Several Twins had good days.
VENEZUELAN LEAGUE
Twins: Willians Astudillo (Anzoategui) was 2-for-4. Gregorio Petit (Caracas) was 0-for-3.
ANZOATEGUI 4, CARACAS 0 IN CARACAS
Anzoategui scored two in the fifth and two in the ninth. Rene Reyes was 3-for-3 with a home run and two walks, driving in three. Rafael Ortega was 3-for-3 with a double. Daryl Thompson pitched 6.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and a walk and striking out two.
Anzoategui ties the series 1-1.
LARA 7, MAGALLANES 2 IN LARA
Lara scored one in the first and four in the third to build a 5-0 lead. Junior Querecuto was 3-for-5. Alex Romero was 2-for-3 with two walks and three RBIs. Junior Guerra pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks and striking out three.
Lara leads the series 2-0.
MEXICAN LEAGUE
No games scheduled.
DOMINICAN LEAGUE
Twins: None.
LICEY 4, GIGANTES 3 IN LICEY
Licey led 4-1 after five. Adrian Nieto hit a two-run homer for the Gigantes in the eighth to cut the lead to one but did not get the tying run past first base. For Licey, Donovan Solano hit a home run. Pedro Echemendia pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks and striking out four. Nieto was 2-for-3 with a walk in addition to the home run and drove in three.
AGUILAS 3, ESCOGIDO 2 AT AGUILAS (11 INNINGS)
Ronny Rodriguez singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh. Richelson Pena pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out three. For Escogido, Jonathan Castellanos pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk and striking out two. The teams combined for eighteen hits, all singles.
Licey, 8-5
Aguilas, 7-4
Escogido, 5-8
Gigantes, 5-8
AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE
Twins: Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and three RBIs. Aaron Whitefield (Brisbane) was 1-for-5 with a double and two runs.
CANBERRA 6, ADELAIDE 0 IN CANBERRA
Canberra scored one in the first, three in the third, and two in the eighth. David Kandilas was 3-for-4 with two home runs (his seventh and eighth), scoring three times and driving in three. Jay Baum was 3-for-4 with a double. Frank Gailey struck out eleven in seven shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.
BRISBANE 12, MELBOURNE 5 IN BRISBANE
Leading 5-2, Brisbane scored seven in the fifth to put the game out of reach. Logan Wade was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and three RBIs. Andrew Campbell was 2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs. Chih-Sheng Lin hit a two-run homer, his eighth. Hung-Wen Chen struck out eight in six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks. For Melbourne, Michael Crouse was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run (his third), scoring three times. Brisbane scored in double digits for the fourth consecutive games, scoring sixty-two runs in that span.
PERTH 6, SYDNEY 4 IN PERTH
Matt Kennelly hit a three-run double in a four-run eighth to put Sydney in the lead to stay. Kennelly was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk. Kyle Simon struck out nine in six innings, giving up two unearned runs on six hits and a walk. For Syndey, Lars Anderson was 3-for-5. Craig Anderson pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks and striking out five.
PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE
Twins: Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-1 with a home run (his third) and four walks, scoring twice. Nelson Molina (Mayaguez) was 0-for-1. Dereck Rodriguez (Mayaguez) struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.
MAYAGUEZ 10, CAROLINA 3 IN CAROLINA
Jiandido Tromp hit a three-run homer in the fourth to give Mayaguez a 4-3 lead and Mayaguez went on to take control of the game. Tromp was 2-for-6 and the home run was his second. Kennys Vargas was 1-for-1 with four walks and a home run, his third.
CAGUAS 4, SANTURCE 3 IN SANTURCE
David Vidal was 3-for-4 for Caguas. Ivan Maldonado pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks and striking out three. For Santurce, Rey Fuentes hit a home run.