Carlos Alvarez drew a lead off walk for the Saraperos in the top of the 3rd and went to third on an errant throw on a pick off attempt by Saltillo starter Felipe Arredondo. Alvarez scored on a sac fly by Ruben Gotay and the score was tied 1 all.
Ruben Gotay walked with two outs in the Saraperos 5th and came around to score on a bases loaded walk to Luis Terrero to put Saltillo up 2-1.
Oswaldo Morejon singled with one out in the bottom of the 5th, moved to second on an error by the Saraperos second baseman, went to third on a fly ball to center and scored on a wild pitch by the Saltillo relief pitcher, Edwin Salas. The Vaqueros had tied the score at 2.
The score remained tied until the bottom of the 7th. JC Linares singled with two outs. A Juan Miranda single put runners on first and third. Angel Berroa followed with a 3 run home run to left center to win the game and give the vistory to Tony Pena, Jr.. Gary Majewski suffered the loss for Satillo.
Angel Berroa HR courtesy Laguna Facebook |
Angel Berroa was the big hitter for Laguna, going 1 for 4 with the home run while Oswaldo Morejon and JC Linares were both 2 for 4.
Luis Borges went 2 for 3 and Manny Rodriguez was 2 for 4 for the Saraperos.
In other Liga Mexicana de Beisbol games:
Saraperos 5, Laguna 1 (2nd game)
Santiago Gutierrez got the win and Luis Ramirez picked up his 2nd save of the year in the second game of the double header. Scott Maine took the loss giving up 4 runs in just 2 2/3 innings of work.
Rieleros 8, Acereros 6 (Completion of suspended game)
In the completion of Wednesdays suspended game, the Rieleros scored single runs in the 8th and 9th innings to top the Acereros de Monclova 8-6. Saul Soto had 2 jome rums for Aguascalientes and Elieza Ortiz went 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs.
Acereros 15, Rieleros 14 (10 innings)
Monclova scored 3 runs in the bottom of the 10th as the Acereros took the regularly scheduled game with Aguascalientes 15-14. Olmo Rosario was 3 for 6 with a home run and 6 RBIs for Monclova while Antonio Lamas went 5 for 6 and Hector Garanzuay was 4 for 6 with 2 RBIs. Rene Reyes had a home run and 5 RBIs on a 3 for 5 night for the Rieleros and Saul Soto was 2 for 3 with 2 RBIs.
Diablos 11, Broncos 10 (10 innings)
The Diablos Rojos hit 5 home runs and had 17 hits as they beat the Broncos de Reynosa 11-10 in 10 innings. The big hit of the night was the single by Gabriel Gutierrez that scored Sergio Gastelum in the bottom of the 10th for the game winning run. Samar Leyva had two round trippers for Mexico. Randy Ruiz had a 2 run home run for Reynosa. There were 12 runs scored in the last 2 innings of play including 9 runs in the 9th.
Aguilas 7, Delfines 2
Ignacio Montano worked 5 innings for the Aguilas de Veracruz to earn his 1st win of the year while Sergio Mora took the loss for Ciudad del Carmen. Issmael Salas was 3 for 3 for the Aguilas and Jose Chavez went 1 for 3 with a home run. David Urias was 2 for 4 and Jesus Vega 2 for 3 in alosing effort for the Delfines.
Olmecas 6, Piratas 2
Tabasco built a 6-2 lead after 3 innings to top Campeche. Luis Durango was 3 for 5 with a home run and 3 RBIs for the Olmecas. Dave sappelt and Josh Fields were both 2 for 4 for the Piratas de Campeche. Leo Medrano got the win and Armando Rodriguez was credited with a save while Campeche's starter Jorge Castillo took the loss.
Pericos 4, Tigres 3
Puebla bounced back from their 1st loss of the year to top Quintana Roo 4-3. Andres Meza got the win and JC Romero notched a save while Rafael Perez was saddled with the loss. Luke Scott was 2 for 3 with a home run and Jon Del Campo went 1 for 4 with 2 RBIs for the Pericos. Jorge Vasquez went 1 for 4 with a home run for the Tigres.
Leones 6, Guerreros 2
Alejandro Astorga was the winning pitcher for Yucatan and Alejandro Soto took the loss for the visiting Guerreros de Oaxaca. Willy Aybar was 1 for 4 with a home run for Leones while Corey Wimberly went 3 for 5. Tim Torres had a home run for the Guerreros while Jaime brena, Mike Jacobs and Yunesky Snachez were all 2 for 4 .
Toros 7, Sultanes 4
The Toros de Tijuana remained undefeated, at 5-0, defeating the Sultanes de Monterrey 7-4 behind the pitching of Walter Silva and 5 relief pitchers. Miguel Olivo was 1 for 5 with a home run and Luis Suarez went 3 for 5 for the Toros. Max Ramirez was 3 for 3 with a home run and 3 RBIs for Monterrey.