VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

CARACAS 7, MAGALLANES 4 IN MAGALLANES

Jesus Guzman broke a 4-4 tie with an RBI single in the eighth and Henry Alejandro Rodriguez hit a two-run homer in the ninth to put the game out of reach.  Luis Arraez was 0-for-5 for Magallanes and is now batting .363.

ARAGUA 8, LA GUAIRA 6 IN ARAGUA

Renato Nunez' two-run homer in the seventh broke a 6-6 tie.  Nunez was 2-for-4 with a double in addition to his ninth homer, scoring twice.

ANZOATEGUI 6, LARA 5 IN LARA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Anzoategui scored three in the fifth to make it 5-5 and Denis Phipps singled home the go-ahead run in the seventh.  Rafael Ortega was 2-for-3 with a triple and a double, scoring three times and driving in one for Anzoategui.

LARA 3, ANZOATEGUI 1 IN LARA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Jesus Montero hit a two-run homer in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie.  Paulo Orlando was 2-for-3 with two runs for Lara.

MARGARITA 8, ZULIA 3 IN MARGARITA

Already leading 4-2, Margarita scored four in the eighth to put the game out of reach.  Cade Gotta had a two-run triple in the inning.  Cesar Carrillo pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks with no strikeouts.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

ORIENTE 4, GIGANTES 0 AT GIGANTES (6 1/2 INNINGS--RAIN)

Aneury Tavarez homered to lead off the fourth and Fernando Martinez hit a two-run homer later in the inning to give Oriente a 3-0 lead.  Tavarez was 2-for-3 for Oriente.

LICEY 3, AGUILAS 2 IN LICEY

It was 2-2 going to the bottom of the ninth, but Sergio Alcantara singled, was bunted to second, and scored on a Jorge Bonafacio single to win it for Licey.  Matt Koch pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

ESCOGIDO AT ESTE

Rained out.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

MAYAGUEZ 9, CAROLINA 4 IN MAYAGUEZ

Mayaguez scored three in the first and Kennys Vargas hit a grand slam in a five-run fourth that put the game out of reach.  Vargas was 2-for-4 with a triple in addition to his second home run.  He also walked and scored three times.  Dereck Rodriguez pitched one inning for Mayaguez, giving up a run on three hits to raise his ERA to 1.13.  Lean Marrero was 1-for-1 as a reserve for Carolina.  J. J. Fernandez was 2-for-3 with a walk and two RBIs for Carolina.

SANTURCE 2, AGUADILLA 1 IN SANTURCE (10 INNINGS)

Christian Vazquez homered with one out in the tenth to give Santurce the walkoff win.  Vazquez was 3-for-4 with a walk and scored twice.  Evan Grills pitched seven innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and no walks with six strikeouts.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

NORTH ALL-STARS 4, SOUTH ALL-STARS 3

It was tied 3-3 going to the bottom of the ninth.  C. J. Retherford and Jose Amador opened the bottom of the ninth with singles, putting men on first and third.  A short fly ball was the first out, but Olmo Rosario grounded to second and the South could not turn the double play, allowing the winning run to score.  Amador was 2-for-4 with a run in the game.

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ADELAIDE 10, MELBOURNE 3 IN ADELAIDE

Adelaide scored three in the third and five in the fourth to go up 8-1.  Jordan Cowan was 2-for-5 with two doubles for Adelaide, scoring twice and driving in three.

CANBERRA 21, SYDNEY 11 IN CANBERRA

Canberra led 5-0 and 6-4, fell behind 10-6, tied it 10-10, and led 12-11 after five and a half before blowing it open late.  Canberra hit five home runs and Sydney one.  Robbie Perkins was 4-for-5 with a home run and a double, scoring twice and driving in four.  Mike Reeves was 3-for-5 with a home run (his third) and a walk, scoring twice.  Kyle Perkins was 3-for-6 with two doubles, scoring three times and driving in four.