{"id":97109,"date":"2025-12-21T04:59:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:59:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/leones-del-escogido-epic-victory-against-toros-del-este-and-secure-3rd-place-2\/"},"modified":"2025-12-21T04:59:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-21T08:59:11","slug":"leones-del-escogido-epic-victory-against-toros-del-este-and-secure-3rd-place-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/leones-del-escogido-epic-victory-against-toros-del-este-and-secure-3rd-place-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Leones del Escogido: Epic victory against Toros del Este and secure 3rd place"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Junior Lake Stars in Epic Triumph for the Leones del Escogido<\/h2>\n\n\nA daring hit by Junior Lake from third base in the tenth inning secured a dramatic victory for the Leones del Escogido, who defeated the Toros del Este with a score of 5-4. The exciting Friday game culminated with the Lions leaving their rival on the field and consolidating their good moment in the final stretch of the regular season.\n\nThe decisive play originated after a touch by S\u00f3crates Brito, which was handled quickly by pitcher Jarl\u00edn Garc\u00eda. Despite the pitcher&#8217;s accurate throw to catcher Tres Barrera, Lake managed to slide his left hand over the plate, avoiding the catcher&#8217;s mitt and unleashing the celebration of the scarlet team.\n\nThe Lions faced 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, stole second base, and a single by Erik Gonz\u00e1lez to left field drove in the tying run, as well as placing Lake on third.\n\nWith this victory, the third consecutive and the sixth in the last seven games, Escogido improves its record to 22-25, remaining in third place in the standings, tied with the Estrellas Orientales and with a lead of one and a half games over Tigres del Licey and Gigantes del Cibao (20-26).\n\nHansel Marcelino (1-0) earned the victory, pitching one inning with a strikeout, while Michael Ynoa (0-1) took the loss, being responsible for the two runs of the tenth inning.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Party Development<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Lions took the lead in the first inning against Franklyn Kilom\u00e9. Lake negotiated a walk, advanced to second on a single by Gonz\u00e1lez, to third on a fly ball by Brito, and scored on a groundout by Yamaico Navarro to first base.\n\nThe Toros responded in the third inning against Grant Gavin, tying the game with a 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 against Anderson Bid\u00f3, who was relieved by Jimmy Yacabonis. Brito hit a run-scoring single to tie the game and, subsequently, a ground ball for a double play by Navarro allowed the run that put the score 3-2 in favor of Escogido.\n\nThe Toros tied the game again in the seventh inning with a solo home run by Jeimer Candelario to left field against G\u00e9nesis Cabrera.\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 1-4 with a home run, a run scored, and an RBI, while Luis Liberato went 1-4 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 A daring hit by Junior Lake from third base in the tenth inning secured a dramatic victory for the Leones del Escogido, who defeated the Toros del Este with a score of 5-4. 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