Puerto Rican Publication: Games of 11/13

Free baseball in both games.

CAGUAS 6, PONCE 5 IN PONCE (13 INNINGS)

Twins:  Ryan O'Rourke (Caguas) pitched one inning, giving up one run on two hits.  Josue Montanez (Ponce) pitched two innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk.

Caguas:  Jamie Ortiz was 3-for-6 with a double and three RBIs.  Jorge Padilla was 3-for-7 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  John Brownell pitched six innings, giving up one run on two hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

Ponce:  Jordan Lennerton (Detroit) was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Jan Vazquez (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once.  Pete Parise struck out four in two shutout innings, allowing no hits and one walk.

The game:  Caguas scored one in the seventh to take a 5-1 lead.  Ponce scored runs in the seventh on a passed ball, a ground out, and an error, cutting the lead to 5-4.  Geraldo Valentin singled in a run in the eighth to tie the score.  There was no more scoring until the thirteenth, when Roberto Pena (Houston) scored from first on a two-out double by Jorge Padilla.  Ponce went down in order in the bottom of the inning.

MAYAGUEZ 4, SANTURCE 2 IN SANTURCE (11 INNINGS)

Twins:  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-5.  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-5 with a run.

Mayaguez:  Luis Figueroa was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double, driving in three.  Matt Magill (Dodgers) pitched five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Santurce:  Jonathan Singleton (Houston) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once.  James Houser pitched five innings, allowing two runs on two hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Mayaguez scored two in the second and Santurce got two in the fourth.  There things stood until the eleventh, when Figueroa delivered a two-out two-run single.  Santurce loaded the bases with three two-out walks in the bottom of the eleventh.  They actually drew four walks in the inning, but the first was erased by a double play.