Leones Bats Come Alive in 19-7 Win

The game with the Pericos de Puebla was destined to be a high scoring affair. The score was 5-5 at the end of the 1st inning. The Leones scored 9 runs in the next three innings and coasted to a 19-7 win in Puebla. Yucatan banged out 22 hits and the Pericos added 12 hits of their own.

The Leones scored 5 runs in the 1st, 4 in the 2nd, 4 more in the third and added a run in the 4th to go up 14-6 after four innings.

Kevin Flores had the big hit in the 1st inning for Yucatan with a bases clearing 3 run double. Hector Gimenez and Luis Garcia added run scoring singles in the inning for the early 5-0 lead.

Miguel Tejada had a 2 run home run for the Pericos in their half of the 1st. Rolando Acosta had a 2 run single and Mario Santana singled to score Fernando Alejos and tie the game at 5 after one inning of play.

The Leones added four runs in the top of the 2nd on a Pericos fielding error and a three run home run by Luis Garcia to give Yucatan a 9-5 lead.

Yucatan loaded the bases, with one out, in the top of the 3rd inning on singles by Israel Nunez and Carlos Mendivil sandwiched around a walk to Jose Aguilar. Two batters later, Jesus Valdez singled to score Nunez and Aguilar. Mendivil scored on a wild pitch and Luis Garcia singled to plate Valdez and give the Leones a 13-5 lead.

Jose Aguilar hit a sac fly to center in the top of the 4th that scored Kevin Flores who had doubled. The score was now 14-5 leading into the bottom half of the 4th inning.

The Pericos scored a run in their half of the 4th on singles by Rolando Acosta and Jon Del Campo and a run scoring single by Miguel Tejada. The lead was 14-6, Yucatan.

Puebla scored again in the 5th on a single by Luke Scott, a ground out and a run scoring single by Alejandro Alejos that cut the Leones lead to 14-7.

Willy Aybar and Ricardo Serrano singled to lead off the 6th inning for Yucatan. Both runners moved up on a ground out. Aybar scored on a single by Jose Aguilar. Kristian Delgado entered the game as a pinch runner for Kevin Flores and scored on a pinch hit single by Edson Garcia to increase the Leones lead to 16-7.

Yucatan would score 2 runs in the 8th on a single by Jesus Valdez and 1 more in the 9th on a run scoring double play to make the final score 19-7.

Luis Garcia was 3 for 6 with 5 RBIs, Jesus Valdez 3 for 5 with 4 RBIs, Jose Aguilar 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored and Kevin Flores went 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs for the Leones.

Miguel Tejada was 2 for 4 with 3 RBIs, Mario Santana 2 for 4 with an RBI and Fernando Alejos 1 for 3 with an RBI for the Pericos.

Alexis Ruiz (1-0) picked up the win in relief of the Leones starter, Alejandro Astorga, while Lauro Ramirez (1-2) gave up 9 runs on 7 hits in just 2 innings on the mound to take the loss for Puebla.

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