Lara is one win away from the championship.

LARA 3, MAGALLANES 2 IN LARA (11 INNINGS)

Twins: Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up no runs on one hit and no walks and striking out one.

Game summary: Lara scored once in the first. That held up until the sixth, when Magallanes loaded the bases on two singles and a hit batsman and then received consecutive walks to force in two runs. Lara put together three singles to tie the score in the bottom of the sixth. It stayed that way until the eleventh, when a one-out bases-loaded single by Jose Yepez (Atlanta) brought home Luis Valbuena (Cubs) with the winning run.

Magallanes: Carlos Zambrano struck out five in six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on eight hits and a walk. Hector Gimenez (White Sox) wasx 1-for-3 with two walks and an RBI.

Lara: Cesar Jimenez (Philadelphia) struck out six in three shutout inning, allowing no hits and one walk. Yepez was 2-for-5 with a double.

Lara leads the best-of-seven series three games to two.