{"id":103035,"date":"2026-01-12T04:56:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:56:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lake-gives-epic-triumph-to-leones-over-gigantes-solidifying-leadership\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T04:56:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T08:56:30","slug":"lake-gives-epic-triumph-to-leones-over-gigantes-solidifying-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/lake-gives-epic-triumph-to-leones-over-gigantes-solidifying-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Lake gives epic triumph to Leones over Gigantes, solidifying leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Junior Lake Guides the Leones del Escogido to an Epic Victory<\/h2>\n\nIn a meeting full of emotions and unexpected twists, the Leones del Escogido achieved a dramatic 7-6 victory over the Gigantes del Cibao at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. A hit by Junior Lake with the bases loaded in extra innings sealed the triumph, consolidating the scarlet team as leaders of the Round Robin.\n\nThe marker was held tight until the tenth inning, where the Lions, with two outs, managed to load the bases against closer Hansel Robles. It was then that Lake hit a solid single to center field, driving in Randy Florentino and the debutant Alcides Escobar, unleashing joy in the stadium.\n\n<h2>Comeback and Excitement on the Diamond<\/h2>\n\nThe comeback of the &#8220;melenudos&#8221; began in the ninth inning, demonstrating their grit and determination. Lake started the inning with a single, stole second base and scored thanks to a triple by Franchy Cordero. Subsequently, Cordero scored after a wild pitch, taking the game to extra innings.\n\nThe Giants took the lead early in the game, scoring three runs in the fourth inning. However, the Lions responded in the sixth, tying the score with a combination of walks and timely hits, including an RBI single by Jos\u00e9 Marmolejos.\n\nThe Giants regained control in the seventh, adding a run driven in by Jos\u00e9 Paulino. In the eighth, David Ba\u00f1uelos hit a solo home run, extending the lead to 6-3.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Party Decisions and Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\nAlexander Colom\u00e9 (2-0) took the victory, while Hansel Robles (0-1) took the loss.\n\nJunior Lake was the offensive figure of the match, with an outstanding performance that included three RBIs, one run scored, one walk, and one stolen base. Jos\u00e9 Marmolejos drove in two runs, S\u00f3crates Brito scored one and drew two walks, and Franchy Cordero contributed a triple, an RBI, and a run scored.\n\nFor the Giants, Jos\u00e9 Paulino shined with an outstanding offensive performance, while De los Santos also had a good night.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Next Meeting<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Leones del Escogido will face the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as this Saturday at 4:00 PM at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Lake Guides the Leones del Escogido to an Epic Victory In a meeting full of emotions and unexpected twists, the Leones del Escogido achieved a dramatic 7-6 victory over the Gigantes del Cibao at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. A hit by Junior Lake with the bases loaded in extra innings sealed the triumph, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103036,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[5865,10613,3875,11085],"class_list":{"0":"post-103035","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-gigantes-del-cibao","9":"tag-junior-lake","10":"tag-leones-del-escogido","11":"tag-round-robin"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103035","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=103035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103035\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103036"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}