Anzoategui Chases down a victory.  Aragua walks away a winner.

ANZOATEGUI 2, ZULIA 0 IN ZULIA

Twins:  Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 1-for-2.

Anzoategui:  Cory Aldridge was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Gorkys Hernandez (Kansas City) was 2-for-4.  Chase Smith pitched six innings, giving up six hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

Zulia:  Sandy Leon (Washington) was 2-for-3 with a double.  Elvis Araujo pitched five innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  Both runs scored in the second inning when, with a runner on first, Oscar Salazar circled the bases on a double-and-error.  Zulia only once got a man as far as third base, when Leon got there with two out in the fifth.

ARAGUA 8, MARGARITA 4 IN MARGARITA

Twins:  Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 0-for-3 with two walks and a run.  Dakota Watts (Aragua) pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and no walks.

Aragua:  Alex Romero was 4-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.  Ramon Castro was 1-for-3 with two walks and a double, scoring twice.  Ronny Cedeno (San Diego) was 1-for-4 with a walk and three RBIs.

Margarita:  Junior Sosa (Pittsbugh) was 3-for-4 with a triple and a run.  Elias Diaz (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.  Breyvic Valera (St. Louis) was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.

The game:  Margarita got two in the third, but Aragua came back with three in the fourth, including Cedno's two-run single, to take a 3-2 lead.  Each team scored twice in the fifth.  Two singles, a walk, and a pair of productive outs gave Aragua two insurance runs in the seventh.

Random:  Aragua drew twelve walks in the game.

CARACAS 3, LARA 1 IN CARACAS

Lara:  Joe Thurston was 3-for-4 with a double.  Luis Jimenez was 1-for-2 with two doubles and an RBI.  Raul Rivero pitched five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Caracas:  Alex Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Bobby Abreu was 2-for-4.  Yoanner Negrin (Cubs) pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  RBI singles by Daniel Mayora (Dodgers) in the third and Gregorio Petit in the fourth game Caracas a 2-0 lead.  Lara opened the eighth with three singles and a bases-loaded walk to cut the lead to 2-1, but a strikeout and a double play ended the threat.  Gonzalez had an RBI single in the bottom of the eight to make it 3-1.  Lara did not get a man past first in the ninth.