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Winter Wonderland: Games of December 15

MAZATLAN, GAME 44

MAZATLAN 7, LOS MOCHIS 4 IN MAZATLAN

Batting stars:  Ricky Alvarez was 3-for-4 with two RBIs.  Anthony Giansanti was 2-for-3 with a home run (his third), a walk, and two runs.  Hector Mora was 2-for-4.  Maxwell Leon was 2-for-5 with a double and two RBIs.

Pitching stars:  Marco Antonio Duarte pitched three shutout innings, giving up four hits.  Four relievers each pitched a scoreless inning:  Ivan Zavala, Marco Antonio Rivas, Roberto Espinosa, and Jesus Pirela.

Opposition stars:  Francisco Cordoba was 3-for-4 with a double.  Isaac Rodriguez Salazar was 2-for-4 with a walk.  Rodolfo Amador was 2-for-4.

The game:  Mazatlan led 3-0 after one, but a four-run third for Los Mochis left Mazatlan trailing by one.  Giansanti homered leading off the fourth to tie it and Hector Mora's RBI single later in the inning put Mazatlan ahead to stay.  Mazatlan got insurance runs in the seventh and ninth.

WP:  Duarte (3-2).  LP:  Marcos Machado (0-2).  S:  PIrela (11).

Stats:  Isaac Paredes was 1-for-4 and is batting .347.  Carlos Munoz was 0-for-4 and is batting .303.  Rivas' ERA is 1.61.  Espinosa's ERA is 1.73.  Pirela's ERA is 1.45.

Record:  Mazatlan is 22-22, in seventh place in the Mexican League, five games behind Obregon.  They are a half-game behind sixth-place Mexicali.

Next game:  Mazatlan hosts Los Mochis again tonight.

GIGANTES, GAME 20

GIGANTES 11, AGUILAS 2 AT GIGANTES

Batting stars:  Ronald Guzman was 4-for-4 with two home runs, a walk, and four runs.  Juan Francisco was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his second and third), three runs, and seven RBIs.  Melvin Mercedes was 2-for-4.  Oneil Cruz was 2-for-5.  Alfredo Marte was 1-for-3 with a home run.

Pitching stars:  Gabriel Ynoa pitched five innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out two.  Three relievers each pitched a scoreless inning:  Adonis Rosa, Domingo Tapia, and Ramon E. Ramirez.

Opposition stars:  Juan Carlos Perez was 2-for-3 with a double.  Rodrigo Vigil was 2-for-4.

The game:  Francisco hit a three-run homer in the first and the Gigantes led the rest of the way.  Francisco also hit a grand slam, in the eighth inning.  The Gigantes hit five homers in the game.

WP:  Ynoa (1-0).  LP:  Yoanner Negrin (3-2).  S:  None.

Stats:  Marte is batting .500.  Guzman is batting .333.  Logan Moore was 1-for-4 and is also batting .333.  Ynoa's ERA is 0.90.  Tapia has an ERA of zero.

Record:  The Gigantes are 9-11, in fifth place in the Dominican League, 2.5 games behind Este.  They are one game behind fourth-place Estrellas.

Next game:  The Gigantes host Escogido tonight.

LARA, GAMES 17 AND 18

LARA 7, LA GUAIRA 6 IN LARA (GAME 1--8 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Jecksson Flores was 3-for-3.  Josmar Cordero was 2-for-3 with a double.  Carlos Rivero was 1-for-3 with a home run, his second.

Pitching stars:  Daniel Alvarez struck out two in two perfect innings.  Wilking Rodriguez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and one and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Victor Diaz pitched five shutout innings, giving up three hits and two walks and striking out three.  Junior Sosa was 4-for-5.  Danry Vasquez was 3-for-4.

The game:  La Guaira led 4-0 through five, but Lara scored four in the sixth to tie it.  La Guaira scored two in the top of the eighth, but Lara came back with three in the bottom of the eighth.  Osman Marval's RBI single tied it.  That single was followed by a hit batsman and two walks, the last of which forced home the deciding run.

WP:  Leonel Campos (3-0).  LP:  Gregory Infante (0-3).  S:  None.

LARA 6, LA GUAIRA 1 IN LARA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Josmar Cordero was 2-for-3 with a double and two RBIs.  Yojhan Quevedo was 2-for-3 with two RBIs.  Jecksson Flores was 2-for-3.  Ildemaro Vargas was 2-for-4 with two RBIs.  Gorkys Hernandez was 2-for-4 with two runs.

Pitching stars:  Leonel Aponte pitched three innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk and striking out two.  Luis Oviedo pitched three shutout innings, giving up two hits and no walks and striking out one.  Ricardo Gomez pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  None.  La Guaira had four hits, all singles.

The game:  La Guaira scored one in the top of the second, but Lara scored four in the bottom of the second and never trailed again.  They had a walk and five singles in the inning.

WP:  Oviedo (1-0).  LP:  Ofreidy Gomez (0-2).  S:  None.

Stats:  Cordero is batting .432.  Vargas is batting .383.  Flores is batting .343.  Aponte's ERA is 1.08.  Ovideo's ERA is zero.  Gomez' ERA is 1.50.

Record:  Lara is 11-7, in first place in the Venezuelan League West Division, one game ahead of Margarita.

Next game:  Lara hosts Magallanes tonight.

MAYAGUEZ, GAME 7

CAGUAS 5, MAYAGUEZ 2 AT CAGUAS

Batting stars:  Ex-Twin Brian Navarreto was 2-for-3 with two doubles and a walk.  Emmanuel Rivera was 1-for-3 with a home run (his second) and a walk.

Pitching stars:  Luis Quinones retired all four men he faced, striking out three.  Yacksel Rios pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a walk and striking out one.  Jean Cosme pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits and striking out one.

Opposition stars:  Jose De Leon struck out twelve in five innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk.  Noel Cuevas was 2-for-3 with a home run, a triple a walk, two runs, and two RBIs.  Johneshwy Fargas was 2-for-4.

The game:  Leading 2-0, Caguas scored three in the fourth to take control of the game.  Cuevas had an RBI triple in the inning and Jancarlo Cintron had an RBI double.

WP:  De Leon (1-0).  LP:  Eric Stout (0-1).  S:  None.

Stats:  Navarreto is batting .438.  Henry Ramos was 1-for-4 and is batting .423.  Ex-Twin Danny Ortiz was 1-for-4 and is batting .321.  T. J. Rivera was 0-for-4 and is batting .321.  Rivera is batting .310.  Xavier Fernandez was 0-for-1 and is batting .308.  Quinones and Rios each has an ERA of zero.

Record:  Mayaguez is 6-1, in second place in the Puerto Rican League, one game behind Caguas.

Next game:  Mayaguez hosts Caguas tonight.

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Lara Recaps: Games Fourteen, Fifteen, and Sixteen

ZULIA 6, LARA 1 IN LARA

Saturday

Zulia scored three in the fifth to take a 4-0 lead.  Ildemaro Vargas was 2-for-3 with a walk.  Josmar Cordero was 2-for-4.  Ex-Twin Logan Darnell started for Lara.  He struck out five in 4.1 innings, but allowed four runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk.  Angelo Palumbo pitched three innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on seven hits and no walks and striking out two.

ARAGUA 4, LARA 2 IN ARAGUA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Sunday

Aragua scored three in the first and did not trail after that.  All the game's runs were scored in the first two innings.  Gorkys Hernandez homered for Lara.  Ex-Twin Williams Perez started and pitched three innings, allowing four runs on six his and two walks and striking out one.  Maximo Castillo struck out three in three shutout innings of relief, giving up one hit.

ARAGUA 2, LARA 0 IN ARAGUA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Sunday

Aragua scored both of their runs in the fourth inning.  Ildemaro Vargas was 2-for-2 with a walk.  Alejandro Requena started and pitched 3.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and a walk and striking out three.

Record:  Lara is 9-7, tied for first with Magallanes in the West Division.

Next game:  Lara hosts La Guaira in a doubleheader on Tuesday.

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Lara Recaps: Game Thirteen

LARA 6, MARGARITA 5 IN LARA (10 INNINGS)

Batting stars:  Gorkys Hernandez was 3-for-5 with two RBIs.  Ildemaro Vargas was 3-for-6 with a double and two RBIs.  Josmar Cordero was 2-for-2 with a walk.

Pitching stars:  Nestor Molina pitched four innings, giving up one run on two hits and three walks and striking out four.  Yapson Gomez struck out two in two perfect innings.  Leonel Campos pitched a scoreless inning, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out one.  Derian Gonzalez pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  David Rodriguez was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second), a walk, and two RBIs.  Eguy Rosario was 2-for-5.  Henry Centeno pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks and striking out one.

The game:  Cordero singled home a run in the eighth to tie it 3-3.  In the top of the tenth, a wild pitch scored one run and Rodriguez singled home another to make it 5-3.  In the bottom of the tenth, with two out, Lara got consecutive RBI singles by Hernandez, Deiner Lopez, and Vargas to win the game.

WP:  Gonzalez (1-0).  LP:  Alfred Gutierrez (2-2).  S:  None.

Notes:  Cordero is batting .414.  Vargas is batting .355.  Gabriel Moreno is batting .342.  Yordanys Linares and Carlos Rivero are each batting .333.  Yonathan Mendoza is batting .325.  Jecksson Flores is batting .318.  Jose Tabata is batting .308.

Jesus Sanchez gave up a run in one inning and has an ERA of 2.79.  Gomez has an ERA of zero.  Campos has an ERA of 2.35.

Each team used seven pitchers.

Lara stranded 12 and Margarita stranded 11.

Record:  Lara is 9-4  in first place in the West Division, two games ahead of Magallanes.

Next game:  Lara hosts Zulia tonight.

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Lara Recaps: Game Twelve

LARA 9, ZULIA 3 IN ZULIA

Wednesday

Lara scored six in the third and led the rest of the way.  Ildemaro Vargas had a two-run double in the inning.  Yordanys Linares was 4-for-5 with a home run (his third), two runs, and two RBIs.  Raul Rivero got the win, pitching five innings and giving up two runs on six hits and a walk and striking out three.

Thursday

No game.

Record:  Lara is 8-4, in third place in the West Division, two games ahead of Magallanes and Margarita.

Next game:  Lara hosts Margarita tonight.

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Lara Recaps: Game Eleven

Shorter recaps today.

LARA 15, ZULIA 1 IN LARA

Lara scored eight runs in the second and led all the way.  Ildemaro Vargas was 4-for-4.  Home runs were by Carlos Rivero (his first), Yordanys Linares (his second), and Jecksson Flores (his first).  Leonel Aponte started and pitched three shutout innings, giving up only a walk and striking out one.

Record:  Lara is 7-4, in first place, one game ahead of Margarita.

Next game:  Lara is at Zulia tonight.

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Lara Recaps: Game Ten

CARACAS 9, LARA 1 AT CARACAS

Batting stars:  Yonathan Mendoza was 2-for-4 with a double.  Josmar Cordero was 2-for-4 with a double.

Pitching star:  Wilking Rodriguez pitched two shutout innings, giving up two hits.

Opposition stars:  Frank Lopez pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and three walks and striking out four.  Ericson Leonora was 3-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Alexander Palma was 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two runs, and two RBIs.  Jose Rondon was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second), a walk, two runs, and three RBIs.  Jhonny Pareda was 2-for-5.

The game:  Mendoza doubled and scored on a Yordanys Linares single to put Lara on the board in the first inning.  It was all Caracas from there.  Rondon hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the first to make it 2-1.  In the third, Ronny Cedeno hit a solo homer and Palma hit a two-run homer to make it 5-1.  Romer Cuadrado singled home a run in the fifth, and another scored on a double play, increasing the lead to 7-1.  In the eighth, a single and four walks brought home the final two runs.

WP:  Lopez (1-0).  LP:  Daniel Alvarez (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Mendoza is batting .419.  Gabriel Moreno was 1-for-3 and is batting .419.  Cordero is batting 389.

Alvarez started but pitched just two innings, allowing four runs on six hits and a walk and striking out one.

Lara used six pitchers.  Four of them have ERAs of nine or higher.  The lowest of the six was Fabian Blanco, who is at 5.40.

Record:  Lara is 6-4, in first place in the West Division by one game over Magallanes and Margarita.

Next game:  Lara hosts Zulia tonight.

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Lara Recaps: Games Eight and Nine

Shorter recaps today.  Lara did not play Sunday, so both these games are from Saturday.

LARA 3, LA GUAIRA 2 AT LA GUAIRA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Trailing 2-0, Lara scored three in the seventh to win it.  Yonathan Mendoza's two-run single brought home the tying and go-ahead runs.  Mendoza was 2-for-3.  Ex-Twin Logan Darnell pitched five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and one walk and striking out none.

LARA 6, LA GUAIRA 2 AT LA GUAIRA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Lara scored all six runs in the sixth inning after trailing 1-0 through five.  Josmar Cordero had a three-run single-plus-error and Yonathan Mendoza hit a two-run homer.  Cordero was 2-for-3.  Alejandro Requena pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and no walks and striking out one.

Record:  Lara is 6-3, in first place in the West Division, one game ahead of Margarita.

Next game:  Lara is at Caracas tonight.

 

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Lara Recaps: Game Seven

LARA 4, MAGALLENES 1 AT LARA

Batting stars:  Gorkys Hernandez was 3-for-4 with a double.  Yordanys Linares was 2-for-4 with a double.  Gabriel Moreno was 2-for-4.

Pitching stars:  Raul Rivero struck out five in five shutout innings, giving up two hits and two walks.  Yapson Gomez struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up one hit.  Vicente Campos pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit and striking out one.

Opposition star:  Jhoan Quijada pitched a perfect inning and struck out one.

The game:  It was scoreless until the sixth.  With one out Hernandez singled, Linares doubled, Josmar Cordero hit a two-run single, Moreno singled, a hit batsman loaded the bases, and a ground out scored another run, making it 3-0 Lara.  In the eighth Moreno singled, went to second on a wild pitch, and scored on a Rene Reyes single to make it 4-0.

Magallanes scored its lone run in the ninth.  Reynaldo Rodriguez doubled and scored on an Alberth Martinez single.

WP:  Gomez (1-0).  LP:  Felix Doubront (0-1).  S:  None.

Notes:  Moreno is batting .435.

Rivero's ERA is 1.93.  Gomez and Campos each has an ERA of zero.

Record:  Lara is 4-3, tied for first in the West Division with Margarita.

Next game:  Lara has a doubleheader at LaGuaira today.

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Lara Recaps: Game Six

MAGALLANES 8, LARA 5 AT MAGALLANES

Batting stars:  Gabriel Moreno was 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs.  Yonathan Mendoza was 2-for-4.  Joantgel Segovia was 1-for-4 with a home run.  Josmar Cordero was 1-for-4 with a home run.

Pitching stars:  Daniel Alvarez pitched three innings, giving up one run on two hits and no walks and striking out two.  Jesus Sanchez pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits.  Hector Rodriguez retired all four men he faced.

Opposition stars:  Gabriel Noriega was 3-for-4 with four RBIs.  Ezequiel Carrera was 2-for-4 with a double.  Leonardo Reginatto was 2-for-4 with two runs.  Marc Flores was 1-for-4 with a home run, his second.

The game:  In the first, Carrera singled, stole second, and scored on a Reynaldo Rodriguez single to make it 1-0 Magallanes.  Lara tied it in the third on a Segovia home run.

Lara took its only lead in the fourth.  Mendoza singled, Gorkys Hernandez walked, and Moreno hit a three-run homer to make it 4-1 Lara.  Unfortunately, the lead lasted only until Magallanes batted in the bottom of the fourth.  Carlos Perez led off with a walk.  The next two batters went out, but an error extended the inning.  Reginatto singled to load the bases, Noriega had a two-run single, and ex-Twin Engelb Vielma hit a two-run triple, making it 5-4 Magallanes.

Lara tied it in the sixth on a Cordero home run.  Again, though, that lasted only until Magallanes came to bat again.  Flores led off with a home run.   Alberth Martinez then doubled and scored on Noriega's single, making it 7-5 Magallanes.  Magallanes added one more run in the eighth when Reginatto singled, stole second, and scored on a Noriega single.  Lara went down in order in the ninth.

WP:  Yohander Mendez (1-0).  LP:  Wilking Rodriguez (0-1).  S:  Jorge Rondon (2).

Notes:  Mendoza is batting .364.

Luis Oviedo allowed four runs in two-third of an inning, but they were all unearned, so his ERA remains at zero.  Sanchez has an ERA of  1.59.  Rodriguez remains with an ERA of zero.  Leonel Campos allowed a run in one inning to make his ERA 1.93.

Ex-Twin Yohan Pino started for Magallanes.  He did well for three innings, but his line is 3.1 innings, four runs, four hits, and a walk.  He struck out four.

The game was delayed for eighteen minutes in the second inning due to a power outage.

Record:  Lara is 3-3, tied for first place in the West Division.  All four teams in the West are 3-3.

Next game:  Lara hosts Magallanes tonight.

 

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Lara Recap: Game Five

ZULIA 1, LARA 0 AT ZULIA

Batting stars:  None.  Lara had just four hits, all singles.

Pitching stars:  Maximo Castillo pitched three innings, giving up an unearned run on two hits and a walk and striking out one.  Leonel Aponte retired all seven men he faced, striking out three.  Leonel Campos struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, giving up one hit.  Jesus Sanchez pitched a perfect inning.

Opposition stars:  Anderson Munoz pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, giving up a hit and a walk and striking out two.  Will Changarotty pitched three shutout innings, giving up one hit and striking out one.

The game:  The game's lone run scored in the first inning.  An error, a bunt, and an Olmo Rosario single made it 1-0 Zulia, and the run held up.

WP:  Changarotty (1-0).  LP:  Castillo (0-1).  S:  Silvino Bracho (2).

Notes:  Jose Tabata was 1-for-4 and is batting .400.  Gabriel Moreno was 1-for-3 and is batting .333.

Castillo has an ERA of 2.25.  Aponte and Campos each has an ERA of zero.  Sanchez' ERA is 2.08.

There were only seven hits in the game, all singles.  There were four walks.

Despite that, the game still took nearly three hours, coming in at 2:57.

Record:  Lara is 3-2, tied for first with Margarita in the West Division.

Next game:  Lara is at Magallanes tonight.