Braves: Johan Camargo Lifts Team to LIDOM Championship

The LIDOM series finale reached a decisive Game 7 on Monday night and an Atlanta Braves player had a big role in the outcome. 

If you’ve been desperate for baseball action like me, then hopefully you’ve enjoyed watching the Dominican League where several Atlanta Braves players have participated.

Johan Camargo and his team, Águilas Cibaeñas, were down 3-1 in the LIDOM series final but stormed back to force a Game 7 on Monday night, which they won for the championship.

The Braves utility man in Camargo played a key role early in the game both with the glove and the bat.

First, there was this great catch he made in foul territory in the first inning. And then Camargoat made his presence felt with a solo home run in the third inning.

That home run from Camargo was his second of the postseason and gave his team an early lead in this decisive game.

Camargo finished the game 2-for-4 with 2 runs scored, 1 RBI, a double, and a home run.

It wasn’t always pretty for Camargo in this series final as he actually got bumped down in the lineup from fifth to seventh.

He ended up going 5-for-25 (.200) with 4 runs scored, 2 RBI, 2 walks, and 7 strikeouts in the championship series.

Combining regular and postseason, Camargo went 20-for-95 (.211) with 2 home runs, 2 doubles, 10 runs scored, 12 RBI, 9 walks, and 16 strikeouts.

It certainly wasn’t pretty for Camargo, and not what the Braves were hoping to see out of him.

But getting the reps after hardly playing at all during the MLB season for the Braves was the most important thing for him — and winning a championship, no matter the level of competition, is always fun.

Hopefully Camargo comes to spring training with the Braves energized and ready to compete. Certainly, he doesn’t have a clear spot in the starting lineup, but he’s an injury away from being called upon. We’ll need Camargo to be Camargoat at some point in 2021.