A Margarita comeback falls short. Anzoategui comes back twice. Home runs lift La Guaira.
MAGALLANES 5, MARGARITA 4 IN MAGALLANES
Twins: Aaron Hicks was 1-for-3 with a walk and a run for Margarita.
Margarita: Eliezer Alfonzo was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fourth. David Peralta (Arizona) was 1-for-1 with a double, scoring once and driving in one. Marcel Prado (Baltimore) pitched two shutout innings, giving up one hit with one strikeout.
Magallanes: Luis Nunez (Tampa Bay was 1-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring once and driving in two. Adonis Garcia (Yankees) was 2-for-3 with an RBI. Anthony Lerew (Angels) pitched six innings, allowing two runs on five hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
The game: Nunez had a two-run triple in a four-run second that put Magallanes ahead 5-2. It stayed there until the ninth, when Margarita scored twice and had the tying run on second with two out.
ANZOATEGUI 7, LARA 6 IN ANZOATEGUI (10 INNINGS)
Twins: Dubal Baez was used as a pinch-runner by Lara but did not bat or play in the field.
Lara: Joe Thurston was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk. Jairo Perez (Mets) was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second) and a double. Raul Rivero pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.
Anzoategui: Brandon Allen (Mets) was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and a walk. Orlando Arcia (Milwaukee) was 1-for-4 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and a walk. Richard Salazar (Baltimore) struck out three in 3.1 innings, allowing an unearned run on one hit.
The game: Arcia hit a two-run homer and Allen a solo shot in a four-run eighth that brought Anzoategui from a 5-1 deficit to a 5-5 tie. Anderson De La Rosa (Angels) doubled in a run for Lara in the tenth, but a two-run double by Gorkys Hernandez in the bottom of the tenth gave Anzoategui a 7-6 victory.
ZULIA 5, CARACAS 1 IN ZULIA
Twins: Ryan O'Rourke struck out the only man he faced for Zulia.
Caracas: Henry Alejandro Rodriguez (Cincinnati) was 2-for-4 with a walk. Luis Antonio Rodriguez was 1-for-2 with two walks. Yoimer Camacho (Arizona) struck out two in 2.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits.
Zulia: Ali Castillo (Yankees) was 2-for-4 with two doubles, scoring once and driving in one. Freddy Galvis (Philadelphia) was 3-for-4 with a double and a run. Sergio Perez pitched six shutout innings, allowing five hits and three walks with two strikeouts.
The game: Zulia scored two in the third to go ahead 3-0 and their lead was never threatened.
LA GUAIRA 8, ARAGUA 4 IN LA GUAIRA
Aragua: Willson Contreras (Cubs) was 1-for-2 with a home run (his second) and a walk, scoring twice. Teodoro Martinez (Texas) was 3-for-5 with a run and an RBI.
La Guaira: C. J. Retherford (Dodgers) was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double, driving in three. Rene Reyes was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer (his third), scoring twice. Enrique Gonzalez pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit.
The game: Reyes hit a two-run homer in a four-run seventh that broke a 4-4 tie and put the game out of reach. The last seven Aragua batters were retired.
TODAY'S TILTS
Margarita at La Guaira
Lara at Anzoategui
Magallanes at Aragua
Caracas at Zulia
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