{"id":104692,"date":"2026-01-21T04:56:02","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:56:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/hector-rodriguez-returns-with-leones-del-escogido-for-the-lidom-final-series-2\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T04:56:02","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T08:56:02","slug":"hector-rodriguez-returns-with-leones-del-escogido-for-the-lidom-final-series-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/hector-rodriguez-returns-with-leones-del-escogido-for-the-lidom-final-series-2\/","title":{"rendered":"H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez returns with Leones del Escogido for the LIDOM Final Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez Strengthens Leones del Escogido for the Final<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 The Leones del Escogido will once again have H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez in their quest for the two-time championship, starting this Wednesday the Final Series against the Toros del Este at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.\n\nCarlos Pe\u00f1a, the team’s general manager, confirmed the news at a press conference this Tuesday, highlighting Rodr\u00edguez’s commitment to the team.\n\n\n

H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez is here again, demonstrating his commitment, willingness, and desire to be with the Escogido. We were finally able to obtain that permission and he’s here from day one. He flew directly from Cincinnati to here to arrive on time and be part of the team.<\/p>Carlos Pe\u00f1a<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nRegarding Jorge Mateo, who was unable to play in the last game due to family matters, Pe\u00f1a highlighted his commitment to the team, even after signing a contract in the Major Leagues.\n\n\n

Despite having signed, which we are very proud of, he is here. Even his team asked him to go to the United States immediately, but Jorge said he has to finish the commitment with the Leones del Escogido. That shows that these guys are not playing for a contract, they care about their team. They are true Escogidistas.<\/p>Carlos Pe\u00f1a<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nIn the import draft, the Lions selected Matt Foster and Luis Fernando Miranda to strengthen their pitching staff.\n\n\n

We chose Foster and Miranda because they can help us in the bullpen, strengthen us, and help us close out games, especially late, speaking specifically of Foster. Miranda comes with an arm that can pitch many innings. Obviously, as a starter he has been successful and also adds a lot of value to us.<\/p>Carlos Pe\u00f1a<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nTravis Lakins will be the starting pitcher for the first game of the Final Series, according to manager Ram\u00f3n Santiago.\n\nSantiago also confirmed that Jos\u00e9 Urquidy will be the starting pitcher for the second game in La Romana.\n\nSantiago praised the importance of Rodriguez to the team, recalling his impact in the decisive game for the classification to the Round Robin.\n\n\n

The truth is that H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez is a game changer. You could notice in that game (for the classification) that he made the difference. And I believe that when you have a player of his caliber on the team, it gives you incredible depth. When I got that news, it brought a smile to my face.<\/p>Ram\u00f3n Santiago<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe Leones del Escogido held practices at the Quisqueya Stadium this Tuesday afternoon.\n\nThe LIDOM Final Series will be played to the best of seven games, starting on Wednesday, with three games in a row and then four (if necessary) after a day off.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez Strengthens Leones del Escogido for the Final Santo Domingo \u2013 The Leones del Escogido will once again have H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez in their quest for the two-time championship, starting this Wednesday the Final Series against the Toros del Este at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. Carlos Pe\u00f1a, the team’s general manager, confirmed the news […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104693,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[6717,11146,3875,10503],"class_list":{"0":"post-104692","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-final-series","9":"tag-hector-rodriguez","10":"tag-leones-del-escogido","11":"tag-travis-lakins"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104692","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=104692"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104692\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104693"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104692"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104692"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104692"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}