{"id":499505,"date":"2026-02-06T00:54:19","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:54:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/tomateros-come-back-in-the-eighth-and-take-away-the-undefeated-record-from-the-leones-with-a-10-7-victory\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T00:54:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T04:54:19","slug":"tomateros-come-back-in-the-eighth-and-take-away-the-undefeated-record-from-the-leones-with-a-10-7-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/sports\/baseball\/tomateros-come-back-in-the-eighth-and-take-away-the-undefeated-record-from-the-leones-with-a-10-7-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Tomateros come back in the eighth and take away the undefeated record from the Leones with a 10-7 victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Zapopan, Jalisco.\u2013<\/strong> The <strong>Tomateros de Culiac\u00e1n<\/strong> staged a spectacular comeback by scoring <strong>six runs in the eighth inning<\/strong> to defeat the <strong>Leones del Escogido<\/strong>, taking away their undefeated status in the <strong>68th Caribbean Series Guadalajara 2026<\/strong>, in the game that closed the fifth day of the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/cangrejeros-vencen-a-federales-y-sellan-su-clasificacion-a-semifinales\/#google_vignette\">Cangrejeros defeat Federales and secure their classification to the semifinals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe decisive rally was crowned by a <strong>two-run homer by Estevan Florial<\/strong>, which sealed the Mexican comeback and left the Dominican team without an answer, which fell for the first time in the tournament and left its mark at <strong>3-1<\/strong>.\n\nThe Tomateros' offense exploded in the eighth inning when <strong>Sep\u00falveda<\/strong> opened with a triple, <strong>C\u00f3rdova<\/strong> was hit by a pitch, and <strong>Amador<\/strong> hit a single to center field to drive in the first run. Then, <strong>Drake<\/strong> hit a single and an error on the throw allowed two more runs to score. <strong>Meneses<\/strong> drove in another with a sacrifice fly, <strong>Vergudo<\/strong> singled, and finally <strong>Florial<\/strong> hit a home run to right field that completed the six-run rally.\n\nThe victory went to <strong>L. Ch\u00e1vez<\/strong>, who pitched a scoreless inning in relief, while <strong>C. Greene<\/strong> took the loss after allowing three runs in the decisive inning. The Mexican offense connected <strong>14 hits<\/strong> in the game.\n\nFor the <strong>Leones del Escogido<\/strong>, the attack was led by <strong>Franchy Cordero<\/strong>, who went <strong>3-2<\/strong>, with <strong>two home runs<\/strong>, two runs scored and two RBIs. Captain <strong>Jimmy Paredes<\/strong> also shone with <strong>two hits in four at-bats<\/strong>, including a home run.\n\n\n<p>The two consecutive home runs by the Dominicans evoked a historical event, as a <strong>back-to-back-to-back<\/strong> occurred on one occasion in the Caribbean Series. It happened on <strong>February 11, 1990<\/strong>, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, during the XXXII Caribbean Series, in a game between the Senadores de San Juan and the Leones del Escogido, starring <strong>Barry Jones, Carlos Baerga and H\u00e9ctor Villanueva<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\nFurthermore, it was recalled that the first player from a Dominican team to hit <strong>two home runs in a game<\/strong> was <strong>Howard Johnson<\/strong> (Tigres del Licey) on <strong>February 4, 1983<\/strong> in Caracas, while the first Dominican to achieve this was <strong>George Bell<\/strong> in 1984.\n\nIn the mound for the Leones, veteran <strong>Radhames Liz<\/strong> opened, working <strong>four innings<\/strong>, allowing <strong>five hits<\/strong>, <strong>two runs<\/strong>, gave <strong>two walks<\/strong> and struck out <strong>four<\/strong>. He was followed by <strong>Phillips Valdez<\/strong>, who pitched the fifth and sixth innings.<br>For the Tomateros, <strong>M. Barreras<\/strong> started, with a performance of <strong>five innings<\/strong>, five hits allowed, five runs, four walks and three strikeouts.\n\nThe Lions took an early lead with <strong>three runs in the first inning<\/strong>, after a double by <strong>S\u00f3crates Brito<\/strong> and a groundout by <strong>Cristian Adames<\/strong>. Culiac\u00e1n responded in the third with a <strong>home run by Sep\u00falveda<\/strong> with one on base and scored again in the sixth inning, again driven in by the same player.\n\nIn the fourth, <strong>Franchy Cordero<\/strong> hit his first home run of the night, and in the sixth he repeated the dose, followed by a home run by <strong>Jimmy Paredes<\/strong>, extending the Dominican lead. In the seventh, <strong>S\u00f3crates Brito<\/strong> scored after stealing second and third and taking advantage of an error in the catcher's throw.\n\nMexico scored in the seventh inning against reliever <strong>Telles<\/strong>, before completing the final comeback in the eighth.\n\n\n<p>This <strong>Friday at 4:00 PM (Dominican time)<\/strong>, <strong>Leones del Escogido and Tomateros de Culiac\u00e1n<\/strong> will face each other again in the <strong>first semifinal<\/strong> of the tournament. The winner will advance to the final, while the loser will be eliminated<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zapopan, Jalisco.\u2013 The Tomateros de Culiac\u00e1n staged a spectacular comeback by scoring six runs in the eighth inning to defeat the Leones del Escogido, taking away their undefeated status in the 68th Caribbean Series Guadalajara 2026, in the game that closed the fifth day of the tournament. 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