{"id":96889,"date":"2025-12-20T00:17:29","date_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/leones-del-escogido-epic-victory-against-toros-del-este-and-secure-3rd-place\/"},"modified":"2025-12-20T00:17:29","modified_gmt":"2025-12-20T04:17:29","slug":"leones-del-escogido-epic-victory-against-toros-del-este-and-secure-3rd-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/leones-del-escogido-epic-victory-against-toros-del-este-and-secure-3rd-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Leones del Escogido: Epic victory against Toros del Este and secure 3rd place"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Junior Lake Stars in Epic Triumph for the Leones del Escogido<\/h2>\n\nAn exciting encounter culminated in the victory of the Leones del Escogido 5-4 over the Toros del Este, thanks to a daring run by Junior Lake from third base in the tenth inning. This triumph, which took place on Friday night, maintained the team&#8217;s positive streak in the final stretch of the regular season.\n\nThe decisive play occurred after a touch by S\u00f3crates Brito to the pitcher, which was quickly handled by Jarl\u00edn Garc\u00eda, who made a precise throw to catcher Tres Barrera. However, Lake managed to slide his left hand over the plate, avoiding the catch and unleashing the celebration of the scarlet team.\n\nThe Lions started the tenth inning with a 4-3 deficit. Freudy Batista, as a ghost runner on second, advanced to third thanks to a bunt by Jonathan Guzm\u00e1n. Lake was hit by a pitch from Michael Ynoa and stole second base, setting the stage for a single by Erik Gonz\u00e1lez to left field, which drove in the tying run and put Lake on third.\n\nWith this victory, which represents the third consecutive and the sixth in the last seven games, the Escogido improves its record to 22-25, consolidating in third place in the standings, tied with the Estrellas Orientales and with a lead of one and a half games over the Tigres del Licey and the Gigantes del Cibao (20-26).\n\nHansel Marcelino (1-0) got the win, while Michael Ynoa (0-1) took the loss.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Party Development<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Lions took the lead in the first inning, when Lake scored after negotiating a walk, advancing to second on a single by Gonz\u00e1lez, to third with a fly ball by Brito and scoring on a groundout by Yamaico Navarro to first.\n\nThe Toros responded in the third inning, tying the game with a two-run double by Gilberto Celestino and taking the lead with a run-scoring single by Luis Liberato.\n\nIn the fifth inning, the Reds loaded the bases with no outs, and Socrates Brito hit a run-scoring single to tie the game. A ground ball for a double play by Navarro allowed the run that put the score 3-2 in favor of Escogido.\n\nThe Bulls tied the game again in the seventh inning with a solo home run by Jeimer Candelario.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Featured Players<\/h2>\n\n\nFor the Leones, S\u00f3crates Brito went 1-for-4 with two RBIs; Junior Lake went 0-for-3, with a walk and three runs scored; Erik Gonz\u00e1lez, 2-for-4 with one driven in, and Jonathan Guzm\u00e1n, 1-for-3 with one run scored.\n\n\n<p>For the Toros, Jeimer Candelario went 1-for-4 with a home run, a run scored, and an RBI, while Luis Liberato went 1-for-4 with two RBIs.<\/p>\n\n\nThe Lions will travel this Saturday to San Francisco de Macor\u00eds, where they will face the Gigantes del Cibao at 5:00 in the afternoon, in another key duel for the classification.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Junior Lake Stars in Epic Triumph for the Leones del Escogido An exciting encounter culminated in the victory of the Leones del Escogido 5-4 over the Toros del Este, thanks to a daring run by Junior Lake from third base in the tenth inning. 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