At 3:30 pm, time in the beautiful port of Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, de classic between Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic, which was the second game of the opening day of the Caribbean Series 2021.
Dominican centerfielder Juan Lagares was the leading offensive hitter of Águilas Cibaeñas after having driven all of his team’s runs on a homerun through leftfield with two teammates on base and an RBI-single from two more lines. Finally Dominican Republic took the victory 5-1. Carlos “Tsunami” Martínez was the winning pitcher while the defeated was Luis Medina.
Puerto Rico took the lead from the first inning when first-in-order midfielder Jarren Duran was driven home on a single connected by designated hitter Jose Miranda.
It seemed at least calm until the end of the third inning, when the Dominican Republic and New York Mets MLB centerfielder Juan Lagares hit a solid home run into the left field of Teodoro Stadium. Marshal for the serpentine of the right-handed Luis Medina. Lagares took two men running on the pads and so the Águilas Cibaeñas turned the score around (1-3).
Before the bottom of the fourth, Juan Lagares hurt again, again to Luis Medina, this time he produced two more (5) after connecting with a single to center and taking Jonathan Villar and Melky Cabrera. The score at the time was 5-1, in favor of the Águilas Cibaeñas.
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From that fourth throw, the score didn’t change and the game ended with a 5-1 victory for the Quisqueyans over the Puerto Ricans who couldn’t do anything after the race scored by the Red Sox prospect Jarren Duran.
For the Dominican Republic, Carlos “Tsunami” Martínez showed a quality start after throwing 5.2 innings of 7 strikeouts and 3 hits and a single RBI.
Coming Monday, February 1, Puerto Rico will face the Venezuelan national team at 4:30 PM, Mexico City time, while the Dominican Republic will face the host, Mexico, in prime time, 9:00 PM, host country central time. .