An excellent outing for Deolis Guerra. Anzoategui wins with a walkoff.
MAGALLANES 7, ARAGUA 3 IN ARAGUA
Twins: Deolis Guerra (Magallanes) retired all six batters he faced, four by strikeout. Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 0-for-4. Edgar Ibarra (Aragua) pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up two runs on three hits and one walk.
Magallanes: Endy Chavez (Seattle) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two. Carlos Maldonado was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double. Alberto Callaspo (Oakland) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run.
Aragua: Wilson Ramos (Washington) was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.
The game: An RBI ground out and a run-scoring wild pitch put Magallanes ahead 2-0 in the first. Aragua came back with single runs in the first, second, and third to take a 3-2 lead, scoring runs on a ground out, a double play, and an error. They held the lead until the seventh, when Chavez hit a two-run double to put Magallanes in front and a sacrifice fly made it 5-3. Magallanes added two more in the eighth. The last fifteen Aragua batters were retired.
ZULIA 6, LARA 5 IN ZULIA
Twins: Miguel Sulbaran (Zulia) retired the only man he faced.
Lara: Gabriel Noriega (Seattle) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a double. Andrew Lambo (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-3 with two walks. Luis Valbuena (Cubs) was 1-for-2 with two walks and scored twice.
Zulia: J. C. Linares was 3-for-4 with a walk and a home run, driving in two. Sandy Leon (Washington) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double, driving in one. Freddy Galvis (Philadelphia) was 2-for-4 with a walk.
The game: In the first and in the fifth, Lara scored two and Zulia scored one, leaving Lara ahead 4-2. Hernan Perez hit a two-run double as part of a three run sixth that put Zulia up 5-4. A sacrifice fly tied it at five in the eighth. In the ninth Zulia got three singles and the third one, by Linares, brought home the game-winning run.
ANZOATEGUI 4, LA GUAIRA 2 IN ANZOATEGUI (11 INNINGS)
Twins: Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 0-for-5.
La Guaira: Rene Reyes (Dodgers) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double. Jamie Romak was 1-for-2 with two walks and a run. Mario Hollands (Philadelphia) struck out eight in six innings, giving up one run on four hits and one walk.
Anzoategui: Oscar Salazar was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his seventh and eighth) and three RBIs. Gustavo Molina was 1-for-3 with a walk and a double, scoring once. Toru Murata (Cleveland) struck out seven in five innings, allowing two runs on six hits and one walk.
The game: Salazar's homer in the second put Anzoategui up 1-0. La Guaira took a 2-1 lead in the first, scoring on a ground out and a Salvador Perez RBI single. Jackson Melian singled in a run to tie it up in the seventh. Salazar hit a two-run walkoff homer with none out in the eleventh to win it.
CARACAS 9, MARGARITA 8 IN CARACAS
Margarita: David Peralta (Arizona) was 3-for-5 with a double and a two-run homer, scoring three times. Junior Sosa (Pittsburgh) was 4-for-5 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in two. Max Ramirez (Cincinnati) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a run.
Caracas: Bobby Abreu was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs. Aharon Eggleston was 3-for-4 with three runs. Armando Galarraga pitched five innings, allowing two runs on four hits and two walks.
The game: Caracas got three in the first to take the lead. They led 4-3 going to the bottom of the seventh, when they scored four to apparently take control of the game. Abreu and Alex Gonzalez each had a two-run single in the inning. In the eighth, however, Margarita got four of their own, including Peralta's two-run homer. A sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth put Caracas up 9-7, but Margarita scored again in the ninth and had the tying run thrown out at the plate trying to score from second on a single. They still had men on second and third with two down but could not score.