Licey Rallies Past Toros as Bonifacio Reaches 500 Hits in LIDOM
Bonifacio collected his 500th regular-season hit, and Licey overcame a five-run deficit to beat the Toros del Este 9-5.
Key points
- Licey beat the Toros del Este 9-5 at Estadio Francisco Micheli in La Romana.
- Gustavo Núñez drove in three runs, and Bryan Lavastida drove in two more.
- Licey scored five runs in the sixth inning to take the lead.
- Emilio Bonifacio is the 23rd player in league history to reach 500 regular-season hits.
Licey beat the Toros del Este 9-5 on Wednesday at Estadio Francisco Micheli in La Romana, in a game where the Tigers went from a five-run deficit to victory. The team collected 17 hits and sits in second place in the winter league standings with a 10-5 record.
The Toros took an early lead. They scored in the second inning and added three more in the third on a triple by Ronny Simón and a two-run homer by Bryan de la Cruz, going up 4-0. In the fourth they added another run to lead 5-0.
Licey began to chip away in the fifth, when Gustavo Núñez hit a double that drove in Bryan Lavastida. The big comeback came in the sixth, when the capitalinos scored five runs to erase the deficit. During that rally, Emilio Bonifacio hit a run-producing double that was his 500th regular-season hit, making him the 23rd player in league history to reach that mark. Núñez followed with a two-run single that gave the Blues a 6-5 lead.
In the seventh inning, Lavastida hit a two-run double that extended the lead to 8-5. In the ninth, Michael de León hit an RBI single that set the final score.
Carlos Vargas (1-0) earned the win after pitching a scoreless inning. Ángel Felipe (1-2) took the loss after allowing the run that put Licey ahead. For the Toros, Wilian Bormie was charged with four runs in one-third of an inning.