Culiacan Doubles Up Hermpsillo 6-3

CASEY COLEMAN PICKS UP HIS 7th SAVE OF THE SEASON

Rico Noel

The Tomateros de Culiacan scored 3 runs in the third inning and added 3 more in the 4th to double up the Naranjeros de Hermosillo 6-3. Rico Noel was 3 for 5 with 2 runs scored and Luis Cruz 2 for 4 with 2 RBIs and a run scored for Culiacan.

Francisco Peguero went 2 for 5 with 2 walks, a home run, 2 RBIs and 2 runs scored for Hermosillo.

Culiacan began the top of the 3rd with 4 consecutive singles. Cruz drove in Jose Chavez with single number three and Blake Gailen plated Noel for run number 2. Two outs later, Issmael Salas drove in Cruz for the 3-0 Tomateros lead.

Ali Solis singled to lead off the top of the 4th. Chavez and Noel singled to load the bases with no outs. Cruz hit a sac fly to plate Solis. Gailen hit another sac fly to score Chavez and Ryan McBroom singled to score Noel for the 6-0 lead.

The Naranjeros cut the lead to 6-2 in their half of the 4th on a walk to Fernando Perez. Peguero followed with his 3rd home run of the season to score Perez.

Francisco Peguero

Hermosillo loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the 9th on a single, a hit batter and a walk but only managed 1 run on a sac fly by Cedric Hunter. Final score 6-3 Tomateros.

Mauricio Lara (2-1) picked up the win in relief for the 11-10 Tomateros and Casey Coleman earned his league leading 7th save of the season. Luis Mendoza (2-1) gave up 6 runs on 11 hits in 3 2/3 innings on the mound to take the loss for the 10-11 Naranjeros.

Hermosillo Shuts Out Mexicali 4-0

AGUILAS NOW AT 22 SCORELESS INNINGS

Luis Mendoza

The Naranjeros de Hermosillo shut out the Aguilas 4-0 for the second consecutive night. Mexicali has been held to 8 hits over the 2 games. Last night, the Aguilas had runners in scoring position in 3 separate innings but went 0 for 6 in those situations. Over the two games Mexicali was 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position.

Hermosillo scored single runs in the 1st, 2nd and 3rd innings to build a 3-0 lead.

Eric Young Jr. scored on a single by Francisco Peguero in the 1st, Jasson Atondo scored on a single by Young in the 2nd and Luis Jimenez scored on a wild pitch in the 3rd for the Naranjeros.

Jasson Atondo

Danny Espinosa doubled in Peguero in the bottom of the 5th for the 4th and final run for Hermosillo.

Luis Mendoza (2-0) threw 6 2/3 innings of scoreless ball, holding the Aguilas to 4 hits while walking 4 and striking out 2 in getting the win. Javier Solano (1-1) worked 5 innings, giving up 4 runs on 9 hits in taking the loss.

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.

Diablos Move to Championship Round of the Zona Sur with Series Win over Pericos

BEST PERICOS TWICE ON SUNDAY TO TAKE SERIES 4 GAMES TO 1

The Diablos got solid pitching and timely hitting in their 3-1 win in the 5th game of the series. Mexico recorded just 5 hits but made the most of them, scoring 3 runs on 3 hits off of the Pericos starter.

Mexico moves on to the Zona Sur Championship round to face either the Leones de Yucatan or the Guerreros de Oaxaca in a best of seven series. At the time of this article, Oaxaca was leading the Leones in the bottom of the 6th inning.

Carlos Figueroa started the game by drawing a walk. Juan Carlos Gamboa, the second batter, also waited out a base on balls to put runners on first and second with no outs. Yeison Asencio hit a fly ball to left that advanced Figueroa to third. Luis Jimenez singled to drive in Figueroa for the 1-0 Diablos lead.

Mexico added 2 runs in the 3rd inning. With one out, Juan Carlos Gamboa drew a walk but was forced at second on a ground ball by Yeison Asencio. Asencio scored in front of a towering home run to left off of the bat of Luis Jimenez. Diablos 3-0.

Luis Jimenez

The Perico's bats were held in check, 5 hits through 6 innings. In the bottom of the 7th, Michael Crouse hit a lead off single and advanced to second 2 pitches later on a wild pitch. Daniel Sanchez hit a grounder to short that moved Crouse to third. Oscar Sanay then singled to bring in Crouse but that would be all the scoring for the Pericos in the 3-1 loss.

Luis Mendoza (1-0) scattered 7 hits over 6 2/3 innings allowing 1 run, walking 2 and striking out 4 in recording the win. Manny Acosta earned his 2nd save of the series allowing one base runner in the 9th.

Josh Outman (2-0) pitched well except for the home run he allowed to Jimenez. He gave up all 3 runs on 3 hits, walking 3 without recording a strikeout in the loss for Puebla.

The hitting hero for Mexico was Luis Jimenez who went 3 for 4 with the home run and 2 singles, driving in all 3 runs for the Diablos.

Sergio Perez went 3 for 4 and Michael Crouse 2 for 3 with a walk, in the loss. Oscar Sanay had the only RBI for the Pericos.