Mexican Matchups: Games of 10/20

One close game, three blowouts.  Kevin Kouzmanoff and Brian Burgamy stay hot.

LOS MOCHIS 6, NAVOJOA 4 IN LOS MOCHIS

Navojoa:  Luis Fonseca was 2-for-5 with a double and a three-run homer.  Wes Bankston was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Jose Manuel Lopez pitched four shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk with three strikeouts.

Los Mochis:  Brian Burgamy was 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer (his third), scoring twice.  Francisco Cordova pitched five innings, allowing one run on three hits and no walks with one strikeout.

The game:  Los Mochis scored four in the first.  They still led 4-1 through seven.  In the eighth, two hit batsmen were followed by a three-run homer by Fonseca to tie the score.  In the bottom of the eighth, Jake Fox (Arizona) hit a two-out two-run homer to give Los Mochis the lead.

GUASAVE 5, CULIACAN 0 IN CULIACAN

Guasave:  Eduardo Arredondo was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run, driving in two.  Ivan Araujo was 2-for-4 with a double and scored twice.  Manuel Flores struck out six in 6.1 scoreless innings, giving up five hits and two walks.

Culiacan:  Matt Angle (Dodgers) was 2-for-4.

The game:  Guasave broke a scoreless tie with two in the fifth and scored single runs in the last three innings.

MEXICALI 8, MAZATLAN 2 IN MAZATLAN

Mexicali:  Kevin Kouzmanoff (Miami) was 3-for-5 and scored twice.  Mike Jacobs (Arizona) was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and scored twice.  Edgar Osuna pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

Mazatlan:  Oswaldo Morejon was 3-for-4 and scored once.  Ivan Terrazas was 2-for-4 with a triple and two RBIs.

The game:  Mexicali scored three in the fifth and three in the eighth to take a 6-0 lead.

OBREGON 10, HERMOSILLO 3 IN OBREGON

Hermosillo:  Efren Navarro (Angels) was 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.

Obregon:  Barbaro Canizares was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer (his second), scoring three times.  Doug Clark was 3-for-5 with a run and three RBIs.  Karim Garcia was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.

The game:  Hermosillo scored three in the third to take a 3-1 lead.  Obregon came back with three in the bottom of the third on a bases-clearing double by Navarro.  Obregon then pulled away, scoring one in the fourth, three in the fifth, and two in the sixth.