A big inning ends the see-saw in Guasave. Navojoa plays Earl Weaver baseball.
NAVOJOA 4, MAZATLAN 1 IN NAVOJOA
Mazatlan: Issmael Salas was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third. Walter Ibarra (Cubs) was 1-for-3 with a walk. Mauricio Lara pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.
Navojoa: Luis Fonseca was 3-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Carlos Orrantia was 1-for-3 with a three-run homer, his fifth. Hector Velazquez struck out five in 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and one walk.
The game: Navojoa took a 1-0 lead on an RBI ground out in the first and Orrantia hit a three-run homer in the fifth. Mazatlan's lone run came on a Salas homer in the ninth.
OBREGON 12, GUASAVE 9 IN GUASAVE
Obregon: Barbaro Canizares was 2-for-3 with two walks, a double, and a two-run homer (his sixth), scoring twice. Alfredo Amezaga was 3-for-4 with two walks and a double, scoring once and driving in two. Linder Castro struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk.
Guasave: Mark Hamilton was 2-for-3 with two walks and a home run (his sixth), driving in three. Jose Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a walk and a three-run homer (his seventh), scoring twice. Leonardo Heras was 2-for-5 with a triple and three runs.
The game: Each team scored twice in the first. Guasave got two in the third to take a 4-2 lead. A hit batsman, three two-out walks, and a two-run single by Amezaga put Obregon up 5-4 in the top of the fourth, but Rodriguez hit a three-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to give Guasave the lead at 7-5. A sacrifice fly in the fifth made it 7-6. In the sixth, Canizares hit a two-run homer and Carlos Valencia had a two-run double as part of a six-run inning that gave Obregon a 12-7 advantage. Guasave got two in the ninth but did not bring the tying run up to bat.
CULIACAN 8, LOS MOCHIS 2 IN CULIACAN
Los Mochis: Saul Soto was 1-for-3 with a walk and a home run, his seventh. Emmanuel Avila was 2-for-4 with a double. Jake Fox was 1-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.
Culiacan: Mario Valdez was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and three RBIs. Jorge Cantu was 1-for-2 with two walks and a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Amauri Sanit pitched five innings, allowing one run on four hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
The game: Culiacan scored two in the first, one in the second, and four in the third to go up 7-0 and take control early. Valdez hit a two-run homer in the third and Maxwell Leon had a two-run single in the same inning.
MEXICALI 10, HERMOSILLO 2 IN HERMOSILLO
Mexicali: Cristhian Presichi was 3-for-4 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in two. Oscar Robles was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double, scoring twice and driving in one. Javier Solano pitched seven shutout innings, giving up five hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
Hermosillo: Jose Aguilar was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer. Carlos Gastelum was 2-for-4.
The game: Mexicali got one in the second and two in the third. Still leading 3-0 after four, they put it away with a five-run fifth. They had three walks, three singles, a double, and two sacrifice flies in the inning. The only Hermosillo runs came on the Aguilar two-run homer in the eighth.