Jermaine Mitchell leads Aragua to victory.  Lots of Twins are playing for Aragua.  A couple are on other teams as well.

ARAGUA 6, MAGALLANES 5 IN MAGALLANES

Twins:  Jermaine Mitchell (Aragua) was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.  Ray Olmedo (Aragua) was used as a defensive replacement and did not bat.  Mark Hamburger (Aragua) pitched two shutout innings, giving up no hits and one walk with one strikeout.  Edgar Ibarra (Aragua) pitched a third of an inning, giving up one hit and one walk with one strikeout.  Aaron Thompson (Aragua) pitched a third of an inning, giving up one hit.

Aragua:  Luis Maza was 4-for-5 with two RBIs.  Jim Murphy (Philadelphia) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double, scoring once.  Guillermo Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.

Magallanes:  Erold Andrus was 3-for-4 with a double and scored twice.  Gustavo Chacin pitched four innings, allowing one run on four hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

The game:  Magallanes scored two in the first and one in each of the next three innings to take a 5-1 lead.  Aragua came back, but still trailed 5-4 after eight.  Mitchell hit a two-out RBI double to tie the game and came around to score on a single by Maza.

Random:  Some citizens may be interested to know that Lew Ford is playing for Magallanes.

ZULIA 4, LARA 3 IN LARA

Twins:  Virgil Vasquez (Zulia) started and pitched four innings, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk with five strikeouts.

Zulia:  Jose Flores was 3-for-4 with a walk and a double.  Felix Perez (Cincinnati) was 2-for-5 with a double and scored once.  Adrian Sanchez (Washington) was 2-for-4 with a walk.

Lara:  Tomas Perez was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Red Patterson (Dodgers) pitched three shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Random:  "Red" used to be a common nickname in baseball.  Not any more.  According to b-r.com, the last major league player with the nickname "Red" was Jim McGlothlin in 1973.

CARACAS 8, MARGARITA 1 IN CARACAS

Twins:  Antoan Richardson (Margarita) was 1-for-3.

Margarita:  Adam Duvall (San Francisco) was 2-for-3.

Caracas:  Danny Dorn (Detroit) was 3-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer.  Jesus Aguilar (Cleveland) was 3-for-4 with a walk and a home run, scoring three times.  Yoanner Negrin (Cubs) struck out seven in five shutout innings, allowing two hits and two walks.

The game:  Caracas scored one in the first, four in the third, and two in the fourth.

ANZOATEGUI 12, LA GUAIRA 11 IN ANZOATEGUI

La Guaira:  Miguel Gonzalez (White Sox) was 1-for-3 with two walks and a three-run homer.  Carlos Sanchez (White Sox) was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring three times and driving in one.  Renyel Pinto struck out five in five innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks.

Anzoategui:  Cory Aldridge was 3-for-5 with a three-run homer, scoring twice.  Niuman Romero (Baltimore) was 2-for-3 with two walks and home run, scoring three times and driving in two.  Jackson Melian was 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice.

The game:  La Guaira scored eight in the sixth to take an 11-1 lead.  They still led 11-6 going to the bottom of the ninth.  Anzoategui started the ninth with a double, a single, and a walk to load the bases.  A strikeout, a walk, and another strikeout made it 11-7 with two out and the bases loaded.  Luis Nunez hit a two-run double to make it 11-9 and Aldridge followed with a three-run walkoff homer.