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Mazatlan Recap: Game Thirteen

OBREGON 6, MAZATLAN 1 IN MAZATLAN

Batting stars:  None.

Pitching star:  Edgar Torres pitched seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Arturo Lopez pitched six innings, giving up one run on three hits and no walks and striking out three.  Carlos Sepulveda was 3-for-4 with a walk.  Juan Carlos Gamboa was 1-for-2 with two walks and two runs.  Roberto Lopez was 1-for-2 with two walks.

The game:  It was a pitchers' duel for eight innings.  Obregon scored first, in the second inning, on singles by Gamboa and Lopez and a sacrifice fly.  Mazatlan tied it in the fourth on singles by Ramon Rios and Carlos Munoz and a double play grounder.

It stayed 1-1 until the ninth, when the roof fell in.  With one out, consecutive walks to Paulo Orlando, Gamboa, and Lopez loaded the bases.  Moises Gutierrez singled home a run, Tirso Ornelas hit a two-run double, and Alonso Gaitan hit a two-run single, making the score 6-1.  Mazatlan went down in order in the bottom of the ninth.

WP:  Tomas Solis (1-0).  LP:  Ryan Newell (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Munoz was 1-for-4 and is batting .326.

Torres lowered his ERA to 2.75.  Roberto Espinosa struck out both men he faced to drop his ERA to 1.59.

Mazatlan left only two men on base and was 0-for-2 with men in scoring position.

Mazatlan turned four double plays.

Record:  Mazatlan is 5-8, in seventh place, six games behind Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan hosts Obregon again tonight.

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Mazatlan Recap: Game Twelve

OBREGON 4, MAZATLAN 3 IN MAZATLAN

Batting star:  Francisco Hernandez was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk.

Pitching star:  Roberto Espinosa pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Alonzo Harris was 3-for-3.  Sebastian Valle was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Paulo Orlando was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Jesus Camargo pitched 4.2 innings, giving up one run on two hits and four walks and striking out two.  Fabian Anguamea pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Mario Meza pitched a perfect inning and had one strikeout.  Miguel Aguilar pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

The game:  Harris led off the game with a single, went to third on a stolen base-plus-error, and scored on a ground out to give Obregon a 1-0 lead.  It stayed 1-0 until the fifth, when Italo Mota drew a two-out walk and scored from first on Hernandez' double, tying the score at 1-1.

It only stayed tied until the next half-inning.  In the top of the sixth, Valle drew a one-out walk.  Singles by Orlando and Juan Carlos Gamboa loaded the bases.  Roberto Lopez then unloaded them with a three-run double, putting Obregon up 4-1.  Obregon got back into the game in the seventh.  With two out, Mota singled, Hernandez doubled, and Chris Roberson delivered a two-run single, cutting the margin to 4-3.

But that was as good as it got for Mazatlan.  They did not get another baserunner after Roberson's hit, and 4-3 is where the score stayed.

WP:  Fernando Sanchez (2-0).  LP:  Francisco Rios (2-1).  S:  Aguilar (5).

Notes:  Jose Luna was 0-for-1 as a pinch-hitter and is batting .385.  Mota was 1-for-1 with two walks and is batting .364.  Carlos Munoz was 1-for-4 and is batting .333.  Hernandez is batting .300.

Rios started for Mazatlan and pitched 5.1 innings, allowing four runs on eight hits and a walk and striking out four.

Gabino Avalos retired both men he faced and has an ERA of zero.  Espinosa's ERA is 1.80.

Obregon's name is "Yaquis de Obregon".  Whether it's Yankees or Yaquis, my teams can't seem to beat them.

Record:  Mazatlan is 5-7, tied for sixth place, five games behind Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan hosts Obregon again tonight.

 

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Mazatlan Recap: Games Ten and Eleven

CULIACAN 6, MAZATLAN 4 IN CULIACAN

Batting stars:  Anthony Giansanti was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and a walk.  Carlos Munoz was 2-for-3 with two walks.  Diego Madero was 2-for-4.

Pitching star:  Marco Antonio Duarte pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.

Opposition stars:  Edgar Arredondo struck out eight in six innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks.  Hans Wilson was 3-for-3.  Sebastian Elizelde was 2-for-4 with a home run and two RBIs.  Michael Wing was 2-for-4 with a double.  Joey Meneses was 1-for-3 with a home run and two RBIs.  Sasagi Sanchez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.  Alberto Baldonado pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

The game:  Mazatlan left the bases loaded in the first.  It cost them, as Culiacan got on the board in the bottom of the first with two runs.  Jesus Fabela, Ramiro Pena, and Elizalde all singled to start the inning, plating one run, and a sacrifice fly made it 2-0 Culiacan.  Mazatlan tallied in the top of the second when Jose Luna was hit by a pitch and scored on a Francisco Hernandez triple, but Culiacan got the run right back in the bottom of the second on singles by Alan Sanchez and Wilson and an infield out.  It was 3-1 Culiacan through two.

It went to 4-1 in the fourth when Michael Wing doubled and scored on Wilson's single.  But Mazatlan came back in the seventh.  With one out, Munoz walked, Ricky Alvarez singled, and Giansanti hit a three-run homer to tie it 4-4.

That was as good as it got for Mazatlan, though.  Elizalde and Meneses opened the eighth with back-to-back home runs, putting Culiacan up 6-4, and that's how it ended.  Mazatlan got a two-out single in the ninth, but nothing more.

WP:  Sagasi Sanchez (1-0).  LP:  Roman Pena (0-1).  S:  Baldonado (1).

Notes:  Munoz was batting .333.  Ricardo Valenzuela was 1-for-5 and was batting .321.  Giansanti was batting .306.

Carlos Felix started for Mazatlan but lasted just 3.1 innings, allowing four runs on six hits and no walks and striking out one.

Duarte has an ERA of zero.  Roberto Espinoza retired both men he faced and has an ERA of 2.45.

"Hans Wilson" seems like an odd name for a Mexican ballplayer to have, but he apparently was born in Obregon.  I don't know anything else about him, so I don't know if there's an interesting story there or not.

Record:  Mazatlan was 4-6.

MAZATLAN 12, CULIACAN 6 IN CULIACAN

Batting stars:  Jose Luna was 3-for-5 with a double.  Chris Roberson was 2-for-4 with a double.  Ricardo Valenzuela was 2-for-5 with a home run, two runs, and three RBIs.  Carlos Munoz was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.  Ricky Alvarez was 2-for-5 with two runs.  Italo Mota was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer.

Pitching stars:  Marco Antonio Rivas pitched a perfect inning.  Adolfo Ramirez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Joey Meneses was 3-for-3 with a two-run homer (his second) and two walks.  Jesus Fabela was 3-for-5 with two runs.  Alfredo Hurtado was 2-for-2 with a double.  Antonio Lamas was 2-for-4.  Gonzalo Sanudo pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.  Omar Sainz retired all four men he faced, striking out one.  Daniel Rodriguez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.

The game:  Randy Romero opened the game with a walk, went to second on a passed ball, and scored on Munoz' double.  Anthony Giansanti later contributed an RBI single to put Mazatlan up 2-0.  Culiacan came right back in the bottom of the first, though.  Fabela and Ramiro Pena singled, an error scored a run, a walk loaded the bases, a sacrifice fly tied the score, and a wild pitch put Culiacan up 3-2 after one.

The second was scoreless, but Mazatlan took control in the third.  Romero, Roberson, and Munoz all singled, tying the score.  The next two batters went out, but Valenzuela singled to put Mazatlan ahead.  A wild pitch scored a run, Luna had an RBI single, and Mota hit a three-run homer, making the score 9-3 Mazatlan.

Culiacan did not get back into the game.  They scored once in the fifth on an RBI single by Sebastian Elizalde, but Mazatlan got two in the seventh on Valenzuela's two-run homer, making the score 11-4.  Culiacan got those two back on Meneses' two-run homer, but that was as close as they would come.  Mazatlan added a run in the ninth on two singles and two ground outs.

WP:  Carlos Morales (1-0).  LP:  Jose Carlos Medina (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Jose Augusto Figueroa is 1-for-1 and is batting .500.  Luna is batting .417.  Munoz is batting .342.  Valenzuela is batting .333.  Giansanti is batting .308.  Mota is batting .300.

Morales was the starter for Mazatlan.  He pitched 5.2 innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on eight hits and a walk and striking out four.

Gabino Avalos retired both men he faced and has an ERA of zero.

Medina started for Culiacan and pitched just two innings.  He allowed five runs on six hits and a walk and struck out two.

There were two wild pitches and two passed balls in the game.

Gonzalo Sanudo is an ex-Twin.  He was with them in the Gulf Coast League in 2011 and 2012, then was traded to Houston.  He was in the Astros organization through 2016, reaching AAA for two games in 2015.

Record:  Mazatlan is 5-6, in sixth place, four games behind Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan hosts Obregon Tuesday.

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Mazatlan Recap: Game Nine

CULIACAN 6, MAZATLAN 5 IN CULIACAN (12 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Edson Garcia was 3-for-5 with a walk.  Anthony Giansanti was 3-for-6.  Ricardo Valenzuela was 2-for-5 with a double, a walk, and three RBIs.  Ramon Rios was 2-for-6.

Pitching stars:  Irwin Delgado pitched 5.2 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and one walk and striking out one.  Ivan Zavala pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.  Alejandro Soto struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk.  Ryan Newell pitched a 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Joey Meneses was 3-for-5 with two RBis.  Jose Guadalupe Chavez was 2-for-4.  Efren Navarro was 2-for-6 with a two-run homer (his second) and a double.  Jesus Adrian Castillo struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up two hits.  Gonzalo Sanudo pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out one.  Gerardo Sanchez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, striking out one.  Evan Miller pitched a scoreless inning, striking out one.  Alberto Baldonado pitched two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

The game:  Culiacan started the scoring in the first inning.  Johnny Davis singled, Ramiro Pena walked, and they pulled off a double steal to put men on second and third.  A pair of sacrifice flies made it 2-0.  In the second Chavez singled, an error put men on first and third, and another sacrifice fly made it 3-0 Culiacan.

Mazatlan came back in the third.  Diego Madera led off with a single and Garcia hit a one-out single.  Ramon Rios followed with another single to drive in a run and Carlos Munoz walked, loading the bases.  Ricky Alvarez was hit by a pitch to force home a run and Valenzuela walked to bring home another, tying the score 3-3.

It stayed 3-3 until the twelfth inning.  Apparently, in the Mexican League, the twelfth is when the "start with a man at second base" rule kicks in.  For Mazatlan, there was still a man on second with two out, but Randy Romero singled and Valenzuela hit a two-run double, putting Mazatlan up 5-3.  In the bottom of the twelfth, however, Meneses singled home a run and Navarro followed with a walkoff two-run homer, winning the game for Culiacan 6-5.

WP:  David Gutierrez (1-0).  LP:  Marco Antonio Rivas (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Valenzuela is batting .348.  Italo Mota is batting .333.  Carlos Munoz was 0-for-3 is batting .300.

Delgado has an ERA of 3.00.  Roberto Espinoza pitched two-thirds of an inning without giving up a run and also has an ERA of 3.00.  Newell has an ERA of 0.00.

Andres Ivan Meza started for Culiacan.  He pitched 2.2 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and two walks and striking out one.

Culiacan had three sacrifice flies.  They were 1-for-12 with men in scoring position and stranded 11.  Mazatlan was 3-for-11 with men in scoring position and stranded 12.

The game took five hours and four minutes to play.

Record:  Mazatlan is 4-5, in sixth place, four games behind Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan is again at Culiacan tonight.

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Mazatlan Recap: Game Eight

NAVOJOA 6, MAZATLAN 1 IN MAZATLAN

Batting star:  Carlos Munoz was 2-for-3.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Jaime Lugo pitched six shutout innings, giving up two hits and one walk and striking out two.  Alejandro Gonzalez was 2-for-2 with a walk.  Omar Renteria was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Paul Leon was 2-for-4 with a double and a walk.  Victor Mendoza was 2-for-5 with a double and a walk.

The game:  Navojoa opened the second with consecutive singles by Mendoza, Christian Zazueta, Renteria, and David Vidal, scoring two runs.  A sacrifice fly brought home a third, making it 3-0 Navojoa.

It stayed 3-0 until the seventh.  Gonzalez singled, Leon drew a two-out walk, and Mendoza doubled home a run to increase the lead to 4-0.  Mazatlan got on the board in the eighth when Diego Maduro doubled, went to third on Italo Mota's single, and scored on a sacrifice fly.  Navojoa finished the scoring in the ninth.  Gonzalez walked and scored on Jorge Flores' single-plus-error and Leon's double plated the last run.

WP:  Lugo (1-0).  LP:  Edgar Torres (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Lots of guys are batting .333 for Mazatlan:  Munoz, Jose Luna, Ricardo Valenzuela, Daniel Sanchez, and Mota are all batting .333.  I suppose that's not all that unusual this early in the season.  Ricky Alvarez is batting .321.

Torres started for Mazatlan.  He pitched 6.2 innings and gave up four runs on ten hits and no walks, striking out five.  His ERA is 3.55.  Gabino Avalos pitched a third of an inning and did not give up a run, keeping his ERA at zero.

There were two balks called in the game, one on Esteban Haro of Navojoa and one on Gerardo Bojorquez of Mazatlan.

Record:  Mazatlan is 4-4, tied for fourth place with Culiacan and Los Mochis.  They are four games behind Obregon, who has not lost a game yet (8-0).

Next game:  Mazatlan goes to Culiacan tonight.

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Mazatlan Recap: Games Six and Seven

MAZATLAN 4, NAVOJOA 3 IN MAZATLAN (GAME 1)

Batting star:  Ricky Alvarez was 2-for-2 with a triple, a walk, and two RBIs.

Pitching star:  Ryan Newell pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Jorge Flores was 3-for-4.  Oscar Felix pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.  Jose Isidro Marquez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.

The game:  With two out in the bottom of the first, Anthony Giansanti doubled, Carlos Munoz walked, and Alvarez tripled them both home to give Mazatlan a 2-0 lead.  Navojoa tied it in the third.  Flores singled with one out.  With two down, Paul Leon and Victor Mendoza walked, loading the bases.  David Vidal walked to bring one run in and Christian Zazueta singled to bring home another, making the score 2-2.

Navojoa took the lead in the fourth when Marco Guzman singled, was bunted to second, and scored on Flores' single.  The lead lasted until the bottom of the fourth.  Alvarez singled, Issmael Salas was hit by a pitch, and RBI singles by Ricardo Valenzuela and Diego Maduro made it 4-3 Mazatlan.

And that was it.  Navojoa got a man on base in each of the last three innings, but did not advance him past first base.

WP:  Francisco Rios (2-0).  LP:  Raul Carrillo (0-1).  S:  Newell (2).

Notes:  Valenzuela was 1-for-3 and is batting .400.  Salas is 0-for-1 and is batting .400.  Alvarez raised his average to .364.

Rios has an ERA of 2.70.  Newell has an ERA of zero.  Marco Antonio Rivas pitched two-thirds of an inning and also has an ERA of zero.

Rios started for Mazatlan.  He pitched five innings, giving up three runs on seven hits and four walks and striking out two.  Carrillo started for Navojoa.  He pitched 3.2 innings, giving up four runs on five hits and one walk and striking out four.

Record:  Mazatlan was 3-3.

MAZATLAN 4, NAVOJOA 3 IN MAZATLAN (GAME 2)

Batting stars:  Ramon Rios was 2-for-3 with a triple.

Pitching stars:  Adolfo Ramirez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.  Roberto Espinosa retired all four batters he faced.  Alejandro Soto pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Christian Zazueta was 2-for-4.

The game:  Navojoa got on the board in the first inning when Jorge Flores singled, went to third on a stolen base-plus-error, and scored on a Juan Perez single.  In the third Jorge Sesma singled, Flores walked, a double steal put them on second and third, a sacrifice fly scored one, and an error brought home another, making the score 3-0.

Mazatlan got back into it in the fourth.  Rios and Anthony Giansanti singled.  Carlos Munoz had an RBI double, Ricky Alvarez hit a run-scoring single, and an infield out tied the score at 3-3.  Mazatlan took the lead in the fifth.  Itali Mota singled, was bunted to second, and scored on Rios' triple, going ahead 4-3.

Navojoa got the tying run to third with two out in the seventh, but a ground out ended the inning and the game.

WP:  Espinosa (1-0).  LP:  Esteban Haro (0-1).  S:  Soto (1).

Notes:  Alvarez was 1-for-2 and is batting .375.

Gabino Alvarez pitched two-thirds of an inning and has an ERA of zero.  Ferrol Heredia walked the only man he faced, but the man didn't score, so his ERA remains zero.

Mario Garcia started for Mazatlan.  He pitched 2.1 innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on two hits and three walks and striking out two.  Ruddy Acosta started for Navojoa.  He pitched 3.1 innings, giving up three runs on five hits and no walks and striking out three.

Both games were seven innings.

Mazatlan has now won three in a row.

Record:  Mazatlan is 4-3, tied for fourth place with Los Mochis, three games behind Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan once again hosts Navojoa tonight.

 

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Mazatlan Recap: Game Five

MAZATLAN 13, NAVOJOA 4 IN MAZATLAN

Batting stars:  Ricardo Valenzuela was 2-for-2 with a walk and two RBIs.  Issmael Salas was 2-for-3 with two walks and three runs.  Ricky Alvarez was 2-for-4 with a home run, three runs, and three RBIs.  Carlos Munoz was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Diego Madero was 2-for-4 with a walk and two RBIs.  Ramon Rios was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Carlos Morales pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and no walks and striking out four.  Ivan Zavala pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Fernando Burgueno pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

Opposition stars:  Jorge Flores was 2-for-4 with a double and two runs.  Luis Payan pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and one walk and striking out two.

The game:  Mazatlan opened the scoring in the second.  Munoz led off with a single, and with one out Salas walked and Valenzuela was hit by a pitch, loading the bases.  Madero then delivered a two-run single, making it 2-0.  Navojoa tied it in the fourth.  Jorge Flores singled, Juan Perez doubled, and Victor Mendoza hit a two-run single to make it 2-2.

Mazatlan took control in the sixth.  With one out Munoz doubled, Alvarez walked, and Salas singled, loading the bases.  Valenzuela walked to bring home one run.  An error scored two.  Edson Garcia singled to re-load the bases.  Rios then delivered a single-plus-error to bring home three and give Mazatlan an 8-2 lead.

Mazatlan got two more in the seventh.  Alvarez homered, Salas walked, Valenzuela singled, and a sacrifice fly made it 10-2.  Navojoa got those two back in the eighth.  Flores doubled, Perez was hit by a pitch, and Paul Leon walked to load the bases.  David Vidal singled home one and a force out scored another, but Mazatlan still led 10-4.

Mazatlan ended the scoring with three in the bottom of the eighth.  Anthony Giansanti walked, Jose Luna doubled, and Alvarez singled them both home.  Salas then singled to put men on first and third and a sacrifice fly made the final score 13-4.

WP:  Zavala (1-1).  LP:  Santiago Elizondo (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Salas is batting .429.  Valenzuela is batting .417.  Alvarez is batting .300.

Irwin Delgado has an ERA of 2.70.  Morales has an ERA of 3.18.

Record:  Mazatlan is 2-3, tied for fifth place, three games behind Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan hosts Navojoa for a doubleheader tonight.

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Mazatlan Recap: Games Three and Four

LOS MOCHIS 9, MAZATLAN 8 IN LOS MOCHIS

Batting stars:  None.  That sounds strange, that you could score eight runs with no batting stars, but Mazatlan hit no home runs and had no one with more than one hit and one walk.

Pitching stars:  None.

Opposition stars:  Josuan Hernandez was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, three runs, and three RBIs.  Isaac Rodriguez Salazar was 3-for-5 with a double and three runs.  Eddy Martinez was 3-for-5 with a double.  Carlos Soto was 2-for-3.  Esteban Quiroz was 2-for-4 with a grand slam, a double, and six RBIs.  Hector Soto pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

The game:  Los Mochis scored in the first inning, as Salazar led off with a double, went to third on a ground out, and scored on a sacrifice fly.  It went to 2-0 in the third when Hernandez and Quiroz hit back-to-back doubles.

Mazatlan got on the board in the fourth when Edson Garcia walked and scored on an error.  They tied it in the fifth when Ramon Rios doubled and scored on a Diego Madero single.  But Los Mochis got the lead right back in the bottom of the fifth when Salazar singled and Hernandez hit a two-run homer, making it 4-2 Los Mochis.

Mazatlan tied it back up in the sixth.  Garcia doubled and Anthony Giansanti walked.  A bunt moved the runners to second and third, a fielder's choice scored one, and a sacrifice fly made it 4-4.  They took the lead in the seventh.  Chris Roberson reached on an error, and with two out singles by Giansanti and Carlos Munoz brought home the tie-breaking run.  A wild pitch scored another to make it 6-4.  It went to 8-4 in the top of the eighth.  Issmael Salas doubled and scored on a Ricardo Valenzuela single.  An error moved Valenzuela to third, and a sacrifice fly brought him home.

Then came the bottom of the eighth.  Saul Soto walked and Juan Camacho singled.  With one out, Salazar singled to load the bases.  Hernandez was hit by a pitch to make it 8-5, and Quiroz hit a grand slam to put Los Mochis ahead 9-8.

Mazatlan went down in order in the ninth and went down to defeat.

WP:  Vidal Sotelo (1-0).  LP:  Ivan Zavala (0-1).  S:  Jose Quezada (1).

Notes:  Ignacio Marrujo started for Mazatlan.  He went 3.1 innings, giving up two runs on seven hits and a walk and striking out one.  Jonas Garibay started for Los Mochis.  He went five innings, giving up four runs (three earned) on four hits and two walks and striking out one.

Record:  Mazatlan was 1-2.

LOS MOCHIS 7, MAZATLAN 5 IN LOS MOCHIS

Batting stars:  Ricky Alvarez was 2-for-4 with two doubles.  Anthony Giansanti was 1-for-3 with two walks.

Pitching stars:  Marco Antonio Rivas pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.  Ryan Newell struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

Opposition stars:  Eddy Martinez was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, and two runs.  Amilcar Gomez was 3-for-4.  Esteban Quiroz was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.  Leandro Castro was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer, his second.  Adrian Hernandez pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks and striking out one.  Juan Gomez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk.

The game:  Los Mochis jumped out to the lead early.  With two out, Quiroz homered, Martinez singled, and Castro homered, giving Los Mochis a 3-0 lead.  In the second, again with two out, Gomez and Isaac Rodriguez Salazar singled and Josuan Hernandez hit a two-run triple to make it 5-0.

Mazatlan got back into the game in the third.  Diego Madero walked and Chris Roberson was hit by a pitch.  Edson Garcia then delivered an RBI single, Giansanti followed with another RBI single, and a run scored on a ground out to cut the margin to 5-3.  Los Mochis got one run back in the bottom of the third when Martinez homered, making it 6-3.  It stayed there until the sixth, when Saul Soto homered to make it 7-3.

Mazatlan got back into the game in the eighth.  Giansanti walked, Carlos Munoz singled, and Ricky Alvarez hit an RBI double.  A sacrifice fly made it 7-5.  That was as much as Mazatlan could do, however, as they managed only a walk for the rest of the game and went down 7-5.

WP:  Rafael Ordaz (1-0).  LP:  Carlos Felix (0-1).  S:  Juan Gamez (2).

Notes:  The decisions went to the starters.  Ordaz pitched five innings, giving up three runs on three hits and three walks and striking out none.  Felix pitched 1.2 innings, allowing five runs on six hits and no walks and striking out one.

The attendance at the game was 493.  I have no idea what average attendance is at a Mexican League game.  I also have no idea how many fans they're actually allowing into the games.

Record:  Mazatlan is 1-3, tied for seventh place, three games behind Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan comes home to play Navajoa on Tuesday.

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Mazatlan Recap: Game Two

LOS MOCHIS 5, MAZATLAN 4 IN LOS MOCHIS

Batting star:  Chris Roberson was 3-for-5.

Pitching stars:  Edgar Torres pitched six innings, giving up one run on six hits and three walks and striking out four.  Marco Antonio Rivas retired all five men he faced, striking out two.

Opposition stars:  Josuan Hernandez was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Esteban Quiroz was 2-for-4.  Santiago Gutierrez pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on five hits and two walks and striking out three.  Irving Machuca pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up a walk.  Juan Gamez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

The game:  It was scoreless until the fifth.  Mazatlan got on the board first, as Issmael Salas singled, an error put men on first and third, and Ricardo Valenzuela singled home a run.  A sacrifice fly made it 2-0 and Roberson's RBI single made it 3-0 Mazatlan.

Leandro Castro homered for Los Mochis in the sixth to make it 3-1.  Los Mochis took the lead in the seventh.  Rodolfo Amador walked, Juan Camacho singled, and a wild pitch brought home a run to make it 3-2.  A hit batsman and an error loaded the bases.  Josuan Hernandez' infield single tied the game, and Quiroz delivered a two-run single to put Los Mochis ahead 5-3.

Mazatlan had a chance in the eighth.  Edson Garcia singled, Anthony Giansanti hit a one-out single, and Ricky Alvarez' RBI single made it 5-4.  A hit batsman loaded the bases, but Ramon Rios hit into a double play to end the inning.  They got the tying run into scoring position in the ninth, but a force out and a line out ended the game.

WP:  Fabian Cota (1-0).  LP:  Felipe Arredondo (0-1).  S:  Gamez (1).

Notes:  All nine Mazatlan hits were singles.

Salas is batting .500.  Valenzuela is batting .333.  Roberson is batting .300.

For some reason, this time the temperature was listed in Fahrenheit.  It was 92, with a wind at nine miles perhour.

Record:  Mazatlan is 1-1, tied for third, one game behind Hermosillo and Obregon.

Next game:  Mazatlan is again at Los Mochis tonight.

Keeping Track

Mazatlan Recap: Game One

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Winter baseball has started, with the Mexican League the first league to begin play.  I have done lots of things in covering the Mexican League, from doing recaps of every game to doing nothing at all.

I would love to do recaps of every game again, but I simply don't have time for that.  But I don't like doing nothing at all, either.  So I thought, this year, I would try following one team from each winter league.  The team will be selected by random.org.  For the Mexican League, it is the Venados de Mazatlan.

I come into this knowing nothing about that team, so I'll be learning along with you.  That is, if anyone actually reads these recaps.  The season started last night, so here we go.

MAZATLAN 5, LOS MOCHIS 2 AT LOS MOCHIS

Batting star:  Issmael Salas was 2-for-3 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Francisco Rios struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and three walks.  Ivan Zavala pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Eddy Martinez was 2-for-4.  Adrian Hernandez struck out six in 2.1 perfect innings.  Erubiel Armenta pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one walk.

The game:  Mazatlan started the scoring in the second.  Ricky Alvarez and Salas singled and Ramon Rios was hit by a pitch, loading the bases with none out.  A wild pitch brought home the first run.  Ricardo Valenzuela singled home the second run, and an error brought home a third, giving Mazatlan a 3-0 lead.  Mazatlan added a run in the fourth.  With one out, Alvarez walked and went to second on a wild pitch.  Salas singled him to third, and a force out brought him home to make it 4-0.  It went to 5-0 in the fifth.  Carlos Munoz and Anthony Giansanti walked, a ground out moved them to second and third, and Rios hit a sacrifice fly to bring home the run.

Los Mochis got on the board in the seventh.  Walks to Leandro Castro and Saul Soto put men on first and second with one out.  Carlos Soto then singled home a run.  They added one more in the ninth.  With two out Saul Soto singled, Fernando Inzunza walked, and Juan Uriarte singled, making the score 5-2.  A hit batsman loaded the bases and brought the winning run up to bat, but Josuan Hernandez struck out to end the game.

WP:  Rios (1-0).  LP:  Daniel Duarte (0-1).  S:  Ryan Newell (1).

Notes:  Newell faced two batters, hitting the first one but striking out the second to end the game.

Looking at the box score, it appears that the Mexican League does not have a three-batter minimum rule.  They may have a mound visit rule, though, because the play-by-play always notes mound visits.

Mazatlan used eight pitchers, six of them in the last three innings.

It was 32 degrees in Los Mochis, with a 21 mile-an-hour wind.  I don't know whether they're allowing fans, but it would not have been a pleasant night to be at the old ball park.  Unless that's 32 Celsius, of course, in which case it would've been about 90 degrees fahrenheit.  And, as I look at it, that's probably the case, as the forecast for Los Mochis today is a high of 103.  That's not very pleasant, either, but I could handle 90 degrees for baseball a lot better than 32.

Next game:  Mazatlan plays Los Mochis again tonight.

Record:  Mazatlan is 1-0, tied for first with Monterrey, Hermosillo, Obregon, and Guasave.

For some reason, it is not easy to find the Mexican League standings.