Buss kisses one for the only run Culiacan needs.  A pinch-hit walkoff is definitely over the Mendoza line.  Weber grills Mazatlan.

CULIACAN 1, LOS MOCHIS 0 IN CULIACAN

Los Mochis:  Sandy Madera was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Luis Niebla (Yankees)pitched four innings, giving up one run on three hits and three walks with one strikeout.

Culiacan:  Nick Buss (Arizona) was 1-for-3 with a home run, his second.  Oscar Robles was 1-for-2 with a walk.

The game:  Buss hit a solo homer with two out in the fourth for the only run of the game.  Los Mochis had only three hits.

MEXICALI 3, OBREGON 2 IN MEXICALI

Obregon:  Donald Lutz (Cincinnati) was 1-for-2 with a double and two walks.  Martin Sotelo struck out four in 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up five hits and no walks.

Mexicali:  Victor Mendoza was 1-for-1 with a pinch-hit three-run homer.  Gil Velazquez was 2-for-3 with a double.  Juan Omar Espinoza pitched seven shutout innings, allowing one hit and three walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  It was scoreless through seven, but Obregon got single runs in the eighth and ninth to go up 2-0.  In the bottom of the ninth, Dave Sappelt hit a one-out double, the next batter walked, and Mendoza hit a pinch-hit three-run walkoff homer.

NAVOJOA 3, MAZATLAN 2 IN NAVOJOA

Mazatlan:  Jesus Castillo was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  Derrick Robinson (Cincinnati) was 1-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  Alejandro Martinez pitched six innings, giving up three runs on nine hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

Navojoa:  Jose Guadalupe Chavez was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring twice.  Jon Weber (Detroit) was 2-for-4 with a home run, his seventh.  Alejandro Soto pitched seven innings, allowing two runs on eight hits and a walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  Weber's homer with one out in the fifth broke a 2-2 tie.  Mazatlan got the tying run to second in the eighth and to third in the ninth.

JALISCO 8, HERMOSILLO 5 IN HERMOSILLO

Jalisco:  Eduardo Arredondo was 3-for-4 with a walk, scoring twice and driving in one.  Leo Heras (Houston) was 2-for-3 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one.  Brian Broderick (Washington) struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Hermosillo:  Luis Alfonso Garcia was 2-for-4 with a home run (his third), scoring twice and driving in two.  Matt Padgett was 1-for-4 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Shaun Garceau pitched four innings, allowing one run on five hits and three walks with one strikeout.

The game:  Hermosillo scored four in the first, led 5-1 after three, and still led 5-1 until the seventh, when Jalisco scored five times to take the lead.  A two-run single by Marquez Smith (Cincinnati) brought home the tying and go-ahead runs.

NEXT DAY'S GAMES

Los Mochis at Culiacan

Jalisco at Hermosillo

Mazatlan at Navojoa