{"id":103712,"date":"2026-01-15T23:30:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/yairo-munoz-leads-comeback-toros-del-este-secure-2nd-place\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T23:30:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T03:30:12","slug":"yairo-munoz-leads-comeback-toros-del-este-secure-2nd-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/yairo-munoz-leads-comeback-toros-del-este-secure-2nd-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Yairo Mu\u00f1oz leads comeback: Toros del Este secure 2nd place"},"content":{"rendered":"LA ROMANA \u2013 Los Toros del Este staged a spectacular comeback, led by a stellar performance by Yairo Mu\u00f1oz, to defeat the Leones del Escogido 8-5 in an exciting Round Robin game at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium.\n\nMu\u00f1oz was the key figure of the match, driving in five runs, including a home run and a bases-loaded triple in the seventh inning, which changed the course of the game.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Mu\u00f1oz&#8217;s Performance<\/h2>\n\n\nThe bullfighting infielder hit his first home run of the Round Robin, driving the Toros&#8217; offense in their fight for a place in the final.\n\nThe opener Enny Romero had no decision, pitching 4.1 innings, allowing five hits and three runs. Jimmy Yacabonis earned the victory, while Joe Corbett achieved his sixth save of the Round Robin. Jeffry Yan took the loss.\n\nWith this victory, the Bulls solidify their position in second place with a record of 10-6, one game behind the Lions, with two games remaining to be played in the Round Robin.\n\nThe Romanense team will seek to secure their place in the final this Friday when they host the Cibae\u00f1as Eagles.\n\n<h2>How the races were made<\/h2>\n\nThe Bulls took the lead in the second inning with a home run by Yairo Mu\u00f1oz. The Lions tied the score, but the Bulls regained the lead in the third inning with a sacrifice fly by Eddie Rosario.\n\nEl Escogido took control in the fifth inning, but the Taurine reaction came in the seventh inning, with a triple by Yairo Mu\u00f1oz that sealed the victory.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offensive Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Toros:<\/strong> Yairo Mu\u00f1oz (4-2, home run, triple, 5 RBIs and one run), Eddie Rosario (double and one RBI), Eric Filia (double, two walks and two runs), Sergio Alc\u00e1ntara (two hits and two runs).<\/li><li><strong>Leones:<\/strong> Erik Gonz\u00e1lez (4-2, two RBIs), S\u00f3crates Brito (double and one RBI), Junior Lake (one RBI) and Alcides Escobar (5-2, double, two runs and one RBI).<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nThe Toros will return to action this Friday, January 16, when they receive the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as starting at 7:30 p.m. at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium, in a key game towards the final.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LA ROMANA \u2013 Los Toros del Este staged a spectacular comeback, led by a stellar performance by Yairo Mu\u00f1oz, to defeat the Leones del Escogido 8-5 in an exciting Round Robin game at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium. Mu\u00f1oz was the key figure of the match, driving in five runs, including a home run and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":103713,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[3905,11085,5271,10536],"class_list":{"0":"post-103712","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-jonron","9":"tag-round-robin","10":"tag-toros-del-este","11":"tag-yairo-munoz"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103712","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=103712"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103712\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/103713"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=103712"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=103712"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=103712"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}