GIGANTES

No game scheduled.  The Gigantes are at the Aguilas tonight.  The Gigantes lead the best-of-seven series 2-1.

LARA

ARAGUA 5, LARA 4 AT LARA

Lara led 4-3 after eight, but Aragua loaded the bases on three singles and an error scored the tying and go-ahead runs.  Carlos Rivero was 3-for-4.  Ildemaro Vargas was 2-for-5.  Cesar Hernandez was 2-for-5.  Gorkys Hernandez was 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.  Yordanys Linares was 1-for-4 with a home run.  Nestor Molina pitched five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and two walks and striking out four.

Record:  Lara and Aragua are tied in their best-of-seven series 1-1.  Lara is at Aragua tonight.

MAYAGUEZ

Nothing new to report.  The league still waits for the Puerto Rico Department of Health to decide whether the series can continue.

MELBOURNE

MELBOURNE 4, CANBERRA 3 AT MELBOURNE

Jack Barrie homered in the fourth to break a 2-2 tie.  Chris Burke homered in the seventh for an insurance run and they needed it, as Canberra scored in the ninth on a pair of errors, a walk, and a passed ball.  They had runners on second and third when the game ended.  Barrie was 2-for-3 and had two home runs and three RBIs in the game.  Gunnar Kines pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks and striking out four.

Record:  Melbourne is 9-5, in second place in the Australian League, technically a half game ahead of Adelaide (5-2).

Next game:  Melbourne again hosts Canberra this afternoon.