ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE
PEORIA 5, SURPRISE 2 IN PEORIA
With Peoria up 3-2, Guillermo Heredia delivered a two-out two-run single in the eighth to secure the win. Nick Gordon was 1-for-4 for Surprise and is batting .351. Mitch Garver pinch-hit and was 0-for-1. Tanner English was 1-for-2 with a walk. Mason Melotakis pitched one inning, giving up a run on three hits and no walks with no strikeouts. Randy Rosario struck out two in one inning, giving up two unearned runs on a hit and a walk. Surprise leads Glendale by a half game and Peoria by a full game with one game remaining. Glendale and Peoria play each other today while Surprise hosts Salt River. The league is incredibly balanced. Surprise has the best record at 16-14-1. Everyone else is within a game of .500 except for Scottsdale, which is 13-18.
GLENDALE 10, MESA 0 IN MESA
Glendale scored six runs in the first four innings and then added four in the sixth. Austin Gomber struck out seven in six shutout innings for Glendale, giving up two hits and no walks.
SCOTTSDALE 4, SALT RIVER 0 IN SCOTTSDALE
Scottsdale scored two in the first and led all the way. James Kaprielian pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and two walks with four strikeouts for Scottsdale. Gleyber Torres was 3-for-4 with a double for Scottsdale, scoring twice and driving in one.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
MARGARITA 3, LA GUAIRA 1 IN LA GUAIRA
An RBI single by Carlos Garcia broke a 1-1 tie in the fifth and Margarita added an insurance run in the ninth. Ryan O'Rourke started for Margarita and struck out four in four innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk.
ZULIA 6, MAGALLANES 5 IN ZULIA
Zulia scored four in the first, only to see Magallanes catch up at 5-5 in the ninth. Jose Pirela led off the bottom of the ninth with a double and scored on Giovanny Urshela's single to win it for Zulia. Luis Arraez was 3-for-5 for Magallanes and is batting .387.
LARA 7, ARAGUA 5 IN ARAGUA
Lara scored three in the fourth to go up 3-0. They still led 7-3 going to the bottom of the ninth, when Aragua scored two and had the tying run on base with none out. A double play and a strikeout ended the game. Hector Gimenez was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI and Jesus Montero was 3-for-5 with a run and two RBIs, both for Lara.
ANZOATEGUI 9, CARACAS 5 IN ANZOATEGUI
Tomas Telis hit a grand slam in a five-run fifth that put Anzoategui up 8-3. Telis was 2-for-4 and scored twice.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
ESCOGICO 6, ORIENTE 4 IN ESCOGIDO
Mark Thomas hit a two-run homer in a three-run Escogido second and they never trailed. Daniel Palka was 0-for-2 with a walk for Escogido.
ESTE 2, AGUILAS 1 IN ESTE
An error tied it 1-1 in the top of the ninth, but another error gave Este the win in the bottom of the ninth. Bryan Evans pitched six shutout innings for Este, giving up one hit and one walk while striking out three.
LICEY 10, GIGANTES 6 AT GIGANTES
Licey led 3-0 after one, trailed 5-4 after two, tied it at six in the fifth, and went into the lead to stay with two in the seventh. Diory Hernandez was 4-for-6 with two runs and an RBI. Wily Mo Pena was 3-for-4 with an RBI.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
CAGUAS 4, CAROLINA 1 IN CAROLINA
Kelly Dugan's two-run homer in the sixth put Caguas up 4-0 and left them in control of the game. J. J. Fernandez was 0-for-3 for Carolina.
AGUADILLA AT MAYAGUEZ
This game is listed as a forfeit, with the note "refusal". It appears that it was Aguadilla that refused and forfeited, but nothing actually comes out and says that. I'll let you know if I find out more about what happened.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
OBREGON 5, NAVOJOA 3 IN OBREGON
Justin Greene had an RBI double in the third and scored later in the inning to put Obregon up 4-2. Corey Wimberly was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs for Obregon.
LOS MOCHIS 8, JALISCO 0 IN LOS MOCHIS
Los Mochis took a 5-0 lead with five in the second and controlled the game the rest of the way. Luis Niebla pitched five shutout innings, giving up one hit and four walks while striking out four for Los Mochis.
MAZATLAN 8, HERMOSILLO 5 IN HERMOSILLO
Mazatlan led 4-0 after one, trailed 5-4 after four, but went into the lead to stay with a three-run seventh. They had only one hit in the inning, aided by two walks, a hit batsman, and an error. Yunesky Sanchez was 2-for-4 with a double for Mazatlan, scoring once and driving in one.
CULIACAN 6, MAZATLAN 1 IN MAZATLAN
Issmael Salas' two-run single capped a four-run first that gave Culiacan all the runs it needed. Ryota Igarashi pitched struck out twelve in eight shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks, for Culiacan.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE*
BRISBANE 3, CANBERRA 2 IN BRISBANE
Aaron Whitefield scored from second on a ground out in the seventh, breaking a 2-2 tie and leading to a win for Brisbane. Mitch Nilsson was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in one, for Brisbane.
*Game actually played November 17. It's timey-wimey.