Charros Shutout Again By Navojoa 3-0

21 CONSECUTIVE SCORELESS FOR JALISCO

Daniel Guerrero Ejected in 2nd

The Charros offense has been non existent in the first 2 games against the Mayos de Navojoa. Held scoreless in a 1-0 loss on Friday, Jalisco failed to score again on Saturday and fell to the Mayos 3-0.

Diego Madero doubled with 1 out in the bottom of the 2nd for Navojoa and scored 1 out later on a single by Yosmany Guerra. As on Friday the Mayos jumped out to an early lead.

A single by Madero, a sacrifice bunt by Alejandro Gonzalez, a single by Guerra and a triple by Randy Arozarena increased the Mayos lead to 3-0 after 7 innings.

5 times in the game the Charros had runners in scoring position with 2 outs or less and failed to score. The team was 0 for 9 in those situations. In Friday;s contest Jalisco went 1 for 9 with runners in scoring position.

Alejandro Ortiz Steals 2nd

Daniel Guerrero (2-2) started the game for the Charros but was ejected by the home plate umpire after 1 2/3 innings after arguing balls and strikes. Guerrero gave up a run on 2 hits, walking 2 and striking out 2 to take the loss.

Marco Camarena (1-0) picked up the win, striking out 7 Charros and allowing 3 hits in 5 innings of work. Connor Little earned his 2nd save in 2 attempts for the Mayos.

Michael Choice at the Plate

Michael Choice was 2 for 4 on the night for the Charros. Yosmany Guerra wen 2 for 3 with an RBI and a run scored, Diego Madera 2 for 3 with 2 runs scored and Randy Arozarena 2 for 2 with a triple and 2 RBIs for Navojoa.

1 Game remains to be played in Navojoa before the Charros return to Guadalajara on Tuesday the 8th of Nivember to take on the Aguilas de Mexicali for 3 games.



IN OTHER LMP ACTION

Mazatlán 4, Los Mochis 2

Corey Brown hit a 3 run home run for the Venados in a 4 run 6th inning and Mazatlán held on for the 4-2 win over the Caneros. Isaac Rodriguez went 2 for 5 with an RBI and a run scored for Los Mochis. Nick Struck (1-1) pitched very well for Mazatlán, striking out 6 and allowing 1 run on 5 hits in the win. Jesus Barraza earned his 1st save of the year. Roy Merritt (2-2) gave up 4 runs on 6 hits in the loss.

Hermosillo 4, Mexicali 1

The Naranjeros got a 3 run home run from Matt Skole and a solo shot from David Washington to top the Aguilas 4-1. Mexicali scored their run on a sac fly by Yordanys Linares that had given the Aguilas an early lead. Juan Pablo Oramas (3-0) went 7 innings on the mound, striking out 3 and giving up a run on 3 hits. Paul Sewald notched his 6th save. Javier Solano (3-2) gave up 3 runs on 7 hits in 6 2/3 innigs to take the loss.

Culiacan 2, Obregon 1

Sergio Contreras hit a solo home run for the Yaquis in the 3rd inning but the Tomateros' Joey Meneses hit a 2 run shot in the 4th as Culiacan beat Obregon 2-1. Ryota Igarashi (1-0), a newly acquired addition to the Culiacan pitching staff struck out 5 Yaquis in 3 innings of work to get the win and Javy Guerra got his 3rd save of the year. Rolando Valdez (0-4) took the loss.

Obregon Ties Series At Two Games Apiece

DEFEAT JALISCO 5-1

The semifinal series between the Charros de Jalisco and the Yaquis de Obregon is tied at 2 games apiece following Obregon's 5-1 victory over the Charros on Thursday night.

The Yaguis opened the scoring in the bottom of the 2nd. Yunesky Sanchez led off with a single and stole second. Sergio Contreras singled to deep short that got Sanchez to third. Armando Araiza drew a base on balls to load the bases. Daniel Castro doubled to left to score Sanchez and Contreras. After a pitching change by the Charros, reliever Manuel Flores hit Corey Wimberly with a pitch to load the bases again. With one out, JC Linares singled to short to score Araiza and the bases remained full of Yaquis. Flores got Brad Nelson to pop out to short and Carlos Valencia struck out to end the inning but the damage was done and Obregon led 3-0 after two innings.

Corey Wimberly led off the bottom of the 4th for the Yaquis with a home run to right to give Obregon a 4-0 lead.

The Charros got on the board in the top of the 6th when Leo Heras took the Yaquis starter, Virgil Vasquez, deep to right for a solo home run that narrowed the Yaquis lead to 4-1.

Armando Araiza walked to lead off the Yaquis half of the 6th. Daniel Castro sacrificed him to second. Charros reliever, Terrance Marin, threw a wild pitch that moved Araiza to third and Araiza scored on a fielding error by the Charros shortstop to give Obregon a 5-1 lead and the game.

Orlando Lara took the loss for Jalisco and Virgil Vasquez picked up the win for the Yaquis. Both pitchers are 1-1 in the playoffs.

One more game in Obregon then the series will return to Guadalajara for game 6 on Sunday afternoon and, if necessary, game 7 on Monday night.

Charros de Jalisco Drop Final Game With Obregon 6-3

The Yaquis de Obregon won their final meeting of the regular season with the Charros on Christmas Day, winning 6-3 behind the pitching of Jose Pina, who gave up 3 runs on 3 hits over 7 innings. Kenneth Sims took the loss for Jalisco to fall to 1-2 on the year.

Sergio Contreras got things going for Obregon in the bottom of the 2nd, drawing a one out walk. After stealing second, Contreras scored on a single to right by Robert Saucedo. 

The Charros duplicated the Yaquis scoring plan in the top of the 3rd. With two outs, Israel Nunez was hit by a pitch, stole second and scored on an Eduardo Arredondo single to center to tie the score at 1.

Obregon went ahead 2-1 in the 3rd. After loading the bases on a single, a walk and a hit batsman, Esteban Quiroz hit into a 4-6-3 double play that scored Daniel Castro.

Armando Araiza doubled to lead off the 5th for the Yaquis, advanced on a sacrifice bunt by Daniel Castro and scored on a single by Carlos Figueroa to increase the Obregon lead to 3-1.

Donell Linares hit a solo home run to lead off the bottom of the 6th for Obregon and Sergio Contreras scored from third on a double play grounder by Robert Saucedo to make the game 5-1 Yaquis. 

Jalisco scored twice in the top of the 7th. With one out, Gabriel Gutierrez waited out a walk, Amadeo Zazueta singled and Gutierrez scored on a single by Fernando Valenzuela, Ivan Araujo ground into a force out that scored Zazueta and the Charros had cut the lead to 5-3.

The Yaquis scored a run in the bottom of the 8th to reach the final score of 6-3 Obregon.

Despite the loss, the Charros still lead the league with a 40-25 record and 4 games to go in the regular season. Jalisco is 3 games ahead of the Tomateros de Culiacan and 4 1/2 games ahead of the Aguilas de Mexicali. The Charros are 1 game in front of the Tomateros in the second half with a 19-11 record.