{"id":99455,"date":"2025-12-31T00:13:36","date_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:13:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/de-la-cruz-unleashes-fury-jonron-and-bullfighting-comeback-against-aguilas\/"},"modified":"2025-12-31T00:13:36","modified_gmt":"2025-12-31T04:13:36","slug":"de-la-cruz-unleashes-fury-jonron-and-bullfighting-comeback-against-aguilas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/de-la-cruz-unleashes-fury-jonron-and-bullfighting-comeback-against-aguilas\/","title":{"rendered":"De La Cruz Unleashes Fury: Jonr\u00f3n and Bullfighting Comeback against \u00c1guilas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Bryan De La Cruz: Hero on the Diamond with a Decisive Home Run<\/h2>\n\nLa Romana \u2013 Bryan De La Cruz continues his outstanding performance in the Round Robin, establishing himself as a key figure for the Toros del Este. In Tuesday&#8217;s game, De La Cruz became a hero once again, connecting a crucial three-run home run in the eighth inning that propelled his team to victory over the \u00c1guilas Cibae\u00f1as with a score of 8-5 at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium.\n\nWith the score tied at 5 runs, De La Cruz hit an impressive home run to left field, bringing two teammates home and crowning a four-run comeback that defined the game in favor of the Toros.\n\n\n<p>This was De La Cruz&#8217;s first home run in the Todos contra Todos and the second for the Toros in this stage. In addition to the hit, the outfielder hit two doubles, adding to a stellar night that keeps him in MVP mode, leading the Round Robin in batting average (.529), RBIs (8) and with a home run.<\/p>\n\n\nThe victory was credited to reliever Miguel Castro (1-0), who pitched the eighth inning, including a strikeout. Joe Corbett earned the save, retiring the ninth inning without allowing runs and with a strikeout. The loss went to Richard Rodr\u00edguez (0-1).\n\nThe Toros&#8217; pitching staff once again demonstrated its strength in critical moments, limiting the \u00c1guilas&#8217; offense, who left 11 runners on base, with a poor performance of 3 hits in 14 at-bats with men in scoring position.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Game Development<\/h2>\n\n\nThe Toros took the lead early in the first inning with a single by Luis Liberato, a run-scoring double by Bryan De La Cruz, and a groundout by Eloy Jim\u00e9nez, establishing the score at 2-0.\n\nThe Eagles responded in the third inning with a two-run double by Leody Taveras. However, the Bulls regained control immediately with another RBI double by De La Cruz and a double by Jim\u00e9nez, putting the game at 4-2.\n\nThe Cibao team reacted with a run in each of the fourth, fifth, and sixth innings: a surprise bunt by Webster Rivas, a run-scoring double by Cristhian Adames, and a run-scoring single by Rivas, after a triple by Adael Amador, to take a 5-4 lead.\n\nThe Toros&#8217; response came with force in the eighth. Bryan Lavastida reached base on an error, Ismael Alc\u00e1ntara advanced to third after a passed ball and a bunt by Sergio Alc\u00e1ntara, and scored the tying run with a single by Luis Liberato. Immediately afterwards, De La Cruz hit his home run to seal the 8-5 victory.\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Offensive Highlights<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Toros del Este<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Bryan De La Cruz: 5-3, home run, 2 doubles, 5 RBIs, 3 runs scored<\/li><li>Eloy Jim\u00e9nez: 3-2, double, 2 RBIs<\/li><li>Luis Liberato: 4-3, 1 RBI, 3 runs scored<\/li><li>Sergio Alc\u00e1ntara: 3-2, double<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Cibao Eagles<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Leody Taveras: 2-1, double, 2 RBIs, 1 run scored<\/li><li>Cristhian Adames: 5-3, 2 doubles, 1 RBI, 1 run scored<\/li><li>Webster Rivas: 2-1, 2 RBIs<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\nWith this result, the Round Robin enters the Year-End break, and the action will return on Friday, January 2, 2026, when the Toros host the Leones del Escogido at 7:30 p.m. at the Francisco A. Micheli Stadium.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bryan De La Cruz: Hero on the Diamond with a Decisive Home Run La Romana \u2013 Bryan De La Cruz continues his outstanding performance in the Round Robin, establishing himself as a key figure for the Toros del Este. In Tuesday&#8217;s game, De La Cruz became a hero once again, connecting a crucial three-run home [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":99456,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[9646,3905,11085,5271],"class_list":{"0":"post-99455","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-bryan-de-la-cruz","9":"tag-jonron","10":"tag-round-robin","11":"tag-toros-del-este"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99455","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=99455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/99455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/99456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=99455"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=99455"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=99455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}