Lots of Twins pitchers in the AFL yesterday.
ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE
Twins: LaMonte Wade was 0-for-2 with a walk. Ryan Eades struck out two in 1.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits and no walks. Tyler Jay struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up two walks. Tom Hackimer pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks while striking out one. Andrew Vasquez struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
GLENDALE 6, SURPRISE 2 IN SURPRISE
Glendale scored four in the third to take a 5-0 lead and put the game out of reach early. D. J. Peters (Dodgers) hit a home run, his second. Each team had six hits.
PEORIA 5, MESA 4 IN PEORIA (10 INNINGS)
It was tied 3-3 after nine. Mesa scored one in the top of the tenth. In the bottom of the tenth, Peoria's Michael Chavis (Boston) led off the inning with a two-run homer, something that's only possible due to the goofy "start the inning with a man on second" rule. The home run was Chavis' second. Eric Filia (Seattle) was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs. Walter Lockett (San Diego) struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and four walks. For Mesa, Framber Valdez (Houston) pitched four shutout innings, giving up four hits and a walk with two strikeouts.
SALT RIVER 7, SCOTTSDALE 6 IN SALT RIVER (11 INNINGS)
The goofy rule was used in this game as well. It was 5-5 after nine and each team scored once in the tenth. Corey Ray (Milwaukee) doubled home the go-ahead run in the top of the eleventh. Anthony Santander (Baltimore) hit a two-run homer. For Scottsdale, Chadwick Tromp (Cincinnati) was 3-for-5 with a home run and Taylor Sparks (Cincinnati) was 2-for-4 with a home run, his fourth.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Twins: None.
CARACAS 2, MARGARITA 1 IN CARACAS
A sacrifice fly in the fourth put Margarita ahead 1-0, and the lead almost held up. In the bottom of the ninth, however, Wilfredo Tovar tripled, Carlos Perez doubled to tie it, and Gregorio Petit singled home the winning run. Efrain Nieves pitched four innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks while striking out two. Logan Darnell pitched 5.2 scoreless innings for Margarita, giving up five hits and one walk while striking out four.
ANZOATEGUI 6, MAGALLANES 2 IN ANZOATEGUI
Anzoategui scored three in the sixth to take a 5-2 lead. Balbino Fuenmayor was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second) and a double, driving in four. Fernando Cruz pitched five innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks while striking out two. Adonis Garcia was 3-for-4 to lead Magallanes.
ARAGUA 1, LA GUAIRA 0 IN ARAGUA
It was scoreless until the bottom of the ninth, when a walk, a bunt, and a single by Osniel Madera won it for Aragua. Freddy Garcia pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up three hits and no walks while striking out five. Junior Guerra pitched four shutout innings for La Guaira, giving up two hits and three walks while striking out one.
LARA AT ZULIA
Postponed due to wet grounds.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
NAVOJOA 3, LOS MOCHIS 2 IN NAVOJOA
Alan Sanchez singled home a run in the eighth to break a 2-2 tie. Randy Arozarena was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth) and a double. Zack Dodson struck out seven in 4.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and four walks. Sebastian Valle hit a home run for Los Mochis, his fifth. Roy Merritt pitched five innings for Los Mochis, giving up two runs on six hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
CULIACAN 7, HERMOSILLO 6 IN CULIACAN
Culiacan lost a 3-0 lead, falling behind 5-3, but came back with three in the eighth to go ahead to stay. Sebastian Elizalde's two-run single gave Culiacan the lead. Alfredo Amezaga was 3-for-4 with a walk. Daniel Rodriguez pitched 3.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts. For Hermosillo, Efren Navarro was 3-for-5 with two doubles, Jose Amador was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third) and a double, and Fernando Perez was 2-for-5 with a three-run homer, his fifth.
MAZATLAN 11, OBREGON 1 IN MAZATLAN
Mazatlan scored three in the second to go ahead 4-1 and a seven-run eighth put the game out of reach. Jeremias Pineda was 3-for-4. Gilberto Galaviz was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer. Alfonso Sanchez pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks while striking out one.
JALISCO 6, MEXICALI 2 IN MEXICALI
Edson Garcia's three-run double in the second gave Jalisco a 3-0 lead, which was all the runs they needed. Mexicali cut the lead to 3-2 in the seventh, but Jalisco added two in the eighth and one in the ninth. Garcia was 2-for-4. Daniel Guerrero pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on two hits and three walks while striking out four.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Twins: Adalberto Mejia pitched two innings, giving up four runs (two earned) on four hits and no walks while striking out two.
GIGANTES 6, ESCOGIDO 4 IN ESCOGIDO (11 INNINGS)
The Gigantes scored four in the first, Escogido scored four in the second, and that was it until the eleventh, when the Gigantes scored two to win it. Rosell Herrera was 1-for-4 with a double and a walk, driving in three.
LICEY 7, ESTRELLAS 4 AT ESTRELLAS (10 INNINGS)
Engel Beltre had a two-run triple in a three-run tenth to give Licey the win. Beltre was 3-for-6. Cam Gallagher was 3-for-5 with a double. Daniel Lugo was 3-for-5. The two teams combined to use eighteen pitchers.
AGUILAS 2, TOROS 1 AT AGUILAS
Ronny Rodriguez tied it with an RBI single in the eighth and Zoilo Almonte won it with a run-scoring double in the ninth. Yunesky Maya pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks while striking out five. Paolo Espino struck out six in six shutout innings for the Toros, giving up two hits and two walks.