A rare good day for Eddie Rosario.  A comeback with for Mayaguez.

MAYAGUEZ 4, CAGUAS 3 AT MAYAGUEZ

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 2-for-4 with a double.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 1-for-3.

Caguas:  Ramon Castro was 3-for-4 with two RBIs.  Alberto Gonzalez (Yankees) was 1-for-3 with two walks and a run.  J. Ortiz was 1-for-3 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one.

Mayaguez:  Michael Taylor (Oakland) was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Randy Ruiz was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth) and two RBIs.  Hector Hernandez (St. Louis) pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk, striking out one.

The game:  Caguas scored two in the third to take a 3-1 lead.  Mayaguez got one in the bottom of the third and two in the sixth to take a 4-3 lead and made it hold up.

SANTURCE 9, CAROLINA 6 IN SANTURCE

Carolina:  Ruben Gotay was 4-for-5 with two doubles and two runs.  Luis Matos was 3-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.  Raul Rivera (Houston) struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.

Santurce:  Neftali Soto (Cincinnati) was 4-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in three.  Jesus Lopez was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring three times and driving in one.  J Rodriguez was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two RBIs.

The game:  Santurce scored three in the first and four in the second to build a 7-1 lead.  It was still a six-run lead, 9-3, after five.  Carolina got two in the seventh and one in the ninth to make the final score look better.