Venezuelan View: Games of October 22

Strong pitching carries Magallanes.  Junior Guerra pitches like Senior Guerra.  A home run barrage lifts Anzoategui.

MAGALLANES 4, CARACAS 1 IN CARACAS

Magallanes:  Jake Opitz (Philadelphia) was 1-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one.  Luis Nunez (Tampa Bay) was 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Dustin Richardson (Angels) struck out six in five innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks.

Caracas:  Luis Antonio Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Felix Perez (Cincinnati) was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Jarrett Grube (Angels) pitched three shutout innings, allowing one hit and no walks with two strikeouts.

The game:  Opitz tripled in a run in the seventh and came in on a Nunez single to make the score 4-1.  Caracas brought the tying run up to bat in the bottom of the seventh but their last seven batters were retired.

LA GUAIRA 8, LARA 2 IN LARA

La Guaira:  Alex Castellanos (San Diego) was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his second), scoring twice.  Odubel Herrera (Texas) was 2-for-5 with a triple and a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Junior Guerra pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on three hits and no walks with five strikeouts.

Lara:  Brian Hernandez (Angels) was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs.  Lara had only three hits.

The game:  Guillermo Rodriguez doubled in two in the fourth to put La Guaira ahead 3-1.  Herrera's two-run triple in the seventh made it 5-1 and a two-run homer by Herrera in the eighth made it 7-2.

ANZOATEGUI 13, MARGARITA 3 IN ANZOATEGUI

Margarita:  Eliezer Alfonzo was 1-for-3 with a home run, his second.  Junior Sosa was 2-for-3 with a run.

Anzoategui:  Brandon Allen (Mets) was 2-for-5 with two home runs and a walk, driving in five.  Balbino Fuenmayor (Toronto) was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his second and third) and five RBIs.  Paolo Espino (Washington) pitched five innings, allowing one run on three hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Anzoategui got a two-run homer by Allen and a three-run homer by Fuenmayor in the fourth to go up 5-1.  They got a three-run homer by Allen and a two-run homer by Fuenmayor in the fifth to go up 10-1.

TODAY'S TILTS

Margarita at Caracas

Lara at Aragua

Magallanes at Anzoategui

La Guaira at Zulia