Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of November 20

An excellent game for David Hurlbut.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

LARA 8, ANZOATEGUI 2 IN LARA

Twins:  None.

Jesus Montero hit a two-run single in a five-run fourth that put Lara up 7-0.  Montero was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.  Nestor Molina pitched six shutout innings, giving up four hits while striking out two.  For Anzoategui, Willians Astudillo was 2-for-3 with a home run (his second) and a walk.

MARGARITA 6, MAGALLANES 4 IN MARGARITA

Imeldo Diaz had a two-run triple in a three-run second that put Margarita in the lead to stay.  They led 5-0 before Magallanes came back to cut the lead to 5-4 in the seventh.  Margarita got an insurance run in the bottom of the seventh.  Ex-Twin Logan Darnell pitched six innings, giving up one run on eight hits and two walks while striking out three.  For Magallanes, Luis Torrens was 3-for-4 with a double and Mario LIsson was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his third.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

NORTH ALL-STARS 3, SOUTH ALL-STARS 1

The North scored one on a sacrifice fly in the fourth.  In the seventh, Jose Amador homered and Alan Sanchez tripled and scored on an Alejandro Flores single.  The lone South run came on consecutive one-out singles by Yadir Drake, Joey Meneses, and Amadeo Zazueta.  Xorge Carrillo was 2-for-2 for the North.  Zazueta was 2-for-2 for the South.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  David Hurlbut (Licey) struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk.  T. J. White (Gigantes) was 0-for-2.

LICEY 3, GIGANTES 1 AT GIGANTES

A sacrifice fly and a bases-loaded walk broke a 1-1 tie in the seventh.  Licey had only three hits but drew six walks.  One of the hits was a home run by Yermin Mercedes.  Hurlbut was the pitching star, as detailed above.  For the Gigantes, Patrick Johnson struck out six in five innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk.

ESTRELLAS AT AGUILAS

Rained out.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.