Puerto Rican League: Games of January 11

Day seven of the playoffs.  A huge day for Eddie Rosario.  Errors make the difference in Carolina.

MAYAGUEZ 10, PONCE 5 IN MAYAGUEZ

Twins:  Eddie Rosario (Mayaguez) was 5-for-5 with two runs and three RBIs.  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-5 with an RBI.  Daniel Ortiz (Mayaguez) was 0-for-4.

Ponce:  Benji Gonzalez (Pittsburgh) was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs.  Henry Ramos (Boston) was 1-for-4 with a walk and a home run,  Logan Williamson pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

Mayaguez:  Dee Gordon (Dodgers) was 3-for-3 with two walks and three runs.  Luis Figueroa was 2-for-3 with a walk and two doubles, scoring once and driving in three.  Irving Falu (Milwaukee) was 2-for-4 with two runs.

The game:  It was close most of the way.  Jeff Dominguez singled in a run for Ponce in the first.  Mayaguez tied it in the second on a Luis Montanez RBI single.  Each team scored once in the third.  Ramos homered in the fourth to make it 3-2 Ponce and an error brought home two in the fifth to make it 5-2.  Mayaguez came back in the seventh, getting RBI singles by Rosario and Randy Ruiz and a two-run double by Figueroa to take a 6-5 lead.  Mayaguez got four more in the eighth to put the game out of reach.  The last Ponce hit was a leadoff single by Gonzalez in the fifth.

CAGUAS 2, CAROLINA 1 IN CAROLINA

Caguas:  Neftali Soto (Cincinnati) was 2-for-3 with a walk and a double, scoring once.  Edgardo Baez was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Fernando Hernandez struck out six in 5.1 innings, giving up one run on three hits and six walks.

Carolina:  Carlos Corporan (Houston) was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Eliecer Navarro (Pittsburgh) pitched 6.1 innings, allowing two unearned runs on two hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

The game:  Carolina scored in the fourth without a hit, getting two walks, a ground out, and a sacrifice fly.  It stayed 1-0 until the seventh when an error, a double, and an intentional walk filled the bases with one out.  Another error tied the score, and with two out Baez singled in the go-ahead run for Caguas.  Carolina got a man on in each of the last three innings but could not advance anyone past second.

PLAYOFF STANDINGS

Mayaguez, 6-1
Caguas, 4-3
Ponce, 3-4
Carolina, 1-6