Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of November 21

Two Twins pitchers had good games.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Anderson Munoz (Zulia) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up two walks.

ARAGUA 6, ZULIA 5 IN ARAGUA

Aragua trailed 4-0 after five, cut it to 4-2 after seven, and scored four in the eighth to win.  Wuilmer Becerra had a three-run single-plus-error to bring in the tying and go-ahead runs.  Zulia scored one in the ninth and had the bases loaded with two out.  Jose Vargas was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk to lead Aragua.  For Zulia, David Vidal was 2-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.  Ex-Twin Shairon Martis pitched four shutout innings for Zulia, giving up one hit and two walks while striking out one.

CARACAS 6, LA GUAIRA 5 IN LA GUAIRA

Caracas trailed 2-0, led 3-2, trailed 4-3, and finally scored three in the seventh to go into the lead to stay.  Yandy Diaz was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Felix Perez was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fifth, and three RBIs.  For La Guaira, Teodoro Martinez was 2-for-3 with a home run and a walk and scored three times.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

OBREGON 1, LOS MOCHIS 0 IN OBREGON

The lone run scored in the sixth on a squeeze bunt by Eduardo Arredondo.  Alex Liddi was 3-for-4 with a double.  David Reyes pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks while striking out one.  For Los Mochis, Akeem Bostick struck out seven in five shutout innings, giving up five hits and a walk.

HERMOSILLO 5, CULIACAN 3 IN CULIACAN

Culiacan got all its runs in the first inning.  Hermosillo cut the lead to 3-2 after five and scored three in the sixth to win.  The go-ahead run scored on an error.  Roberto Ramos hit a home run, his third.  For Culiacan, Andres Ivan Meza pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks while striking out two.

MAZATLAN 3, NAVOJOA 2 IN MAZATLAN

Trailing 2-1, Mazatlan scored two in the fifth and held on to win.  An RBI single by Esteban Quiroz brought home the go-ahead run.  Jesus Fabela was 3-for-4.  Roy Merritt pitched 3.1 scoreless innings of relief, giving up one hit and striking out three.  Randy Arozarena hit a home run for Navojoa, his eighth.

MEXICALI 5, JALISCO 2 IN MEXICALI

Mexicali scored two in the second and led the rest of the way.  C. J. Retherford was 2-for-3 with a home run (his sixth) and a walk.  Javier Solano pitched 5.2 innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and one walk while striking out five.  Anthony Alford was 3-for-4 for Jalisco.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Adalberto Mejia (Gigantes) pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks while striking out none.

AGUILAS 9, LICEY 5 IN LICEY

Already leading 4-1, the Aguilas scored four in the fifth to put the game out of reach.  Zoilo Almonte was 4-for-5.  Edwin Espinal was 3-for-4 with a double, a walk, and three runs.  Johan Camargo was 2-for-4 with two doubles and four RBIs.  Jorge Lopez pitched 5.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on six hits and one walk while striking out one.  For Licey, Julio Borbon was 3-for-5 with a double.

GIGANTES 9, ESTRELLAS 4 AT GIGANTES

Already leading 4-2, the Gigantes scored five in the eighth to put the game out of reach.  Aderlin Rodriguez hit a home run, his third.  Ketel Marte was 2-for-4 with a double, a walk, and three RBIs.  Orlando Calixte hit a two-run homer for the Estrellas.

ESCOGIDO 8, TOROS 2 AT TOROS

Escogido scored one in the second, three in the third, and four in the sixth to build an 8-0 lead.  Ryan Court was 3-for-5.  Adalberto Flores struck out six in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.  For the Toros, Cory Riordan pitched three perfect innings of relief.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.