Eddie Rosario and Daniel Ortiz carry Mayaguez to a doubleheader sweep. A six-pitcher seven-inning shutout.
MAYAGUEZ 3, CAGUAS 1 IN MAYAGUEZ (GAME 1--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Twins: Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3. Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3. Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 2-for-2 with a triple and two RBIs.
Caguas: Johnny Monell (San Francisco) was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Luis Gonzalez pitched two perfect innings.
Mayaguez: Jonathan Albaladejo pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk with one strikeout. Jeremy Kehrt (Boston) struck out five in five innings of relief, allowing one run on three hits and no walks.
The game: Rosario capped a three-run fourth with a two-run triple to put Mayaguez ahead 3-0. The lone Caguas run came in the sixth on three singles. A double play ended that inning, and Caguas was retired in order in the seventh.
MAYAGUEZ 1, CAGUAS 0 IN MAYAGUEZ (GAME 2--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Twins: Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 0-for-1. Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 1-for-2 with an RBI.
Caguas: Jorge Padilla was 3-for-3. Efrain Nieves (Toronto) struck out four in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.
Mayaguez: Michael Taylor was 2-for-3 with a triple. Steve Smith pitched 2.2 innings, allowing three hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
The game: The game's lone run came in the fifth when Jerry Sands walked, was bunted to second by Rosario, and scored on an Ortiz single with two out. Caguas had runners on second and third with two out in the second and a runner on third with one out in the third.
Random: The Mayaguez starting pitcher faced only one man before leaving the game due to injury. Mayaguez used six pitchers in the seven-inning shutout.
CAROLINA 7, SANTURCE 0 IN CAROLINA
Santurce: Jack Lopez (Kansas City) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double.
Carolina: Anthony Garcia (St. Louis) was 2-for-2 with two walks and a double, scoring once and driving in two. Shuhei Fukuda was 2-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one. Nao Hagashihama struck out ten in seven innings, allowing three hits and one walk.
The game: Carolina opened the scoring with one in the third on a wild pitch and got an RBI double from Garcia in the fourth. They added two more in the fifth and three in the eighth. Santurce's biggest threat came in the sixth when Lopez doubled with one out and reached third with two out.