Guerreros Chrush Diablos 13-3 in Game Two of the Zona Sur Championship

OAXACA BATS EXPLODE FOR 19 HITS AND 13 RUNS TO EVEN CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES

Yuniesky Betancourt Homers Twice

When the rains started falling on Saturday in Mexico City, no one could have imagined they would have opened the floodgates for the Guerreros on Sunday. Oaxaca was ahead 1-0 when the game was suspended but they scored 12 runs when the game resumed. Yuniesky Betancourt, who had given the Guerreros a 1-0 lead with a home run in the 1st inning, added the final 2 runs for Oaxaca with a 2 run home run in the top of the 9th. Betancourt drove in 3 while scoring 4 runs on a 4 for 6 hitting night.

The Diablos were held to 3 runs on 6 hits. Mexico also displayed sloppy defense with 4 errors that led to 5 runs directly but extended 3 innings for Oaxaca.

Irwin Delgado (1-0) picked up for his younger brother, Alex Delgado, after the suspended restart and scattered 6 hits over 5 innings to get the win. The Guerreros pitches struck out 12 Diablos and walked just 1 in stymying the Diablos bats.

Gonzalo Sanudo (0-1) gave up 4 runs on 3 hitsin3 innings to take the loss but 6 Diablos pitchers allowed runs to score in the 19 hit attack by the Guerreros.

Ricardo Valenzuela doubled to lead off the bottom of the 3rd for Mexico. A sacrifice bunt moved him to second. Juan Carlos Gamboa, the hero of game 1, doubled 2 outs later to score Valenzuela. A single by Yeison Asencio drove in Gamboa as the Diablos retook the lead 2-1.

Ricardo Valenzuela

David Vidal homered on a line drive to left in the bottom of the 4th to extend the Diablos short lived lead to 3-1.

Oaxaca took the lead for good in the top of the 5th inning, scoring 4 runs. A single by Alejandro Ginzalez, a 2 out double by Jay Austin, A Betancourt single, back-to-back walks to Henry Urrutia and Dustin Geiger and a single by Julio Ornelas accounted for the runs. Oaxaca never looked back as they added 8 more runs in the win.

Games 3, 4 and 5 will be played in Oaxaca beginning on Tuesday the 25th of September. If necessary, Game 6 will be played in Mexico City

Leones Win Game 6 Over Guerreros 2-0

EVEN 1st ROUND ZONA SUR SERIES AT 3 GAMES APIECE

Jorge Reyes

Four Leones pitchers, from starter Jorge Reyes (1-0) to Chad Gaudin shut down the Guerreros de Oaxaca for 9 innings on 5 hits with no runs for the 2-0 win. The game was not without drama though. The top of the 9th was quite nerve wracking for the 6,049 fans in attendance at Parque Kukulkan in Merida.

Chad Gaudin, although earning the save, made things interesting for the Leones in the inning. Gaudin caught Jay Austin looking for the 1st out. Yuniesky Betancourt singled with a single. (Betancourt had 3 of the 5 hits for Oaxaca) Henry Urrutia doubled to left with Betancourt stopping at third. Dustin Geiger then waited out a base on balls, loading the bases with 1 out. Orlando Pina then popped up to second, the infield fly rule was called. for the 2nd out. Samar Leyva struck out swinging for the 3rd out that ended the threat and the game.

Sebastian Valle gave the Leones pitching all the run support they would need with one swing of the bat. Eric Aguilera led off the bottom of the 4th for Yucatan with a single to center. Jose Aguilar laid down a sacrifice bunt that moved Aguilera to second. Valle then took an 0-2 pitch from Delgado deep to left center, scoring Aguilera and giving Yucatan a 2-0 lead.

Sebastian Valle

Irwin Delgado (0-1) pitched a complete game for Oaxaca allowing the 2 runs on 8 hits with a walk and 3 strikeouts in taking the loss.

These two teams meet again on Wednesday for the deciding 7th game of their 1st round Zona Sur playoffs to determine who will face the Diablos Rojos del Mexico in the Zona Sur Championship round.