{"id":89091,"date":"2025-11-26T23:12:45","date_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/leones-del-escogido-defeat-estrellas-dominant-pitching-and-key-rally\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T23:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-11-27T03:12:45","slug":"leones-del-escogido-defeat-estrellas-dominant-pitching-and-key-rally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/leones-del-escogido-defeat-estrellas-dominant-pitching-and-key-rally\/","title":{"rendered":"Leones del Escogido Defeat Estrellas: Dominant Pitching and Key Rally"},"content":{"rendered":"SANTO DOMINGO \u2013 The Leones del Escogido achieved a resounding 6-3 victory over the Estrellas Orientales this Wednesday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. The red team demonstrated its ability to perform in crucial moments, combining solid pitching with timely offense.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lakins sets the pace from the start<\/h2>\n\n\nThe opener Travis Lakins delivered a standout performance for the Escogido, pitching 4.2 innings without allowing runs. Despite conceding five hits and a walk, his performance set the stage for a dominant bullpen.\n\nKenny Hern\u00e1ndez, Rolddy Mu\u00f1oz, Jacob Barnes, and Stephen Nogosek combined to neutralize the Stars&#8217; offense until the final innings.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Navarro and Lake lead the offense<\/h2>\n\n\nYamaico Navarro opened the scoring with a solo home run to left field in the second inning, against starting pitcher James Gonz\u00e1lez.\n\nThe Chosen One&#8217;s attack intensified in the fifth inning. After a walk to Jorge Mateo and a single by Alexander Canario, a sacrifice bunt by Chadwick Tromp set the stage for a triple by Junior Lake that drove in two runs. A wild pitch allowed Lake to score the fourth run.\n\nThe scarlet offensive continued to produce runs. Consecutive singles by Gio Urshela and Jasson Dom\u00ednguez added another score, and a hit by debutant Elier Hern\u00e1ndez completed the rally, bringing Urshela to the plate.\n\n<h2>Delayed Reaction of the Stars<\/h2>\n\nLas Estrellas scored in the eighth inning with a solo home run by Francisco Pe\u00f1a against Fernando Abad. In the ninth, a double by Abraham Almonte produced two more runs against Jimmy Cordero, but the comeback was not enough.\n\n<h2>Decisions and Individual Performance<\/h2>\n\nRolddy Mu\u00f1oz (1-0) got the win, striking out two batters in a perfect inning. James Gonz\u00e1lez (0-2) took the loss, allowing two runs in four innings.\n\n\n<p><strong>For the Lions:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Junior Lake: 5-1, triple, 2 RBIs, scored<\/li><li>Yamaico Navarro: 4-1, HR, RBI, scored<\/li><li>Erik Gonz\u00e1lez: 4-2, double, scored, BB<\/li><li>Elier Hern\u00e1ndez: 4-2, RBI<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For the Stars:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Abraham Almonte: 2-1, double, 2 RBIs<\/li><li>Francisco Pe\u00f1a: 1-1, HR, scored, RBI<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\nWith this victory, the Lions improve their record to 12-16, tying the Stars (13-17) in the fight for positions.\n\nThe Escogido will rest this Thursday and will return to action on Friday, facing the Estrellas again, this time at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds, at 7:30 p.m.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SANTO DOMINGO \u2013 The Leones del Escogido achieved a resounding 6-3 victory over the Estrellas Orientales this Wednesday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium. The red team demonstrated its ability to perform in crucial moments, combining solid pitching with timely offense. Lakins sets the pace from the start The opener Travis Lakins delivered a standout [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89092,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,8004,3875,216],"class_list":{"0":"post-89091","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-eastern-stars","10":"tag-leones-del-escogido","11":"tag-victory"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89091","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=89091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89091\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89092"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}