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VENEZUELAN WINTER LEAGUE
ANZOATEGUI 6, MAGALLANES 0 IN ANZOATEGUI
Magallanes: Yangervis Solarte (San Diego) was 1-for-3 with a walk. Yunior Novoa struck out two in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up three hits. Magallanes had only four hits in the game.
Anzoategui: Alexi Amarista (San Francisco) was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer and a double. Ehire Adrianza (San Diego) was 2-for-5 with a run and two RBIs. Daryl Thompson pitched 7.1 scoreless innings, allowing four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
The game: Adrianza's two-run single-plus-error capped a three-run second that put Anzoategui up 3-0. It stayed 3-0 until the sixth, when Adrianza had an RBI single and Amarista hit a two-run homer to make it 6-0. Magallanes only twice got a man as far as second base, both times with two out, and their last thirteen batters were retired.
Series status: Anzoategui leads the best-of-seven series 1-0.
MEXICAN PACIFIC LEAGUE
CULIACAN 4, JALISCO 2 IN CULIACAN
Jalisco: Eduardo Arredondo was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Jose Manuel Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Geoff Broussard pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit with one strikeout.
Culiacan: Issmael Salas was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double, scoring twice. Rico Noel (San Diego) was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs. Arnold Leon (Oakland) pitched eight innings, allowing two runs on four hits and one walk with seven strikeouts.
The game: Culiacan scored single runs in the first and second, but RBI doubles by Arredondo and Rodriguez in the third tied it 2-2. Maxwell Leon's RBI single put Culican up 3-2 in the fifth and a sacrifice fly made it 4-2 in the sixth. Jalisco did not get a hit after the sixth.
Series status: Culiacan leads the best-of-seven series 2-1.
DOMINICAN WINTER LEAGUE
ORIENTE 2, CIBAO 1 IN ORIENTE
Cibao: Jean Segura (Milwaukee) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Maikel Franco (Philadelphia) was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Rafael Perez pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
Oriente: Luis Jimenez (Milwaukee) was 1-for-3 with a home run. Junior Lake (Cubs) was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI. Evan MacLane pitched five shutout innings, allowing three hits and a walk with one strikeout.
The game: Jimenez hit a two-out homer in the second and a squeeze bunt brought home a run in the third to put Oriente up 2-0. Segura doubled in a run in the seventh and was in scoring position with the tying run with one out. Cibao again had the tying run on second with one out in the ninth, but again could not score.
Series status: Cibao leads the best-of-nine series 4-3.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
SANTURCE 6, MAYAGUEZ 0 IN SANTURCE
Mayaguez: Jesmeul Valentin (Philadelphia) was 1-for-2 with a walk. Scott Maine pitched a scoreless inning with one walk and one strikeout. Mayaguez had five hits, all singles.
Santurce: Reymond Fuentes (Kansas City) was 2-for-4 with two triples, scoring twice and driving in one. Ruben Sosa (Houston) was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run. Jorge Martinez struck out five in 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and no walks.
The game: Anthony Garcia homered to lead off the second and Fuentes tripled in a run and scored on a Jorge Padilla single later in the inning to make it 3-0 after two. Mayaguez only twice got a man as far as second base, both times with two out.
Series status: The best-of-seven series is tied 2-2.