Day eleven of the playoffs.  Mayaguez puts it away early.  Caguas puts it away late.

MAYAGUEZ 7, CAROLINA 2 IN MAYAGUEZ

Twins:  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 1-for-3 with a double.

Carolina:  Juan Centeno (Mets) was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run.  Jose Rivera (Colorado) was 2-for-3 with a run.  Osvaldo Martinez (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Mayaguez:  Dee Gordon (Dodgers) was 2-for-5 with three RBIs.  Randy Ruiz was 1-for-3 with a home run.  Jeremy Kehrt (Boston) pitched 5.1 innings, allowing one run on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  Mayaguez scored four in the second on two singles, two errors, a ground out, another single, and another ground out.  Each team scored once in the fifth to make it 5-1.  Gordon singled in two in the sixth for Mayaguez to put the game out of reach.

CAGUAS 5, PONCE 0 IN PONCE

Caguas:  Rey Navarro (Cincinnati) was 2-for-4 with a triple, scoring once and driving in one.  Ramon Castro was 1-for-2 with a walk and a home run.  John Brownell pitched 6.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks with five strikeouts.

Ponce:  Jeff Dominguez was 1-for-2 with a walk.  Logan Williamson pitched 7.1 innings, allowing one run on three hits and one walk with five strikeouts.

The game:  It was scoreless through five.  Castro led off the sixth with a home run to give Caguas a 1-0 lead.  Caguas scored again in the eighth on a home run by Edgardo Baez.  They put it out of reach in the ninth when Miguel Abreu singled, Navarro tripled, and Neftali Soto (Cincinnati) hit a two-run homer.  Ponce's biggest scoring threat came in the second, when they got three walks, but a double play after the first two damaged the threat and a fly out ended it.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Mayaguez, 8-3
Caguas, 7-4
Ponce, 5-6
Carolina, 2-9