Mexican League: Games of October 19

Kevin Kouzmanoff stays hot.  Home runs rule in Los Mochis.

MAZATLAN 10, MEXICALI 3 IN MAZATLAN

Mexicali:  Kevin Kouzmanoff (Miami) was 4-for-4 with two doubles and a run.  Mike Jacobs (Arizona) was 2-for-4 with a walk and a double.

Mazatlan:  Jose Orozco was 3-for-4 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in one.  Henry Mateo was 3-for-4 with a triple and an RBI.  Issmael Salas was 2-for-4 with two doubles and two runs.

The game:  Mexicali scored one in the first, but Mazatlan came back with two in the second and four in the third and it was never close again.

GUASAVE 5, CULIACAN 4 IN CULIACAN

Guasave:  Eduardo Arrendondo was 2-for-4 with a walk and two runs.  Zelous Wheeler (Baltimore) was 2-for-5 with two RBIs.  Ivan Araujo was 2-for-4 with a run.

Culiacan:  Alex Liddi (Baltimore) was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI.  Maxwell Leon was 3-for-5 with a run.  Amauri Sanit pitched seven innings, allowing three runs (one earned) on seven hits and no walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  Culiacan scored two in the sixth to tie the game at three.  It stayed tied until the ninth, when Wheeler delivered a two-out two-run single.  In the bottom of the ninth Culiacan scored once and had the bases loaded with one out, but a double play ended the game.

LOS MOCHIS 9, NAVOJOA 1 IN LOS MOCHIS

Navojoa:  Abel Martinez was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double.

Los Mochis:  Brian Burgamy was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run (his second), driving in three.  Juan Carlos Gamboa (Mets) was 2-for-4 with a grand slam.  Jonathan Castellanos pitched six shutout innings, allowing four hits and one walk with two strikeouts.

The game:  Los Mochis scored one in the third, two in the fifth, and two in the seventh to lead 5-0.  Gamboa hit his grand slam in the eighth.  The lone Navojoa run came in the ninth.

HERMOSILLO 7, OBREGON 1 IN OBREGON

Hermosillo:  Carlos Gastelum was 4-for-4 with a walk, a double, and a home run, driving in four.  Jerry Owens was 2-for-5 and scored twice.  Hector Galvan pitched five innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Obregon:  Karim Garcia was 2-for-4 with two doubles and a run.  Armando Araiza (Tampa Bay) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.

The game:  Hermosillo broke a scoreless tie with four in the third and it was never close again.  Gastelum hit a three-run homer in the inning.