Caribbean Series 2022: Caymans defeat Giants and break their unbeaten record

The Colombians completely tied the Dominican bats to take an important victory that classifies them to the semifinal stage of the Caribbean tournament

The Barranquilla Caimans achieved what fifteen other teams in a row could not do during the last three Caribbean Seriesdefeat a Dominican team.

The Colombian baseball champions prevailed based on pure pitching over their Dominican counterparts by a score of two runs against one, limiting the players to six hits. giants. Taking advantage of a shaky Dominican defense in the second inning and the lack of control of Lisalverto Bonilla in the third, the Colombians were able to score two runs and that was all they needed to defeat their opponents, who could only score one run in the sixth inning, courtesy of a hit from Robinson Cano.

with his triumph, alligators reached three wins and one loss, ensuring their classification to the semifinal, while the Dominican team fell to the same record, having passed to the next stage last day

How did they score?

After an error in the infield and not being able to control a ground ball for a double play, the Colombians scored a return in the second inning with a sacrifice fly from Brayan Buelvas and extended their lead in the third inning with a single from Reynaldo Rodriguez. Robinson Cano approached the giants in the sixth with a one-turn RBI single.

The defeated pitcher is Lisalverto Bonilla, who pitched 4.1 innings of two runs allowed (one earned), four hits, five strikeouts and two walks. The winner was also Dominican Fernando Perezworking for 5.1 innings of an earned return, four hits and four strikeouts, the save went to Ronald Ramirez.

next day

The fifth and last day of the first stage will see some alligators confront the Caguas Creoles, who are already eliminated having lost their four commitments so far. While the giants will play against Magellan’s Navigators with the first place in the standings at stake.