JC Escarra drove in two of the three Águilas Cibaeñas runs via a first inning single and a seventh inning single in four trips to the plate to do his part in their 3-2 win over their arch-rival Tigres del Licey. Although he hits only .177 the Cuban-American catcher leads the ballclub with 12 runs batted in on the winter league season.
Antonio Jimenez laced a fifth inning single and a ninth inning triple to lead the Senadores de San Juan to a 9-8 extra-inning win over the Cangrejeros de Santurce. The Cuban- American slugger in total drove in three runs and now hits .474 on the early LBPRC season.
Yasiel Puig also got in on the act with a ninth inning with his own run-scoring double to raise his average to .333 on the campaign, while Oscar Colás swatted his own ninth inning single to tie the game at seven and send it to extra innings.
Yurisbel Gracial went yard for the second straight evening and the fifth time on the year, while doing driving in a run and scoring twice on the day during the Cañeros de Los Mochis’ 9-6 win over the Venados de Mazatlán. The slugger from Guantánamo leads all Cubans in the Caribbean with 17 runs batted in.
Cuban action on the night:
LIDOM:
JC Escarra (AC): 4-2,HR,2RBI,R (.177)*
Raynel Delgado (AC): 2-0 (.280)
José Barrero (TL): 0-0,DR
Yunior Tur (GC): 1.0IP,H,0ER,2K (4.05)
Albert Lara (GSV): 4-1 (.307)
Víctor Labrada (GSV): 4-1,R (.307)
Yoanner Negrín (NAY): 3.1IP,6H,6ER,K,2BB (4.67)
Julio Pablo Martínez (CUL): 5-0 (.284)
Orlando Martínez (CUL): 4-2,2(2B),R (.361)
Yadir Drake (MXC): 4-2,3B,HR,RBI,R (.313)
LVBP:
Diosbel Arias (MAR): 5-0 (.298)
Alejandro Hernández (MAR): 1.0IP,H,0ER,2K, BB (7.00)
Darién Núñez (MAR): 1.0IP,H,0ER,BB (6.50)
LMP:
Elían Leyva (NAV): 5.0IP,8H,4ER,3K,3BB (6.35)
Yurisbel Gracial (LM): 4-1,HR,RBI,2R (.298)
Yoán López (LM): 1.0IP,H,0ER,K (4.00)
Julio Pablo Martínez (CUL): 5-0 (.284)
Orlando Martínez (CUL): 4-2,2(2B),R (.361)
Yadir Drake (MXC): 4-2,3B,HR,RBI,R (.313)
Víctor Labrada (GSV): 4-1,R (.244)
Albert Lara (GSV): 4-1 (.307)
Yoanner Negrín (NAY): 3.1IP,6H,6ER,2BB,K (.467)
LBPRC:
Lisbel Díaz (GC): 4-0 (.375)
Yariel Rodríguez (MAY): 0.1IP,H,ER,K (7.71)
Yasiel Puig (SJU): 4-2,2B,RBI,R (.333)
Oscar Luis Colás (SJU): 4-1,RBI (.235)
Antonio Jimenez (SJU): 5-2,3B,2RBI,2R*
Carlos Espinosa (SAN): 0.2IP,4H,3ER,K (12.27)
*Cuban-American