{"id":96019,"date":"2025-12-15T22:33:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T02:33:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/toros-del-este-epic-victory-against-licey-playoffs-looming\/"},"modified":"2025-12-15T22:33:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T02:33:28","slug":"toros-del-este-epic-victory-against-licey-playoffs-looming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/toros-del-este-epic-victory-against-licey-playoffs-looming\/","title":{"rendered":"Toros del Este: Epic victory against Licey! Playoffs looming"},"content":{"rendered":"La Romana \u2013 Los Toros del Este prevailed in an exciting match against the Tigres del Licey with a score of 2-1 at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium, getting closer to qualifying for the postseason.\n\n<h2>A Key Home Run and a Decisive Hit<\/h2>\n\nThe game was defined with a home run by Eloy Jim\u00e9nez and a timely hit by Yairo Mu\u00f1oz. In the bottom of the ninth inning, with the bases loaded, Mu\u00f1oz hit a sacrifice fly to center field, allowing Ruddy Mart\u00edn Jr. to score the winning run.\n\nEloy Jim\u00e9nez was a key figure in the game, hitting a solo home run, his fifth of the season, setting a new personal record for home runs in the LIDOM and reaching eleven in his career in Dominican baseball.\n\nA timely hit by Yairo Mu\u00f1oz sealed the bullfighting victory.\n\n<h2>Decisions and Statistics<\/h2>\n\nJoe Corbett took the victory (5-1, 2.08) after pitching an impeccable ninth inning. Jean Carlos Mej\u00eda (2-2, 0.81) took the loss by allowing the decisive run.\n\nWith this victory, the Toros accumulate their fifth consecutive win, reaching 25 in the season and extending their lead over the Licey in the fight for third place.\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>The Bulls are placed four games behind the Eagles, the leaders.<\/li><li>They reduce their magic number to one to secure their place in the playoffs.<\/li><li>They have won 11 of their last 13 games.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Development<\/h2>\n\n\nEloy Jim\u00e9nez hit a solo home run against C\u00e9sar Valdez, putting the score at 1-0 in favor of the Toros. Licey tied it with a run-scoring single by Michael De La Cruz.\n\nThe tension held until the ninth inning, when Ruddy Mart\u00edn Jr. started with a single, followed by a sacrifice bunt, an intentional walk, and an unstoppable hit, setting the stage for Mu\u00f1oz&#8217;s hit.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Performances<\/h2>\n\n\nBy the Toros, Eloy Jim\u00e9nez stood out with a 3-2 game, including a home run and an RBI. Ruddy Mart\u00edn Jr. had a perfect night of 4-4.\n\nFor the Tigers, Michael De La Cruz hit 2-3 with one RBI.\n\nThe Toros&#8217; next game will be this Tuesday, December 16th, in San Francisco de Macor\u00eds against the Gigantes del Cibao, in a double header starting at 4:00 PM at the Juli\u00e1n Javier Stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La Romana \u2013 Los Toros del Este prevailed in an exciting match against the Tigres del Licey with a score of 2-1 at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium, getting closer to qualifying for the postseason. A Key Home Run and a Decisive Hit The game was defined with a home run by Eloy Jim\u00e9nez and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":96020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[88,9999,5271,10536],"class_list":{"0":"post-96019","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-eloy-jimenez","10":"tag-toros-del-este","11":"tag-yairo-munoz"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96019","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=96019"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/96019\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/96020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96019"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=96019"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=96019"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}