Lions and Tigers are close due to the top of Dominican baseball

Licey Tigers came to a game of the top of the championship semifinal Dominican professional baseball , with its 7-3 victory on Monday Escogisdo Lions in the Quisqueya stadium , on a day which also the Cibao Eagles beat the Gigantes del Cibao .

The Tigers (5-4 ) came to a game of first place occupied by the Lions, champions and favorites to advance to the tournament final.

Outfielder Engel Beltre hit three of the nine hits overall winner and also drove in a run to become the offensive blue hero , while Creole Esmil Rogers threw five innings of a return to the win against the " scarlet " (6 and 3) .

The pitcher was imported defeated Graham Godfrey, who punished the winners with three touchdowns in four chapters.

In the other match of the day, the Eagles , playing as local prevailed 5-2 in Giants Stadium in the northern Cibao Santiago de los Caballeros, which allowed the winning troop enhance your brand in four wins and five defeats, a second important game , which gives a ticket to the final.

The " cuyayas " managed to clear side marker (1-2 ) with a bunch of four laps in the eighth , including a homer outfielder Juan Carlos Perez with a partner on board, against reliever Zack Segovia , who was defeated pitcher .

The junior right Tony Peña was the winning pitcher as the closer Marcos Mateo scored his third save , to get three outs in the ninth. Imported Joey Terdoslavich four hits , to activate a aguilucha offense that has been somewhat asleep.

Zachary Kroenke lefty dominated the " cuyayas " in the first four innings , but his replacement, Fabio Castro allowed a return in the sixth and then , Segovia was attacked in the eighth.

Outfielder Francisco Peguero hit a homer four corners by the defeated troops, who slipped to the bottom of the table with three wins mark six setbacks.

Tuesday no scheduled match in the competition , agreed to 18 games.