A good outing for Josue Montanez. A grand slam settles things in Mayaguez. Free baseball in Ponce.
SANTURCE 7, MAYAGUEZ 1 IN MAYAGUEZ
Twins: Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 0-for-4. Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-2.
Santurce: Edwin Maysonet was 2-for-4 with a double and a grand slam, scoring twice. Jonathan Singleton (Houston) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a home run (his third), scoring twice. James Houser pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on seven hits and one walk with two strikeouts.
Mayaguez: Randy Ruiz was 3-for-4 with a double and a run. Michael Taylor (Washington) was 2-for-4.
The game: Santurce scored single runs in the first and second to take a 2-0 lead. Mayaguez got one in the bottom of the second, but had the bases loaded with one out and failed to score. In the sixth, a walk, a single, and a hit batsman preceded a grand slam by Maysonet that put Santurce ahead 6-1. Mayaguez never threatened to get back into the game.
PONCE 5, CAROLINA 4 IN PONCE (12 INNINGS)
Twins: Josue Montanez (Ponce) pitched two shutout innings, giving up no hits and one walk with one strikeout.
Carolina: Luis Matos was 2-for-2 with an RBI. Jesus Feliciano was 2-for-5 with a run. David Kopp struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.
Ponce: Jose Ruiz was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his second and third), driving in three. Jordan Lennerton (Detroit) was 2-for-5 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in one. Adalberto Flores pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks with one strikeout.
The game: Ruiz hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run second and give Ponce a 3-0 lead. Ruiz hit another homer in the fourth to make it 4-0. It stayed there until the seventh, when Carolina scored four runs on one hit. A walk, a single, and another walk loaded the bases. That was followed by a pair of run-scoring walks and a pair of sacrifice flies. It stayed tied at four until the twelfth, when Reymond Fuentes (San Diego) singled, went to second on a bunt, and scored on a Lennerton single.