{"id":95407,"date":"2025-12-12T17:31:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:31:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/licey-exhibe-adn-ganador-blanquea-a-gigantes-abreu-brilla-y-mauricio-regresa\/"},"modified":"2025-12-12T17:31:39","modified_gmt":"2025-12-12T21:31:39","slug":"licey-exhibe-adn-ganador-blanquea-a-gigantes-abreu-brilla-y-mauricio-regresa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/licey-exhibe-adn-ganador-blanquea-a-gigantes-abreu-brilla-y-mauricio-regresa\/","title":{"rendered":"Licey exhibe ADN ganador: Blanquea a Gigantes, Abreu brilla y Mauricio regresa"},"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, resilience, and the &#8220;competitive DNA&#8221; of the blue team.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Es un partido muy cerrado, pero la capacidad del equipo de aguantar el golpe, haciendo lo que tiene que hacer, realmente fue un trabajazo. Eso dice mucho del ADN que tiene este equipo.<\/p><cite>Gilbert G\u00f3mez, Dirigente de los Tigres del Licey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nG\u00f3mez highlighted the teamwork and, especially, the performance of the pitching staff to control critical situations.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Albert Abreu is in a great moment<\/h2>\n\n\nThe leader praised the performance of Albert Abreu, who has shown a notable improvement in his recent performances.\n\nG\u00f3mez explained that 25% of his pitches were &#8220;unusual&#8221;, resulting in a 44% whiff rate by opposing batters.\n\nThe pitching coach, Casadiego, has worked with Abreu to enhance his skills, and the pitcher is currently at an excellent level with his fastball, changeup, and curveball.\n\nAbreu comes from an outstanding performance with 10 strikeouts against the Toros del Este.\n\n<h2>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<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>There is a high possibility that it doesn&#8217;t have the label, but we&#8217;ll see if it needs to rest for a day and then we&#8217;ll resume.<\/p><cite>Gilbert G\u00f3mez, Leader of the Tigres del Licey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Ronny Mauricio is back<\/h2>\n\n\nG\u00f3mez confirmed Ronny Mauricio&#8217;s return to the lineup for the next game, as part of his &#8220;return to play&#8221; process.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>Ronny comes from practically doing nothing and is going through his progression. He is definitely playing tomorrow.<\/p><cite>Gilbert G\u00f3mez, Leader of the Tigres del Licey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Player Status<\/h2>\n\n\n<p>Jonathan Aro, aunque no ha lanzado desde el 21 de noviembre, se encuentra en perfectas condiciones f\u00edsicas. Su participaci\u00f3n depender\u00e1 de las oportunidades que se presenten.<\/p>\n\nRam\u00f3n Hern\u00e1ndez continues rehabilitation due to discomfort in his right leg, but he is included in the 50-player roster. He is expected to be available in the next three games, without rushing his return.\n\nRegarding Carl Stevenson, the analysis of his situation continues and his return to the team is not yet defined.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key defense in the victory<\/h2>\n\n\nThe leader highlighted the defensive plays that were crucial in maintaining the shutout.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>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 by the infield.<\/p><cite>Gilbert G\u00f3mez, Manager of the Tigres del Licey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nDespite a mistake by Michael, G\u00f3mez fully trusts in his defensive ability.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Brooks Halls in preparation<\/h2>\n\n\nFinally, G\u00f3mez confirmed that Brooks Halls is still training with the intention of being included in the imported roster.\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>He is here to get ready. We want to integrate him when he is in optimal condition.<\/p><cite>Gilbert G\u00f3mez, Leader of the Tigres del Licey<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\nThe Tigers, who have climbed to third place in the tournament, will seek to maintain their good momentum on the road, backed by solid pitching, an efficient defense, and the return of key players.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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, resilience, and the &#8220;competitive DNA&#8221; of the blue team. Es un partido muy cerrado, pero la capacidad del equipo de aguantar el golpe, haciendo lo que tiene que hacer, realmente [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[11043,88,8861,3493],"class_list":{"0":"post-95407","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\/95407","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=95407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}