An easy win for Obregon. An eighth-inning rally lifts Jalisco. Mazatlan nearly blows a big lead, but puts it away in the ninth.
OBREGON 9, LOS MOCHIS 1 IN OBREGON
Twins: Corey Wimberly was 1-for-2 with an RBI for Obregon.
Los Mochis: Juan Carlos Gamboa was 3-for-4 with a home run, his third. Emmanuel Avila was 2-for-3. Oswaldo Pacheco struck out three in 3.1 scoreless innings, giving up five hits and a walk.
Obregon: Carlos Valencia was 2-for-5 with two home runs and three RBIs. Jake Smolinski (Texas) was 2-for-2 with a home run (his second) and four RBIs. Arturo Lopez pitched six shutout innings, allowing four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.
The game: With Obregon already leading 4-0, Valencia hit a two-run homer in the fifth followed by Smolinski's three-run blast, making it 9-0 after five.
JALISCO 3, MEXICALI 1 IN JALISCO
Mexicali: Brock Peterson (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Marco Antonio Duarte pitched seven innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks with five strikeouts.
Jalisco: Japhet Amador was 3-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs. Leo Heras (Houston) was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in one. Marco Tovar struck out six in six innings, allowing one run on three hits and two walks.
The game: Heras' RBI double in the eighth broke a 1-1 tie. He came around to score on Amador's single. Mexicali did not get a hit after the seventh.
NAVOJOA 4, HERMOSILLO 1 IN HERMOSILLO
Navojoa: Reggie Abercrombie was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer (his second) and two RBIs. Alejandro Gonzalez was 1-for-3 with a home run. Alejandro Soto struck out nine in seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks.
Hermosillo: Cole Garner was 1-for-3 with a double. Carlos Alberto Gastelum was 1-for-3 with a run. Jesus Castillo pitched two perfect innings.
The game: A two-run fourth gave Navojoa a 3-0 lead. Hermosillo scored one in the sixth and had the tying run on base, but a caught stealing ended the inning.
MAZATLAN 9, CULIACAN 4 IN CULIACAN
Mazatlan: Jose Manuel Orozco was 2-for-6 with a two-run homer and a double, scoring twice. Hector Paez was 2-for-5 with three runs and an RBI. Amilcar Gaxiola pitched five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and one walk with four strikeouts.
Culican: J. C. Linares was 2-for-3 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one. Joey Meneses (Atlanta) was 3-for-4 with a double. Jose Meraz pitched 1.2 scoreless innings despite allowing two hits and a walk.
The game: Olmo Rosario had a two-run single in a four-run fourth that put Mazatlan ahead 6-0. Culiacan pecked away, scoring single runs in the fourth, fifth, sixth, and eighth to cut the lead to 6-4, but Orozco hit a two-run homer to cap a three-run ninth that put the game out of reach.
SUNDAY'S GAMES
Mexicali at Jalisco
Los Mochis at Obregon
Navojoa at Hermosillo
Mazatlan at Culiacan