Thursday, December 11, 2014

Venezuelan Winter League: Games of November 19


Late-inning heroics for La Guaira.  Eight RBIs for Caracas’ Alex Gonzalez.  A shutout for Margarita.

LA GUAIRA 4, ANZOATEGUI 3 IN ANZOATEGUI

TwinsOswaldo Arcia was 1-for-2 with a walk and a run for Anzoategui.

La Guaira:  Jose Martinez was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his second.  Rene Reyes was 3-for-4 with a walk and a run.  Jarrett Casey (White Sox) retired all seven men he faced, striking out one.

Anzoategui:  Niuman Romero (Oakland) was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Ramon Rodriguez (Cleveland) pitched a scoreless inning, allowing a hit and a walk with one strikeout.

The game:  La Guaira trailed 3-2 after six.  Odubel Herrera (Texas) homered in the seventh to tie it and Luis Sardinas’ (Texas) two-out RBI double brought home the go-ahead run in the ninth.

CARACAS 12, ARAGUA 11 IN CARACAS

TwinsEduardo Escobar was 1-for-6 with two RBIs for Aragua.  Josmil Pinto played for Aragua but did not bat.  Argenis Diaz was 3-for-4 with two doubles for Aragua, scoring twice and driving in four.

Aragua:  Teodoro Martinez (Texas) was 4-for-5 with a triple, scoring twice and driving in one.  David Ramos (Washington) pitched 4.1 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and a walk with one strikeout.

Caracas:  Alex Gonzalez was 5-for-6 with a home run, scoring once and driving in eight.  Henry Alejandro Rodriguez (Cincinnati) was 2-for-5, scoring once and driving in three.  Manny Corpas (Colorado) pitched 2.2 scoreless innings, allowing three hits with one strikeout.

The game:  Aragua took a 6-1 lead after two and led 10-4 going to the bottom of the seventh.  Caracas closed to 11-9 going to the bottom of the ninth and then got three runs on five singles, with Rodriguez driving in two and Gonzalez bringing home the winning run.

MARGARITA 3, LARA 0 IN LARA

Margarita:  Luis Maza (Houston) was 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI.  Alberto Gonzalez was 1-for-4 with a double and an RBI.  Omar Poveda (Washington) struck out eight in five shutout innings, giving up one hit and two walks.

Lara:  Gabriel Noriega (Seattle) was 2-for-4.  Paulo Orlando (Kansas City) was 1-for-3 with a walk.  Terry Doyle (Baltimore) pitched six innings, allowing two runs on six hits and a walk with four strikeouts.

The game:  Margarita scored on a sacrifice fly in the first, on Gonzalez’ RBI double in the sixth, and on Maza’s RBI single in the ninth.  Lara had five hits and five walks, stranding nine runners.

NEXT DAY’S GAMES

Zulia at Lara
Margarita at La Guaira
Caracas at Magallanes

Aragua at Anzoategui

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