Mexican Matchups: Games of 11/12

A walk0ff walk ends a pitchers' duel in Culiacan.  Comeback wins for Hermosillo and Guasave.

CULIACAN 1, NAVOJOA 0 IN CULIACAN

Navojoa:  Rolando Acosta was 3-for-4.  Eddie Gamboa (Baltimore) struck out eight in five shutout innings, giving up three hits and five walks.

Culiacan:  Maxwell Leon was 2-for-2 with two walks and a run.  Andres Meza pitched five innings, allowing four hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  It was scoreless until the bottom of the ninth.  Leon led off with a single-and-error.  An intentional walk put runners on first and second.  A bunt moved the runners up and another intentional walk loaded the bases.  A pop up made it two out, but an accidental walk brought in the winning run.

HERMOSILLO 7, LOS MOCHIS 5 IN LOS MOCHIS

Hermosillo:  Jesus Loya (Boston) was 3-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once.  Jesse Gutierrez was 3-for-5 with a run.  Yunesky Sanchez was 2-for-5 with a double, driving in two.

Los Mochis:  Jake Fox was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run, his fourth.  Brian Burgamy was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once.  Emmanuel Avila was 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.

The game:  Los Mochis scored two in the fifth to tie the score at four and got one in the eighth on an RBI single by Roberto Lopez to take a 5-4 lead.  In the ninth,  a two-run single by Jose Amador put Hermosillo ahead 6-5 and an RBI double by Loya gave them an insurance run.  Los Mochis got the tying run on base with none out in the ninth.

OBREGON 7, MEXICALI 4 IN OBREGON

Mexicali:  Oscar Robles was 2-for-4 with a double.  Xorge Carrillo (Mets) was 2-for-3 with a run.  Gil Velazquez (Miami) was 2-for-3 with a run.

Obregon:  Said Gutierrez was 4-for-4 with two doubles and a home run, driving in four.  Christian Villanueva was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run (his third), scoring three times.  David Reyes pitched six innings, allowing two runs on five hits with three strikeouts.

The game:  Gutierrez doubled in a run in the fourth to tie the score at two.  Villanueva homered in the sixth to make it 3-2 and Gutierrez doubled home another run in the same inning to make it 4-2.  A run in the seventh and two more in the eighth brought the score to 7-2.  Ben Guez (Detroit) hit a two-run homer in the ninth to bring the final score to 7-4, but Mexicali did not get the tying run up to bat.

GUASAVE 9, MAZATLAN 5 IN MAZATLAN

Guasave:  Mark Hamilton was 4-for-5 with a home run (his fourth) scoring three times and driving in three.  Zelous Wheeler was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  C. J. Fick pitched two shutout innings, giving up no hits and one walk.

Mazatlan:  Blake Gailen was 3-for-5 with a run.  Henry Mateo was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run.

The game:  Mazatlan scored two in the second and two in the third to take a 4-0 lead.  Guasave cut that lead to 4-3 after five and scored three in the sixth to take a 6-4 lead.  Baltazar Lopez singled in the tying run and the go-ahead run scored on a wild pitch.  Hamilton hit a two-run homer in the seventh to make it 8-4 and Guasave was never threatened.