Yucatan Opens Series Against Puebla With 6-1 Loss

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The Leones continue to face good pitching against Liga Mexicana de Beisbol foes and Friday was no different. The Pericos' Andres Mesa (3-0) scattered 7 hits over six innings, allowing just 1 run while striking out 4. Two relief pitchers for Puebla gave up two hits over the final three innings with no runs scored. Juan Delgadillo (1-3) was charged with the loss for Yucatan, giving up 11 hits, 6 runs and a home run.

Yucatan scored their only run in the top of the 1st. Ivan Araujo doubled to lead off the game. One batter later, Hector Gimenez doubled to right to score Araujo and the Leones had their only lead of the night at 1-0.

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It took Puebla three batters to take the lead in the bottom of the 1st. Jon Del Campo led off the inning with a single and scored on a triple into the right field corner by Alberto Carreon. Miguel Tejada hit a grounder to second that scored Carreon and the Pericos led 2-2. 

Sandy Madera led off the 3rd inning for Puebla with a solo home run to left for an insurance run to give the Pericos a 3-1 lead.

With one out in the bottom of the 4th, Jon Del Campo singled, stole second and scored on a single by Miguel Tejada. Following a Sandy Madera double, putting runners at second and third with two outs, Luke Scott singled to score Tejada and Madera. The Pericos had a 6-1 lead and the win.

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Willy Aybar was 2 for 4 and Hector Gimenez 1 for 3 with the RBI for the Leones.

Sandy Madera was 2 for 3 with an RBI and 2 runs scored, Miguel Tejada 2 for 5 with 2 RBIs and Luke Scott 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs for Puebla.

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Aguascalientes 12, Tamaulipas 11
The Rieleros won for the 7th consecutive time, beating the Broncos 12-11. The two teams used 15 pitchers in the slugfest with Maximo Nelson (1-1) getting the win for the Rieleros as Roy Corcoran earned his league leading 10th save of the year. Esmailin Caridad (1-1) suffered the loss for the Broncos. Saul Soto hit his 10th and 11th home runs and drove in 7 for the Rieleros. Travis Denker went 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and Hector Paez added a home run and 3 RBIs for the Broncos.

Saltillo, 11, Monterrey 10
Refugio Cervantes came through with a walkoff double for the Saraperos to overcome the Sultanes 11-10. Monterrey dropped their 7th straight game. Justin Greene, hitting .446, went 3 for 5 with 2 RBIs and Cervantes was 2 for 2 with 4 RBIs for Saltillo. DH Ronny Paulino was 2 for 4 with a home run and 2 RBIs for the Sultanes as Felix Perez added 2 RBIs on a 2 for 5 night.

Monclova 2, Tijuana 1 (10 innings)
All the scoring in the game took place in the 10th inning. Eduardo Arredondo scored on a single by Miguel Olivo in the top of the 10th for the Toros. The Acereros scored on a wild pitch and a squeeze bunt in the bottom of the inning for the walkoff win. Neither starting pitcher figured in the decision. Ramon Ramirez (2-1) took the loss while Raul Barron (1-0) was credited with the win. Hector Garanzuay his 1000th hit during the game.

Laguna 5, Mexico 3
Gilberto Galaviz hit a 3 run home run in the 2nd for Laguna and the Vaqueros went on to defeat the Diablos 5-3. Felipe Arredondo (2-1) got the win and Arturo Lopes (3-1) took the loss. Ramon Urias went 2 for 5 with an RBI and 2 runs scored for Mexico.

Tabasco 8, Campeche 1
The Olmecas hit 5 home runs, including 2 by Sergio Burruel, to swamp the Piratas 8-1. Campeche scored their lone run in the bottom of the 4th on a ground out by Josh Fields. Burruel was 2 for 4 with 4 RBIs and Jose Castillo 1 for 5 with a home run and 2 RBIs for Tabasco. Angel Araiza (2-0) got the win while Hector Velazquez (2-1) suffered the defeat.

Veracruz 7, Ciudad del Carmen 3
The 4 runs scored in the 3rd inning carried the Aguilas to a 7-3 win over the Delfines. Oscar Verdugo (2-2) scattered 6 hits over 6 1/3 innings and allowed 1 run to pick up the win and Jose Pina earned the save, getting Henry Rodriguez to fly out to center field with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 9th. Oscar Rivera (0-3) took the loss. Adelaido Martinez went 3 for 3 with 2 RBIs for the Vaqueros while David Urias was 2 for 4 with an RBI for del Carmen.

Caneros Take Third Game With Charros 6-3

The Caneros de los Mochis took the series against the Charros 2 games to 1 with a 6-3 win on Sunday behind starter Tomas Solis and 5 relievers.

Murphy Smith took the loss for Jalisco lasting just 1 2/3 innings and giving up 4 runs on 5 hits. Luis Rodriguez relieved Smith and gave up the other two runs on 3 hits, walking 2 and striking out 3. He gave up a solo home run to Rodolfo Amador.

Los Mochis scored four runs in the bottom of the 2nd. Saul Soto and Sandy Madera singled to lead off the inning. Brian Burgamy doubled to score Soto with Madera stopping at third. Madera scored on an Ernesto Molinet ground ball out to third. Roldolfo Amador doubled to drive in Burgamy and Justin Christian doubled to score Amador to give the Caneros the early 4-0 lead.

Antonio Lamas reached safely on a throwing error by the Charros third baseman to lead off the bottom of the 3rd. Charros reliever Luis Rodriguez uncorked a wild pitch that moved Lamas to third. With two outs, Brian Burgamy singled to plate Lamas and the Caneros led 5-0.

Jalisco scored in the top of the 4th. Marquez Smith led off with a double and went to third on a single by Gabriel Gutierrez. With one out, Jose Felix hit a sac fly to right to score Smith and the score was 5-1 Caneros.

Rodolfo Amador homered for los Mochis in the bottom of the 4th to give the Caneros the 6-1 lead.

Edwin Salas replaced Caneros starter, Tomas Solis, in the top of the 6th  and gave up a lead off solo home run to Japhet Amador, his fourth of the year, and the Charros had narrowed the lead to 6-2.

Jesus Lopez led off the top of the 7th with a single. Eduardo Arredondo singled to send Lopez to third and Arredondo took second on the throw. After Manny Rodriguez grounded out 1-3 and Oscar Verdugo was replaced by Fabian Cota for the Caneros, Jesus Cota hit a sac fly to left to score Lopez and Jalisco had pulled to within 3 runs, 6-3.

Jalisco threatened in the top of the 9th. With two outs, Manny Rodriguez doubled. Jesus Cota singled with Rodriguez stopping at third. Japhet Amador walked to load the bases but Marquez Smith struck out swinging to end the game.

Juan Noriega picked up the save, his first of the year, and Tomas Solis improved to 2-1 on the season while lowering his ERA to 2.05.

Gabriel Gutierrez went 3 for 4 for Jalisco and raised his batting average to .304. Japhet Amador was 2 for 4 with the home run. Eduardo Arredondo is starting to hit and went 2 for 4 with a double to raise his average to .207. Manny Rodriguez was 2 for 4 with his 10th double of the year to increase his season's batting average to .356.

Caneros Even Series With Charros with 5-4 Win

Orlando Lara started well for the Carros, giving up just one hit over the first two innings. In the bottom of the third though, it was a different story.

Emmanuel Avila led off the inning being hit by a pitch. Avila moved to third when Rodolfo Amador reached safely, and went to second, on throwing error by Lara on a sacrifice bunt. Antonio Lamas, tonight a Charros killer with 4 RBIs, then cleared the bases with a 3 run home run to left for the 3-0 Caneros lead. The Caneros then loaded the bases before Lara got Yancarlo Angulo to fly out to center to end the inning and avoid further damage.

The Charros got a run back in the top of the 4th. Gabriel Gutierrez reached second safely on a throwing error by the Caneros' shortstop. A ground ball to short moved Gutierrez to third who then scored on a single by Jose Felix to cut the Caneros lead to 3-1.

Jalisco took the lead in the top of the 5th, scoring three runs. Eduardo Arredondo and Manny Rodriguez singled and came around to score on Cory Vaughn's third home run of the year, a three run shot that put the Charros ahead 4-3.

The score remained 4-3 Charros until the bottom of the 7th. Rodolfo Amador singled to right to lead off the inning for los Mochis. Justin Christian sacrificed Amador to second. Ken Sigman came on in relief for the Charros and gave up a single to the first batter he faced, Antonio Lamas, that scored Amador to tie the game at 4.

The Caneros took the lead for good in the bottom of the 8th. With one out, Sandy Madera reached, and moved to second on a throwing error by Jesus Lopez. Brian Burgamy was intentionally walked. After a pitching change for the Charros, Ernesto Molinet doubled to score Madera and the Caneros had the 5-4 lead and the final margin of victory.

Manuel Flores took the loss for the Charros to fall to 0-1 on the year. Orlando Lara saw his ERA climb from 0.57 to 1.31 with the 2 earned runs he allowed. Andres Avila got the win for los Mochis.

The Caneros are now 9-10 on the season, still 3 1/2 games behind Mazatlan while the Charros fall to 11-8, a game and a half game out of the lead.

These two teams play the rubber match of the series today in los Mochis before the Charros return home to take on the league leading Venados de Mazatlan in a crucial three game set beginning on Tuesday the 4th of November.