Productive outs make the difference in a pitchers' duel.

MAYAGUEZ 2, CAGUAS 1 IN CAGUAS

Twins:  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 0-for-4 with a walk.  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 1-for-3 with an RBI.

Mayaguez:  Luis Montanez was 3-for-4.  Randy Ruiz was 0-for-2 with three walks.  Hector Hernandez (Arizona) pitched four innings, giving up one run on four hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Caguas:  Andy Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a run.  Ramon Castro was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Efrain Nieves (Toronto) struck out six in six shutout innings, allowing three hits and two walks.

The game:  Gonzalez and Jeff Dominguez led off the Caguas second with singles.  They then pulled off a double steal and Gonzalez scored on a ground out to put Caguas up 1-0.  For a while it looked like that might hold up, because there was no more scoring until the seventh, when Martin Maldonado (Milwaukee) was hit by a pitch, went to third on a single, and scored on a ground out to tie it at one.  Mayaguez took the lead in the eighth, when Luis Figueroa singled, went to second on a passed ball, took third on a wild pitch, and scored on Maldonado's sacrifice fly.  Caguas got a pair of one-out singles in the ninth, but a fly out and a ground out ended the game.

PLAYOFF SERIES

Mayaguez takes the lead over Caguas in the best-of-seven series three games to two.