{"id":170906,"date":"2026-10-19T01:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/lidom-toros-aguilas-and-licey-shine-in-an-electrifying-day\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T01:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T05:00:47","slug":"lidom-toros-aguilas-and-licey-shine-in-an-electrifying-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/national\/lidom-toros-aguilas-and-licey-shine-in-an-electrifying-day\/","title":{"rendered":"LIDOM: Toros, \u00c1guilas and Licey shine in an electrifying day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Heart-stopping day in LIDOM: Key wins for Toros, \u00c1guilas, and Licey<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) season continues to offer intense excitement. The most recent Sunday round was marked by an offensive display from the Toros del Este, the first victory for the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, and a dramatic outcome in extra innings starring the Tigres del Licey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Toros del Este impose their power in San Pedro<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

At Tetelo Vargas Stadium, the Toros del Este achieved an important 6-4 victory over the Estrellas Orientales. The clash was defined in an explosive second inning where the team from La Romana produced five runs, highlighted by home runs from Julio E. Rodr\u00edguez and Francisco Urb\u00e1ez against starting pitcher Enny Romero.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although the Estrellas tried to close the gap on the scoreboard thanks to RBIs from Harold Ram\u00edrez and Josh Lester, the Toros’ bullpen held firm. \u00c1ngel Felipe was a key piece in neutralizing a threat in the sixth inning, striking out three consecutive batters. With this result, the Toros tie the Estrellas in the standings with a 2-1 record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as secure their first win<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Cibao Stadium witnessed the first victory of the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as in the current season, defeating the Gigantes del Cibao 4-1. Although the visitors took an early lead with a home run by Jake Holton, the Aguilucho team responded decisively in the fourth inning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A simple two-run single by Jorge Bonifacio, added to an RBI by Mason McCoy, turned the score around. The \u00c1guilas’ pitching was dominant, retiring 17 consecutive batters between the third and eighth innings. Jonathan Aro took the win, while Justin Mart\u00ednez secured the save, ending the undefeated streak of the team from San Francisco de Macor\u00eds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dramatic historic triumph for the Tigres del Licey<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

In the capital, the duel between the Tigres del Licey and the Leones del Escogido was decided in 10 innings with a score of 5-4. The hero of the night was veteran Emilio Bonifacio, who, acting as a pinch runner in the tenth inning, executed a steal of third base and took advantage of a wild pitch by reliever Kelly Austin to score the winning run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was a great game. Every time you win a game like that, in 10 innings, walking off the other team, it was a great game. I liked the reaction, but it is definitely more about focusing on what we can control.<\/p>\nGilbert G\u00f3mez, manager of the Tigres del Licey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

This triumph not only represents Licey’s 500th victory over Escogido in the circuit’s history, but it also consolidates their 2-0 lead in the season’s head-to-head series. Manager Gilbert G\u00f3mez praised Bonifacio’s game intelligence, although he called for defensive errors to be corrected to maintain the competitive level throughout the rest of the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Heart-stopping day in LIDOM: Key wins for Toros, \u00c1guilas, and Licey The Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) season continues to offer intense excitement. The most recent Sunday round was marked by an offensive display from the Toros del Este, the first victory for the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as, and a dramatic outcome in extra innings starring the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":170907,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12809],"tags":[88,1271,1279,493],"class_list":{"0":"post-170906","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-dominican-republic","10":"tag-lidom","11":"tag-sports"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170906","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=170906"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170906\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170906"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170906"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170906"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}