A pair of 3-2 games.

MAYAGUEZ 3, SANTURCE 2 IN SANTURCE

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3 with a walk.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3.

Mayaguez:  Randy Ruiz was 1-for-4 with a double and a run.  Michael Taylor was 0-for-2 with two walks and a run.  Ryan Tatusko (Washington) struck out five in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and no walks.

Santurce:  Neftali Soto (Cincinnati) was 3-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Christian Vazquez (Boston) was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Joseph Colon (Cleveland) pitched five shutout innings, allowing no hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  Soto hit a two-run homer in the first inning.  The runs held up until the seventh, when Mayaguez struck for three.  Vargas, Martin Maldonado, and Luis Martinez each had a run-scoring single in the inning.  The last eight Santurce batters were retired.

CAGUAS 3, PONCE 2 IN CAGUAS<?h4>

Ponce:  Jordan Lennerton (Detroit) was 3-for-4 with a double and a run.  Jonathan Mota (Cubs) was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Yuki Egarashi pitched four innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks with one strikeout.

Caguas:  Jorge Padilla was 2-for-4 with a home run.  Edgardo Baez was 2-for-3 with a walk and a triple.  Bobby Livingston pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits and one walk with one strikeout.

The game:  Johnny Monell (Baltimore) had an RBI single in the first to give Caguas a 1-0 lead.  A run scored on a double play in the fifth to make it 2-0.  Each team scored once in the sixth.  In the eighth, Mota drove in a run with a double to make it 3-2 and put the tying run in scoring position.  Ponce also had the tying run on third with two ou tin the ninth.