This Friday at the Monumental stadium in Caracas, the grand final of the Caribbean Series was held, which left the Dominican Republic as champion, who were represented by the Tigres del Licey, in a close match against the Leones del Caracas representing Venezuela.
On the part of the hosts, Erick Leal was in charge of opening the game, while the islanders put right-hander César Valdez on the mound.
The Dominican Republic opened the scoring just in the second inning after a walk received by Henry Urrutia and then through a wild pitch he placed himself at second base, a single by Mel Rojas and a sacrifice fly by Kelvin Gutiérrez brought the first stripe for Licey .
In the fifth inning, the quisqueyanos extended the advantage taking advantage of an error by Venezuela in a selection play where a bad throw positioned men in the corners and a double by Yamaico Navarro to the left field brought Gustavo Núñez to the plate for the 2-0 score.
The excellent work of César Valdez on the mound was key to the victory, the right-hander pitched 6.1 innings and only allowed three hits, leaving the Venezuelan bats at bay who could not score a run in the game.
The third race for the Dominican Republic came due to another mistake by the Venezuelan defense that Luis Barrera took advantage of to seal the match.
Jairo Asencio came to the mound for Licey in the ninth episode to close the match. First Wilfredo Tovar missed with a grounder for the second for the first out, Danry Vásquez with a flyout to left field put the second out and Hernán Pérez delivered the last out of the game with a grounder for the third to make the victory of the blue team official.
With this championship, the Dominican Republic expands its dominance in the Caribbean Series with 22 titles, while Tigres del Licey also moves away with 11 Caribbean crowns, while the Leones del Caracas were left wanting to add their third championship at home.
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