La Guaira plays Earl Weaver ball. Caracas barely hangs on. Aragua wins it early.
LA GUAIRA 8, MARGARITA 3 IN LA GUAIRA
Twins: Alexis Tapia pitched two-thirds of an inning for Margarita, giving up only a walk with two strikeouts.
Margarita: Eliezer Alfonzo was 1-for-4 with a home run. Mario Yepez (Seattle) was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run. James Houser (Colorado) pitched a scoreless inning, giving up one hit with one strikeout.
La Guaira: Cesar Suarez was 3-for-5 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in four. Alex Cabrera was 1-for-5 with a three-run homer. Rafael Cova struck out two in 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.
The game: Cabrera hit a three-run homer in the fifth to give La Guaira a 5-1 lead and Suarez hit a three-run homer in the sixth to make it 8-1.
CARACAS 7, ANZOATEGUI 6 IN ANZOATEGUI
Caracas: Carlos Perez (Houston) was 3-for-4 with a home run and a double, scoring twice. Henry Alejandro Rodriguez (Cincinnati) was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, driving in three. Jarrett Grube (Angels) pitched three innings, giving up one run on three hits and two walks.
Anzoategui: Jose Castillo was 3-for-5 with a run. Jackson Melian (Houston) was 2-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring once. Ricardo Hernandez (Miami) pitched 1.2 perfect innings.
The game: Caracas scored three in the first and three in the sixth to go up 6-0. It was 7-2 going to the eighth, when Anzoategui scored four times to close to 7-6. They had men on first and third with two out and had a man on second with one out in the ninth, but could not tie it up.
ZULIA 3, MAGALLANES 1 IN ZULIA
Magallanes: Frank Diaz was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once. Bobby Blevins (Dodgers) pitched four innings, giving up one run on four hits and no walks with one strikeout.
Zulia: Giovanny Urshela (Cleveland) was 2-for-4 with a home run. Carlos Moncrief (Cleveland) was 3-for-3 with a double and a run. Jeremy Kehrt (Dodgers) pitched four shutout innings, allowing a hit and a walk with two strikeouts.
The game: Francisco Arcia's (Yankees) RBI single in the seventh broke a 1-1 tie. A sacrifice fly later in the inning made it 3-1.
ARAGUA 8, LARA 1 IN LARA
Aragua: Renato Nunez (Oakland) was 2-for-5 with a grand slam. Hector Gimenez (Milwaukee) was 2-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs. Chris Smith (San Diego) pitched six shutout innings, giving up three hits and a walk with four strikeouts.
Lara: Carlos Rivero (Boston) was 1-for-4 with a home run. Anderson De La Rosa (Angels) was 1-for-3 with a double. Alex Serrano struck out three in 3.1 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and a walk.
The game: Gimenez hit a two-run homer and Nunez a grand slam in the first inning, giving Aragua a 6-0 lead.
TODAY'S TILTS
Aragua at Lara
Magallanes at Zulia
Caracas at Anzoategui
Margarita at La Guaira
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