Tigres Beat Leones 6-0 In Season Finale

The Leones captured the Zona Sur Championship on Thursday night and rested their regulars for the final game of the year, a 6-0 loss to the Tigres. It was apparent that both pitchers and back up fielders were rusty to say the least. Jonathan Castellanos (7-7) and 7 relief pitchers walked 6 Tigres. The fielders committed 3 errors and could only manage 5 hits off of Wilmer Rios (4-1) and 5 Tigre relievers.

Quintana Roo opened the scoring in the top of the 3rd inning. Hiram Martinez singled to left. The next batter bunted the ball back to Castellanos who threw wildly to first for an error, allowing Martinez to score from first for the 1-0 Tigres lead.

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Things fell apart for the Leones pitchers in the top of the 6th. Angel Erro drew a lead off walk and went to third on a double by Alfredo Amezaga. Esteban Quiroz was intentionally walked to load the bases. After a pitching change, Raul Sanchez waited out the bases loaded walk to bring home Erro. Jose Felix followed with a single to drive in Amezaga. After another pitching change for the Leones, Eduardo Mendivil walked to plate Quiroz. The bases remained loaded with 1 out. After a fly ball to short left produced the second out, Manuel Rodriguez, the Leones reliever, uncorked a wild pitch that scored Sanchez with the 4th run of the inning and a 5-0 Tigres lead.

In the top of the 9th, Angel Erro worked a 2 out base on balls. Alfredo Amezaga singled to right but the right fielder misplayed the short hop and Erro scored the sixth and final run for the Tigres.

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Yucatan now awaits the result of the playoff between the Pericos de Puebla and the Piratas de Campeche in Campeche. The Tigres will meet the Guerreros de Oaxaca in the series of the #2 and #3 seeds in the Zona Sur.

The Zona Norte will see the Toros de Tijuana take on the Vaqueros de Laguna to determine who faces the #1 seed 73-39 Diablos de Mexico. The Acereros de Monclova will face the #2 seed Saraperos de Satillo in the other series.

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Monclova 5, Tamaulipas 4 (1st game 8 innings)
Brett Harper singled and Jose Ruiz walked with 1 out Jose Amador walked to load the bases and Hector Garanzuay pulled off a squeeze but to score pinch runner Abraham Ramos as the Acereros topped the Broncos 5-4 in the1st game of a double header. Nick Van Stratten was 4 for 4 with 3 RBIs in he loss.
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Monclova 5, Tamaulipas 0 (2nd game)
The Acereros used a 3 run 4th inning to sweep the Broncos with a 5-0 win in the nightcap. Juan Savin (2-3) picked up the win while Wilfredo Ramirez (0-1) took the loss. Brett Harper was 1 for 1 with a home run for Monclova. The Broncos managed just 2 hits off of the 3 Acereros pitchers.

Monterrey 4, Laguna 1 (1st Game)
Marco Tovar (10-3) pitched 6 2/3 innings of 2 hit ball and held the Vaqueros to one run to get the 4-1 win. Felipe Arredondo (8-10) took the loss in the 1st game of a double header. Chris Rberson was 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs for the Sultanes and Francisco Mendez went 1 for 3 with a home run for the Vaqueros.

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Monterrey 4, Laguna 2 (2nd game)
Edgar Gonzalez (4-12) held the Vaqueros to 5 hits and 2 runs as the Sultanes took the nightcap of a twin bill 4-2. Jaime Espinoza (1-2) took the loss. Heber Gomez was 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs for Monterrey.

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Oaxaca 4, Puebla 3
Ruddy Acosta (8-6) pitched 7 innings to get the 4-3 win for the Guerreros over the Percos. Mauricio Lara (5-9) took the loss. Yancarlo Angulo and Mario Vanenzuela both homered for Oaxaca. Sandy Madera went 3 for 3 with 3 RBIs for Puebla.

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Aguascalientes 14, Saltillo 7
Carlos Rodriguez was 2 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBIs, Jesus Castillo 2 for 4 with a home run, 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored and Julian Casro 3 for 4 with an RBI and 2 runs scored as the Rieleros throttled the Saraperos 14-7. Jonathan Aceves had 2 home runs on a 2 for 4 night at the plate for Saltillo and Christian Zazueta added a home run.

Veracruz 2, Tabasco 0
The Aguilas scored single runs in the 7th and 8th innings and Rudy Gonzalez (1-4) held the Olmecas to 1 hit over 5 innings in the 2-0 win. Ricardo Gomez notched his 19th save of the year. Antonio Guzman (1-2) took the loss.

Campeche 6, Ciudad del Carmen 4
The Piratas got a go ahead 2 run home run from CJ Retherford in the top of the 7th inning to break a 4-4 tie and defeated the Delfines 6-4. Jorge Rivera (2-2) picked up the win in relief and Fernando Nieve recorded his 10th save of the season. Erubiel Gonzalez (3-2) suffered the loss.

Mexico 9, Tijuana 4
Samar Leyva had a home run on a 2 for 2 night at the plate with 2 RBIs and Jesus Fabela added a home run as the Diablos beat the Toros 9-4. Miguel Oivo had a home run for Tijuana. David Reyes (10-6) got the win and Alejandro Martinez (4-6) took the loss. The Diablos finished the year at 73-39, the most wins in a single season in the Liga Mexicana de Beisbol

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