Diablos Rojos Defeat Broncos 8-2

The Broncos de Reynosa traveled to Mexico City to take on the Diablos Rojos on Tuesday and came up short in an 8-2 loss. The Broncos and the Diablos are both 1-2 early in the 2015 Liga Mexicana de Beisbol season.

Reynosa starter, Omar Espinoza worked 5 1/3 innings allowing 5 hits and 4 runs while striking out 3 and issuing 2 walks. Marco Duarte picked up the win giving up 5 hits and 2 runs while striking out 6 in 5 2/3 innings.

The Diablos got on the board in the bottom of the 3rd. Carlos Figueroa singled, stole second and went to third on a throwing error by the Broncos catcher. Figueroa would score on a 4-3 ground out by Sergio Gastelum. With one out, Ivan Terrazas walked and scored in front of a 2 run home run to left by Japhet Amador that gave the Diablos a 3-0 lead.

Reynosa answered with a run of their own in the top of the 4th. With 2 outs, Cole Garner and Rodolfo Amador singled. Christhian Presichi then singled to score Garner and the Mexico lead was cut to 3-1.

Gabriel Gutierrez led off the bottom of the 4th with a double for Mexico and scored on a sac fly by Jesus Lopez for a 4-1 Diablos lead.

Cole Garner hit a solo home run to left in the top of the 6th for the Broncos to shave the Diablos lead to 4-2.

Mexico answered that score in the bottom of the 6th. With one out, Juan Carlos Gamboa doubled. One out later, Carlos Figueroa drew a walk. Sergio Gastelum singled to score Gamboa and Ivan Terrazas followed that with a single that scored Figueroa to up the Diablos lead to 6-2.

In the bottom of the 7th, Ruben Rivera and Emmanuel Avila hit back-to-back singles to lead off the inning. Gabriel Gutierrez hit into a 4-6-3 double play that scored Rivera to make it a 7-2 Diablos lead.

With two outs in the bottom of the 8th, Sergio Gastelum doubled and scored on a single by Ivan Terrazas. Manny Corpas, the fourth pitcher of the night for the Diablos, shut down the Broncos in the top of the 9th to preserve the win for Duarte.

Cole Garner was 2 for 4 with the home run, an RBI and 2 runs scored while Cristhian Presichi went 1 for 4 with an RBI and Rodolfo Amador was 2 for 4 for the Broncos.

The 2, 3 and 4 hitters for the Diablos went 6 for13 with 6 RBIs and 3 runs scored. Sergio Gastelum was 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs, Ivan Terrazaz went 3 for 3 with 2 walks and 2 RBIs. DH and clean up hitter Japhet Amador was 1 for 5 with the home run and 2 RBIs.

In other LMB Games:

Veracruz 8, Ciudad del Carmen 5
The Aguilas built a 7-0 lead after 2 innings and coasted to an 8-5 win over the Delfines. Both teams are 2-1 on the year. Carlos Morales had a home run for the Delfines and Eder Salcedo had a 2 run blast for the Aguilas.

Monclova 4-2 Winners At Home
The Acereros used a 3 run 2nd inning to hold off the Rieleros 4-2. Jose Oyervidez picked ip the win while Ramon Ramirez took the loss for Aguascalientes.

Tabasco Comes Back To Defeat Campeche 9-5
The Olmecas scored 6 times in the 7th inning to come from a 5-0 deficit and beat the Piratas 9-5. Donell Linares had a home run and 3 RBIs for Tabasco while Campeche's Roberto Lopez hit a home run and drove in 2 in the loss.

Puebla Scores 5 In The 9th To Top Quintana Roo 9-4
The Pericos improved to 3-0 on the year behind a Miguel Tejada grand slam home run in the 9th as Puebla broke open a tie ball game. Tejada was 2 for 5 on the night with 4 RBIs. Adrian Ramirez took the loss for the Tigres.

Laguna 10-9 Comeback Winners Over Saltillo
The vaqueros scored 3 runs in the last two innings to overcome an early 9-4 deficit and defeat the Saraperos 10-9. Oswaldo Morejon singled to center to score Diego Madero for the walk off, come from behind victory.

Yucatan 5-1 Win At Home
The Leones pitchers held the Guerreros to just 4 hits and 1 run over 9 innings in the 5-1 win. The Guerreros did not score until the top of the 9th. Mario Quevedo recorded the win for Yucatan.

Tijuana 4-2 Over Monterrey
CJ Retherford hit a 2 out 3 run home run in the bottom of the 4th to lead the Toros over the Sultanes 4-2. Alejandro Martinez got the win and Ramon Ramirez picked up his 2nd save of the year. The Toros moved to 3-0 on the season.

Charros Sweep Mexicali With 2-1 Win

The Charros swept the three game series with the Aguilas de Mexicali Eagles with a 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon, Family Day at Panamerican Stadium.

The pitching was very good by the starters for both teams. Orlando Lara, starter for the Charros went 5 complete innings allowing 3 hits, no runs, 4 base on balls while striking out three. Omar Espinoza of the Aguilas went 6 innings without allowing a run while giving up 4 hits with 2 walks and 4 strikeouts. Espinoza lowered his ERA to 1.04 on the year.

In the top of the 7th, with one out, the Aguilas' Gil Valezquez singled to center. Chris Roberson then doubled to left center that scored Valezquez. Roberson stole third but the Charros reliever, Murphy Smith, got Walter Ibarra to ground out to second and Xorge Carrillo to ground out to first to end the inning but the Aguilas had the 1-0 lead.

Jalisco tied the score in the bottom of the 8th. Mario Meza, on in relief, gave up a double to Jesus Lopez with one out. Jose Sanchez replaced Meza for the Aguilas. Sanchez threw a wild pitch that got Lopez to third. Eduardo Arredondo hit a sac fly to left that plated Lopez and the score was 1-1.

Brian Broderick came on in relief to pitch the 9th for the Charros and he pitched another 1-2-3 9th inning. He would pick up the win when the Charros scored in the bottom of the 9th.

Marquez Smith grounded out to short to lead off the 9th for the Charros. Cory Vaughn was hit by a pitch and immediately stole second. Amadeo Zazueta singled to center to score Vaughn and the Charros had their second walk off win in as many games.

Orlando Lara lowered his ERA to 0.57 and Brian Broderick, with the win, is now 2-0 with 5 saves and an ERA of 1.08 on the year.

Marquez Smith was 2 for 4 with a double while Manny Rodriguez went 2 for 4 to bring his batting average to .362 on the year. Eduardo Arredondo, although 0 for 3, had the game tying sac fly in the 8th. Jesus Lopez went 1 for 3 with a double to maintain his .333 average on the season while Amadeo Zazueta went 1 for 2 with the game winning RBI.

The Yaquis de Obregon come to Zapopan for a three game series beginning on Monday the 27th of October. With the win today the Charros are 9-5 on the year, tied with the Venados de Mazatlan for the league lead.