MAZATLAN 7, GUASAVE 6 IN GUASAVE
Batting stars: Anthony Giansanti was 2-for-5 with two RBIs. Ricardo Valenzuela was 1-for-2 with a three-run homer (his second), two walks, and two runs. Isaac Paredes was 1-for-2 with two walks.
Pitching star: Roberto Espinosa pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.
Opposition stars: Emmanuel Avila was 2-for-3 with a walk. Miguel Guzman was 2-for-4 with a triple and three runs. Yadir Drake was 2-for-5 with three RBIs. Yosshel Hurtado pitched a perfect inning and struck out one. Manuel Chavez pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.
The game: Guasave scored in more innings, but Mazatlan had the big innings. In the first, Guzman hit a one-out triple and scored on a sacrifice fly. In the third, Jose Herberto Felix singled, Leo German walked, and Marco Jaime singled, loading the bases with none out. Guzman then hit into a double play, scoring a run but taking Guasave out of the inning. It was 2-0 through three.
Mazatlan took the lead in the fourth. Carlos Munoz singled and Paredes walked. A double play made it two out with a man on third, but Ramon Rios walked and Valenzuela hit a three-run homer to make it 3-2.
Mazatlan had another big inning in the sixth. Paredes walked and Ricky Alvarez singled. A bunt put men on second and third with one out and an intentional walk loaded the bases. Jose Luna then hit a two-run double, and with two out Giansanti hit a two-run single, making the score 7-2.
Guasave did not give up. With two out in the bottom of the sixth, Drake and Avila singled and Alejandro Ortiz walked, loading the bases. Samar Leyva walked to make it 7-3, but that was all Guasave got. In the seventh, a hit batsman and two walks loaded the bases with one out and Drake delivered a two-run single, cutting the margin to 7-5. In the ninth Guzman singled and went to third on a Jesse Castillo double. A ground out made it 7-6. A wild pitch moved the tying run to third. A hit batsman put the winning run on base. But the next two batters struck out, and Mazatlan held on to win.
WP: Edgar Torres (1-1). LP: Thomas Dorminy (1-1). S: Ryan Newell (3).
Notes: Jose Augusto Figueroa was 0-for-1 and is batting .529. Jose Luna was 1-for-3 and is batting .333. Giansanti is batting .309. Munoz was 0-for-3 and is batting .308.
Torres pitched 5.2 innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and three walks and striking out none. Espinosa lowered his ERA to 1.74.
Guasave pitchers struck out ten. Mazatlan pitchers struck out only two--the last two batters of the game.
Guasave stranded ten and was 2-for-11 with men in scoring position.
Record: Mazatlan is 7-11, in seventh place, nine games behind Obregon.
Next game: Mazatlan is again at Guasave tonight.