Mexican Matchups: Games of 10/18

Free baseball in Mazatlan and Los Mochis.  A shutout in Obregon.

MAZATLAN 2, MEXICALI 1 IN MAZATLAN (11 INNINGS)

Mexicali:  Xorge Carrillo (Mets) was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  Terry Doyle (Boston) struck out eight in 6.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks.

Mazatlan:  Bryan Petersen was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once.  Issmael Salas was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Ryan Hinson pitched six innings, allowing one run on three hits and five walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Mexicali tallied in the fifth and Mazatlan tied it in the seventh.  In the eleventh, with one out, Oswaldo Morejon doubled.  An intentional walk and a hit batsman loaded the bases, and a Salas sacrifice fly brought the winning run home.

CULIACAN 3, GUASAVE 0 IN CULIACAN

Guasave:  Guasave had only three hits, all singles.

Culiacan:  Maxwell Leon was 3-for-3.  Francisco Campos pitched six shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk with three strikeouts.

The game:  Alex Liddi (Baltimore) and Luis Cruz each had RBI singles in the first inning to give Culiacan a 2-0 lead.

NAVOJOA 4, LOS MOCHIS 3 IN LOS MOCHIS (10 INNINGS)

Navojoa:  Carlos Orrantia was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run, driving in three.  Abel Martinez was 2-for-5 with a triple and a run.  Eddie Gamboa (Baltimore) pitched six innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Los Mochis:  Jorge Guzman hit a tw0-run homer.

The game:  Orrantia hit a two-run homer in the seventh to put Navojoa ahead 3-2.  A walk, a single, a walk, and a sacrifice fly produced a run for Los Mochis in the eighth to tie the score.  In the tenth, Martinez tripled and scored on a Luis Fonseca single to put Navojoa ahead.

HERMOSILLO 3, OBREGON 0 IN OBREGON

Hermosillo:  Yunesky Sanchez was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Heber Gomez was 2-for-4 and scored once.  Barry Enright (Angels) pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks with five strikeouts.

Obregon:  Rolando Valdez pitched six innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on seven hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  Hermosillo scored all three runs in the sixth.  Sanchez hit a two-run homer, followed by a single-and-error by Gomez and an RBI single by Jonathan Aceves.