LARA 4, MAGALLENES 1 AT LARA

Batting stars:  Gorkys Hernandez was 3-for-4 with a double.  Yordanys Linares was 2-for-4 with a double.  Gabriel Moreno was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Raul Rivero struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Yapson Gomez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Vicente Campos pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Opposition star:  Jhoan Quijada pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

The game:  It was scoreless until the sixth.  With one out Hernandez singled, Linares doubled, Josmar Cordero hit a two-run single, Moreno singled, a hit batsman loaded the bases, and a ground out scored another run, making it 3-0 Lara.  In the eighth Moreno singled, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a Rene Reyes single to make it 4-0.

Magallanes scored its lone run in the ninth.  Reynaldo Rodriguez doubled and scored on an Alberth Martinez single.

WP:  Gomez (1-0).  LP:  Felix Doubront (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Moreno is batting .435.

Rivero's ERA is 1.93.  Gomez and Campos each has an ERA of zero.

Record:  Lara is 4-3, tied for first in the West Division with Margarita.

Next game:  Lara has a doubleheader at LaGuaira today.