CULIACAN'S 9TH INNING SURGE FALLS SHORT
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Culiacan's Issmael Salas got things going in the bottom of the 9th by reaching on an error by the Caneros second baseman. Jose Orozco singled with Salas stopping at second. A slow roller to third by Roemon Fields loaded the bases with no outs. Rico Noel doubled to drive in Salas and Orozco. Dylan Moore singled on a ball to deep short that scored Fields with Noel moving to third. A sac fly to center by Henry Ramos scored Noel as Moore went to second. The Tomateros had cut the lead to 6-5 with a man on second and 1 out. A fly ball out and a 4-3 ground ball ended the threat and the game.
John Anderson (1-0) pitched 5 strong innings for Los Mochis, giving up a run on 2 hits to get the win. Andres Avila earned his first save. Yoannys Quiala gave up 4 runs in the 9th without recording an out to make the game closer than it should have been. Romario Gil (0-1) lasted just 2 innings and allowed 4 runs on 1 hit with 5 walks in taking the loss.
Ramon Urias and Leandro Castro both homered for the Caneros and drove in 5 runs. Urias was 1 for 3 with 2 walks and 2 RBIs while Castro went 2 for 5 with 3 RBIs.
Rico Noel was 2 for 4 with a walk and 2 RBIs for Culiacan while team mate Dylan Moore was 3 for 5 with an RBI.
Los Mochis improved to 2-3 on the season while the Tomateros fell to 3-2.
