A clutch single by Jordan Lennerton.  Single runs are enough for Carolina.

PONCE 3, MAYAGUEZ 1 IN PONCE

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 1-for-3.

Mayaguez:  Martin Maldonado (Milwaukee) was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Jonathan Albaladejo pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Ponce:  Jonathan Mota (Cubs) was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Benji Gonzalez (Pittsburgh) was 1-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.  Logan Williamson struck out six in six innings, allowing one run on six hits and three walks.

The game:  Gonzalez had an RBI triple in the third to give Ponce a 1-0 lead.  Mayaguez tied it in the fourth on a sacrifice fly.  It stayed 1-1 until the eighth, when Jordan Lennerton (Detroit) hit a two-out two-run single to go ahead 3-1.  Mayaguez went out in order in the ninth.

CAROLINA 3, SANTURCE 1 IN CAROLINA

Santurce:  Jonathan Singleton (Houston) was 1-for-4 with a home run, his ninth.  Victor Mateo (Tampa Bay) pitched five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and no walks with two strikeouts.

Carolina:  Enrique Hernandez (Houston) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Juan Centeno (Mets) was 1-for-3 with a double and a run.  Nao Higashihama struck out six in six shutout innings, allowing three hits and one walk.

The game:  It was scoreless until the fifth, when Carolina scored on an error.  Anthony Garcia (St. Louis) had an RBI single in the sixth to make it 2-0 and Hernandez doubled in a run in the seventh to make it 3-0.  Santurce's lone run came in the ninth when Singleton hit a solo homer, but the tying run did not come up to bat.