Phillips Valdez. External source
SAN PEDRO DE MACORIS.- The Stars will play three games in a row at their home, the Tetelo Vargas Stadium in this city, in which they will try to get closer to qualifying for the Final Series of the 2022-2023 autumn-winter baseball tournament, which is dedicated to the memory of Don Tomás Troncoso Cuesta.
The green squad will receive, this Wednesday, the visit of the Gigantes del Cibao; on Friday to the Tigres del Licey and on Saturday to the Águilas Cibaeñas. The three meetings are scheduled to start at 7:30 p.m. Thursday is a rest day on the calendar.
With a 3-1 record at home, the Stars, who are tied for first place in the All Against All with Licey, Águilas and Gigantes, all with a 5-5 record, face the challenge of facing three games with optimism. in a row at Tetelo Vargas, since as of Sunday they will start another three straight games on the road, where they have a 2-4 record.
For Wednesday’s game, manager Fernando Tatis is scheduled to send veteran right-hander Phillips Valdez, who is 0-1 with a 6.35 earned run average, to the mound.
It will be the third start for the Petromacorisan pitcher and the second time he faces the Giants in the current All Against All. On that occasion (last December 21), Valdez pitched four innings in which he allowed three hits, one run, three walks and struck out two of 18 batters he faced.
The Stars won that game 10-5 thanks to a torrid offense led by Lewin Díaz, Edward Olivares and Rodolfo Durán, who each homered and totaled eight of 10 runs against the Giants at the time.
The last meeting between the two teams took place on Monday the second of this month with a score of 3-0 in favor of the green team at the Julián Javier Stadium in San Francisco de Macorís.
On Friday, Edwin Uceta will take the mound against Licey, while the pitcher for Saturday will be announced later by manager Tatis.
