Angel Mata has a good outing.

MAGALLANES 6, ARAGUA 5 IN MAGALLANES (10 INNINGS)

Twins:  Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 1-for-5 and struck out once.  Angel Mata (Aragua) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

Game summary:  Carlos Maldonado hit a walk-off homer leading off the bottom of the tenth.

Aragua:  Jae-Hoon Ha (Cubs) was 3-for-5 with an RBI.  Jose Martinez (Houston) was 2-for-4 and scored twice.

Magallanes:  Eliezer Alfonzo was 2-for-5 with a home run and scored twice.  Erold Andrus was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk and drove in one.

MARGARITA 2, ZULIA 1 IN ZULIA

Twins:  Aaron Hicks (Margarita) was 0-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and striking out twice.  Sean Burroughs (Margarita) was 1-for-4 with an RBI and struck out once.

Game summary:  Margarita scored both of their runs in the sixth to break a scoreless tie.

Margarita:  Luis Chirinos (Washington) allowed six hits and no walks in six shutout innings.

Zulia:  Ernesto Mejia (Atlanta) was 3-for-4.  Alexander Torres struck out fourteen in 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks.

LA GUAIRA 8, ANZOATEGUI 2 IN ANZOATEGUI

Twins:  Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 0-for-4 and struck out twice.

Game summary:  La Guaira scored four in the third to take a 6-0 lead.

La Guaira:  Yorfrank Lopez (Detroit) pitched three hitless innings.  Darin Ruf (Philadelphia) was 2-for-4 with two homers and a walk, driving in six.

Anzoategui:  Luis Oliveros was 2-for-3 with a double and scored once.

LARA 4, CARACAS 2 IN CARACAS

Game summary:  Leading 2-1, Lara scored twice in the fifth.

Lara:  Danny Farquhar struck out four in 2.1 scoreless innings.  Johan Limonta was 2-for-4.

Caracas:  Henry Wrigley (Tampa Bay) was 3-for-4 and drove in two.  Brandon Barnes (Houston) was 2-for-5 and scored twice.