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You may be interested in:D<\/a><\/strong>Semi-finals of the Caribbean Series defined<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nThe Mexican offense responded forcefully by connecting 13 hits, including a decisive home run by Dominican Esteban Florial<\/strong> in the fourth inning, a hit that changed the course of the game and put Culiac\u00e1n in a definitive lead.\n\nIt was the Tomateros' second consecutive victory over the Dominican team, after also defeating them in the last round of the round robin. With this result, the Mexican team emulates the feat of the Tigres del Licey in 2012, when they advanced to the final after finishing in second place in their local league.\n\n\n Zapopan, Jalisco \u2013 The Tomateros de Culiac\u00e1n (Green Mexico) secured their place in the grand final of the 2026 Caribbean Series after defeating the Leones del Escogido (Dominican Republic) with a score of 9-4 in the first semifinal of the tournament, held this Friday at the Pan American Stadium. You may be interested in:DSemi-finals of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":972,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[35481],"tags":[41952,611,41186,40230],"class_list":{"0":"post-499563","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-baseball","7":"tag-caribbean-series","8":"tag-deultimominuto","9":"tag-theperiodicodelatruth","10":"tag-united-states"},"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","dum_api":{"author_name":"Yamell Rossi","author_image":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/cropped-7a176880-76f8-4b0c-9527-4e34feef45e4-96x96.jpg","categories_name":["Baseball"],"featured_media_url":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499563","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/972"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=499563"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499563\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":499564,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/499563\/revisions\/499564"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=499563"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=499563"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=499563"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Florial marked the before and after<\/h3>\n\n\nThe Lions took the lead early in the game. In the second inning, a double by Franchy Cordero<\/strong> and a run-scoring single by Marcos Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> put them up 1-0. Then, in the third, they took advantage of walks and a defensive error to extend the lead to 2-0.\n\nHowever, the fourth episode changed the story. After two outs and with two runners on base, the Dominican manager removed the starting pitcher Oscar de la Cruz<\/strong> and brought in reliever Kenny Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong> to face Florial. The outfielder did not forgive and hit a home run that turned the score 3-2 in favor of the Mexicans.\n\nFrom there, Culiac\u00e1n took control. In the sixth inning, they added two more, combining timely singles and a sacrifice fly from Al\u00ed Sol\u00eds<\/strong>. The attack continued in the seventh, where they manufactured a cluster of four runs that practically sealed the commitment.\n\nThe Lions tried to react, loading the bases in the sixth inning and scoring one more run via a walk to Gustavo N\u00fa\u00f1ez<\/strong>, but they couldn't capitalize on the opportunity.\n\n\n
Mound Labor<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nRight-handed pitcher David Reyes<\/strong> started for Culiac\u00e1n and pitched four innings, allowing two runs. The win went to reliever Anthonny Gose<\/strong>, while the loss fell on Kenny Hern\u00e1ndez<\/strong>.\n\nBy the Escogido, Oscar de la Cruz<\/strong> pitched 3.1 innings before being punished in the fourth chapter. The Dominican bullpen also failed to contain the Mexican offense in the final innings.\n\n\n
Waiting for the rival<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\nWith the victory, the Tomateros advance to Saturday's grand final and await the winner of the duel between the Cangrejeros de Santurce (Puerto Rico)<\/strong> and the Charros de Jalisco (Mexico Rojo)<\/strong>.\n\nThe Sinaloa team will now seek to lift the champion's trophy of the 2026 Caribbean Series, after an offensive performance that came at the most important moment of the tournament\n\n\n
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