Eduardo Escobar is hitting .337 (86 at-bats).  Oswaldo Arcia had another good day.  So did Josmil Pinto.

ZULIA 6, ANZOATEGUI 5 IN ANZOATEGUI (11 INNINGS)

Twins:  Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 2-for-5.

Zulia:  Ender Inciarte (Arizona) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double.  Felix Perez (Cincinnati) was 2-for-5 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Wilfredo Boscan pitched 5.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and one walk.

Anzoategui:  Cory Aldridge was 3-for-5 with a home run, his sixth.  Niuman Romero was 2-for-5 with a walk and a double, scoring once and driving in one.  T. J. McFarland (Baltimore) pitched six innings, allowing three runs (two earned) on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

The game:  A two-run wild pitch capped a three-run inning for Zulia in the fourth, putting Zulia ahead 3-0.  In the eighth, Anzoategui got three of their own to tie the score.  Zulia got another three-run inning in the eleventh, with two runs scoring on bases-loaded walks and the third on a ground out.  Anzoategui led off the bottom of the eleventh with back-to-back homers by Aldridge and Oscar Salazar, but only got a two-out single by Escobar after that.

LARA 3, ARAGUA 2 IN LARA

Twins:  Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 3-for-4 with a double and a home run, his second.  Josmil Pinto (Aragua) was 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Dakota Watts (Aragua) pitched one inning, giving up one run on two hits and one walk.

Aragua:  Gumercindo Gonzalez retired all five batters he faced with one strikeout.

Lara:  Joc Pederson (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Chris Jakubauskas pitched 6.1 innings, allowing one run on six hits and no walks.

The game:  Arcia hit a home run in the seventh to tie the score at two.  In the ninth, Tomas Perez singled in Pederson with the winning run for Lara.

LA GUAIRA 4, MARGARITA 3 IN LA GUAIRA (11 INNINGS)

Margarita:  Caleb Joseph (Baltimore) was 3-for-5 with a home run, his second.  Alberto Gonzalez was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double.  Manny Pina was 2-for-4 with a double.

La Guaira:  Andy Wilkins (White Sox) was 3-for-5 with a double.  Alex Cabrera was 3-for-5 with an RBI.  Yorfrank Lopez (Detroit) struck out two in two shutout innings, allowing three hits and no walks.

The game:  Four two-out singles in the seventh produced two runs for Margarita and tied the score at three.  In the eleventh, Luis Sardinas (Texas) delivered a two-out RBI single for La Guaira to end the game.

MAGALLANES 6, CARACAS 2 IN MAGALLANES

Caracas:  Bobby Abreu was 2-for-3 with a walk and a triple, scoring once.

Magallanes:  Allan Dykstra (Mets) was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI.  Frank Diaz was 2-for-4 with a run.  Mitch Lively (San Francisco) pitched six innings, allowing two runs on four hits and five walks with one strikeout.

The game:  Magallanes took a 2-0 lead in the first and Caracas tied it with two in the third.  It remained 2-2 until sixth.  Eliezer Alfonzo hit a three-run homer for Magallanes to make it 5-2 and another run scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-2.  Caracas got only one baserunner after that.