{"id":106483,"date":"2026-02-02T01:51:28","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:51:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/dominican-republic-defeats-red-mexico-in-a-vibrant-debut-of-the-2026-caribbean-series\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T01:51:28","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T05:51:28","slug":"dominican-republic-defeats-red-mexico-in-a-vibrant-debut-of-the-2026-caribbean-series","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/dominican-republic-defeats-red-mexico-in-a-vibrant-debut-of-the-2026-caribbean-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic defeats Red Mexico in a vibrant debut of the 2026 Caribbean Series"},"content":{"rendered":"Zapopan, Jalisco. \u2013 Dominican Junior Lake led the Escogido Lions&#8217; offense with an outstanding performance, driving in three runs, hitting four hits, and making a crucial throw from the outfield to secure the 5-4 victory over the Charros de Jalisco in the first game of the 68th Caribbean Series Jalisco 2026.\n\nThe match, held at the Pan American Stadium before a crowd of more than eight thousand fans, saw Lake become the key figure for the Dominican team, which built its lead with three runs in the third inning and two more in the fifth.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Development<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Charros de Jalisco scored a run in the first inning, two in the seventh, and one more in the ninth, falling short in their comeback attempt.\n\nKenny Hern\u00e1ndez took the victory from the mound, while Manny Ba\u00f1uelos took the loss. Jimmy Cordero secured the save, and Jeffry Yan shone in the eighth inning, striking out two batters.\n\nFor Mexico, Michael Wielansky had a perfect night at the plate, going 4-4, and Mateo Gil drove in three runs.\n\nBa\u00f1uelos, for his part, worked four innings and a third, allowing five runs and six hits. For the Charros, Mario Meza, Luis M\u00e1rquez and Jes\u00fas Cruz also pitched.\n\nOscar de la Cruz, the Lions&#8217; opener, pitched four and two-thirds innings, allowing three runs and four hits. The Dominican bullpen featured Kenny Hern\u00e1ndez, Luis Fr\u00edas, and Alex Colom\u00e9.\n\nThe Charros took the lead in the first inning, but the Leones responded in the third inning, when Junior Lake drove in two runs with a double. In the fifth episode, the Dominicans extended their lead, and although Mexico reacted at the end with a double by Mateo Gil, Hernandez&#8217;s relief ensured the lead for the Leones.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zapopan, Jalisco. \u2013 Dominican Junior Lake led the Escogido Lions&#8217; offense with an outstanding performance, driving in three runs, hitting four hits, and making a crucial throw from the outfield to secure the 5-4 victory over the Charros de Jalisco in the first game of the 68th Caribbean Series Jalisco 2026. The match, held at [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":106484,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[2688,11686,10613,888],"class_list":{"0":"post-106483","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-caribbean-series","9":"tag-charros","10":"tag-junior-lake","11":"tag-lions"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106483","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=106483"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/106483\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/106484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=106483"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=106483"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=106483"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}