Kennys Vargas gets a pinch-hit.  Sands made time run out on Santurce.  Johnny Baseball leads Caguas.

MAYAGUEZ 5, SANTURCE 2 IN MAYAGUEZ

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was used as a pinch-hitter and was 1-for-1.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3.

Santurce:  Edwin Maysonet (Cincinnati) was 3-for-5 with a double.  Neftali Soto was 3-for-5.  David Harden pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks with four strikeouts.

Mayaguez:  Luis Figueroa was 2-for-4 with a double.  Randy Ruiz was 1-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer, scoring twice.

The game:  Santurce scored both its runs in the fourth.  Ruiz tied it with a two-run homer in the sixth.  In the eighth, a pair of walks and a three-run homer by Jerry Sands (Pittsburgh) put Mayaguez in the lead to stay.

CAGUAS 7, CAROLINA 1 IN CAGUAS

Carolina:  Robinson Cancel was 2-for-3 with a run.  Ruben Gotay was 2-for-3.  Jose Castro was 2-for-4.

Caguas:  Juan Silva (Dodgers) was 3-for-3 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in three.  Johnny Monell (San Francisco) was 2-for-3 with a walk, a double, and a home run (his second), driving in two.  Michael Nix pitched 5.1 innings, allowing one run on eight hits and no walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  Doubles by Silva and Monell sandwiched a walk and gave Caguas a 2-0 lead in the first inning.  Carolina's lone run came in the fourth and made the score 3-1, but a three-run Caguas sixth, highlighted by a two-run Silva single, put the game out of reach.