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.