Games of January 16

Home runs by Twins in the Venezuelan League playoffs.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Willians Astudillo (Anzoategui) was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his second of the post-season.  Gregorio Petit (Caracas) was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer.

ANZOATEGUI 6, CARACAS 5 IN ANZOATEGUI

Anzoategui led 4-1 after four but needed a Rafael Ortega home run in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.  Willians Astudillo was 1-for-4 with a three-run homer, his second of the post-season.  For Caracas, Gregorio Petit was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer.

Anzoategui wins the series 4-1.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

AGUILAS AT GIGANTES

Rained out.

ESCOGIDO AT LICEY

Rained out.

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

CAGUAS 6, CAROLINA 1 IN CAROLINA

Twins:  None.

Johnny Monell singled home a run in the sixth to break a 1-1 tie and Caguas went on to add one in the seventh and three in the eighth.  David Vidal hit a three-run homer, his third of the post-season.  Jonathan Morales hit a home run.  Orlando Roman struck out nine in five innings, giving up an unearned run on four hits and a walk.  For Carolina, Giovanni Soto pitched six innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks and striking out two.

Games of January 15

The playoffs continue.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Gregorio Petit (Caracas) was 0-for-2 with a walk.  Willians Astudillo (Anzoategui) was 1-for-4 with an RBI.

LARA 11, MAGALLANES 9 IN MAGALLANES (10 INNINGS)

Junior Querecuto hit a two-run homer in the eighth for Lara to tie it 9-9.  In the tenth, Rangel Ravelo hit a two-out two-run single to win it.  Querecuto was 4-for-6 with a home run and three RBIs.  Gustavo Molina was 3-for-5.  Ildemaro Vargas was 2-for-5 with a walk and three RBIs.  For Magallanes, Jesus Sucre was 4-for-5 with three RBIs.  Alberth Martinez was 3-for-5 with a double.  Ali Castillo was 3-for-6 with a double.  Dustin Martin was 2-for-4 with a walk and three runs.

Lara wins the series 4-0.

ANZOATEGUI 5, CARACAS 0 IN ANZOATEGUI

Anzoategui scored three in the fourth and two in the fifth.  Carlos Teller pitched 7.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and three walks and striking out six.

Anzoategui leads the series 3-1.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

JALISCO 3, NAVOJOA 0 IN JALISCO

Jalisco scored one in the third and two in the eighth.  William Oliver pitched seven shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out six.  For Navojoa, Hector Velazquez pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and striking out three.

Navojoa leads the series 3-2.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

GIGANTES 8, ESCOGIDO 5 IN ESCOGIDO

Trailing 2-1, the Gigantes scored four in the sixth to go into the lead to stay.  Leury Garcia was 3-for-4 with a double and three RBIs.  Hanser Alberto was 3-for-5.  For Escogido, Franchy Cordero was 3-for-5 with a triple and a double.  The teams combined to use eighteen pitchers.

LICEY 7, AGUILAS 3 AT AGUILAS

Licey scored three in the first and led all the way.  Anderson Hernandez was 4-for-4 with a double.  Juan Francisco was 2-for-4 with two home runs and four RBIs.  Yermin Mercedes was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run, his third of the post-season.  Alexis Candelario pitched four innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks and striking out three.  For the Aguilas, Ronny Rodriguez was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, his second of the post-season.

Licey, 9-6
Aguilas, 8-7
Gigantes, 7-8
Escogido, 6-9

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

Games of January 14

If you like offense, check out the Australian League.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

LARA 7, MAGALLANES 5 IN MAGALLANES

Lara scored six runs in the fifth inning to take a 6-0 lead,  Magallanes came back within two and left the bases loaded in the ninth inning.  Ildemaro Vargas was 3-for-5 for Lara.  For Magallanes, Endy Chavez was 4-for-5 with three doubles.  Jesus Valdez was 4-for-5 with a double.  Mario Lisson hit a two-run homer.

Lara leads the series 3-0.

ANZOATEGUI 3, CARACAS 2 IN ANZOATEGUI

Willians Astudillo hit a two-run homer in the seventh to tie it 2-2 and a sacrifice fly in the eighth brought home the lead run.  Astudillo was 2-for-2 with a walk in addition to the home run.  Freddy Garcia pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out two.  For Caracas, Alejandro Soto pitched 5.2 scoreless innings, giving up two hits and four walks and striking out three.

Anzoategui leads the series 2-1.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

NAVOJOA 9, JALISCO 4 IN JALISCO

Navojoa scored four in the first and led all the way.  Alejandro Gonzalez was 4-for-5 with a double.  Max Ramirez, was 2-for-5 with two home runs, his second and third of the post-season, and drove in three.  Eddie Gamboa pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and two walks and striking out one.

Navojoa leads the series 3-1.

CULIACAN 6, MEXICALI 4 IN CULIACAN

Issmael Salas singled home a run in the sixth to break a 4-4 tie.  Ronnier Mustelier was 2-for-3 with a walk and three runs.  Joey Meneses hit a home run, his second of the post-season.  For Mexicali, Chris Roberson was 3-for-4.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

AGULIAS 7, LICEY 6 IN LICEY

The Aguilas scored five in the fifth to take a 6-2 lead.  Licey scored three in the ninth to come within one at 7-6 and had the tying run on second with none out.  Johan Camargo was 4-for-5 with a triple and double, driving in three.  Jonathan Villar was 4-for-5.  Zoilo Almonte was 3-for-4 with a home run, his third of the post-season.

ESCOGIDO AT GIGANTES

Rained out.

Aguilas, 8-6
Licey, 8-6
Escogido, 6-8
Gigantes, 6-8

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 2-for-6 with a home run (his sixth) and two runs.  Aaron Whitefield (Brisbane) was 1-for-5 with a walk and two runs.  Todd Van Steensel (Sydney) pitched 1.2 innings, allowing five runs on five hits and five walks and striking out two.

CANBERRA 19, ADELAIDE 2 IN CANBERRA

Canberra scored four in the first and led all the way.  Their biggest inning was the sixth, when they scored four to take a 12-1 lead.  Buddy Reed was 5-for-6 with three home runs (his eighth, ninth, and tenth), scoring five times and driving in four.  Jay Baum was 4-for-6 with a double and a home run (his seventh), scoring three times and driving in four.  Casey McElroy was 4-for-6 with three doubles and three runs.  Robbie Perkins was 3-for-5 with a home run (his fourth) and three RBIs.  David Kandilas was 2-for-4 with a walk and a three-run homer, his tenth.  Travis Witherspoon was 2-for-4 with a home run (his second), a walk, and three runs.  Steven Kent struck out nine in seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk.  For Adelaide, Stephen Lohr was 2-for-4 with two home runs, his third and fourth.

BRISBANE 15, MELBOURNE 8 IN MELBOURNE

Brisbane scored five in the third to take a 7-4 lead and eventually built it to 11-4.  Donald Lutz was 3-for-4 with three home runs (his eleventh, twelfth, and thirteenth) and a walk, driving in four.  Chih-Sheng Lin was 3-for-6 with a double and a home run (his tenth), driving in three.  David Sutherland was 3-for-5 with a double.  T. J. Bennett was 2-for-5 with a home run, his eleventh.  Logan Wade was 2-for-6 with a home run, his sixth.  For Melbourne, Jerryd Dale was 4-for-4 with two doubles.  Delmon Young was 3-for-5 with a home run, his tenth.

SYDNEY 22, PERTH 19 IN PERTH

Sydney had leads of 2-0, 3-1, 11-2, 18-8, and 19-13.  Yet, it was tied 19-19 going to the ninth.  Mitchell Edwards homered to give Sydney the lead and Chih-Hseng Chiang hit a two-run homer to provide insurance.  Trent D'Antonio was 5-for-6 with a double and a walk, scoring four times.  Connor McDonald was 4-for-6 with three home runs, his seventh, eighth, and ninth, driving in five.  Jacob Younis wsa 4-for-6 with a double and three runs.  Zac Shepherd was 3-for-5 with a home run (his second), a double, and a walk, driving in four.  Edwards was 3-for-6 with a home run.  Chiang was 3-for-7 with two home runs (his ninth and tenth), scoring three times and driving in seven.  For Perth, Jesse Williams was 3-for-6 with a grand slam (his fourth homer) and five RBIs.  Jake Fraley was 3-for-5 with a triple and a walk, driving in three.  Tim Kennellly was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth), a double, and a walk.  Michael Hart was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer and a walk.  Alex Hall was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fifth), scoring four times.  Ulrich Bojarski was 2-for-5 with a triple and a walk, scoring three times.  The two teams combined for 46 hits, 12 of them home runs.

In three games, there were 28 home runs hit and 85 runs scored.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 2-for-4 with a home run (his fourth) and two walks.  Dereck Rodriguez (Mayaguez) struck out three in two shutout innings, giving up one hit and one walk.

CAGUAS 7, CAROLINA 3 IN CAROLINA (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Caguas scored all seven runs in the sixth inning.  Rusney Castillo was 3-for-4.  Luis Gonzalez pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk.  For Carolina, Anthony Garcia hit a home run, his second.  Miguel Martinez pitched five shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk and striking out four.

CAROLINA 10, CAGUAS 4 IN CAROLINA (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Carolina scored two runs in five of the six innings in which they batted.  Aldemar Burgos was 3-for-3 with a home run and a walk, scoring four times.  For Caguas, David Vidal hit a two-run homer and Ricardo Bautista hit a home run, the fourth for both.

SANTURCE 2, MAYAGUEZ 1 IN SANTURCE (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Santurce scored both their runs in the third inning.  Hector Hernandez pitched five innings, giving up one run on one hit, striking out three.  For Mayaguez, Kennys Vargas was 1-for-2 with a walk and a home run, his fourth.

SANTURCE 4, MAYAGUEZ 0 IN SANTURCE (GAME 2--7 INNINGS)

Santurce scored one in the second and three in the sixth.  Brandon Bonilla struck out five in three shutout innings, giving up one hit and three walks.  Nelvin Fuentes struck out four in three perfect innings.  Kennys Vargas got the lone Mayaguez hit.

Games of January 13

A big day for Logan Wade.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

NAVOJOA 6, JALISCO 3 IN JALISCO

It was 2-2 after eight, but two-run homers by Max Ramirez and Alejandro Gonzalez won the game for Navojoa in the ninth.  Barry Enright pitched 7.1 innings, giving up two unearned runs on five hits and striking out four.  For Jalisco, Luis Mendoza pitched 5.1 innings, giving up one run on two hits and two walks and striking out two.

Navojoa leads the series 2-1.

CULIACAN 6, MEXICALI 0 IN CULIACAN

Culiacan scored two in the sixth, three in the seventh, and one in the eighth.  Ali Solis hit a three-run homer.  Anthony Vasquez pitched a complete game shutout, giving up four hits and striking out two.

Culiacan leads the series 3-0.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

ESCOGIDO 5, LICEY 2 IN ESCOGIDO

Trailing 2-1, Escogido scored four in the seventh to take the lead to stay.  Irwin Delgado pitched four innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on five hits and a walk and striking out three.  For Licey, Bryan Evans struck out eight in six innings, giving up two runs on four hits.

GIGANTES 3, AGUILAS 1 IN AGUILAS (10 INNINGS)

Carlos Paulino had an RBI double and later scored to put the Gigantes in the lead in the tenth.  Raul Valdes pitched six innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks and striking out one.  For the Aguilas, Zoilo Almonte hit a home run, his second of the post-season.  Yunesky Maya pitched six innings, giving up an unearned run on five hits and a walk and striking out five.

Licey, 8-5
Aguilas, 7-6
Escogido, 6-8
Gigantes, 6-8

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 4-for-6 with a home run and four RBIs.  Aaron Whitefield (Brisbane) was 2-for-6 with a home run, scoring twice and driving in two.

BRISBANE 5, MELBOURNE 4 IN BRISBANE (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Tyler Neslony singled home a run to take a 4-3 lead in the top of the seventh, but Andrew Campbell hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the seventh to win it for Brisbane.  Chih-Sheng Lin was 2-for-3 with a double and a home run, his ninth.  Campbell's home run was his sixth.  Donald Lutz hit a home run, his ninth.  For Melbourne, Delmon Young hit a two-run homer, his seventh.  Ryan Dale also homered.  Jon Kennedy struck out five in five innings, giving up two runs on four hits.

BRISBANE 12, MELBOURNE 9 IN BRISBANE (GAME 2--5 INNINGS--RAIN)

Melbourne scored four in the first, but Brisbane tied it 6-6 and then scored six in the fourth to take a 12-6 lead.  T. J. Bennett was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer, his tenth.  Logan Wade was 2-for-3 with a three-run homer, his sixth.  Aaron Whitefield was 2-for-3 with a home run, his second.  David Sutherland was 2-for-2 with a walk and a home run, his seventh.  For Melbourne, Delmon Young was 2-for-4 with two home runs, his eighth and ninth, and five RBIS.  Craig Maddox was 2-for-4 with a home run, his second.

CANBERRA 15, ADELAIDE 14 IN CANBERRA

Canberra led 12-3 after four.  It was tied 13-13 going to the bottom of the eighth, but Canberra scored two to go into the lead again.  Adelaide got one in the ninth but did not get the tying run past first base.  David Kandilas was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run (his ninth), scoring three times and driving in four.  Travis Witherspoon was 2-for-4 with a walk and a home run, scoring three times.  Buddy Reed was 2-for-6 with a home run, his seventh.  Cameron Warner was 1-for-2 with three walks and a home run, his second.  For Adelaide, Stephen Lohr was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second), two walks, and three runs.  Tom McGarry was 3-for-5.  Angus Roeger was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his fifth and sixth), a walk,  and three RBIs.  Karl Hoschke hit a home run.

PERTH 15, SYDNEY 7 IN SYDNEY (GAME 1--7 INNINGS)

Leading 5-3, Perth scored seven in the sixth to put the game out of reach.  Unrich Bojarski was 4-for-5 with a double and a home run (his second), scoring three times and driving in three.  Luke Hughes was 3-for-4 with a walk and a home run, his ninth.  Jake Fraley was 2-for-3 with a double, a home run (his tenth) and two walks, scoring three times.  Nick Veale pitched five innings, giving up three runs (two earned) on four hits and a walk and striking out three.  For Sydney, Zac Shepherd hit a three-run homer and Connor McDonald hit a two-run homer, his sixth.

PERTH 10, SYDNEY 9 IN PERTH (GAME 2)

Perth led 9-0 after seven, but Sydney scored nine in the eighth to tie it 9-9.  Perth got one in the bottom of the eighth on two errors, a walk and a ground out.  The teams combined for seven errors, with Perth making five of them.  Ulrich Bojarski was 3-for-4 with a home run, his third.  Luke Hughes was 3-for-5 with two doubles and three RBIs.  Garrett Whitley hit a home run, his fifth.  Matt Kennelly pitched seven shutout innings, giving up five hits and a walk and striking out five.  For Sydney, Chih-Hsien Chiang was 3-for-5 with three RBIs.  Jacob Younis was 3-for-5.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Kennys Vargas was 0-for-2 with two walks.

SANTURCE 9, CAGUAS 1 IN SANTURCE

Santurce had four two-run innings.  Edwin Gomez was 2-for-4 with two two-run homers.  Jan Hernandez was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk, scoring three times.  Fernando Cruz pitched seven innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk and striking out four.

CAROLINA 8, MAYAGUEZ 1 IN MAYAGUEZ

Carolina scored all of their runs in the first four innings, building an 8-0 lead.  Jeff Dominguez was 3-for-4 with a walk.  Aldemar Burgos was 3-for-5.  Mario Santiago pitched six innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks and striking out two.

Games of January 12

Several Twins had good days.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Willians Astudillo (Anzoategui) was 2-for-4.  Gregorio Petit (Caracas) was 0-for-3.

ANZOATEGUI 4, CARACAS 0 IN CARACAS

Anzoategui scored two in the fifth and two in the ninth.  Rene Reyes was 3-for-3 with a home run and two walks, driving in three.  Rafael Ortega was 3-for-3 with a double.  Daryl Thompson pitched 6.1 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and a walk and striking out two.

Anzoategui ties the series 1-1.

LARA 7, MAGALLANES 2 IN LARA

Lara scored one in the first and four in the third to build a 5-0 lead.  Junior Querecuto was 3-for-5.  Alex Romero was 2-for-3 with two walks and three RBIs.  Junior Guerra pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks and striking out three.

Lara leads the series 2-0.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

LICEY 4, GIGANTES 3 IN LICEY

Licey led 4-1 after five.  Adrian Nieto hit a two-run homer for the Gigantes in the eighth to cut the lead to one but did not get the tying run past first base.  For Licey, Donovan Solano hit a home run.  Pedro Echemendia pitched five innings, giving up one run on five hits and two walks and striking out four.  Nieto was 2-for-3 with a walk in addition to the home run and drove in three.

AGUILAS 3, ESCOGIDO 2 AT AGUILAS (11 INNINGS)

Ronny Rodriguez singled home the winning run in the bottom of the eleventh.  Richelson Pena pitched 5.1 innings, giving up two runs on five hits and a walk and striking out three.  For Escogido, Jonathan Castellanos pitched six innings, giving up one run on five hits and a walk and striking out two.  The teams combined for eighteen hits, all singles.

Licey, 8-5
Aguilas, 7-4
Escogido, 5-8
Gigantes, 5-8

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 3-for-5 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and three RBIs.  Aaron Whitefield (Brisbane) was 1-for-5 with a double and two runs.

CANBERRA 6, ADELAIDE 0 IN CANBERRA

Canberra scored one in the first, three in the third, and two in the eighth.  David Kandilas was 3-for-4 with two home runs (his seventh and eighth), scoring three times and driving in three.  Jay Baum was 3-for-4 with a double.  Frank Gailey struck out eleven in seven shutout innings, giving up two hits and a walk.

BRISBANE 12, MELBOURNE 5 IN BRISBANE

Leading 5-2, Brisbane scored seven in the fifth to put the game out of reach.  Logan Wade was 2-for-4 with two home runs (his third and fourth) and three RBIs.  Andrew Campbell was 2-for-5 with a double and three RBIs.  Chih-Sheng Lin hit a two-run homer, his eighth.  Hung-Wen Chen struck out eight in six innings, giving up two runs on six hits and three walks.  For Melbourne, Michael Crouse was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run (his third), scoring three times.  Brisbane scored in double digits for the fourth consecutive games, scoring sixty-two runs in that span.

PERTH 6, SYDNEY 4 IN PERTH

Matt Kennelly hit a three-run double in a four-run eighth to put Sydney in the lead to stay.  Kennelly was 2-for-3 with a double and a walk.  Kyle Simon struck out nine in six innings, giving up two unearned runs on six hits and a walk.  For Syndey, Lars Anderson was 3-for-5.  Craig Anderson pitched seven innings, giving up two runs on four hits and three walks and striking out five.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 1-for-1 with a home run (his third) and four walks, scoring twice.  Nelson Molina (Mayaguez) was 0-for-1.  Dereck Rodriguez (Mayaguez) struck out two in a scoreless inning, giving up one hit.

MAYAGUEZ 10, CAROLINA 3 IN CAROLINA

Jiandido Tromp hit a three-run homer in the fourth to give Mayaguez a 4-3 lead and Mayaguez went on to take control of the game.  Tromp was 2-for-6 and the home run was his second.  Kennys Vargas was 1-for-1 with four walks and a home run, his third.

CAGUAS 4, SANTURCE 3 IN SANTURCE

David Vidal was 3-for-4 for Caguas.  Ivan Maldonado pitched 5.2 innings, giving up one run on four hits and three walks and striking out three.  For Santurce, Rey Fuentes hit a home run.

Games of January 11

Lots of runs down under.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Willians Astudillo (Anzoategui) was 0-for-5.  Gregorio Petit (Caracas) 0-for-3.

CARACAS 4, ANZOATEGUI 3 IN CARACAS

Caracas scored two in the fourth to take a 3-2 lead.  Anzoategui had the tying run on third with two out in the ninth.  Ramon Cabrera was 2-for-3 with a home run.  For Anzoategui, Balbino Fuenmayor was 4-for-5 with a home run.

Caracas leads the series 1-0.

LARA 6, MAGALLANES 1 IN LARA

Lara scored two in the second, one in the third, and two in the fourth to build a 5-0 lead.  Ildemaro Vargas was 3-for-5 with a double.  Jorge Martinez pitched six innings, giving up one run on seven hits and striking out four.  For Magallanes, Ronny Cedeno hit a home run.

Lara leads the series 1-0.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

JALISCO 4, NAVOJOA 3 IN NAVOJOA

Jalisco scored two in the first and two in the second to take a 4-0 lead, then held on.  Navojoa had the tying run on second in each of the last three innings.  Yordanys Linares was 2-for-4 with a triple and a home run, driving in three.  Tyler Alexander struck out six in six innings, giving up two runs on five hits.  For Navojoa, Alan Sanchez was 3-for-4 with a double.  Paul Leon was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer.

Jalisco ties the series 1-1.

CULIACAN 5, MEXICALI 4 IN MEXICALI

Sebastian Elizalde's two-run single for Culiacan tied it 4-4 and Joey Meneses singled in the lead run in the ninth.  Elizalde was 3-for-3 with a walk.  Meneses was 2-for-4 with a home run, a walk, and three RBIs.  For Mexicali, Miguel Pena pitched five innings, giving up two runs on five hits and two walks and striking out two.

Culiacan leads the series 2-0.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

GIGANTES 6, ESCOGIDO 5 AT GIGANTES (12 INNINGS)

Matt Hague homered in the ninth for Escogido to tie it 5-5, but Anderson Feliz singled home the winning run for the Gigantes in the twelfth.  Leury Garcia was 3-for-6 for the Gigantes.  For Escogido, Matt Hague was 3-for-5 with a double and a home run.  Ronny Paulino was 2-for-4 with a home run and four RBIs.

AGUILAS AT LICEY

Rained out.

Licey, 7-4
Aguilas, 6-5
Escogido, 5-7
Gigantes, 5-7

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Logan Wade (Brisbane) was 1-for-6 with a double, scoring twice and driving in three.  Aaron Whitefield (Brisbane) was 3-for-4 with a run and two RBIs.  Todd Van Steensel (Sydney) faced three men, walking one and hitting two.

CANBERRA 13, ADELAIDE 9 IN CANBERRA

Canberra scored five in the seventh to break a 5-5 tie.  David Kandilas was 3-for-5 with a double.  Jay Baum was 2-for-4 with a two-run homer, his sixth.  Casey McElroy was 2-for-5 with a double and a home run, his third.  Buddy Reed was 2-for-5 with a home run, his sixth.  For Adelaide, Rodrigo Ayarza was 4-for-5 with a double and a triple.  Angus Roeger was 2-for-4 with two two-run homers, his third and fourth.  Bas Nooij was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run, his third.

BRISBANE 23, MELBOURNE 6 IN BRISBANE

it was 10-4 after three innings.  Brisbane then scored five in the fifth and eight in the seventh.  Brisbane hit eight home runs.  David Sutherland hit three of them, going 4-for-6 and driving in five.  The home runs were his third, fourth, and fifth.  Andrew Campbell was 4-for-6 and scored five times.  Chih-Sheng Lin was 3-for-4 with two home runs (his sixth and seventh) and six RBIs.  Aaron Whitefield was 3-for-4.  Adam Weisenburger was 2-for-3 with a walk and a home run, his fifth.  Jake Turcato was 1-for-2 with a home run.  Daniel Nilsson was 1-for-4 with two walks and a home run.  For Adelaide, Craig Maddox was 3-for-4 with a home run.  Darryl George was 2-for-4 with a home run, his sixth.  Tyler Neslony was 2-for-5 with a home run, his fifth.  Brisbane has scored fifty runs in its last three games.

PERTH 8, SYDNEY 7 IN PERTH (10 INNINGS)

Trailing 6-4, Perth scored two in the ninth to tie it.  Sydney scored once in the top of the tenth.  Using the goofy "start with men on first and second" rule, Perth scored two in the bottom of the tenth on a walk and two hit batsmen to win the game.  Robbie Glendenning was 3-for-4 with a home run (his second) and a walk, driving in three.  Alex Boshers pitched six innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and striking out three.  For Sydney, Max Brennen was 4-for-5.  Chih-Hsien Chiang was 3-for-5.  Alex Howe was 2-for-4 with a home run.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Kennys Vargas was 1-for-1 with a three-run homer (his second) and a walk.

SANTURCE 3, CAROLINA 2 IN SANTURCE

Robert Andino's RBI double in the seventh broke a 2-2 tie.  Yadiel Hernandez was 3-for-4.  Adalberto Flores pitched seven innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on six hits and striking out three.  For Carolina, Giovanni Soto struck out six in six innings, giving up two runs on five hits.

CAGUAS 5, MAYAGUEZ 4 IN CAGUAS

Mayaguez took a 4-3 lead in the top of the ninth, but Rusney Castillo homered in the bottom of the ninth to tie it and Johnny Monell doubled home the winning run later in the inning.  For Caguas, Castillo was 2-for-4 with a double and a home run.  David Vidal was 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and a walk.  Ricardo Bautista hit a home run.  Jake Fisher pitched 6.1 innings, giving up two runs on six hits and striking out four.  For Mayaguez, Kennys Vargas hit a pinch-hit three-run homer, his second.  Tyler Herron pitched five innings, giving up one run on four hits and a walk and striking out one.

Games of January 10

Kennys Vargas was the only Twin to play.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

MAGALLANES 4, ARAGUA 1 IN MAGALLANES

Magallanes scored two in the first and led all the way.  Omar Bencomo pitched 4.1 innings, giving up one run on six hits and two walks and striking out one.

The next round of playoffs start tonight.  Anzoategui is at Caracas and Magallanes is at Lara.

MEXICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

NAVOJOA 4, JALISCO 1 IN NAVOJOA

Navojoa scored two in the first and two in the third to take a 4-1 lead.  Alan Sanchez was 3-for-4.  Randy Arozarena was 2-for-4 wtih a home run.  Hector Velazquez pitched five innings, giving up an unearned run on eight hits and striking out two.  For Jalisco, Yordanys Linares was 3-for-4.

Navojoa leads Jalisco 1-0.

CULIACAN 6, MEXICALI 2 IN MEXICALI

Culiacan scored four in the ninth to break a 2-2 tie.  Edgar Gonzalez pitched six innings, giving up two runs on eight hits and a walk and striking out three.  For Mexicali, Rolando Valdez struck out seven in six innings, giving up one run on six hits and a walk.

Culiacan leads Mexicali 1-0.

DOMINICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  None.

AGUILAS 9, ESCOGIDO 3 IN ESCOGIDO

Aguilas scored six runs in the eighth to break a 2-2 tie.  Ulises Joaquin pitched 3.1 innings, giving up two runs (one earned) on four hits and three walks and striking out one.  For Escogido, Elih Villanueva pitched five innings, giving up two runs on four hits and a walk and striking out one.

GIGANTES 7, LICEY 6 AT GIGANTES (11 INNINGS)

Carlos Paulino's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eleventh brought home the winning run.  Leury Garcia was 3-for-5 with a double.  Jose Siri was 2-for-5 with a two-run homer, his third of the post-season.  For Licey, Julio Borbon and Yamaico Navarro were each 3-for-6.  Yermin Mercedes hit a home run, his second of the post-season.

Licey, 7-4
Aguilas, 6-5
Escogido, 5-6
Gigantes, 4-7

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE

No games scheduled.

PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE

Twins:  Kennys Vargas (Mayaguez) was 0-for-3 with a walk.

CAROLINA 5, CAGUAS 2 IN CAGUAS

Carolina scored all five runs in the fourth, and they were enough.  Irving Falu was 3-for-5.  Raul Rivera pitched seven innings, giving up one run on three hits and a walk and striking out two.  For Caguas, Rusney Castillo hit a home run.  Julio de Pena pitched four shutout innings of relief, giving up two hits and striking out three.

MAYAGUEZ AT SANTURCE

The game was suspended after nine innings with the score tied 2-2.