A-Rod comes through for Culiacan. Roberson was Homerson for Mexicali. Shutouts for Los Mochis and Hermosillo.
CULIACAN 4, MAZATLAN 3 IN MAZATLAN (11 INNINGS)
Culiacan: Arturo Rodriguez was 2-for-4 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one. Cody Decker (San Diego) was 2-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Salvador Valdez struck out eight in seven innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks.
Mazatlan: Jesus Castillo was 1-for-4 with a walk and an RBI. Alberto Carreon was 1-for-5 with a double and a run. Jose Contreras pitched five innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on four hits and five walks with three strikeouts.
The game: Mazatlan led 2-0 after one and 3-1 after two, but Culiacan scored single runs in the third and eighth to tie it 3-3. A pair of two-out walks and a Rodriguez single brought home the go-ahead run for Culiacan in the eleventh.
MEXICALI 6, JALISCO 5 IN MEXICALI
Jalisco: Cory Vaughn (Mets) was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and two walks. Leo Heras (Houston) was 1-for-3 with a double and two walks, scoring once. Manuel Flores (Angels) struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.
Mexicali: Chris Roberson was 1-for-5 with a three-run homer. Dave Sappelt was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Mario Meza struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing a hit and a walk.
The game: Jalisco led 4-3 when Roberson hit a three-run homer in the sixth to make it 6-4 Mexicali. Jalisco had the tying run on second with two out in the ninth.
LOS MOCHIS 2, NAVOJOA 0 IN LOS MOCHIS
Navojoa: Eliseo Aldazaba was 2-for-4 with a double. Genaro Andrade was 2-for-4 with a double. Hector Velazquez struck out three in 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and two walks.
Los Mochis: Antonio Lamas was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fourth. Brian Burgamy (Mets) was 1-for-2 with two walks. Alberto Castillo struck out five in 5.1 scoreless innings, allowing three hits and two walks.
The game: A bases loaded walk in the fourth and a Lamas homer in the seventh scored the only runs of the game. Navojoa had seven hits and stranded nine runners.
HERMOSILLO 3, OBREGON 0 IN OBREGON
Hermosillo: Adan Munoz was 4-for-5 with a run. Luis Alfonso Garcia was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second. Juan Pablo Oramas (San Diego) pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
Obregon: Corey Wimberly was 1-for-3 with a walk. Ramon Delgado (St. Louis) pitched six innings, allowing three runs on nine hits and no walks with four strikeouts.
The game: Garcia's two-run homer made it 3-0 in the third. Obregon had only three hits.
SATURDAY'S GAMES
Navojoa at Los Mochis
Hermosillo at Obregon
Culiacan at Mazatlan
Jalisco at Mexicali
I love the Caneros logo. Its like they took the Pittsburgh Pirates mascot and slapped the Oakland A's colors on it.
There is at least one thing special about each of those logos.
From the purple tomato to the happy eagle.
From the Mayan ballgame player with a deer head hat to the phallic deer between two baseballs.
And not a single gold dropshadow in the bunch!
I think the Tomateros have the best cap. Remove that maker's mark on the temple there, though.
The Aguilas may have this, which is also great, and will suffice. Just need to fit an "R" on it.
Two more Tomateros logos. I think I've got my team in the LMP.
On the other hand... smiling eagle.