All the Twins did well. Magallanes wins with a hit batsman and a wild pitch. Alex Cabrera continues to hit for La Guaira.
ARAGUA 8, ANZOATEGUI 6 IN ARAGUA
Twins: Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 2-for-4 with a double and a run. Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 2-for-4 with a double, a run, and an RBI. Edgar Ibarra (Aragua) pitched a perfect innings. Dakota Watts (Aragua) pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and no walks with one strikeout.
Anzoategui: Oscar Salazar was 2-for-4 with a home run, his sixth. Alexi Amarista (San Diego) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double, scoring three times. Gorkys Hernandez (Kansas City) was 2-for-5 with an RBI.
Aragua: Hector Gimenez was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run (his ninth), scoring three times and driving in three. Alex Romero was 2-for-4 with two runs. Yohan Pino pitched 6.1 innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on nine hits and one walk with three strikeouts.
The game: Anzoategui scored one in the second and two in the fourth to take a 3-0 lead. In the fourth a two-run double by Gimenez highlighted a four-run inning that put Aragua in front 4-3. Aragua added two in the fifth on a two-run homer by Wilson Ramos (Washington) to make it 6-3 and got one more in the sixth for a 7-3 advantage. Anzoategui came back with three in the eighth to make it 7-6, but a Gimenez homer gave Aragua an insurance run in the bottom of the eighth. Anzoategui went down in order in the ninth.
MAGALLANES 7, ZULIA 4 IN ZULIA
Twins: Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) had a perfect perfect inning, striking out all three men he faced. Miguel Sulbaran (Zulia) retired the only man he faced.
Magallanes: Juan Rivera was 3-for-5 with a two-run homer, his second. Ramon Hernandez was 2-for-3 with a walk and an RBI. Danny Rondon pitched three innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
Zulia: Freddy Galvis (Philadelphia) was 1-for-2 with three walks. Ender Inciarte (Arizona) was 0-for-2 with two walks and two runs.
The game: Rivera hit a two-run homer in the third to give Magallanes a 3-0 lead. Zulia cut the lead to 3-2 after four. Zulia took a 4-3 lead in the seventh on a bases-loaded walk and a sacrifice fly. In the eighth, Magallanes tied it on a bases-loaded hit batsman, took the lead on a wild pitch, and got an insurance run on a ground out. The last nine Zulia batters were retired.
LA GUAIRA 10, CARACAS 4 IN LA GUAIRA
Caracas: Gerardo Parra (Arizona) was 2-for-5 with a triple and a home run, scoring twice. Alex Gonzalez was 2-for-4. Bobby Abreu was 1-for-1 with two walks and an RBI.
La Guaira: Alex Cabrera was 2-for-3 with a walk and two home runs, his fourteenth and fifteenth. Rene Reyes was 2-for-4 with a double and a two-run homer. C. J. Retherford was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.
The game: Parra homered to lead off the game, but that was the only time Caracas had the lead. La Guaira scored two in the second to take the lead and seven in the fourth to take control. Reyes hit a two-run homer and Cesar Suarez hit a grand slam in the inning.
LARA 6, MARGARITA 1 IN MARGARITA (GAME 1--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS)
Lara: Luis Jimenez was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and two RBIs. Anderson De La Rosa was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once. Erasmo Ramirez (Seattle) pitched five innings, giving up one run on three hits and one walk with two strikeouts.
Margarita: Wilmer Flores (Mets) was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI. Alberto Gonzalez was 0-for-0 with two walks.
The game: An RBI double by Flores put Margarita up 1-0 in the first. It stayed there until the fourth. Jimenez homered to tie the game, an RBI double by Jairo Perez put Margarita ahead, and two singles, a walk, and a sacrifice fly made it 4-1 through four. Lara added a pair of runs in the sixth to put the game out of reach.
LARA 5, MARGARITA 2 IN MARGARITA (SUSPENDED GAME--GAME 2--SCHEDULED 7 INNINGS--SUSPENDED AFTER 6 1/2 INNINGS)
A three-run homer by Luis Jimenez in the top of the seventh gave Lara a 5-2 lead when rain halted play.