A big day for Willians Astudillo.

CARIBBEAN SERIES

Twins:  Willians Astudillo (Venezuela) was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in two.

VENEZUELA 15, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC 4 (VENEZUELA HOME TEAM)

Venezuela led 6-4 going to the bottom of the sixth, then scored four in the sixth and five in the eighth to put the game out of reach.  Balbino Fuenmayor was 5-for-5 with two home runs, scoring three times and driving in five.  Rene Reyes was 3-for-4 with a home run and a walk, scoring four times.  Willians Astudillo was 3-for-5 with a double.  Rafael Ortega was 3-for-6 with a home run.  For the Dominican Republic, Christian Bethancourt was 3-for-4.  Hector Gomez hit a two-run homer.

CUBA 5, MEXICO 4 (CUBA HOME TEAM)

Mexico scored three in the fourth to take a 4-2 lead, but Cuba got two in the seventh to tie it and one in the eighth to win.  Both the tying and winning runs scored on sacrifice flies.  Raul Gonzalez was 2-for-3 with a home run.  Alain Sanchez pitched five innings of relief, giving up one run on four hits and striking out two.

Cuba, 2-0
Puerto Rico, 1-0
Venezuela, 1-1
Dominican Republic, 0-1
Mexico, 0-2

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

CANBERRA 6, PERTH 3 IN PERTH

Canberra scored four in the third inning and led the rest of the way.  Cameron Warner was 3-for-4 with a double.  Robbie Perkins hit a home run.

The series is tied 1-1.

MELBOURNE AT BRISBANE

Rained out.

This best-of-three series has had two days of rainouts.  It appears that, rather than make up the game, they will simply make it a one-game winner-take-all playoff.