Venezuelan View: Games of 11/27

Darin Mastroianni was okay.

LARA 15, ZULIA 6 IN ZULIA

TwinsDarin Mastroianni (Zulia) was 1-for-2 with a walk and a sacrifice fly.

Game summary:  Lara broke a 3-3 tie with six runs in the fourth.  Lara’s first nine runs were unearned.

Lara:  Raul Rivero struck out three in 3.1 shutout innings, giving up two hits.  Jose Lopez was 3-for-4 with three doubles and a walk, scoring three times and driving in three.

Zulia:  Henry Rodriguez (Cincinnati) was 2-for-5 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in one.  Humberto Quintero was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.

CARACAS 9, MAGALLANES 2 IN CARACAS

Game summary:  Caracas scored four in the fourth to go ahead 4-2.  All the runs were scored by the end of the sixth.

Magallanes:  Jose Altuve (Houston) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Chris Nowak was 2-for-3.

Caracas:  Carlos Rivero (Washington) was 3-for-4 with two three-run homers.  Jesus Guzman (San Diego) was 2-for-4, scoring twice and driving in one.

LA GUAIRA AT MARGARITA

Postponed.