Day five of the playoffs.  Daniel Ortiz goes deep.  Passed balls produce all the runs in Ponce.

MAYAGUEZ 3, CAGUAS 0 IN CAGUAS

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

Mayaguez:  Irving Falu (Milwaukee) was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Jonathan Albaladejo struck out seven in six innings, giving up two hits and one walk.

Caguas:  Juan Silva (Cincinnati) was 2-for-3.  Michael Nix pitched six innings, allowing one run on three hits and no walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Ortiz broke a scoreless tie with a fifth-inning homer and put Mayaguez ahead 1-0.  Mayaguez added a pair of insurance runs with Falu's two-run double in the eighth.  Caguas came closest to scoring in the fourth, when they had a man on third with none out, and in the eighth, when they had men on first and third with one out.

PONCE 2, CAROLINA 0 IN PONCE

Carolina:  Jobduan Morales (Houston) was 1-for-4 with a double.  Anthony Garcia (St. Louis) was 2-for-4.  Willie Collazo pitched 4.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Ponce:  Rene Rivera (San Diego) was 2-for-2 with a double and a run.  Ivan De Jesus (Baltimore) was 0-for-0 with three walks.  Giancarlo Alvarado pitched six innings, allowing four hits and three walks with two strikeouts.

The game:  It was scoreless until the fifth when Rivera doubled, went to third on a bunt, and scored on a passed ball.  In the seventh, Reymond Fuentes (San Diego) reached on a fielder's choice, went to third on a stolen base-plus-error, and scored on a passed ball.  Carolina had men on second and third with one out in both the fourth and the sixth but could not score.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Mayaguez, 4-1
Ponce, 3-2
Caguas, 2-3
Carolina, 1-4