Day three of the playoffs.  A sacrifice fly makes the difference in Mayaguez.  Only two of the six Ponce runs scored on hits.

MAYAGUEZ 3, CAROLINA 2 IN CAROLINA

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3 with two walks and a run.  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 1-for-4 with an RBI.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was used as a reserve and was 0-for-1 with a walk.

Mayaguez:  Luis Figueroa was 3-for-4 with a walk and a home run.  Irving Falu (Milwaukee) was 3-for-5.  Randy Fontanez (Mets) retired all seven batters he faced, striking out two.

Carolina:  Enrique Hernandez (Houston) was 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Osvaldo Martinez (Dodgers) was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run.  Eliecer Navarro (Pittsburgh) pitched five shutout innings, allowing four hits and one walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Carolina scored a run on a double play in the first to go ahead 1-0.  That lead held up until the sixth, when Figueroa homered to tie it.  Later in the inning, Rosario singled in Vargas to put Mayaguez ahead 2-1.  Carolina tied it at two in the eighth on Hernandez' RBI double.  In the ninth, Mayaguez scored on a sacrifice fly to go ahead 3-2.  Carolina could only get a man on first with two out in the bottom of the ninth.

PONCE 6, CAGUAS 1 IN CAGUAS

Ponce:  Jonathan Mota (Cubs) was 2-for-5 with a double, scoring twice and driving in two.  Reymond Fuentes (San Diego) was 3-for-5 with two runs.  Logan Williamson pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Caguas:  Rey Navarro was 2-for-4 with a run.  Aaron Bates was 1-for-3 with a walk and a double, driving in one.  Derek Blacksher struck out two in 2.1 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and no walks.

The game:  Ponce got two runs on an error in the first to go ahead 2-0.  In the third, Ponce got one on a bases-loaded walk and another on a force out to go up 4-0.  They added two more in the fourth on an RBI double by Mota and a run-scoring triple by Jeff Dominguez.  The lone Caguas run came in the eighth on Bates' RBI double.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Mayaguez, 3-0
Ponce, 2-1
Caguas, 1-2
Carolina, 0-3