{"id":92278,"date":"2025-12-01T08:08:31","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/valdez-and-historic-grand-slam-estrellas-orientales-beat-leones-in-lidom\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T08:08:31","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T12:08:31","slug":"valdez-and-historic-grand-slam-estrellas-orientales-beat-leones-in-lidom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/valdez-and-historic-grand-slam-estrellas-orientales-beat-leones-in-lidom\/","title":{"rendered":"Valdez and Historic Grand Slam: Estrellas Orientales Beat Leones in LIDOM"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Enmanuel Valdez drives the Stars with a decisive grand slam<\/h2>\n\nIn a night full of emotions in the 2025-26 Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) tournament, dedicated to Juan Marichal for the Banreservas Cup, Enmanuel Valdez became the hero of the Estrellas Orientales by hitting an impressive grand slam in the ninth inning, securing the 6-5 victory over the Leones del Escogido.\n\nValdez, who entered as a pinch hitter, hit the fifth grand slam of the season and the second of his career in the LIDOM, an achievement that positions him as the number 44 hitter in the history of the Estrellas to achieve this feat, and the fifth to do it on two occasions.\n\nThe hit, connected against a four-seam fastball from Jimmy Cordero, traveled 396 feet to center-right field, driving in Magneuris Sierra, Junior P\u00e9rez, and Vidal Bruj\u00e1n, and changing the score with one out in the ninth inning. The ball&#8217;s exit velocity was 4.9 seconds.\n\nThe 26-year-old player, originally from San Juan de la Maguana, had already hit a grand slam for the team on November 26, 2024, also in the ninth inning, against \u00c1ngel Chivili, in a 4-1 victory over the Gigantes del Cibao.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Valdez in the History of the Stars<\/h3>\n\n\nWith his second grand slam, Valdez equals figures like Ricardo Carty (1966), Rafael Batista (1974-1977), Henry Mercedes (2000-2001) and Joel Guzm\u00e1n (2005).\n\nRafael Batista holds the record for most grand slams in the history of the Estrellas with three, while Tony Batista is the historical leader of LIDOM with four, between \u00c1guilas and Escogido.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Outstanding Pitching and Offensive Performance<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Cuban opener Norge Ruiz had an outstanding performance for the Estrellas, pitching 5.2 innings, allowing one run, one hit, and one walk, facing 18 batters. Enoli Paredes (W, 1-0) worked the eighth inning without scoring, and Patrick Wigel (S, 2) closed the game, striking out one of the three batters he faced.\n\nBy the Escogido, Jimmy Cordero (P, 1-1) took the loss after allowing three hits and the decisive home run.\n\n\n<p><b>Estrellas Orientales:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ismael Mungu\u00eda: 5-3, one run<\/li>\n<li>Jos Lester: 5-1, one RBI<\/li>\n<li>Robinson Can\u00f3: 4-1, double and run<\/li>\n<li>Magneuris Sierra: 1-1, run<\/li>\n<li>Vidal Bruj\u00e1n: 4-1, run<\/li>\n<li>Enmanuel Valdez: 1-1, HR, 4 RBI, 1 run<\/li>\n<li>Raimel Tapia: 1-1, RBI<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Leones del Escogido:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Junior Lake: 4-1, scored and walk<\/li>\n<li>Erik Gonz\u00e1lez: 4-1, scored and walk<\/li>\n<li>H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez: 3-0, scored and two walks<\/li>\n<li>Yamaico Navarro: 4-2, two RBIs<\/li>\n<li>Elier Hern\u00e1ndez: 4-1, double and RBI<\/li>\n<li>Jos\u00e9 Marmolejos: 1-0, three walks and scored<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Context of the rivalry and tournament situation<\/h3>\n\n\nThis was the fourth consecutive matchup between both teams, leaving the particular series 2-2 in that stretch and 4-4 in the season. Historically, Escogido maintains a 505-475 advantage.\n\n<b>Tournament Positions:<\/b>\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Aguilas Cibae\u00f1as (23-7)<\/li>\n<li>Toros del Este (16-15)<\/li>\n<li>Estrellas Orientales (15-18)<\/li>\n<li>Gigantes del Cibao (13-17)<\/li>\n<li>Tigres del Licey (13-20)<\/li>\n<li>Leones del Escogido (13-18)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Upcoming Meetings<\/h3>\n\n\nThis Monday will be a day off. The action returns on Tuesday with the matches:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Giants vs Tigers \u2013 in Santo Domingo<\/li>\n<li>Lions vs Eagles \u2013 in Santiago<\/li>\n<li>Toros vs Estrellas \u2013 in San Pedro de Macor\u00eds<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\nAll scheduled for 7:30 p.m.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Enmanuel Valdez drives the Stars with a decisive grand slam In a night full of emotions in the 2025-26 Dominican Professional Baseball League (LIDOM) tournament, dedicated to Juan Marichal for the Banreservas Cup, Enmanuel Valdez became the hero of the Estrellas Orientales by hitting an impressive grand slam in the ninth inning, securing the 6-5 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":92279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[8004,10890,93,1279],"class_list":{"0":"post-92278","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-eastern-stars","9":"tag-enmanuel-valdez","10":"tag-grand-slam","11":"tag-lidom"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92278","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=92278"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92278\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92278"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92278"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92278"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}