{"id":105562,"date":"2026-01-28T04:57:08","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/leones-del-escogido-two-time-lidom-champions-conquer-crown-18-and-head-to-caribbean-series\/"},"modified":"2026-01-28T04:57:08","modified_gmt":"2026-01-28T08:57:08","slug":"leones-del-escogido-two-time-lidom-champions-conquer-crown-18-and-head-to-caribbean-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/leones-del-escogido-two-time-lidom-champions-conquer-crown-18-and-head-to-caribbean-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Leones del Escogido Two-time LIDOM Champions: Conquer Crown 18 and Head to Caribbean Series"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Escogido Lions Roar Again! Two-time LIDOM Champions<\/h2>\n\nSanto Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido have won their 18th championship in the Dominican Baseball League (LIDOM), thus securing the two-time championship after an exciting final series against the Toros del Este.\nThe decisive match, held at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, culminated with a score of 1-0 in favor of the Lions, sealing the victory in the fifth game of the series.\nWith this triumph, the Lions closed the series with an impressive 4-1 record, demonstrating their superiority and consistency throughout the final.\nThe stadium was packed with fans who created a vibrant atmosphere of unconditional support for their team, turning the park into a real party.\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Leones-del-Escogido-campeones-LIDOM.jpg\" alt=\"Leones del Escogido celebrando el campeonato\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LIDOMRD\/status\/1751515286419777595\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This is how the Lions were crowned champions!<\/a><\/p>\n\nThis victory solidifies the Leones del Escogido as one of the most decorated franchises in Dominican baseball, reaffirming their tradition of success.\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Game: A Duel of Pitching and Strategy<\/h2>\n\nThe only run of the game came in the first inning thanks to consecutive singles by H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez and Erik Gonz\u00e1lez, who advanced on the bases. A groundout by Junior Lake drove in Rodr\u00edguez, making the difference.\nGrant Gavin started the mound domain of the Lions, pitching 3.2 innings. The relief was key, with Kenny Hern\u00e1ndez, Conner Greene, Derek West, Jefry Yan, Alexander Colom\u00e9, Aneurys Zabala and Matt Foster, who was awarded the save.\nYan was the winning pitcher, while Enny Romero took the loss.\nThe players highlighted by the Lions were Rodr\u00edguez and Gonz\u00e1lez, while Eloy Jim\u00e9nez stood out for the Bulls.\nThe Leones del Escogido will represent the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean Series in Guadalajara, Mexico.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Escogido Lions Roar Again! Two-time LIDOM Champions Santo Domingo \u2013 Los Leones del Escogido have won their 18th championship in the Dominican Baseball League (LIDOM), thus securing the two-time championship after an exciting final series against the Toros del Este. The decisive match, held at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium, culminated with a score of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":105563,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,514,3875,1279],"class_list":{"0":"post-105562","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-championship","10":"tag-leones-del-escogido","11":"tag-lidom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105562","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=105562"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105562\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/105563"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105562"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105562"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105562"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}