Hermosillo Sweeps Mexicali With the 6-3 Win

CARDONA AND ESPINOSA HOMER IN THE WIN

The Aguilas de Mexicali ended their 22 inning scoreless streak in the top of the 1st om a single by David Harris that score Jason Bourgeois to give the Aguilas a 1-0 lead. That lead would disappear in the bottom of the 2nd.

Danny Espinosa

Danny Espinosa begin the inning with a single and scored in front of a home run to left off the bat of Jose Cardona.With two outs in the inning, Cedric Hunter singled to score Irving Lopez and the Naranjeros took a 3-1 lead.

Hermosillo added a run in the 3rd on a sac fly by Jasson Atondo that scored Luis Jimenez for the 4-1 lead.

Mexicali cut the lead to 4-3 in the top of the 4th. Harris was hit by a pitch to begin the inning. Colin Walsh singled. Xorge Carrillo singled to score Harris and CJ Retherford hit into a 5-4-3 double play that drove in Walsh.

Francisco Peguero singled to score Hunter in the bottom of the 4th to add an insurance run and increase the Naranjeros lead to 5-3.

Espinosa led off the bottom half of the 7th with a solo home run to center to give Hermosillo the 6-3 win.

Cardona was 1 for 3 with the home run for the Naranjeros as team mate Espinosa went 3 for 3 with the home run, a walk and 2 runs scored.

Jose cardona

Arturo Reyes (1-3) picked up the win for the 8-9 Naranjeros and Heriberto Ruelas earned his 1st save of the year. Sergio Mitre (1-3) took the loss as the Aguilas fell to 7-9 on the season.

Culiacan Over Hermosillo 3-1

3 RUN 4th INNING DOES IT FOR TOMATEROS

Arturo Reyes (0-3), starting pitcher for the Naranjeros, ran into trouble in the 4th inning, giving up 2 doubles and a single as the Tomateros scored 3 times.

Antonio Lamas

Roemon Fields lead off the inning with a double and went to third on a sacrifice bunt. Fields scored when Luis Cruz singled to left. Reyes then got 2 outs but gave up a double to Antonio Lamas that scored Noel and Cruz for the Tomateros 3-0 lead.

Manny Barreda (2-0), the Culiacan starter, pitched 6 very good innings, scattering 3 hits and allowing a Hermosillo run in the 2nd. Casey Coleman earned his 3rd save of the young season.

With one out in the top of the 2nd, Roberto Ramos drew a walk. Jose Cardona singled with Ramos stopping at second. One out later, Jorge Flores singled to score Ramos to cut the Culiacan lead to 3-1. Hermosillo was unable to score again and the Tomateros had the 3-1 win.

13,681 fans filled Estadio de los Tomateros to watch the home team play a crisp 2 hour and 50 minute game and come away winners to improve to 6-4 while the Naranjeros fell to 3-7 on the season. These 2 teams meet again on Thursday the 25th of October for the third game of a 3 game series.