Good games for all the Twins. Corporan takes sole proprietorship of a win for Carolina. A pair of big innings take care of things for Mayaguez.
CAROLINA 8, PONCE 4 IN CAROLINA
Twins: Josue Montanez (Ponce) pitched a perfect inning.
Ponce: Jonathan Mota (Cubs) was 2-for-4 with a home run, his third. Henry Ramos (Boston) was 2-for-5 with a home run, his fourth. Reymond Fuentes (San Diego) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.
Carolina: Osvaldo Martinez (Dodgers) was 3-for-4 with a homer and two runs. Carlos Corporan (Houston) was 1-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs. Joe Testa struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and no walks.
The game: Enrique Hernandez tripled in a run in the first to give Carolina a 1-0 lead. Ponce went in front with two in the second on back-to-back homers by Mota and Ramos. Carolina took the lead back in the third, tying the score on a bases-loaded walk and taking a 4-2 lead on a two-run single by Corporan. A sacrifice fly made it 5-2 after four. Each team scored once in the sixth and Carolina put it out of reach with two in the seventh.
MAYAGUEZ 11, SANTURCE 3 IN SANTURCE
Twins: Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs. Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 2-for-5 with a double and a run. Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBIs.
Mayaguez: Luis Figueroa was 1-for-4 with a grand slam, his second homer. Dee Gordon was 3-for-4 with a run and two RBIs. Hiram Burgos pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
Santurce: Neftali Soto (Cincinnati) was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his fourth. Jeff Dominguez was 2-for-3 with a walk and a run. Bryan Escanio struck out three in two shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks.
The game: Mayaguez opened the scoring with four in the second, as Ortiz and Gordon each had a two-run single. They put it away with seven in the fourth. Irving Falu (Milwaukee) singled in one, Randy Ruiz singled in two, and Figueroa killed the rally with a grand slam to put Mayaguez ahead 11-0. Santurce scored all three of its runs on Soto's three-run homer in the sixth.