ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE

SURPRISE 4, SALT RIVER 2 IN SURPRISE

Nick Gordon singled in Scott Heineman to cap a three-run fifth that put Surprise up 3-2.  Surprise added an insurance run in the sixth and Salt River did not get the tying run on base.  Gordon was 1-for-4 with an RBI and is batting .346.  Mitch Garver was 1-for-4 with a run.  Tanner English was 0-for-3.  John Curtiss struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up only a walk.  The win clinched the West Division championship for Surprise.  They will play Mesa for the league championship on Saturday.

GLENDALE 3, PEORIA 1 IN PEORIA

Glendale scored all three of its runs in the second inning and made it stand up.  Francis Martes struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.

SCOTTSDALE 6, MESA 6 IN SCOTTSDALE

Mesa scored two in the eighth to tie it 6-6 and the game was called after nine innings.  Ties are not unusual in the AFL, but they usually play at least one extra inning and often two.  It's interesting because Mesa won the East Division by a half game over Salt River--had extra innings been played, it's possible Mesa would have lost and dropped into a tie.  Maybe Mesa would've been the division champion on a tiebreaker anyway--I don't know how AFL tie-breakers work--but it still seems a little odd.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

ZULIA 6, MAGALLANES 3 IN ZULIA

A four-run first provided all the runs Zulia would need.  Giovanny Urshela was 3-for-4 with a home run (his third) and two doubles for Zulia, driving in four.

CARACAS 6, ANZOATEGUI 5 IN ANZOATEGUI (10 INNINGS)

Anzoategui tied it 5-5 in the bottom of the ninth, but Jesus Guzman delivered a two-out RBI single in the tenth to win it for Caracas.  Luis Diaz struck out six in five innings for Caracas, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks.

LARA 3, MARGARITA 2 IN LARA

Margarita led 2-1 going to the bottom of the ninth, but Ildemaro Vargas doubled in the tying run and Luis Nunez singled home the winning run for Lara.  Jesus Montero was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk for Lara, driving in one.

LA GUAIRA AT ARAGUA

Rained out.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

LICEY 4, GIGANTES 0 IN LICEY

Two singles, an error, and a pair of RBI ground outs but Licey up 2-0 in the fourth and their pitchers took it from there.  Cesar Valdez pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks with four strikeouts for Licey.  Marco Hernandez was 4-for-4 with two RBIs for Licey.

ORIENTE 4, AGUILAS 2 AT AGUILAS (6 1/2 INNINGS--RAIN)

Oriente scored two in the second and two in the fourth to take a 4-0 lead.  Aneury Tavarez was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

NAVOJOA 5, OBREGON 3 IN OBREGON

Niko Vasquez' RBI single in the ninth broke a 3-3 tie and a squeeze bunt brought home an insurance run for Navojoa.  Humberto Sosa was 2-for-4 for Navojoa.

JALISCO 1, LOS MOCHIS 0 IN LOS MOCHIS

Japhet Amador homered (his second) in the fourth inning for the game's only run.  Daniel Guerrero struck out seven in six shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks for Jalisco.

HERMOSILLO 10, MAZATLAN 8 IN HERMOSILLO

Hermosillo trailed 7-5 after seven but scored five in the eighth to win.  Jose Amador hit a grand slam (his ninth homer) to put Hermosillo ahead to stay.  Efren Navarro was 3-for-4 with a run and three RBIs for Hermosillo.

MEXICALI 6, CULIACAN 2 IN MEXICALI

C. J. Retherford hit a two-run homer (his sixth) in the fifth to break a scoreless tie and Mexicali added three in the sixth to go up 5-0.  Javier Solano pitched 6.2 innings for Mexicali, giving up two runs on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.  Yordanys Linares was 3-for-5 with two doubles and two runs for Mexicali.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE*

BRISBANE 8, CANBERRA 3 IN BRISBANE

Aaron Whitefield's two-run single in the seventh broke a 2-2 tie and Brisbane led the rest of the way.  Whitefield was 2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.  Logan Wade was 1-for-5 with two runs and an RBI.

SYDNEY 13, ADELAIDE 4 IN SYDNEY

Sydney scored all of its runs in innings two through five, getting two in the second, three in the third, three in the fourth, and five in the fifth.  Malik Collymore was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, scoring twice and driving in six.

MELBOURNE 8, PERTH 1 IN MELBOURNE

Allan de San Miguel hit a three-run homer in a four-run third that put Melbourne ahead 6-1.  Mark Hamburger struck out six in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.  de San Miguel was 3-for-5 with a double as well as a home run and drove in five.

*Games actually played November 18 because timey-wimey.