Day fourteen of the playoffs. Twins didn't do much. Zulia put it away early.
ANZOATEGUI 4, LA GUAIRA 1 IN LA GUAIRA
Twins: Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 0-for-5.
Anzoategui: Oscar Salazar was 2-for-4 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in two. Jose Castillo was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI. Daryl Thompson pitched six innings, giving up one run on two hits and one walk with one strikeout.
La Guaira: Joe Thurston was 2-for-3 with a run. Junior Guerra struck out nine in 5.2 innings, allowing one run on four hits and one walk.
The game: There was no score until the fourth, when a pair of singles followed by a pair of force outs plated one for La Guaira. In the fifth, Castillo singled, stole second, and scored on a Luis Nunez single to tie the score. It stayed 1-1 until the eighth. The first two Anzoategui batters went out, but a pair of singles and a wild pitch put runners on second and third, Salazar doubled them both home, and Castillo singled in Salazar to make it 4-1. La Guaira did not advance anyone past first base after that.
ZULIA 9, CARACAS 4 IN ZULIA
Twins: Oswaldo Arcia (Zulia) was 0-for-4 with an RBI.
Caracas: Alex Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his third. Jesus Aguilar (Cleveland) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run (his third), scoring twice. Jose Ascanio pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks with two strikeouts.
Zulia: Freddy Galvis (Philadelphia) was 2-for-5 with a double and a homer (his second), scoring twice and driving in four. Ender Inciarte (Arizona) was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one. Raul Rivero struck out five in 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing seven hits and two walks.
The game: In the first, Inciarte scored from first on a Galvis double and later a pair of productive outs scored Galvis to give Zulia a 2-0 lead. Zulia added four in the second with Inciarte singling in one and Galvis hitting a three-run homer, to put the game out of reach early. It was 7-0 after three and 9-0 after seven. Caracas finally got on the board with three in the eighth and one in the ninth but did not threaten to get back into the game.
PLAYOFF STANDINGS
Magallanes, 8-3
Anzoategui, 6-5
Caracas, 6-5
Zulia, 4-7
La Guaira, 4-8