Mexican League: Games of October 26

Palindromes are popular in Mazatlan.  A pair of Soto home runs lead to a rout in Los Mochis.

MAZATLAN 3, OBREGON 2 IN MAZATLAN

Obregon:  Iker Franco was 2-for-4 with a double.  Arturo Lopez (San Diego) pitched 7.1 innings, giving up three runs on ten hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

Mazatlan:  Issmael Salas was 2-for-3 with a double and a run.  Oswaldo Morejon was 2-for-4 with a double.  Walter Silva pitched six innings, allowing two runs (one earned) on six hits and five walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  It was tied at two after six.  In the seventh, Salas hit a two-out double and scored on a single by Jesse Castillo.  Obregon put runners on first and third with one out in the eighth.

CULIACAN 5, MEXICALI 2 IN MEXICALI

Culiacan:  Alex Liddi (Baltimore) was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Ali Solis (Pittsburgh) was 2-for-4 with a double and a run.  Amauri Sanit pitched seven innings, giving up one run on one hit and one walk with five strikeouts.

Mexicali:  Mike Jacobs (Arizona) was 1-for-4 with a home run, his fourth.

The game:  Jacobs hit his home run in the second to give Mexicali a 1-0 lead.  Three Culiacan singles tied it in the fourth.  In the sixth, Emmanuel Valdez hit a two-run homer to put Culiacan ahead 3-1.  Single runs in the seventh and eighth made it 5-1.  Mexicali scored once in the eighth and got the tying run up to bat with one out.  Four of the last five Mexicali batters struck out.

HERMOSILLO 6, NAVOJOA 0 IN HERMOSILLO

Navojoa:  Jose Oyervidez pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and three walks with three strikeouts.

Hermosillo:  Jose Aguilar was 2-for-3 with a double and an RBI.  Efren Navarro (Angels) was 2-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Hector Galvan pitched five shutout innings, allowing four hits and two walks with three strikeouts.

The game:  Hermosillo scored single runs in the first, fourth, and fifth.  Navarro hit a three-run double in the sixth to settle matters.

LOS MOCHIS 18, GUASAVE 4 IN LOS MOCHIS

Guasave:  Jesus Cota was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second), scoring twice and driving in two.  Jose Felix (Texas) was 2-for-4.

Los Mochis:  Sergio Perez was 4-for-4 with a double and a triple, scoring three times and driving in two.  Saul Soto was 2-for-5 with two home runs (his second and third) and five RBIs.  Francisco Cordova pitched five innings, allowing one run on two hits and one walk with three strikeouts.

The game:  Los Mochis led 2-1 after three, then scored seven in the fourth and six in the fifth.  Soto homered in both innings, a three-run homer in the fourth and a two-run shot in the fifth.