Mexican Matchups

A look at the Mexican Pacific League.

FIRST HALF STANDINGS

Obregon, 21-13
Jalisco, 21-14
Mexicali, 19-16
Culiacan, 19-16
Los Mochis, 19-16
Mazatlan, 16-18
Hermosillo, 13-22
Navojoa, 11-24

SECOND HALF STANDINGS

Jalisco, 21-12
Culiacan, 19-14
Mexicali, 18-15
Los Mochis, 15-18
Mazatlan, 15-18
Hermosillo, 15-18
Navojoa, 15-18
Obregon, 14-19

PLAYOFFS

Six teams qualify for the playoffs.  First round series are best-of-seven.  Here's how the first round of playoffs is going.

Jalisco swept Mazatlan, four games to none.  The games were all close and low-scoring, with Jalisco winning by 4-1, 2-0, 3-2, and 4-1.

Los Mochis and Culiacan are tied 2-2.  Culiacan won game one 5-0, Los Mochis took games two and three by scores of 10-0 and 6-3, respectively, and Culiacan won game four 2-1.

Obregon leads Mexicali 3-1.  Obregon won the first game 7-0, Mexicali took game two 3-1, and Obregon has won games three and four by scores of 6-4 and 3-1, respectively.

FINAL REGULAR SEASON STATS

BATTING LEADERS

AVERAGE

Gil Velazquez, Mexicali, .344
Jose Manuel Rodriguez, Jalisco, .341
Maxwell Leon, Culiacan, .333
Jerry Owens, Hermosillo, .333

HOME RUNS

Japhet Amador, Jalisco, 13
Carlos Valencia, Obregon, 13
John Lindsey, Mexicali, 12

RBIs

Japhet Amador, Jalisco, 54
Jose Manuel Rodriguez, Jalisco, 48
Olmo Rosario, Mazatlan, 44

STOLEN BASES

Rico Noel, Culiacan, San Diego, 28
Corey Wimberly, Obregon, 17
Leo Heras, Jalisco, Houston, 14

OBP

Leo Heras, Jalisco, Houston, .429
Gil Velazquez, Mexicali, .406
Jose Manuel Rodriguez, Jalisco, .392
Jesus Castillo, Mazatlan, .392

SLUGGING

Jose Manuel Rodriguez, Jalisco, .535
Leo Heras, Jalisco, Houston, .513
Xorge Carrillo, Mexicali, Mets, .507

OPS

Leo Heras, Jalisco, Houston, .942
Jose Manuel Rodriguez, Jalisco, .927
Xorge Carrillo, Mexicali, Mets, .855

PITCHING LEADERS

ERA

Eddie Gamboa, Navojoa, Baltimore, 1.83
Amilcar Gaxiola, Mazatlan, 2.47
Marco Antonio Duarte, Mexicali, 2.74

WINS

Amilcar Gaxiola, Mazatlan, 9
Javier Solano, Mexicali, 8
Orlando Lara, Jalisco, 7

SAVES

Jonathan Arias, Obregon, 19
Brian Broderick, Jalisco, Kansas City, 16
Francisco Rodriguez, Mexicali, 14

INNINGS

Walter Silva, Mazatlan, 88.2
Juan Pablo Oramas, Culiacan, 78
Marco Tovar, Jalisco, 77

STRIKEOUTS

Juan Pablo Oramas, Culiacan, 78
Irwin Delgado, Obregon, 71
Salvador Valdez, Culiacan, 66

WHIP

Eddie Gamboa, Navojoa, Baltimore, 0.92
Arturo Lopez, Obregon, 1.10
Juan Pablo Oramas, Culiacan, 1.15

TWINS PLAYERS

Eric Farris, Culiacan, .309/.348/.401 in 207 at-bats.
Brock Peterson, Mexicali, .250/.329/.382 in 68 at-bats.