Good pitching and opposition errors carry Navojoa.
NAVOJOA 3, MAZATLAN 1 IN MAZATLAN
Navojoa: Jon Weber was 2-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Jose Chavez was 2-for-5. Alejandro Soto pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and no walks with three strikeouts.
Mazatlan: Miguel Aguilar struck out three in 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing no hits and one walk. Miguel Ruiz pitched 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and no walks.
The game: Errors plated single runs for Navojoa in the first and third. Back-to-back doubles scored one for Mazatlan in the bottom of the third. A sacrifice fly made it 3-1 after four and it stayed there the rest of the game. Mazatlan did not get a man past first base after that and their last thirteen batters were retired.
HERMOSILLO 3, CULIACAN 1 IN HERMOSILLO
Culiacan: Luis Cruz was 3-for-5.
Hermosillo: Jose Aguilar was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Jerry Owens was 2-for-5. Barry Enright pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and one walk with five strikeouts.
The game: Culiacan scored in the first on a wild pitch. Aguilar's RBI double tied it in the second and Luis Borges singled in a run to make it 2-1 Hermosillo in the third. Hermosillo added an insurance run in the sixth. Culiacan loaded the bases with one out in the ninth.
MEXICALI 7, GUASAVE 0 IN MEXICALI
Guasave: Zelous Wheeler (Yankees) was 2-for-4.
Mexicali: Ramon Rios was 2-for-4 with a run and an RBI. Misael Silverio struck out five in five innings, allowing four hits and no walks.
The game: Mexicali scored five in the second and was never threatened. Ben Guez (Detroit) had a two-run single to close out the rally.
LOS MOCHIS 10, OBREGON 3 IN LOS MOCHIS
Obregon: Carlos Valencia was 2-for-3 with a walk. Agustin Murillo was 2-for-4. Martin Sotelo struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks.
Los Mochis: Sebastian Valle (Philadelphia) was 4-for-4 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in one. Saul Soto was 3-for-4 with a walk and a two-run homer (his sixth), scoring three times. Gilberto Mejia was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.
The game: Los Mochis scored two in the second, two in the third, and three in the fourth, building a 7-1 lead that was never threatened.