MAZATLAN, GAME 46

MAZATLAN 9, LOS MOCHIS 2 IN MAZATLAN

Batting stars:  Isaac Paredes was 3-for-3 with a home run (his fourth), a double, two runs, and four RBIs.  Anthony Giansanti was 1-for-2 with a home run (his fourth), two walks, and two runs.

Pitching stars:  Francisco Rios struck out seven in five innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks.  Roman Pena struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Igancio Murrujo pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

Opposition stars:  Amilcar Gomez was 1-for-3 with a home run (his fourth) and a walk.  Hector Soto retired all eight men he faced, striking out one.

The game:  Mazatan scored three in the first, three in the second, and three in the fourth.  Ricardo Valenzuela hit a three-run double in the first inning to get Mazatlan going.

WP:  Rios (6-2).  LP:  Cristian Castillo (0-3).  S:  None.

Stats:  Paredes is batting .371.  Carlos Munoz was 1-for-2 and is batting .306.  Gabino Avalos gave up a run in one inning and has an ERA of 0.96.

Record:  Mazatlan is 23-23, tied for fifth in the Mexican Pacific League, six games behind Obregon.  They are 2.5 games out of fourth place.

Next game:  Mazatlan is at Navojoa this afternoon.

GIGANTES

No game scheduled.  They remain 10-11, in fifth place in the Dominican League, 2.5 games out of first, one game out of fourth.  They are at the Toros del Este for a doubleheader today.

LARA, GAME 19

MAGALLANES 5, LARA 3 IN LARA

Batting stars:  Gorkys Hernandez was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second) and a double.  Ildemaro Vargas was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Maximo Castillo struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk.  Leonel Campos retired all four men he faced, striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Yordan Manduley was 3-for-4.  Carlos Perez was 1-for-4 with a grand slam, his second homer.  Ex-Twin Yohan Pino pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks and striking out three.

The game:  Perez' grand slam broke a 1-1 tie in the sixth.  Three singles had loaded the bases.  Lara scored single runs in the eighth and ninth to make it 5-3.  They had the tying run up to bat in the eighth and on base in the ninth, but could not bring them in.

WP:  Pino (1-1).  LP:  Ex-Twin Logan Darnell (0-2).  S:  Jorge Rondon (5).

Stats:  Josmar Cordero was 0-for-4 and is batting .396.  Vargas is batting .392.  Jecksson Flores is batting .333.  Yonathan Mendoza was 1-for-1 and is batting .318.  Castillo's ERA is 1.86.  Campos' ERA is 1.93.

Record:  Lara is 11-8, in second place in the Venezuelan League West, a half game behind Margarita.

Next game:  Lara hosts Zulia tonight.

MAYAGUEZ, GAME 9

CAGUAS 8, MAYAGUEZ 1 IN MAYAGUEZ

Batting stars:  Alan Marrero was 3-for-4 with two doubles.  Khalil Lee was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pitching star:  Yacksel Rios struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

Opposition stars:  Jose Miranda was 3-for-5 with a double.  Jonathan Morales was 2-for-2 with a walk and two runs.  Edwin Diaz was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his second) and two runs.  Johneshwy Fargas was 1-for-5 with a three-run homer, his third.

The game:  Diaz' two-run homer in the fifth started the scoring.  It was 4-1 until the ninth, when Fargas hit a three-run homer in a four-run inning that put the game out of reach.

WP:  Giovanni Soto (2-1).  LP:  Kenny Hernandez (0-1).  S:  None.

Stats:  Marrero is batting .571.  Henry Ramos was 0-for-4 and is batting .424.  Emmanuel Rivera was 1-for-4 and is batting .306.  Ex-Twin Danny Ortiz was 0-for-4 and is batting .306.  Nefi Ogando gave up a run in two innings and has an ERA of 1.80.  Rios has an ERA of zero.

Record:  Mayaguez is 7-2, in second place in the Puerto Rican League, one game behind Caguas.

Next game:  Mayaguez is at Manati this afternoon.

MELBOURNE, GAME 1

Our randomly selected team in the Australian Baseball League, which started last night, is Melbourne.

SYDNEY 12, MELBOURNE 6 IN SYDNEY

Batting stars:  Ex-Twin Delmon Young was 2-for-3 with three RBIs.  Blake Gailen was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk and two runs.

Pitching star:  Jon Kennedy pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Trent D'Antonio was 3-for-4 with a walk.  Carlos Cortes was 2-for-3 with a double, a walk, and two RBIs.  Michael Campbell was 2-for-3 with two doubles and three runs.  Connor McDonald was 2-for-5 with a home run, a double, and three RBIs.  Ex-Twin Jacob Younis was 2-for-5.  Josh Guyer struck out seven in six innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk.

The game:  Sydney scored seven runs in the second inning to take a 9-2 lead.  Sydney had two walks and two hit batsmen in the inning and McDonald had a three-run homer.

WP:  Guyer (1-0).  LP:  Daniel McGrath (0-1).  S:  None.

Stats:  Gailen is batting .667.  Young is batting .667.  Chris Burke was 1-for-3 and is batting .333.  Jarryd Dale was 1-for-3 and is batting .333.  Scott Mitchenson retired both batters he faced and has an ERA of zero.  Kennedy has an ERA of zero.

Record:  Melbourne is 0-1, in sixth (last) place in the Australian League, one game behind Sydney.

Next game:  Melbourne is again at Sydney today.