibaenas-defeat-toros-close-to-2nd-place-in-the-lidom-round-robin\/"},"modified":"2026-01-09T23:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-10T03:35:10","slug":"aguilas-cibaenas-defeat-toros-close-to-2nd-place-in-the-lidom-round-robin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/aguilas-cibaenas-defeat-toros-close-to-2nd-place-in-the-lidom-round-robin\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguilas Cibae\u00f1as defeat Toros: Close to 2nd place in the LIDOM Round Robin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cibao Eagles defeat the Toros del Este in a close match<\/h2>\n\n\nLa Romana \u2013 In an exciting match of the semifinal series of the LIDOM 2025-26 tournament, the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as achieved a crucial 3-1 victory over the Toros del Este at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium. The timely offense of Cristhian Adames and \u00c1ngel Genao, combined with a solid performance from the mound, was key to the Aguilucho triumph.\n\nAfter allowing a run in the first inning, the \u00c1guilas&#8217; pitching staff held firm, preventing the Toros from scoring again. Adames drove in the team&#8217;s first run in the first inning, while Genao secured the definitive lead with an important hit in the seventh inning.\n\nJeurys Familia closed out the game, earning his first save of the Round Robin despite facing a bases-loaded, two-out situation.\n\nWith this victory, the Eagles improve their record to 6-5, getting within one game of the Bulls, who now have a 7-4 record, and two games of the Leones del Escogido, leaders with 8-3, at a crucial moment in the season.\n\nRoddery Mu\u00f1oz obtained the victory (1-0) after pitching an inning without allowing runs, while Yaramil Hiraldo took the loss (1-1).\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Development<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Eagles took the lead in the first inning thanks to a run-scoring single by Cristhian Adames. The Bulls responded immediately, tying the score with a run driven in by Manuel Pe\u00f1a.\n\nIn the sixth inning, the Eagles regained the lead thanks to a wild pitch that allowed Leody Taveras to score. The run that secured the victory came in the seventh, with a single by \u00c1ngel Genao that drove in Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Pitching<\/h2>\n\n\nStarting pitcher Luis Felipe Castillo worked two innings, allowing one run. The Aguilas&#8217; bullpen, made up of Deury Carrasco, Jean Carlos Henr\u00edquez, Yunior Marte, Roddery Mu\u00f1oz, Junior Fern\u00e1ndez, Richard Rodr\u00edguez, and Jeurys Familia, kept the Toros&#8217; offense at bay.\n\nFor the Toros, Enny Romero had an outstanding performance pitching five solid innings, but did not get a decision. Hiraldo and Miguel Castro allowed one run each in relief.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Offensive<\/h2>\n\n\nCristhian Adames and \u00c1ngel Genao drove in one run each, while Geraldo Perdomo connected two hits in four at-bats. Aderl\u00edn Rodr\u00edguez contributed with a double.\n\nFor the Bulls, Manuel Pe\u00f1a drove in the team&#8217;s only run, and Rudy Martin Jr. had two hits in three at-bats.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next meeting<\/h2>\n\n\nThe \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as will face the Leones del Escogido this Saturday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, starting at 4:00 p.m.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cibao Eagles defeat the Toros del Este in a close match La Romana \u2013 In an exciting match of the semifinal series of the LIDOM 2025-26 tournament, the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as achieved a crucial 3-1 victory over the Toros del Este at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium. The timely offense of Cristhian Adames and \u00c1ngel Genao, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,5355,1279,5271],"class_list":{"0":"post-102599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cibao-eagles","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-toros-del-este"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102599","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=102599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}