Venezuelan League: Games of January 17

MAGALLANES 3, ANZOATEGUI 0 IN ANZOATEGUI

Twins: Oswaldo Arcia (Anzoategui) was 1-for-2 with a double and a walk. Dakota Watts (Anzoategui) pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a walk but no hits and no runs.
Game summary: Magallanes scored one in the second and two in the third.
Magallanes: Carlos Zambrano pitched 8.2 innings, giving up two hits and two walks. Endy Chavez (Kansas City) was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer.
Anzoategui: Alex Herrera struck out five in 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk.

LARA 9, CARACAS 2 IN LARA

Game summary: Lara scored three in the first and Caracas got two in the second. It stayed 3-2 until the fifth. Lara scored once then, got two more in the sixth, and put it away with three in the eighth.
Caracas: Bobby Abreu was 1-for-2 with two walks, scoring once and driving in one. Daniel Mayora (San Francisco) was 1-for-3 with a triple and scored once.
Lara: Ken Ray gave up two runs on four hits and a walk in six innings. Luis Jimenez (Toronto) was 3-for-4 with a three-run homer and a walk, scoring twice.