{"id":95507,"date":"2025-12-13T05:00:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/aguilas-cibaenas-to-semifinals-shutout-leones-5-0-and-secure-spot\/"},"modified":"2025-12-13T05:00:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-13T09:00:06","slug":"aguilas-cibaenas-to-semifinals-shutout-leones-5-0-and-secure-spot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/aguilas-cibaenas-to-semifinals-shutout-leones-5-0-and-secure-spot\/","title":{"rendered":"Aguilas Cibae\u00f1as to Semifinals: Shutout Leones 5-0 and Secure Spot"},"content":{"rendered":"Santo Domingo \u2013 Las \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as have secured a spot in the semifinal of the Juan Marichal tournament, after defeating the Leones del Escogido with a score of 5-0 at the Cibao Stadium. The match was affected by delays due to electrical problems.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Key Figures in the Victory<\/h2>\n\n\nEzequiel Dur\u00e1n and Corey Joyce led the offense for the \u00c1guilas, each driving in two runs. Starting pitcher Jorge Tav\u00e1rez (3-1) delivered a solid performance of five innings, allowing only two hits, one walk, and one strikeout, earning him the win. Burch Smith secured the save, the fifth of the season, entering in a critical moment with the bases loaded in the ninth inning.\n\nSamuel Reyes (0-1) took the loss for the Escogido, after allowing a run in one and a third innings.\n\n<h2>Eagles Secure Their Spot in the Postseason<\/h2>\n\nWith this victory, the Cibao team guarantees its presence in the postseason for the second consecutive year. Now, with a record of 28-11, the team focuses on winning the regular season, an achievement they haven&#8217;t reached since the 2012-2013 season.\n\nOn the other hand, the Leones del Escogido, the current champions, fall to 16-24, which complicates their aspirations in the regular season, leaving them with only 10 games remaining.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Development<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Eagles&#8217; attack began early:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>3rd inning:<\/strong> Robert Moore opened with a double and was driven in by a single from Ezequiel Dur\u00e1n, putting the score at 1-0. In this episode, manager Luis Urueta and catcher Elih Marrero were ejected after arguing umpire decisions.<\/li><li><strong>4th inning:<\/strong> After an error that allowed Jerar Encarnaci\u00f3n to get on base, Juan Lagares hit a single and Corey Joyce drove in two runs with a double to center field, extending the lead to 3-0.<\/li><li><strong>5th inning:<\/strong> Moore received a walk, stole second, and scored thanks to another single from Dur\u00e1n, who added his second RBI of the game (4-0).<\/li><li><strong>7th inning:<\/strong> Encarnaci\u00f3n hit a single, advanced on a passed ball, and Wilmer Dif\u00f3, who replaced him as a runner, scored on a &#8220;balk&#8221; by pitcher Carlos Teller, establishing the final score of 5-0.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<h2>Dramatic Finish in the Ninth<\/h2>\n\nJos\u00e9 Cuas entered the ninth inning for the \u00c1guilas, but loaded the bases after issuing walks to S\u00f3crates Brito, Franchy Cordero, and Luis de los Santos. Manager Joel Noboa called on closer Burch Smith, who struck out Alexander Canario and completed the shutout by forcing an out at second after a ground ball by Jonathan Guzm\u00e1n.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Impeccable Relay<\/h2>\n\n\nAfter Tav\u00e1rez&#8217;s performance, relievers Jean Carlos Henr\u00edquez, Jonathan Hern\u00e1ndez and Richard Rodr\u00edguez kept the score intact from the sixth to the eighth inning, leaving the stage set for Smith&#8217;s save.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Santo Domingo \u2013 Las \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as have secured a spot in the semifinal of the Juan Marichal tournament, after defeating the Leones del Escogido with a score of 5-0 at the Cibao Stadium. The match was affected by delays due to electrical problems. Key Figures in the Victory Ezequiel Dur\u00e1n and Corey Joyce led the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":95508,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,5355,7382,618],"class_list":{"0":"post-95507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-cibao-eagles","10":"tag-postseason","11":"tag-semifinal"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95507","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=95507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/95507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/95508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=95507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=95507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}