Mexican Matchups: Games of October 24

Angulo angles for a Los Mochis victory.  Culiacan doesn't have to live like a Refugio.  Oyervidez makes Hermosillo say oy, vey.

LOS MOCHIS 4, OBREGON 3 IN OBREGON (10 INNINGS)

Twins:  Corey Wimberly was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI for Obregon.

Los Mochis:  Yancarlo Angulo was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer.  Justin Christian (Tampa Bay) was 1-for-5 with a home run.  Santiago Gutierrez pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks with one strikeout.

Obregon:  Albino Contreras was 2-for-3 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Dean Anna (Pittsburgh) was 1-for-3 with two walks and an RBI.  Rolando Valdez struck out eight in seven shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk.

The game:  It was scoreless until the tenth.  Angulo hit a three-run homer and Christian added a solo shot to make it 4-0.  Obregon scored three in the bottom of the tenth and had the tying run on second with two out.  In a game in which no runs were scored until the tenth, Los Mochis used nine pitchers, five of whom faced two or fewer batters.

JALISCO 3, MEXICALI 2 IN JALISCO

Mexicali:  Luis Juarez was 4-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Gil Velazquez was 1-for-3 with an RBI.  Edgar Osuna pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks with one strikeout.

Jalisco:  Cory Vaughn (Mets) was 3-for-3 with a home run.  Gabriel Gutierrez was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Graham Godfrey (Arizona) pitched six innings, allowing two unearned runs on four hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Mexicali led 2-1 after seven, but Vaughn homered in the eighth to tie it and Jalisco won it in the ninth on two errors and two walks.

CULIACAN 6, MAZATLAN 5 IN CULIACAN (10 INNINGS)

Mazatlan:  Derrick Robinson (Cincinnati) was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.  Roman Pena was 1-for-2 with three walks.  Walter Silva pitched 6.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts.

Culiacan:  Refugio Cervantes was 2-for-4 with a home run and a walk.  Sergio Gastelum was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Manny Barreda (Milwaukee) pitched a scoreless inning, allowing a walk.

The game:  Mazatlan led 4-0 after four and a half, but Mazatlan came back to tie it in the seventh and took a 5-4 lead in the eighth on Cervantes' home run.  A bases-loaded walk tied it in the ninth, but a single, a walk, a hit batsman, and a sacrifice fly won the game for Culiacan in the tenth.

NAVOJOA 4, HERMOSILLO 2 IN HERMOSILLO

Navojoa:  Rolando Acosta was 3-for-4 with two runs.  Luis Borges was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Jose Oyervidez struck out five in four shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.

Hermosillo:  Jerry Owens was 1-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Cole Garner was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Jesse Estrada struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits.

The game:  Borges had a two-run single in the second and Reggie Abercrombie doubled in two in the fifth to make it 4-0.  Hermosillo scored both of their runs in the eighth.

TODAY'S TILTS

Mexicali at Jalisco

Mazatlan at Culiacan

Los Mochis at Obregon

Navojoa at Hermosillo