A walkoff wild pitch in Carolina. A Curley double leads to a W for Mayaguez.
CAROLINA 4, PONCE 3 IN CAROLINA
Twins: Josue Montanez (Ponce) retired the only man he faced.
Ponce: Jonathan Mota (Cubs) was 2-for-4 with two runs. Henry Ramos (Boston) was 2-for-4 with a run. Ivan De Jesus was 2-for-4.
Carolina: Anthony Garcia (St. Louis) was 3-for-4 with two doubles and an RBI. Robinson Cancel was 2-for-3 with a walk and a triple, scoring once. Yuya Iida pitched six innings, allowing one run on four hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
The game: Enrique Hernandez homered to give Carolina a 1-0 lead in the first. The teams each scored one in the second. Cancel tripled and scored in the sixth to make it 3-1, but Jose Ruiz had an RBI single in the seventh to cut the lead to 3-2 and a Jon Garcia (Dodgers) RBI single tied it in the top of the ninth. In the bottom of the ninth, a single by Anthony Garcia, a sacrifice bunt, and two wild pitches brought home the winning run for Carolina.
MAYAGUEZ 5, CAGUAS 3 IN CAGUAS
Twins: Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4 with a walk and a run. Dereck Rodriguez (Mayaguez) was 0-for-2. Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-2. Ryan O'Rourke (Caguas) faced one batter, giving up one run on one hit.
Mayaguez: Luis Figueroa (Washington) was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Michael Taylor was 2-for-4. Jeremy Kehrt (Boston) pitched five innings, giving up three runs (none earned) on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
Caguas: Juan Silva was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Luis Mateo was 1-for-2 with a walk and two RBIs. Fernando Hernandez pitched 5.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits and four walks with three strikeouts.
The game: Caguas scored three in the second on three singles and two errors. It stayed 3-0 until the sixth, when an RBI single by Figueroa put Mayaguez on the board. In the eighth, a three-run double by Chris Curley (White Sox) put Mayaguez ahead, and they got an insurance run on an RBI single by Rene Rivera (San Diego). Caguas did not get a man past first after that.