Late homers make the difference in Los Mochis. Walks and hit batsmen win it for Obregon.
NAVOJOA 5, MEXICALI 4 IN NAVOJOA
Mexicali: Luis Juarez was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Ramon Rios was 2-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Russell Branyan was 1-for-3 with two walks and a home run (his seventh), scoring twice.
Navojoa: Abel Martinez was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Luis Fonseca was 2-for-5 with a double and an RBI. Delwyn Young was 1-for-5 with a home run (his second) and two RBIs.
The game: Mexicali led 3-2 after the first inning. Each team scored in the third to make it 4-3. Young homered in the fifth to tie the score. Martinez led off the sixth with a double, went to third on a bunt, and scored on a two-out RBI single by Fonseca to put Navojoa in the lead 5-4. Mexicali got a man to third in both the seventh and the eighth.
LOS MOCHIS 8, MAZATLAN 7 IN LOS MOCHIS
Mazatlan: Blake Gailen was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run (his second), scoring twice. Henry Mateo was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run. Alejandro Martinez pitched six innings, giving up two unearned runs on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
Los Mochis: Brian Burgamy was 2-for-3 with a walk and a two-run homer (his eleventh), scoring three times. Jake Fox was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run, his fifth. Jamie Johnson (Detroit) was 2-for-5 with a run.
The game: Los Mochis led 2-1 after four. In the fifth, Mazatlan scored six times to take what appeared to be a commanding 7-2 lead. All the damage was done after the first two batters were retired. Oswaldo Morejon had a tw0-run double in the inning and two more runs scored on an error. Los Mochis got back in the game when Ramon Orantes hit a two-run single to cap a three-run seventh. In the eighth, Burgamy hit a two-run homer to tie and Fox homered to put Los Mochis ahead. Mazatlan got a man to second with one out in the ninth.
OBREGON 5 CULIACAN 3 IN CULIACAN (11 INNINGS)
Obregon: Alfredo Amezaga was 2-for-5 with a run. Dan Robertson (San Diego) was 1-for-5 with a walk and a home run (his third), driving in two. Marco Carrillo pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks with five strikeouts.
Culiacan: Luis Cruz was 2-for-4 with two walks, a double, and a three-run homer, his second. Maxwell Leon was 2-for-5 with a walk and a double, scoring once. Jorge Reyes struck out four in two shutout innings, allowing one hit and no walks.
The game: Obregon got two in the first to take a 2-0 lead and Robertson's homer in the sixth made it 3-0. It looked like that might hold up, but in the eighth Cruz hit a three-run homer to tie the score. Cruz hit a leadoff double in the tenth, but could not get past third base. In the eleventh for Obregon, a single, a walk, and a bunt put runners on second and third with one out. An intentional walk filled the bases, a hit batsman brought in one run, and a walk scored an insurance run.
HERMOSILLO 9, GUASAVE 1 IN HERMOSILLO
Guasave: Eduardo Arredondo was 1-for-2 with a walk. Jesus Lopez was 1-for-2 with a double.
Hermosillo: Carlos Gastelum was 3-for-4 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in one. Jesse Gutierrez was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Juan Oramas pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
The game: Hermosillo scored two in the first and five in the third to take a 7-0 lead an put the game away early. Luis Borges had a two-run double in the third.