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In the bottom of the 1st, Sergio Contreras was hit by a pitch and stole second. Jorge Cantu drove him in with a single to right giving the Tigres an early 1-0 lead.
It took until the top of the 6th for the Leones to score but they took a 2-1 lead in the inning. Ricardo Serrano and Hector Gimenez drew walks and Luis Garcia singled to load the bases with one out. Jaime Pedroza struck out but Kevin Flores singled to center to score Serrano and Gimenez.
Francisco Peguero doubled and Alfredo Amezaga drew a walk in the Tigres half of the 6th. Esteban Quiroz singled to center to score Pequero to tie the score at 2 all. Corey Wimberly threw out Amezaga at third to prevent further Tigre scoring.
Eugenio Velez launched a solo home run to right in the bottom of the 8th inning for the 3-2 Quintana Roo lead.
Jose Aguilar led off the top of the 9th for the Leones and reached safely on a fielding error by the Tigres right fielder. Two outs later, Hector Gimenez was intentionally walked. Humberto Cota followed with a fly ball to right that was misplayed for the second error of the inning scoring Aguilar with the tying run.
Ricardo Serrano singled to lead off the 11th for Yucatan. Jesus Valdez walked and both runners advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Hector Gimenez. With two outs, Jaime Pedroza was intentionally walked to load the bases. After falling behind in the count 1-2, Kevin Flores drew a base on balls to force in Serrano with the eventual game winning run as the Leones went up 4-3.
Adam Reifer got the win, pitching 3 innings of relief, allowing 2 hits but no runs. Daniel Cabrera took the loss for the Tigres. The two teams combined for 15 walks in the game. The Leones walked 6 and the Tigres pitchers walked 9 (2 intentionally) and the two teams hit 3 batters.
Kevin Flores was 3 for 4 with 3 RBIs for Yucatan, Jesus Valdez 2 for 5 and Ricardo Serrano 2 for 5 with 2 runs scored.
Eugenio Velez went 2 for 5 with a home run, Esteban Quiroz 1 for 4 with an RBI and Jorge Cantu 1 for 6 with an RBI for the Tigres.
The series returns to Merida for game 6 of the Zona Sur Championship series on Saturday.
IN OTHER LMB PLAYOFF ACTION
Monclova 7, Tijuana 2
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The Acereros scored 5 times in the 7th inning to break a 2-2 tie and went on to win game 5 of the Zona Norte Championship series with the Toros de Tijuana 7-2.
Monclova scored all 5 runs with 2 outs.
Olmo Rosario doubled, Brett Harper was intentionally walked and Jose Aguilar doubled to right to score Rosario. Jose Ruiz was intentionally walked to load the bases. Hernando Arredondo waited out a base on balls to plate Harper. Toros reliever Jesus Garcia then threw a wild pitch to bring home Amador. Francisco Cordoba singled to score Ruiz. Eder Salcedo doubled to center to score Arredondo and the Acereros led 7-2.
Josh Lowey picked up the win, going 7 innings, giving up 2 runs on 4 hits. Hugo Castellanos took the loss allowing 5 runs on 2 hits without recording n out.
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Eduardo Arredondo led off the game for the Toros with a home run going 1 for 3 at the plate. Jose Chavez was 2 for 2 with a run scored and Lew Ford 1 for 4 with an RBI for Tijuana.
Game 6 of the series will be played in Monclova on Saturday
