Johnny Baseball comes through for Caguas. Sliding Billy Hamilton has a big day. It was deuces wild in Santurce.
CAGUAS 8, SANTURCE 4 IN SANTURCE
Caguas: Johnny Monell (San Francisco), who may or may not be called Johnny Baseball, was 3-for-5 with a walk and a two-run homer. Ramon Castro was 2-for-5 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in one. Fernando Hernandez pitched four shutout innings, giving up three hits and three walks with four strikeouts.
Santurce: Billy Hamilton was 2-for-3 with two walks, a run, and three stolen bases.
The game: Caguas scored two in the first, second, and fourth to go ahead 6-0. The two in the fourth came on the Monell two-run homer. Santurce got two back in the fifth, but Caguas got two more in the sixth, one scoring on a wild pitch and the other on a bases-loaded walk. Santurce completed the scoring with two in the seventh.
CAROLINA AT MAYAGUEZ
Rained out.