A bases-clearing double lifts Jalisco.  Solo home runs will hurt you if you don't score.  Mazatlan dies with their boots.

JALISCO 4, CULIACAN 3 IN JALISCO

Twins:  Eric Farris was 0-for-3 for Culiacan.

Culiacan:  Nick Buss (Arizona) was 2-for-3 with a home run, his third.  Jorge Vazquez was 2-for-4 with a run.  Marco Camarena (Mets) pitched five innings, giving up two runs on one hit and four walks with one strikeout.

Jalisco:  Japhet Amador was 1-for-3 with a double and three RBIs.  Marquez Smith (Cincinnati) was 1-for-3 with a home run, his seventh.  Ben Kozlowski pitched five innings, allowing two runs on six hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  A sacrifice fly put Culiacan ahead 2-1 in the top of the sixth, but Amador's three-run double in the bottom of the sixth made it 4-2 Jalisco.  Culiacan got one in the seventh and put the tying run on second with one out in the eighth.

OBREGON 2, NAVOJOA 0 IN OBREGON

Navojoa:  Carlos Orrantia was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Jon Weber (Detroit) was 1-for-2 with two walks.  Eddie Gamboa (Baltimore) struck out seven in seven innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk.

Obregon:  Said Gutierrez was 3-for-3 with a home run, his fourth.  Donald Lutz (Cincinnati) was 1-for-3 with a home run (his sixth) and a walk.  Ramon Delgado (St. Louis) pitched 6.1 scoreless innings, allowing five hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

The game:  Lutz homered in the sixth and Gutierrez homered in the seventh.  Navojoa had seven hits and four walks but could not score.

MEXICALI 4, LOS MOCHIS 2 IN LOS MOCHIS

Mexicali:  Luis Juarez was 3-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Walter Ibarra (Arizona) was 3-for-4 with two runs.  Horacio Ramirez pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk with no strikeouts.

Los Mochis:  Antonio Lamas was 2-for-3 with two walks.  Joan Carlos Pedroso was 1-for-3 with a home run.  Tomas Solis pitched 5.2 innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on six hits and no walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Juarez' RBI double in the sixth broke a 2-2 tie.  Chris Roberson homered for an insurance run in the eighth.

HERMOSILLO 6, MAZATLAN 2 IN MAZATLAN

Hermosillo:  Jerry Owens was 2-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.  Jorge Flores (Toronto) was 1-for-3 with two runs and an RBI.  Jesse Estrada pitched five innings, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks with two strikeouts.

Mazatlan:  Olmo Rosario was 3-for-3 with two RBIs.  Gilberto Mejia was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.  Enrique Lechuga retired all eleven men he faced, striking out three.

The game:  Two throwing errors led to a three-run third for Hermosillo, giving them a 3-1 lead.  Mazatlan cut the lead to 3-2, but two more errors led to two Hermosillo runs in the fifth and gave Hermosillo control of the game.

NEXT DAY'S GAMES

Culiacan at Jalisco

Mexicali at Los Mochis

Navojoa at Obregon

Hermosillo at Mazatlan