Twins pitchers combine for 4.1 scoreless innings. A big game for Antoan Richardson.
ARAGUA 6, LARA 2 IN ARAGUA
Twins: Jermaine Mitchell (Aragua) was 0-for-4. Mark Hamburger (Aragua) pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks with one strikeout. Edgar Ibarra struck out the only batter he faced.
Lara: Jairo Perez was 3-for-4 with three doubles and scored once. Anthony Vasquez (Seattle) pitched six shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk with three strikeouts.
Aragua: Guillermo Quiroz was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Juan Infante hit a grand slam. Carlos Hernandez (Oakland) pitched five innings, allowing two runs on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
The game: Lara scored two in the first. The score stayed 2-0 until the seventh, when Aragua scored all six of its runs. Quiroz had an RBI single, a run came in on a bases-loaded walk, and Infante hit a grand slam. All six runs scored before anyone was out. Lara used four pitchers in the inning.
MAGALLANES 6, ZULIA 4 IN MAGALLANES
Twins: Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two hits and no walks.
Zulia: Mark Minicozzi (San Francisco) was 4-for-5 with a double and two RBIs. Ender Inciarte (Arizona) was 2-for-4 with a walk and scored once.
Magallanes: Lew Ford was 4-for-4 with a walk, a double, and a triple, scoring twice and driving in one. Frank Diaz was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
The game: Magallanes went ahead 3-2 in the fourth on a pair of bases-loaded walks. Minicozzi's RBI single tied it at three in the top of the fifth, but a walk, a double, a ground out, and an RBI single by Darwin Perez (Oakland) made it 5-3 Magallanes after five. Zulia never got closer.
MARGARITA 5, ANZOATEGUI 3 IN ANZOATEGUI
Twins: Antoan Richardson (Margarita) was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Lester Oliveros (Anzoategui) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and no walks.
Margarita: Manny Pina was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run. Adam Duvall was 2-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. Byran Price pitched three innings, giving up one run on two hits an no walks with one strikeout.
Anzoategui: Oscar Salazar was 2-for-4
The game: Balbino Fuenmayor homered in the eighth for Anzoategui to tie the score at three. In the ninth, a double by Pina, an intentional walk, and an accidental walk loaded the bases for Margarita. Richardson hit a one-out single to give Margarita a 4-3 lead and Duvall singled with two out to make it 5-3. Anzoategui put runners on first and third with two out in the bottom of the ninth.
LA GUAIRA 6, CARACAS 2 IN LA GUAIRA
Caracas: Daniel Mayora was 2-for-4 with a double. Jesus Aguilar (Cleveland) was 2-for-4 and scored once. Mike Piazza (Angels) struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on three hits and one walk.
La Guaira: Luis Sardinas (Texas) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a triple, scoring once and driving in one. Jose Martinez (Atlanta) was 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Miguel Gonzalez (White Sox) was 2-for-2 with a walk and scored twice.
The game: A two-run triple by Carlos Sanchez (White Sox) in the fifth put La Guaira ahead 3-2. They added three in the seventh on an RBI double by Martinez, an RBI triple by Sardinas, and a squeeze bunt.