{"id":95285,"date":"2025-12-12T04:56:58","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:56:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/licey-exhibits-winning-dna-gomez-celebrates-shutout-and-highlights-abreu\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T04:56:58","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T08:56:58","slug":"licey-exhibits-winning-dna-gomez-celebrates-shutout-and-highlights-abreu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/licey-exhibits-winning-dna-gomez-celebrates-shutout-and-highlights-abreu\/","title":{"rendered":"Licey exhibits winning DNA: G\u00f3mez celebrates shutout and highlights Abreu"},"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 attributed to the strength and “competitive DNA” of the blue team.\n\n

It’s a very close game, 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, Leader of the Tigres del Licey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n

Albert Abreu in a Great Moment<\/h2>\n\n\nG\u00f3mez praised pitcher Albert Abreu’s performance, highlighting his notable improvement. The manager explained that 25% of his pitches were “unusual”, causing 44% missed swings.\n\nThe pitching coach, Casadiego, has worked to optimize Abreu’s performance, who now looks strong with his fastball, changeup, and curveball.\n\nAbreu has had an outstanding performance, including a recent performance with 10 strikeouts against the Toros del Este.\n\n\n

JC Mej\u00eda and His Availability<\/h2>\n\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\nIt is likely that Mej\u00eda will rest a day before playing again.\n\n\n

Ronny Mauricio Returns<\/h2>\n\n\nRonny Mauricio will return to the lineup as part of his recovery process.\n\n

Ronny comes from practically doing nothing and is going through his progression. Tomorrow he definitely plays.<\/p>Gilbert G\u00f3mez<\/cite><\/blockquote>\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.\n\nRam\u00f3n Hern\u00e1ndez is still in rehabilitation due to discomfort in his right leg and is expected to be available in the next three games.\n\nCarl Stevenson’s situation is still under evaluation.\n\n\n

Key Defense in the Victory<\/h2>\n\n\nG\u00f3mez highlighted the crucial defensive plays that secured the victory, including a standout play by Hensley and several double plays.\n\nAlthough there was an error in the ninth inning, G\u00f3mez trusts in the player’s ability.\n\n

Brooks Halls in Preparation<\/h2>\n\nBrooks Halls continues to train with the intention of being included in the list of imported players.\n\nThe team is looking 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 performance, backed by solid pitching, an efficient defense, and the return of key figures.","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 attributed to the strength and “competitive DNA” of the blue team. It’s a very close game, but the team’s ability to take the hit, doing what it has to do, was really a great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11043,88,8861,3493],"class_list":{"0":"post-95285","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\/95285","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=95285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95285\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}