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ANZOATEGUI 9, CARACAS 8 IN ANZOATEGUI (13 INNINGS)
Twins: Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 1-for-7.
Caracas: Danny Dorn (Arizona) was 3-for-6 with a walk, a double, and a home run (his sixth), driving in three. Bobby Abreu was 3-for-5 with a home run and two runs. Ramon Cabrera (Detroit) was 3-for-5 with two doubles.
Anzoategui: Jose Castillo was 2-for-6 with a walk and a three-run homer, his sixth. Gorkys Hernandez was 2-for-6 with two walks and a home run (his second), scoring twice and driving in two. Jose Gil (Yankees) was 3-for-6 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in one.
The game: Castillo hit a three-run homer to give Anzoategui a 3-0 lead in the first. Caracas pecked away and cut the lead to 4-3 in the top of the fifth, but but in the bottom of the fifth Hernandez homered, a run scored on a wild pitch, and Gil singled in a run to make it 7-3. Caracas kept battling back, cutting the lead to 7-5 after seven and taking an 8-7 lead in the top of the eighth on a two-run homer by Dorn and a solo homer by J. D. Martinez. In the bottom of the eighth, Leslie Anderson (Tampa Bay) hit an RBI single to tie the score. In the thirteenth, Gil doubled, went to third on a fly out, and scored on a Hernandez single to win the game.
LARA 12, ARAGUA 3 IN LARA
Twins: Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 0-for-1 with two walks.
Aragua: Yangervis Solarte was 2-for-5 with a double and a run. Jonel Pacheco hit a home run in his only plate appearance. Erik Arnesen pitched five innings of relief, giving up one run on four hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
Lara: Nick Buss (Dodgers) was 2-for-3 with a triple, scoring once and driving in two. Luis Jimenez was 1-for-2 with two walks and a three-run homer (his third), scoring twice. Guilder Rodriguez (Texas) was 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.
The game: Lara scored two in the first and seven in the second to put the game away early. Jimenez hit a three-run homer and Buss hit a two-run triple in the big second inning.
LA GUAIRA 4, MARGARITA 3 IN LA GUAIRA
Margarita: Alberto Gonzalez was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run. Carlos Rivero was 2-for-4. Elias Diaz (Pittsburgh) was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.
La Guaira: Alex Cabrera was 3-for-4 with two home runs (his eleventh and twelfth) and three RBIs. Cesar Suarez was 2-for-3 with a walk. Chris Reed (Dodgers) struck out six in six shutout innings, allowing three hits and one walk.
The game: Salvador Perez (Kansas City) hit an RBI triple in the first-inning, followed by a two-run homer by Cabrera, giving La Guaira a 3-0 lead. It was still 4-1 after eight. Rodney Medina hit a pinch-hit two-run homer with one out in the ninth, but Margarita did not get a man on base after that.
MAGALLANES 9, ZULIA 4 IN MAGALLANES
Zulia: Ender Inciarte (Arizona) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Henry Rodriguez (Cincinnati) Jose Sanchez pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks with two strikeouts.
Magallanes: Argenis Diaz was 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in two. Adonis Garcia (Yankees) was 2-for-5 with a triple and an RBI. Mario Lisson was 1-for-2 with three walks and a grand slam (his eleventh homer), scoring twice.
The game: Magallanes got two in the third to take a 2-0 lead. Zulia came back with one in the fourth, but Magallanes scored five in the fourth to take command of the game. A bases-loaded hit batsman scored one and Lisson's grand slam made it 7-1 and that lead was never threatened.