VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
AGUILAS 4, LICEY 3 AT AGUILAS
Licey led 3-1 after five, but Zoilo Almonte hit a two-run homer in the sixth to tie it and Francisco Pena delivered an RBI single in the seventh to give Aguilas the lead. Danny Santana was used as a pinch-hitter by the Aguilas and was 0-for-1. Almonte was 3-for-4.
The Aguilas lead the best-of-nine series 1-0.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
SANTURCE 3, CAGUAS 1 IN SANTRUCE
All the runs were scored in the fourth inning. Ruben Gotay doubled home a run in the top of the inning and Christian Vazquez delivered a two-run single in a three-run bottom of the inning. Adalberto Flores struck out five in five innings for Santurce, giving up one run on seven hits and no walks.
Santurce leads the best-of- nine series 3-2.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
LOS MOCHIS 3, CULIACAN 1 IN LOS MOCHIS
Culiacan took a 1-0 lead in the sixth, but Sebastian Valle came through with a two-run double in the seventh and later scored on Eugenio Velez' RBI triple. Leandro Castro was 2-for-4 with a run for Los Mochis. Roy Merritt pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk with two strikeouts.
Los Mochis wins the best-of-seven series 4-3.
MEXICALI 4, HERMOSILLO 3 IN MEXICALI (16 INNINGS)
Each team scored two in the first. O'Koyea Dickson homered in the fifth to put Hermosillo ahead 3-2, but Yordanys Linares' RBI single in the seventh tied it 3-3. There was no more scoring until the sixteenth, when Luis Juarez singled home Chris Roberson with the game-winning and series-winning run. Jake Sanchez struck out eleven in 7.1 scoreless innings of relief for Mexicali, giving up two hits and two walks. Juarez was 4-for-7 with a double and two RBIs. Yuniesky Betancourt was 4-for-8 with a double for Mexicali, scoring once and driving in one. Roberson was 3-for-6 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.
Mexicali wins the best-of-seven series 4-3.
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE*
ADELAIDE 4, MELBOURNE 3 IN MELBOURNE
Mitch Dening doubled in Max Brown with the go-ahead run in the eighth. Greg Mosel struck out four in three shutout innings of relief, giving up no hits and one walk.
CANBERRA 5, SYDNEY 3 IN SYDNEY
An RBI single by Robbie Perkins in the eighth broke a 3-3 tie and Canberra got an insurance run later in the inning. Brian Grening pitched six innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and no walks with five strikeouts for Canberra, and Tim Atherton struck out four in three perfect innings of relief for Canberra. Perkins was 3-for-4 with a run and an RBI for Canberra. River Stevens hit a two-run homer for Canberra.
BRISBANE 8, PERTH 6 IN BRISBANE
John Riley hit a three-run homer in the top of the fourth to put Perth ahead 4-3, but Wade Dutton hit a two-run homer in a three-run bottom of the fourth that put Brisbane in the lead to stay. Aaron Whitefield was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk for Brisbane, scoring three times and raising his average to .351. Logan Wade was 0-for-4 for Brisbane. Mitch Nilsson hit a home run for Brisbane.
*Games played January 20. It's timey-wimey.