Puerto Rican Palaver: Game of 1/22

Not really thanks to the Twins, Mayaguez evens the series at two.

MAYAGUEZ 6, CAGUAS 5 IN MAYAGUEZ (11 INNINGS)

TwinsDaniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4 with a double and two walks and scored once.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 1-for-5 with a double.  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 0-for-5. Nelvin Fuentes (Mayaguez) gave up one run on one hit and no walks in 1.1 innings, striking out two.

Game summary:  Mayaguez scored two in the fifth to take a 4-1 lead.  Caguas came back with two in the sixth and one in the seventh.  Mayaguez went up 5-4 in the eighth, but Caguas tied it at five in the ninth.  Mayaguez had two out and none on in the eleventh.  They then drew two walks and the winning run scored on an error.

Caguas:  Jorge Padilla was 2-for-2 and scored once.  Miguel Abreu was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.

Mayaguez:  Irving Falu (Kansas City) was 2-for-6 with a double and an RBI.  Randy Ruiz (White Sox) was 1-for-3 with a double and three walks, scoring the winning run and driving in one.

Mayaguez has evened the best-of-seven series two games apiece.