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San Pedro de Macorís. – Josh Lester became the hero on Wednesday night by hitting a decisive home run in the tenth inning, sealing the Estrellas Orientales' 6-4 victory over the Leones del Escogido, in an exciting game held at the Tetelo Vargas Stadium.
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The hit, a deep line drive to right field of 394 feet and an exit velocity of 105.5 mph, came with a runner on base and completed an unexpected rally that allowed the Stars to come back and climb to fifth place in the standings, sending the Lions to last place in the standings.The Comeback in Episode 10
The Estrellas arrived at the tenth inning down on the scoreboard 4-3. With two outs, Raimel Tapia hit a single to center field that drove in Magneuris Sierra to tie the game 4-4. On the same play, Tapia was called out trying to advance to second, but the eastern team appealed the decision and the challenge was successful. Error en el proceso de traducciónParty Decisions
- Winner: Carlos Belén (2-1)
- Loser: Stephen Nogosek
This is how the meeting went
- 4th inning:
Yamaico Navarro opened the scoring with a solo home run against Enny Romero for the Escogido's 1-0 lead.
In the bottom half, Rodolfo Castro drew a walk with the bases loaded to tie the game 1-1. - 5th inning:
An error by Robinson Canó allowed Héctor Rodríguez to score the 2-1 in favor of Escogido. - 6th inning:
Las Estrellas turned the scoreboard 3-2 thanks to a wild pitch by Kenny Hernández that allowed Raimel Tapia to score, followed by a run-scoring single by Castro. - 8th inning:
Franchy Cordero drove in Junior Lake with a groundout to tie the game 3-3. - 10th inning (runner on second rule):
Escogido took a 4-3 lead when Dervy Ventura drove in Lake with a hit.
But the lead didn't last long: Tapia's tie and Lester's monumental hit for the green victory arrived.
Impact on the table
- Estrellas Orientales: rise to 5th place
- Leones del Escogido: fall to last place
