Puerto Rican Publication: Games of 12/22

Each Twins player got one hit.  Figueroa figures in all the Mayaguez runs.

MAYAGUEZ 3, PONCE 1 IN MAYAGUEZ

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

Ponce:  Reymond Fuentes (San Diego) was 2-for-4 with a triple and a run.  Giancarlo Alvarado pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

Mayaguez:  Luis Figueroa was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Irving Falu (Milwaukee) was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Hiram Burgos (Milwaukee) pitched six shutout innings, allowing two hits and no walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  Figueroa singled in a run in the fifth to break a scoreless tie.  He doubled in two in the seventh to make it 3-0.  The lone Ponce run came in the ninth when Fuentes tripled and scored on a ground out.  Ponce did not get the tying run up to bat.

CAGUAS 3, CAROLINA 1 IN CAGUAS

Carolina:  Jobduan Morales (Houston) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double.  Anthony Garcia (St. Louis) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run.  Raul Rivera (Houston) pitched five innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

Caguas:  Juan Silva (Dodgers) was 1-for-2 with two walks and a run.  Roberto Pena (Houston) was 1-for-4 with a double.  Michael Nix pitched 5.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

The game:  In the third, Silva singled, stole second, and scored on a throwing error to put Caguas ahead 1-0.  Robinson Cancel cancelled that lead in the sixth with an RBI single, but Caguas got it back in the bottom of the sixth Johnny Monell (Baltimore) drove in a run with a single to make it 2-1.  Pena's RBI double made it 3-1 after eight.  Carolina brought the tying run to bat in the ninth, but never got him on base.