JALISCO 3, MAZATLAN 2 AT MAZATLAN

Batting stars:  Anthony Giansanti was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Jose Augusto Figueroa was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Edgar Torres pitched seven innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk and striking out two.  Juan Ramon Noriega pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Luis Ivan Rodriguez pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks and striking out three.  Carlos Figueroa was 2-for-4 with two doubles.

The game:  Each team scored once in the fourth.  For Jalisco Daniel Alvarez doubled and scored on a Henry Urrutia single.  For Mazatlan Figueroa singled, was bunted to second, and scored on an Isaac Paredes single.

Jalisco took the lead in the seventh on an Agustin Murillo single and two errors.  Figueroa doubled in the eighth and scored on Amadeo Zuzueta's single to make it 3-1 Jalisco.

Giansanti homered in the ninth to make it 3-2, but Mazatlan did not get the tying run on base.

WP:  Rodriguez (6-0).  LP:  Torres (2-4).  S:  Brennan Bernardino (6).

Notes:  Paredes was 1-for-4 and is batting .358.  Italo Mota was 0-for-2 and is batting .320.  Carlos Munoz was 0-for-2 and is batting .311.  Figueroa is batting .308.  Giansanti raised his average to .300.

Torres lowered his ERA to 2.75.  Noriega pitched a perfect inning.

Record:  Mazatlan is 16-19, in seventh place, seven games behind Obregon.  They are two games behind sixth-place Mexicali.

Next game:  Mazatlan hosts Jalisco again tonight.