Puerto Rican Publication: Games of 12/5

Two one-run games, one of them going extra innings.  Two out of three Twins have good days.

MAYAGUEZ 4, CAROLINA 3 IN CAROLINA (12 iNNINGS)

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 0-for-4 with a run.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 3-for-4 with a walk.

Mayaguez:  Michael Taylor (Washington) was 3-for-6 with a double, scoring twice and driving in one.  Luis Figueroa was 2-for-4 with two walks and an RBI.  Tyler Herron (Washington) struck out four in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and one walk.

Carolina:  Anthony Garcia (St. Louis) was 2-for-5 with a walk and a run.  Ruben Gotay was 2-for-5 with a walk.  Nao Higashihama pitched six innings, allowing one run on five hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  A sacrifice fly and a Garcia RBI single put Carolina ahead 2-0 in the second.  It remained that score until the sixth, when each team tallied once.  Mayaguez scored on an error in the seventh and got an RBI single from Vargas in the eighth to tie the game.  In the twelfth, Figueroa hit a one-out RBI single to put Mayaguez in the lead.  Carolina went down in order in the bottom of the twelfth.

SANTURCE 4, CAGUAS 3 IN SANTURCE

Caguas:  Jorge Padilla was 2-for-4 with a double.  Ramon Castro was 2-for-3 with a walk, scoring once and driving in one.  Aaron Bates was 1-for-3 with a walk and a double, driving in one.

Santurce:  Adron Chambers was 2-for-3 with a walk and two runs.  John Rodriguez was 2-for-3 with an RBI.  Jorge Martinez pitched 6.2 innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Castro's RBI single in the fourth tied the score at two.  Jonathan Singleton (Houston) singled in a run in the fifth to give Santurce a 3-2 lead and a Jeff Dominguez RBI triple in the eighth made it 4-2.  In the ninth, a walk, a double, and two more walks cut the lead to 4-3 and loaded the bases with two out, but a strikeout ended the game.

Random:  Santurce batted Jonathan Rodriguez fourth and John Rodriguez fifth.