Twins pitchers do well.
LARA 9, ARAGUA 6 IN ARAGUA
Twins: Dakota Watts (Aragua) pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Game summary: Aragua took a 3-0 lead after two, but Lara scored five in the third and led 7-3 after five.
Lara: Jhonny Montoya worked 3.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and no walks. Jairo Perez was 2-for-4 with a home run and scored twice.
Aragua: Luis Maza was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in three. Luis Hernandez (Cleveland) was 2-for-4 with a walk and scored once.
LA GUAIRA 9, ANZOATEGUI 8 IN ANZOATEGUI
Twins: Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 0-for-4. Shairon Martis (La Guaira) gave up one run on five hits and a walk in five innings while striking out two.
Game summary: La Guaira led 8-1 after six and 9-6 after eight. Anzoategui got the tying run on base in the ninth with none out and to second with one out.
La Guaira: Javier Herrera was 2-for-4 with two home runs and three RBIs. Cesar Suarez was 2-for-4 with a double, a home run, and a walk, scoring once and driving in one.
Anzoategui: Gorkys Hernandez (Miami) was 5-for-5 with two doubles, scoring three times and driving in one. Alexi Amarista (San Diego) was 3-for-4 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in one.
ZULIA 3, MAGALLANES 0 IN MAGALLANES
Game summary: Zulia scored one in the fourth and two in the eighth.
Zulia: Josh Schmidt pitched a complete game shutout, giving up four hits and two walks while striking out seven. Freddy Galvis (Philadelphia) was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring twice.
Magallanes: Jose Altuve (Houston) was 2-for-4.
CARACAS 10, MARGARITA 7 IN CARACAS
Game summary: It was tied 6-6 after seven. Margarita scored one in the top of the eighth, only to see Caracas score four times in the bottom of the eighth. A two-run triple by Henry Wrigley put Caracas in the lead.
Margarita: Jonathan Herrera (Colorado) was 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs. Frank Diaz was 2-for-5 with two doubles and an RBI.
Caracas: Wrigley was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in five. Jesus Guzman (San Diego) was 3-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring twice.