Leones Take A Pounding From The Guerreros 14-3

The Leones de Yucatan traveled to Oaxaca to take on the Guerreros and when the dust had cleared on an explosive night, Yucatan found itself on the losing end of a 14-3 score. Jon Leicester (3-2) gave up 7 runs in 5 innings and saw his ERA jump over 1 1/2 runs per game, to 3.76, in the loss. Marlon Arias (1-3) worked 5 1/3 innings in the win, holding the Leones to 1 run on 7 hits while striking out 5.

Marlon Arias / Guerreros facebook

Yucatan opened the scoring in the top of the 2nd on a solo home run to deep right center by Ricardo Serrano, his 2nd of the year, for a 1-0 Leones lead.

Jaime Brena singled to lead off the bottom of the 4th for the Guerreros and scored in front of a Mike Jacobs home run as Oaxaca took a 2-1 lead. Yunesky Sanchez followed with a single and scored on a double to left center by Carlos Rivera. The Guerreros upped their lead to 3-1.

Erick Rodriguez, Jaime Brena and Alejandro Sanchez all singled to load the bases with one out in the bottom of the 5th for Oaxaca. Mike Jacobs then doubled to clear the bases and put the Guerreros up 6-1.

Oaxaca scored three more runs in the bottom of the 6th inning. After Mario Valenzuela singled to lead off the inning, Tim Torres reached base safely on a fielding error by the Leones second baseman. Valenzuela scored on a sac fly to left by Erick Rodriguez. Jaime Brena singled and scored, with Torres, on a double by Alejandro Gonzalez. The lead was now 9-1 Guerreros.

Hector Gimenez singled for Yucatan in the top of the 8th inning and came around to score  on a Jesus Valdez home run to right center that cut the Oaxaca lead to 9-3.

Tim Torres led off the Guerreros half of the 8th with a solo home run to give Oaxaca a 10-3 lead. Erick Rodrigues followed the home run with a double to right. Alex Sanchez drew a walk and Alejandro Gonzalez was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Two batters later, pinch hitter Jose Martinez, worked the count full before hitting a grand slam over the 415' sign in center as Oaxaca took a 14-3 lead that wound up as the final score in the Guerreros win.

Mike Jacobs Home Run / Guerreros Facebook

Mike Jacobs was 2 for 5 with 5 RBIs, Martinez 1 for 1 with 4 RBIs and Alejandro Sanchez 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored.

Ricardo Serrano and Jesus Valdez hit home runs for the Leones. Valdez went 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs while Kevin Flores and Israel Nunez were both 2 for 4 for Yucatan.

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