Winter Wonderland: Games of October 21

The Dominican League has started.  The Twins have at least one player there.

ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

SALT RIVER 3, SURPRISE 2 IN SALT RIVER

Kade Scivicque's RBI single in the sixth broke a 2-2 tie.  Mitch Garver was 1-for-4 for Surprise.  Mason Melotakis pitched one inning, giving up one run on two hits and a walk with one strikeout for Surprise.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

ZULIA 4, CARACAS 3 IN CARACAS

Zulia scored two in the first and led all the way.  Reynaldo Rodriguez was 2-for-4 for Zulia.  Wilfredo Tovar was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run for Caracas.

MARGARITA 5, ARAGUA 3 IN ARAGUA

Gabriel Noriega's RBI double broke a 3-3 tie in the ninth and Margarita added an insurance run on a sacrifice fly.  Ryan O'Rourke pitched two-thirds of an inning for Margarita, giving up one run on one hit.

MAGALLANES 3, LARA 2 IN MAGALLANES

Magallanes scored single runs in the third, sixth, and seventh to take a 3-0 lead, then held on as Lara scored two in the ninth and had the tying run thrown out at the plate to end the game.  Luis Arraez was 0-for-4 for Magallanes.

ANZOATEGUI 5, LA GUAIRA 4 IN ANZOATEGUI

RBI singles by Rossmel Perez and Luis Domoromo in the seventh inning turned a 4-3 deficit into a 5-4 lead.  Heiker Meneses was 2-for-4 with a triple and a double, driving in three for La Guaira.  Niko Goodrum was 1-for-5 for Anzoategui.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

GIGANTES 4, AGUILAS 0 AT GIGANTES

A three-run fifth put the Gigantes up 4-0.  Carlos Paulino was 0-for-3 for the Gigantes.

LICEY 4, ESCOGIDO 3 IN LICEY

A bases-loaded walk to Rymer Liriano brought home the go-ahead run in the seventh.

ORIENTE 5, ESTE 3 IN ESTE

It was 1-0 Este after seven, but in the eighth Junior Lake hit a two-run double and Audy Ciriaco hit a three-run homer to give Oriente the win.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

CULIACAN 6, JALISCO 2 IN JALISCO

Four singles and a sacrifice fly produced three first-inning runs for Culiacan and they were in control all the way.

LOS MOCHIS 2, MAZATLAN 1 IN LOS MOCHIS

The go-ahead run scored on an error in the eighth.

NAVOJOA 5, MEXICALI 1 IN NAVOJOA

Yosmany Guerra's two-run single gave Navojoa a 4-1 lead in the fourth and they were never in trouble after that.

HERMOSILLO 6, OBREGON 3 IN HERMOSILLO

With Hermosillo trailing 3-2, Roberto Ramos hit a pinch-hit grand slam in the seventh to put Hermosillo ahead to stay.