Deolis Guerra, Edgar Ibarra, and Dakota Watts all pitch well. Oswaldo Arcia keeps hitting. Another eight-run inning!
MAGALLANES 8, CARACAS 5 IN MAGALLANES
Twins: Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and no walks.
Caracas: J. D. Martinez was 2-for-3 with two walks and a home run (his fifth), driving in two. Jesus Guzman (San Diego) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in one. Gregorio Petit was 2-for-4.
Magallanes: Eliezer Alfonzo was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his fifth. Frank Diaz was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his second. Mitch Lively (San Francisco) pitched six innings, allowing an unearned run on three hits and four walks.
The game: Alfonzo hit a three-run homer in the fourth to give Magallanes a 4-1 lead. Diaz hit a three-run homer in the sixth to make it 7-1. Caracas got back into it in the eighth on a two-run homer by Danny Dorn and a solo shot by Martinez, but could get no closer than three runs, although they did get the tying run up to bat in the ninth.
ARAGUA 10, LARA 4 IN ARAGUA
Twins: Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Edgar Ibarra (Aragua) struck out all five batters he faced, striking out three. Dakota Watts (Aragua) pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.
Lara: Joe Thurston was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs. Nick Buss (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Chris Jakubauskas pitched five innings, giving up two runs on three hits and four walks with three strikeouts.
Aragua: Alex Romero was 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI. Wilson Ramos (Washington) was 2-for-3 with two walks and an RBI. Hector Gimenez was 1-for-3 with a walk and a three-run homer (his sixth), scoring twice.
The game: Lara led 3-1 after five, but Aragua got an RBI single by Arcia and a three-run homer by Gimenez to take a 5-3 lead. The teams traded runs in the seventh and Aragua put the game out of reach with four more in the eighth.
ZULIA 12 LA GUAIRA 6 IN LA GUAIRA
Twins: Virgil Vasquez (Zulia) pitched three innings, giving up six runs on seven hits and no walks with three strikeouts. Yorman Landa (La Guaira) pitched one inning, giving up one run on one hit and two walks.
Zulia: Henry Rodriguez (San Diego) was 3-for-6 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Sandy Leon (Washington) was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Arcenio Leon (Milwaukee) pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks with one strikeout.
La Guaira: Alex Cabrera was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run (his tenth), driving in three. Jamie Romak was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs. Mario Hollands (Philadelphia) pitched four innings, allowing one run on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
The game: Hector Sanchez hit a two-run homer to put La Guaira ahead 3-0 in the first. In the third, Cabrera hit a two-run homer to make the score 6-1. Zulia scored single runs in the sixth and seventh, but La Guaira still appeared to be in control of the game until the eighth, when Zulia scored seven times. La Guaira made three errors in the inning.
ANZOATEGUI 15, MARGARITA 9 IN ANZOATEGUI
Twins: Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 0-for-5 with a run.
Margarita: Adam Duvall (San Francisco) was 2-for-2 with two home runs (his sixth and seventh) and four RBIs. Carlos Rivero was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Caleb Joseph (Baltimore) was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.
Anzoategui: Leslie Anderson was 3-for-4 with a walk and two doubles, scoring twice and driving in four. Jose Castillo was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two. Cory Aldridge was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring three times and driving in one.
The game: Anzoategui had an eight-run inning in the second to take an 8-1 lead. Duvall hit a three-run homer in the fourth to make it 8-4, but Anzoategui got five in the fifth an it was never close again.