To the beat of three homers who came from the bats of Juan Francisco, Peter O’Brien and José Sirí, and a solid performance by Richelson Peña Los Gigantes del Cibao defeated Águilas Cibaeñas 5-0 via shutout, in the fourth game of the Final Series, held at Cibao Stadium.
A victory for the Colts who put the eaglets in “check”, as they run 3-1 in the final matched with a 7-4 and were placed on the act of winning a game to be crowned as the new monarchs of the Professional Baseball League of the Dominican Republic (Lidom).
The Giants could try the coronation this Saturday with the fifth clash (view the schedule) at his home in the Julián Javier Stadium, in the city of San Francisco de Macorís, in the province of Duarte.
Three home runs tied in the Colts’ bats a solid foul, which added 10 hits, combined with the good performance of the monticular corps of several pitchers led by starter Richelson Peña, along with relievers José Cisnero and José Manuel -El Jumbo- Díaz.
The winning team of this match scored three runs in the fourth inning off solo-homers by Francisco and O’Brien against eagle pitcher Yoanner Negrín, who opened the games, and the other round was driven by Carlos Paulino with a single to the LF, after Richard Ureña doubled the same route.
On the fifth, the Giants scored two more to make it 5-0, with a solo-homer by Sirí against guinea pig pitcher, Nabil Crismatt, and O’Brien drove in the fifth touchdown with a basesloaded sacrifice fly that Ronald Guzmán scored from third base.
Peña (1-0) claimed the win by being tenacious in 7.0 episodes with three hits -the only ones hit by the mamey bats responsible for Juan Lagares, Rangel Ravelo and Edmundo Sosa- in addition to walking two and eliminating four opponents. The setback fell to Negrín (0-1) in a 3.2 innings run, six basehits, three earned runs, one walk and three strikeouts. Seventh entryThe fact is, you don’t have to worry.
The fact is, you don’t have to worry.