Naranjeros Over Yaquis 6-2

14,276 FANS WATCH HERMOSILLO WIN AT HOME

Luis Mendoza

To say the least the Yaquis have had trouble scoring as of late. After scoring 3 runs in 3 games against the Charros, although they took 2 out of 3, they were held to 2 runs in Hermosillo in Friday's loss. Luis Mendoza (1-0) pitched 7 innings of 3 hit ball, allowing the 2 Yaquis runs and striking out 6 to get the win for the Naranjeros.

The Obregon starter, Sean Nolin (0-1) was touched for 5 runs on 5 hits in 4 1.3 innings to take the loss. Nolin walked 4 batters while striking out 5.

The Yaquis got on the board first. Jesus Valdez led off the 2nd inning with a double. Juan Carlos Gamboa drew a one out walk. Jose Aguilar doubled to left to score Valdez and Gamboa for the short lived 2-0 Obregon lead.

Hermosillo tied the game in the bottom of the 3rd on 2 singles and a walk to load the bases. Cedric Hunter singled to drive in Rolando Acosta and Jasson Atondo for the 2-2 tie.

The Naranjeros broke the game open in their half of the the 5th. Eric Young Jr. walked. Hunter singled to right. Danny Espinosa drew a base on balls to load the bases. Jose Amador, the next batter, also walked to force in Young. After an injury delay, a mound visit and a pitching change, Roberto Ramos doubled to score Hunter and Espinosa for the 5-2 lead and after adding a run in the 7th, Hermosillo had the 6-2 win.

Roberto Ramos

After starting the season 1-6, the Naranjeros improved to 5-7 while the Yaquis fell to 5-7 on the year.

Naranjeros Get The Best of Tomateros 7-4

16,953 FANS IN CULIACAN GO HOME DISAPPOINTED

Jose Amador

The Naranjeros scored an unearned run in the 1st on a walk to Eric Young Jr,.who stole second and went to third on a throwing error by the Tomateros pitcher. Young scored on a wild pitch for the 1-0 lead. Hermosillo added 3 runs in the third inning on a 3 run home run by Jose Amador for the 4-0 Naranjeros lead.

Dylan Moore reached base safely on a fielding error leading off the bottom of the 3rd for Culiacan. With two outs, Rico Noel singled to put runners on the corners. A double to left by Luis Cruz scored Moore and a single by Ryan McBroom scored Noel and Cruz cutting the lead to 4-3.

The Naranjeros added a run in the 7th on a single by Cedric Hunter and a double by Danny Espinosa that scored Hunter for the 5-3 lead.

Following a single by Young in the top of the 9th, Hunter launched a 2 run home run to right center giving the Naranjeros a 7-3 lead.

Cedric Hunter

Lose Orozco hit a sac fly in the bottom half of the 9th to score Antonio Lamas for the Tomateros cutting the lead to 7-4. Culiacan was unable to score again and the Naranjeros had the 7-4 win.

Heriberto Ruelas (1-0) picked up the win in relief for Hermosillo while Dallas Beeler (0-1) took the loss.

With the win, the Naranjeros improved to 4-7 on the season while the Tomateros fell to 6-5.

Naranjeros Over Venados 11-10 in 13 Innings

WALK OFF SINGLE BY CEDRIC HUNTER WINS IT FOR HERMOSILLO

Cedric Hunter with the Walk Off

The game looked like it was over after the bottom of the 1st inning when Hermosillo scored 7 times but Mazatlan answered with 6 runs of their own in the top of the 2nd and tied the game at 7 with a run in the top of the 4th.

After falling behind 10-7 in the 8th, the Venados tied the game again in the top of the 9th. Alex Liddi doubled to center to score Asael Sanchez. Liddi went to third on a wild pitch and scored on a ground ball out. Sherman Johnson singled, stole second and scored on a single by Edson Garcia.

With the score tied at 10, neither team was able to score through the top of the 13th.

In the bottom half of the 13th, Jasson Atondo reached on a fielding error and went to second on a single by Danny Espinosa. After Roberto Ramos struck out for out number 2, Cedric Hunter stroked a 2-1 pitch to left for a single that scored Atondo with the winning run.

The two teams used 21 pitchers in the game with the Venados using 11 and the Naranjeros using 10. This set a new Liga Mexicana del Pacifico record for the number of pitchers used (by both teams) in a game. Adrian Rodriguez (1-0) picked up the win for the Naranjeros and Brandon Cunniff (0-1) suffered the loss.

The game took 6 hours and 17 minutes to complete. It's not clear how many of the 12,429 fans that came to Estadio Sonora for the start of the game were there when the game concluded at 1:49 AM local time.

The Naranjeros improved to 4-2 on the season as the Venados fell to 1-5.