Dominican League: Games of January 2

ESCOGICO 5, ORIENTE 0 IN ORIENTE

Twins: Ray Olmedo (Oriente) was 0-for-3. Drew Butera (Oriente) was 0-for-2.
Game summary: Escogido broke a scoreless tie with four in the second.
Escogido: Edward Valdez gave up one hit and one walk with six strikeouts in seven innings. Pedro Feliz was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
Oriente: Juan Diaz (Cleveland) was 1-for-2. This was the team’s only hit.

ESTE 8, AGUILAS 3 IN AGUILAS

Game summary: Aguilas took a 2-1 lead after three. It stayed that way until the seventh, when Este scored seven runs. The runs scored on a walk, two hit batsmen, another walk, two singles, two more walks, and an error.
Este: Adalberto Mendez struck out three in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up only a walk. Jose Constanza (Atlanta) was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
Aguilas: Lorenzo Barcelo allowed an unearned run on four hits and a walk in six innings. Erick Almonte was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer.