Mark Hamburger continues to pitch well.
ARAGUA 6, MARGARITA 1 IN MARGARITA
Twins: Jermaine Mitchell (Aragua) was 1-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Ray Olmedo (Aragua) was used as a reserve and was 0-for-1. Antoan Richardson (Margarita) was 1-for-4. Mark Hamburger (Aragua) struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.
Aragua: Carlos Colmanares was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Guillermo Quiroz was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Yohan Pino (Cincinnati) pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Margarita: Ellis Jimenez (Boston) pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk with one strikeout.
The game: Aragua broke a scoreless tie with five runs in the fifth. The runs scored on a double, a single, a hit batsman, a walk, and two more singles,.
CARACAS 11, ANZOATEGUI 2 IN CARACAS
Twins: Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 0-for-3 and scored once.
Anzoategui: Oscar Salazar was 2-for-4 with a home run. Jose Castillo was 2-for-3 with a walk. Gorkys Hernandez (Kansas City) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.
Caracas: Danny Dorn (Detroit) was 3-for-3 with a double and a two-run homer (his third), scoring three times. Luis Rodriguez (Angels) was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer. Tiago Da Silva struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up four hits and no walks.
The game: Caracas put up a crooked number in five consecutive innings: two in the second, two in the third, two in the fourth, three in the fifth, two in the sixth. Anzoategui did not score until the eighth.
MAGALLANES 3, ZULIA 2 IN ZULIA
Magallanes: Adonis Garcia (Yankees) was 2-for-4 and scored once. Mitch Lively (San Francisco) struck out eight in seven shutout innings, giving up four hits and two walks.
Zulia: Felix Perez (Cincinnati) was 2-for-4 and scored once. Roy Merritt pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two runs on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
The game: Magallanes scored single runs in the third, seventh, and ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, two singles, an error, a hit batsman, and a wild pitch made the score 3-2 and put runners on second and third with two out.
LA GUAIRA 4, LARA 2 IN LARA
La Guaira: Carlos Sanchez (White Sox) was 2-for-3 with a walk and scored once. Andy Wilkins (White Sox) was 2-for-5.
Lara: Gabriel Noriega (Seattle) was 2-for-3 with a triple Jesus Solarzano (Miami) was 2-for-4 with a double. Red (Dodgers) Patterson pitched five innings, allowing one run on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
The game: Lara scored two in the first to take a 2-1 lead. La Guaira tied it in the sixth and got two in the seventh to go ahead. The go-ahead run scored on a wild pitch.