Albán López (🪙 #CaciquesORO) walks with the bases loaded and scores Jesús Lucio (🕊️ #PalomasCID), and the 🇵🇷 #Borinqueños are finally on the board, 1-0 against the ☪️ #Sultanes.
Meanwhile, 🇲🇽 Héctor Sánchez puts #ElTri up 3-1 with an RBI groundout.
Game 28:
Only 4 Naves got hits against the 🪙 #CaciquesORO, but what a group: 🇵🇷 Santiago led with 4 hits, 🇰🇭 Chenda Su got 3, and 🇲🇽 del Castillo and 🇵🇷 Valdez each tacked on 2.
Which is good, because this was a tough 🇩🇴 Pérez start to watch: four walks in 7.1 IP.
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A slide showing the eight teams in question. The Fieles de Lares are leading Betances' Cordillera Oeste, they're seed #9, and they're 61-62, a .496 percentage. Following them: #10 Cañeros de Vega Baja, leading Costa Norteña at 60-61, also .496. #11 Arzobispos de Aguada, leading Noroeste at 59-61, which is .492. #12 Caciques de Orocovis, leading Central at 59-63, which is .484. #13 Guardacostas de Cataño, leading the Metropolitana at a pitiful 58-65, which is .472. In Hostos, we've got: #11 Tortugas de Culebra, leading the Archipiélago at 61-63, which is .492. #12 Cornúpetas de Cayey, leading the Valle Costero at 58-63, which is .479. #13 Santos de Adjuntas, leading the Cordillera Oeste with a truly horrible 57-65, which is .467.
1904/08/27:
Currently, eight teams would make the playoffs with losing records.
Eight teams.
A full quarter of the postseason field.
So, 🗣️ #FielesLAR, 🍬 #CañerosVGB, ⛪️ #ArzobisposAGD, 🪙 #CaciquesORO, ⚓️ #GuardacostasCAT, 🐢 #TortugasCUL, 🐂 #CornúpetasCAY and ✝️ #SantosADJ fans: congrats.
LHP Marcelo Moreno of the ⚕️ #SanisalvosMOR manages the first shutout of the season, holding his opponent to just five hits and striking out three.
Yes, that opponent is the woebegone 🪙 #CaciquesORO, but we do not feel this somehow denies him the achievement.
🇵🇷 LF Aureliano "La Fantasía" Espinoza
(17, 80 OVR, L/L)
Ever since the #CaciquesORO 🪙 saw the turn of the century, they've done nothing but lose, and usually disgracefully—an embarrassment for a team with two titles and 20 straight postseasons. This expensive contract begins their climb back there.
12/31:
#CorcelesSIS 🐎 send:
🇵🇷 C Teucro Mares (30, 43 OVR)
🇵🇷 RHP Mateo Regalado (21, 20 OVR / 45 POT)
310 pesos
#CaciquesORO 🪙 send:
🇵🇷 SS Valerio Barajas (27, 45 OVR)
Barajas commanded a pretty penny—as he should; he's a great defender who can help the beleaguered François Bellet at shortstop.
