A perfect inning for Dakota Watts. A shutout in Caracas.
ANZOATEGUI 5, ARAGUA 4 IN ARAGUA
Twins: Eduardo Escobar (Anzoategui) was 1-for-4 with a run. Oswaldo Arcia (Aragua) was 0-for-3 with a walk and a run. Josmil Pinto (Aragua) was used as a pinch-hitter and was 0-for-1. Dakota Watts (Arauga) pitched a perfect inning.
Anzoategui: Gorkys Hernandez (Kansas City) was 2-for-4 with a three-run homer, his third. Gustavo Molina was 2-for-3 and scored once. Paolo Espino (Chicago) pitched six innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on three hits and one walk with five strikeouts.
Aragua: Wilson Ramos (Washington) was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second. Guillermo Quiroz (San Francisco) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI. Jose Capellan pitched two shutout innings, allowing one hit and no walks.
The game: Two singles, a walk, and another single put Anzoategui up 2-0 in the second. Quiroz delivered an RBI single in the fourth to make it 2-1, but Anzoategui got a three-run homer from Hernandez in the fifth to build the lead to 5-1. Aragua got single runs in the sixth, seventh, and eighth to cut the lead to 5-4 and had the tying run on third with two out in the eighth, but their last four batters were retired.
MAGALLANES 10, CARACAS 0 IN CARACAS
Magallanes: Renny Osuna was 3-for-4 with a walk and a grand slam, scoring twice. Eliezer Alfonzo was 3-for-5 with a home run (his eighth) and two runs. David Bromberg struck out five in five innings, giving up one hit and one walk.
Caracas: Gregorio Petit was 1-for-2 with a walk.
The game: It was scoreless through four. Adonis Garcia (Yankees) delivered a two-run single in the fifth to make it 2-0. Alfonzo homered in the sixth to give Magallanes a 3-0 lead and a bases-loaded walk in the eighth made it 4-0. Magallanes put the game out of reach with six in the ninth, including a grand slam by Osuna.