A good day for Jermaine Mitchell. Late-inning scoring ruled the day. A LEW! sighting.
ARAGUA 4, ZULIA 3 IN ARAGUA
Twins: Jermaine Mitchell (Aragua) was 2-for-4 with a walk and scored once. Ray Olmedo (Aragua) was 0-for-2.
Zulia: Mark Minicozzi (San Francisco) was 4-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Jose Pirela (Yankees) was 2-for-4 with a walk and scored twice. Roy Merritt struck out five in four shutout innings, giving up four hits and two walks.
Aragua: Guillermo Quiroz was 2-for-4 with a double.
The game: Zulia scored single runs in the third, fourth, and fifth to take a 3-0 lead. Aragua scored three in the seventh to tie it. In the eighth, a Quiroz double, a wild pitch, and an Alex Nunez single produced the go-ahead run.
CARACAS 9, MARGARITA 7 IN CARACAS
Twins: Antoan Richardson (Margarita) was 1-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
Margarita: Adam Duvall (San Francisco) was 3-for-5 with a two doubles, scoring once and driving in one. Caleb Joseph (Baltimore) was 2-for-4 with a walk and scored once. David Peralta (Arizona) was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.
Caracas: Danny Dorn (Detroit) was 3-for-4 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in three. Jesus Aguilar (Cleveland) was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring three times and driving in two. Steve Susdorf (Philadelphia) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
The game: Caracas led 5-2 after three. Margarita tied it at five in the top of the sixth, but a home run by Gregorio Petit (San Diego) put Caracas back in front 6-5. In the seventh, Rico Noel (San Diego) tripled and scored and Dorn hit a two-run homer to make it 9-5. Margarita got two in the ninth and put runners on first and second with two out.
MAGALLANES 6, LARA 4 IN LARA
Twins: Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and no walks with one strikeout.
Magallanes: Mario Lisson was 3-for-5 with two home runs and four RBIs. Lew Ford was 3-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs. Mitch Lively (San Francisco) pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on six hits and a walk with two strikeouts.
Lara: Robert Perez was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Joe Thurston was 2-for-4 with a triple and scored once. Raul Rivero struck out four in four innings, allowing one run on five hits and no walks.
The game: Lara led 2-1 after seven. Lisson hit a two-run homer in the eighth to give Magallanes a 3-2 lead. Magallanes scored three more in the ninth, highlighted by another two-run homer by Lisson, to go up 6-2. Lara scored two in the bottom of the ninth and put runners on first and second with two out.
LA GUAIRA 10, ANZOATEGUI 4 IN ANZOATEGUI
Twins: Lester Oliveros (Anzoategui) pitched one-third of an inning, giving up three unearned runs on one hit and no walks with one strikeout.
La Guaira: Luis Sardinas (Texas) was 4-for-6 with a double, scoring once and driving in four. Cesar Suarez was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Pedro Villareal (Cincinnati) pitched four innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
Anzoategui: Niuman Romero (Baltimore) was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.
The game: It was tied at two after five. In the sixth, La Guaira scored three on a single, a hit batsman, an error, a wild pitch, and a two-run single by Sardinas. Anzoategui never got closer than three runs again.