Kennys Vargas got on base a couple of times.  A pinch-hit homer lifts Ponce.

PONCE 3, MAYAGUEZ 1 IN MAYAGUEZ

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3.

Ponce:  Jesmuel Valentin (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with a run.  Jon Garcia (Dodgers) was 1-for-1 with a two-run homer.  Giancarlo Alvarado pitched six innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Mayaguez:  Hiram Burgos (Milwaukee) struck out four in three shutout innings, allowing one hit and one walk.

The game:  Mayaguez scored in the first on a sacrifice fly.  It looked for a while as if that run might hold up.  In the eighth, however, Garcia hit a pinch-hit two-run homer to give Mayaguez the lead.  Jordan Lennerton (Detroit) made it back-to-back homers with a solo shot.  Mayaguez did not get a man past first base after that.

CAROLINA 8, CAGUAS 2 IN CAROLINA

Caguas:  Luis Atilano pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Carolina:  Enrique Hernandez (Houston) was 2-for-5 with a home run (his second) and three RBIs.  Shuhei Fukuda was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Orlando Alfonso pitched six innings, allowing one run on five hits and three walks with five strikeouts.

The game:  Hernandez hit a two-run homer in the third to give Carolina a 2-1 lead.  Hernandez singled in an insurance run in the fifth.  Carolina put the game away with five in the eighth, Fukuda capping the rally with a two-run double.