Sunday, April 26, 2026 · City Stadium · Final

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56-39 · L10 7-3

8–9
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42-56 · L10 5-5

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 R H E
HIC 1 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 0 0 0 8 10 0
HC 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 0 1 9 4 0
WP Angel Perez (5-3) LP Wily Villar (4-3)

Stars of the game

Luis Marquez Jesus Lafalaise Robert Arias

Season matchup

HIC leads 7 of 8 categories

HIC Metric HC
Offense
5.33 18th Runs scored per game 5.08 27th
Pitching
4.16 1st Runs allowed per game 6.26 25th
Roster
20.4 29th Plate-appearance-weighted batting age 20.4 27th
Results
.589 4th Winning percentage .429 25th
111 1st Run differential -115 28th
.611 1st Pythagorean winning percentage .406 28th
.517 16th Winning percentage in one-run games .600 4th
.689 1st Home winning percentage .444 26th
.500 12th Road winning percentage .409 23rd

2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Paulino Santana CF 5 1 2 0 0 1 1 .263 .821
2 Hector Osorio RF 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 .309 1.018
3 Yolfran Castillo 3B 5 1 1 0 1 1 0 .282 .794
4 Deward Tovar LF 4 1 2 0 2 1 0 .221 .709
5 Marcos Torres 1B 3 3 1 0 1 2 0 .236 .769
6 Daniel Flames 2B 4 0 1 0 1 1 0 .265 .679
Esteban Mejia 2B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .246 .787
7 Luis Marquez DH 4 1 2 1 3 0 1 .207 .571
8 Angel Arredondo SS 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 .247 .769
9 Juan Sulbaran C 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 .135 .364
Team 39 8 10 1 8 8 3 .256 .896
LOB:
18
2B:
Osorio, Castillo, Flames
3B:
Tovar, Torres
HR:
Marquez
SB:
Castillo, Torres 2
CS:
Flames
GIDP:
Osorio
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Jesus Lafalaise 5.2 2 1 1 3 3 0 83-44 4.04 1.35
Luimy Munoz 1.0 2 3 3 2 1 0 30-14 1.73 1.05
Geury Rodriguez 1.1 0 0 0 3 2 0 34-18 2.97 1.41
Louis Marinaro 0.0 0 4 4 4 0 0 19-3 4.21 1.29
Wily Villar L 2.2 0 1 0 1 1 0 28-17 4.38 1.30
Team 10.2 4 9 8 13 7 0 194-96 6.75 1.59

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Batting ABRHHRRBIBBSO AVGOPS
1 Robert Arias RF 3 3 1 0 1 3 0 .291 .859
2 Jonathan Martinez SS 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 .245 .783
3 Juneiker Caceres CF 3 1 1 0 3 2 0 .320 .956
4 Anthony Martinez 1B 2 0 0 0 1 3 0 .284 .924
Dauri Fernandez PR 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .284 .765
Luis De La Cruz 1B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .292 .858
5 Yeiferth Castillo LF 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .611
Jose Pirela LF 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 .213 .657
6 Tyler Howard C 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 .261 .729
7 Jhorvic Abreus 3B 4 1 1 0 0 1 0 .184 .606
8 Yerlin Luis DH 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 .112 .422
Riley Nelson DH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .195 .622
9 Yaikel Mijares 2B 5 1 1 0 0 0 2 .150 .451
Team 33 9 4 0 7 13 7 .121 .527
LOB:
20
2B:
Abreus
SB:
Arias 2, Luis
GIDP:
Abreus
Pitching IPHRERBBSOHRP-S ERAWHIP
Chase Mobley 2.0 3 2 2 3 0 0 50-24 14.06 3.06
Ettore Giulianelli 1.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 10-8 6.20 2.51
Will McCausland 2.0 2 2 2 3 2 0 54-34 4.97 1.34
Eudry Alcantara 1.2 3 3 3 1 0 1 40-21 7.46 1.93
Wes Burton 1.1 0 0 0 0 1 0 15-10 7.04 1.96
Miguel Flores 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12-8 5.26 1.49
Angel Perez W 2.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 21-14 8.69 1.96
Team 11.0 10 8 8 8 3 1 202-119 6.55 1.64