Cuban Miguel Romero, starter for the Sharks, worked for 5.1 innings in which he allowed 3 hits and the only Dominican score. Ozzie Guillén, former manager of the Miami Marlins, did not hesitate to move his bullpen and the relievers also responded.
Jordan Cavaneiro took the sixth inning as Licey mounted a serious threat against Thiago Da Silva.
The Tiburones de La Guaira team scored their first run in the third inning. Alexi Amarista singled for Ramón Flores to hit the rubber.
The representative of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League, who ended a drought in his country of almost 38 years and now seeks to end the 14-year drought without a team from the southern country obtaining the title, scored another in the sixth inning when Flores He singled to drive in Wilson Ramos from second.
In that same chapter, the Tigres del Licey, representatives of Lidom and current monarchs of the Caribbean, scored with a sacrifice fly from former big league player Robinson Canó.
In the seventh inning, Silvino Bracho came out without problems after having men in first and second, so that in the eighth Yasiel Puig, a key player in ending the school drought in Venezuela, hit a dantesque home run to extend the lead.
While Arnaldo Machado, Tiburones closer, took the ninth on the fast track to seal the first victory in this edition for the Venezuelan team.
