Mazatlan Recaps: Games Thirty-six and Thirty-seven

Shorter recaps today.

MAZATLAN 1, JALISCO 0 IN MAZATLAN

Saturday

The lone run came in the second inning on a Carlos Munoz homer, his fourth.  Francisco Rios struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up five hits and four walks.  Four relievers each pitched a scoreless inning.  Jalisco stranded eight and was 0-for-12 with men in scoring position.  Mazatlan stranded two and did not have an at-bat with a man in scoring position.

Sunday

MAZATLAN 7, JALISCO 2 IN MAZATLAN

Mazatlan trailed 2-1 after six, but scored four in the seventh and two in the eighth.  Jose Augusto Figueroa, who has all the vowels in his last name, hit a two-run double in the seventh to put Mazatlan in the lead to stay.  Figueroa was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a triple, scoring three times.  Matt Gage pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on two hits and five walks and striking out five.

Record:  Mazatlan is 18-19, in seventh place, six games behind Obregon.  They are two games out of sixth.

Next game:  Mazatlan is off today.  They go to Monterrey on Tuesday.