{"id":95231,"date":"2025-12-11T23:05:04","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/licey-exhibits-winning-dna-blanks-gigantes-abreu-shines-and-mauricio-returns\/"},"modified":"2025-12-11T23:05:04","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T03:05:04","slug":"licey-exhibits-winning-dna-blanks-gigantes-abreu-shines-and-mauricio-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/licey-exhibits-winning-dna-blanks-gigantes-abreu-shines-and-mauricio-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Licey exhibits winning DNA: Blanks Gigantes, Abreu shines and Mauricio returns"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo.\n\nThe Tigres del Licey achieved a resounding victory over the Gigantes del Cibao, a triumph that manager Gilbert G\u00f3mez described as a demonstration of the strength, resilience, and the team’s “competitive DNA”.\n\nG\u00f3mez highlighted the teamwork and, in particular, the ability of the pitching staff to dominate critical situations.\n\n

It’s a very close match, but the team’s ability to take the hit, doing what it has to do, was really a great job. That says a lot about the DNA this team has.<\/p>Gilbert G\u00f3mez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Albert Abreu in excellent form<\/h2>\n\n\nThe leader especially praised pitcher Albert Abreu, who has shown a notable improvement in his recent performances.\n\nG\u00f3mez explained that 25% of his pitches were “strange”, causing 44% missed swings.\n\nThe pitching coach, Casadiego, has worked with Abreu to enhance his performance, and he is currently in great form with his fastball, changeup, and curveball.\n\nAbreu is experiencing a “quite positive period” after a recent performance where he struck out 10 batters against the Toros del Este.\n\n

JC Mej\u00eda and his availability<\/h2>\n\nRegarding reliever JC Mej\u00eda, who pitched on consecutive days, G\u00f3mez reported that they will evaluate his availability for the next game.\n\n

There is a high possibility that it doesn’t have the label, but we’ll see if it needs to rest for a day and then we’ll resume.<\/p>Gilbert G\u00f3mez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n

Ronny Mauricio returns to the lineup<\/h2>\n\nG\u00f3mez confirmed Ronny Mauricio’s return to the lineup for the next game, as part of his “return to play” process.\n\nMauricio is in his progression phase and will definitely play.\n\n\n

Status of Carl Stevenson, Jonathan Aro, and Ram\u00f3n Hern\u00e1ndez<\/h2>\n\n\nJonathan Aro, although he hasn’t pitched since November 21st, is fully recovered. His opportunity will come at the right time.\n\nRam\u00f3n Hern\u00e1ndez continues to have discomfort in his right leg and is undergoing rehabilitation, although he remains on the 50-man roster.\n\nIt is expected to be available in one of the next three games, without rushing its return.\n\nRegarding Carl Stevenson, the analysis continues and his return to the team has not yet been determined.\n\n\n

Key defense in the victory<\/h2>\n\n\nThe manager highlighted the defensive plays that were crucial in maintaining the shutout.\n\n

Today Hensley made a tremendous play getting us out of an inning that seemed to be getting complicated, Adames with an important play and several double plays from the infield.<\/p>Gilbert G\u00f3mez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nG\u00f3mez trusts Michael’s ability, despite an error in the ninth inning.\n\n

Brooks Halls in preparation<\/h2>\n\nFinally, the leader confirmed that Brooks Halls is still training with the intention of being included in the list of imports.\n\nWe seek to integrate it when it is in optimal condition.\n\nThe Tigers, who have climbed to third place in the tournament, are preparing to continue their good momentum on the road, backed by solid pitching, an efficient defense, and the return of key figures like Ronny Mauricio.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Santo Domingo. The Tigres del Licey achieved a resounding victory over the Gigantes del Cibao, a triumph that manager Gilbert G\u00f3mez described as a demonstration of the strength, resilience, and the team’s “competitive DNA”. G\u00f3mez highlighted the teamwork and, in particular, the ability of the pitching staff to dominate critical situations. It’s a very close […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95232,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11043,88,8861,3493],"class_list":{"0":"post-95231","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-albert-abreu","9":"tag-baseball","10":"tag-gilbert-gomez","11":"tag-licey-tigers"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95231","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=95231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}