Day three of the playoffs.  Brad Snyder slams Culiacan.  A home run barrage in Guasave.

MEXICALI 13, CULIACAN 6 IN CULIACAN

Twins:  Brad Boyer (Culiacan) was 1-for-4 with a home run.

Mexicali:  Brad Snyder (Texas) was 3-for-6 with three homers and six RBIs.  Xorge Carrillo (Mets) was 1-for-5 with two runs and two RBIs.  Cristhian Presichi hit a pinch-hit three-run homer.

Culiacan:  Luis Mauricio Suarez was 1-for-4 with a walk and a two-run homer.  Maxwell Leon was 2-for-5 with a run.  Luis Alfonzo Cruz was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.

The game:  Snyder's grand slam capped a five-run first inning that put Mexicali ahead 5-0.  They still led 7-1 after three-and-a-half when Culiacan tried to get back into it with a three-run fourth, with Boyer hitting a solo homer and Suarez hitting a two-run shot.  That was as close as Culiacan would come.  It was 9-5 going to the eighth, then Mexicali scored four to put the game away.  Carrillo singled in one and Presichi hit a three-run homer.

LOS MOCHIS 4, NAVOJOA 1 IN LOS MOCHIS

Navojoa:  Wes Bankston was 1-for-4 with a run.  Carlos Orrantia was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Jose Lugo pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks with four strikeouts.

Los Mochis:  Ramon Orantes was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer, his second.  Jake Fox was 1-for-2 with two walks and a home run.  Thomas Melgarejo struck out eight in 6.1 innings, allowing an unearned run on four hits and one walk.

The game:  It was scoreless until the seventh, when Orrantia's RBI single put Navojoa in front 1-0.  Fox homered in the bottom of the seventh to tie it back up.  In the eighth, a walk, a single, and a sacrifice fly put Los Mochis ahead 2-1 and a Orantes' two-run homer made it 4-1.  Navojoa went down in order in the ninth.

GUASAVE 7, HERMOSILLO 4 IN GUASAVE

Hermosillo:  Luis Alfonzo Garcia was 2-for-4 with a walk and two home runs, driving in four.  Jerry Owens was 2-for-4 with a run.

Guasave:  Jesus Cota was 2-for-3 with two home runs and three RBIs.  Leonardo Heras (Houston) was 1-for-2 with two walks and a home run, scoring three times.  Jeff Bennett pitched seven innings, allowing three runs on four hits and five walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Garcia hit a three-run homer in the first to put Hermosillo ahead 3-0.  Guasave owned the rest of the game.  A sacrifice fly/double play scored one in the first, and Guasave tied it in the second on Cota's two-run homer.  It was tied until the fifth, when Zelous Wheeler (Yankees) singled in the go-ahead run.  Cota homered again in the sixth to make it 5-3, Heras homered in the seventh to increase the lead to 6-3, and Jesus Lopez hit a home run in the eighth to make it 7-3.  Garcia's homer in the ninth cut the margin to 7-4 but the tying run did not come to bat.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Mexicali leads Culiacan three games to none.
Navojoa leads Los Mochis two games to one.
Guasave leads Hermosillo two games to one.