Venezuelan Winter League: Games of November 2

A walkoff homer for Aragua.  Lewwwwww gets a big hit for Magallanes.  Deuces wild for Lara.

ARAGUA 3, CARACAS 2 IN ARAGUA (11 INNINGS)

Twins:  Eduardo Escobar was 0-for-4 for Aragua.

Caracas:  Blake Gailen was 2-for-5 with a double and two runs.  Daniel Mayora (Dodgers) was 1-for-2 with a walk and an RBI.  Buddy Boshers (Angels) struck out seven in five innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and a walk in seven innings.

Aragua:  Jose Martinez (Oakland) was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double, scoring twice.  Teodoro Martinez (Texas) was 2-for-4 with a home run and a double.  Doug Mathis (Tampa Bay) pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing two hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

The game:  Aragua scored single runs in the first and second, but Caracas countered with single runs in the seventh and ninth.  Martinez hit a one-out homer in the eleventh to end the game.

MAGALLANES 6, MARGARITA 5 IN MARGARITA (10 INNINGS)

Twins:  Aaron Hicks was 0-for-4 with a walk and a run for Margarita.

Magallanes:  Chris Dominguez (San Francisco) was 3-for-5 with a double and two runs.  Frank Diaz was 3-for-5 with a double, scoring once and driving in one.  Dustin Richardson (Angels) pitched six innings, giving up two runs on three hits and two walks with four strikeouts.

Margarita:  Jose Osuna (Pittsburgh) was 1-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring once and driving in two.  Wilfredo Tovar (Mets) was 2-for-4 with an RBI.  Tyler Cravy (Milwaukee) pitched five shutout innings, allowing five hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Lew Ford (Baltimore) had a two-run single-plus-error in a five-run seventh that put Magallanes up 5-2.  Margarita came right back with three in the bottom of the seventh, two scoring on Osuna's double, to tie it at five.  Three singles produced the go-ahead run for Magallanes in the tenth.

ANZOATEGUI 7, LA GUAIRA 4 IN LA GUAIRA

Anzoategui:  Brandon Allen (Mets) was 1-for-4 with a triple and a walk, scoring once and driving in three.  Niuman Romero (Baltimore) was 3-for-5 with a triple and a run.  Jose Alvarez (Angels) struck out two in two shutout innings, giving up a hit and a walk.

La Guaira:  Alex Cabrera was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and a double, scoring twice and driving in two.  Tyler Henson (Philadelphia) was 3-for-4 with a triple and a double, scoring once.  Enrique Gonzalez retired all five batters he faced, striking out one.

The game:  Allen's three-run triple capped a six-run second that provided all the runs Anzoategui needed.  La Guaira closed to 7-4 in the eighth but did not get a hit after that.

LARA 8, ZULIA 4 IN LARA

Zulia:  Jose Pirela (Yankees) was 3-for-4 with a triple and a run.  Aaron Altherr (Philadelphia) was 1-for-4 with a double and two RBIs.  Kristhiam Linares (St. Louis) pitched 1.1 scoreless innings, giving up one hit with one strikeout.

Lara:  Paulo Orlando (Kansas City) was 2-for-2 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and a walk, scoring three times.  Jairo Perez (Mets) was 1-for-3 with a two-run homer (his fourth) and a walk.  Terry Doyle (Atlanta) struck out nine in six shutout innings, allowing two hits and a walk.

The game:  Lara scored two in the second, two in the fourth, and two in the sixth to go ahead 6-0.  Zulia got back into it with four in the seventh, but Lara got two more in the bottom of the seventh to put the game out of reach.

MONDAY'S GAME

Magallanes at Margarita