Off-Season’s Greetings: Games of December 27

There was apparently a pretty major fire in the stadium in Santo Domingo.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

MARGARITA 2, LARA 1 IN LARA

An RBI groundout in the eighth plated the lead run for Lara.  Bobby Blevins pitched six innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk.  For Lara, Williams Perez pitched 6.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks and striking out three.

CARACAS 8, MAGALLANES 7 IN CARACAS (12 INNINGS)

Magallanes scored two in the ninth to take a 6-5 lead, but Caracas tied it in the bottom of the ninth.  Each team scored once in the tenth to make it 7-7.  In the twelfth, Henry Alejandro Rodriguez doubled home the winning run.  Leobaldo Pina was 3-for-6 with a home run, his second.  Ramon Cabrera was 3-for-6 with a double.  For Magallanes, Andres Blanco was 3-for-5 with a home run, his fourth.  Jesus Valdez was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, his eighteenth.  Rayder Ascanio hit a home run, his second.

ARAGUA 9, LA GUAIRA 6 IN ARAGUA

Aragua led 5-0 and 9-2 before La Guaira came back to make the final score look better.  Jose Vargas was 3-for-4 with a home run, his seventeenth.  Renato Nunez was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, his second.  Hernan Perez was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and scored three times.  Guillermo Moscoso pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk and striking out two.  For La Guaira, Alonzo Harris was 3-for-5 with a double, a triple, and a home run.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

OBREGON 4, MAZATLAN 3 IN OBREGON (11 INNINGS)

Moises Gutierrez singled in the tying run in the bottom of the ninth and Jose Carlos Urena homered leading off the bottom of the eleventh.  Gutierrez was 3-for-4.  David Reyes struck out eight in seven innings, giving up three runs (one earned) on five hits and two walks.  For Mazatlan, Erick Rodriguez hit a home run.

MEXICALI 3, HERMOSILLO 0 IN HERMOSILLO

Mexicali scored single runs in the first, fifth, and ninth.  Sergio Mitre pitched five perfect innings.  For Hermosillo, Barry Enright struck out three in three innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks.

NAVOJOA 5, LOS MOCHIS 2 IN NAVOJOA

Navojoa scored two in the third to take a 3-0 lead.  Alejandro Gonzalez was 3-for-3 with two doubles and a walk.  Hector Velazquez pitched 3.2 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and two walks and striking out three.  For Los Mochis, Isaac Rodriguez Salazar hit a home run.

CULIACAN 4, JALISCO 3 IN CULIACAN

Culiacan scored two in the fifth to take a 4-3 lead.  For Jalisco, Manny Rodriguez was 3-for-4.  Agustin Murillo hit a two-run homer, his tenth.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

LICEY 9, AGUILAS 4 AT AGUILAS

The Aguilas scored three in the first, but Licey came back with three in the fourth, three in the fifth, and two in the sixth.  Engel Beltre was 3-for-4.  Sebastian Valle was 2-for-4 with three RBIs.  For the Aguilas, Edwin Espinal hit a home run.

GIGANTES AT ESCOGIDO IN ESCOGIDO

Postponed due to fire.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.