Los Mochis Survives 4 Run 9th Inning to Top Tomateros 6-5

CULIACAN'S 9TH INNING SURGE FALLS SHORT

Rico Noel Doubles

Culiacan's Issmael Salas got things going in the bottom of the 9th by reaching on an error by the Caneros second baseman. Jose Orozco singled with Salas stopping at second. A slow roller to third by Roemon Fields loaded the bases with no outs. Rico Noel doubled to drive in Salas and Orozco. Dylan Moore singled on a ball to deep short that scored Fields with Noel moving to third. A sac fly to center by Henry Ramos scored Noel as Moore went to second. The Tomateros had cut the lead to 6-5 with a man on second and 1 out. A fly ball out and a 4-3 ground ball ended the threat and the game.

John Anderson (1-0) pitched 5 strong innings for Los Mochis, giving up a run on 2 hits to get the win.  Andres Avila earned his first save. Yoannys Quiala gave up 4 runs in the 9th without recording an out to make the game closer than it should have been. Romario Gil (0-1) lasted just 2 innings and allowed 4 runs on 1 hit with 5 walks in taking the loss.

Ramon Urias and Leandro Castro both homered for the Caneros and drove in 5 runs. Urias was 1 for 3 with 2 walks and 2 RBIs while Castro went 2 for 5 with 3 RBIs.

Rico Noel was 2 for 4 with a walk and 2 RBIs for Culiacan while team mate Dylan Moore was 3 for 5 with an RBI.

Los Mochis improved to 2-3 on the season while the Tomateros fell to 3-2.