Golden triumph which was achieved this Wednesday night by the representative of Mexico in the Caribbean Series Mazatlán 2021. Tomatoes from Culiacán won by slate from six races to three to his like of Panama, To keep alive the Caribbean jsuta held at the Teodoro Mariscal Stadium. The Aztecs will play their way to the semifinals tomorrow Thursday against Venezuela.
The TRI improved its mark to 2-2, as did the Channelers who are also in the fight for a step to the next round.
* Pitcheo *
Left-hander Anthony Vásquez opened for Mexico and was the winning pitcher with a seven-inning run for four hits, two runs (one clean), perfect control and 3 strikeouts. It sent 89 pitcheos (63 strikes) on 25 batters, leaving his ERA in 1.29. He replaced Fernando Sales and closed the Panamanian leftist Alberto Baldonado.
For Panama began in the hill Luis Machuca (loser) with line of work of three rounds with two thirds, two unstoppable, two annotations (clean), two tickets and a chocolate with a total of 72 shots (37 strikes) to 15 batters and its PCLA closed at 4.91. Then came Sáloa’s Wálter Silva and Alberto Guerrero.
* NOTES *
The first country to score a run was that of the visitors, when at the bottom of the second inning David Rodríguez connected a double to right field opening turn, Héctor Gómez was fouled by first baseman and the Dominican Willy García sent to man to Rodriguez with rola for double play.
However, Mexico not only equalized in the fourth chapter but turned the omelette with four-stroke bun, the product of a Grand Slam by Julian Leon. It all started with a ball base with two outs to Efrén Navarro, the same happened with Jesse Castell, which exploded from the lomita opener Luis Machuca.
The Mexican reinforcement Wálter Silva came to the relief, activated that same day by Panama and gave base by balls intentional to Victor Mendoza to fill the house and appeared the figure of Navarro to give the home run with the congested bases, that gave Tomateros a 4-1 lead. The batazo was of line made left garden.
Panama came close 2-4 in the sixth with a lone quadrangular from the left by Jhonny Sants.
But those of Benjamin Gil said again and put 5-2 in the seventh with a single to the left of Jesus Fabela, scoring with a hit to the right of Ramiro Penya. Already in the eighth inning, they scored 6-2 with a single from Efrén Navarro, who scored with a strike from José Guadalupe Chávez, who kicked in the short field Jonathan Arauz.
The Panamanian Chiriquí Federals came close 3-6 in the eighth inning with a hit to the left by Allen Córdoba, towing Jhonny Sants.
* DAY FIVE *
This Thursday ends the round robin phase (all against all) with three games. Panama against Puerto Rico at 11:00 a.m., Colombia vs. Dominican Republic at 3:30 p.m., and Venezuela vs. Mexico at 8 p.m., all with Sinaloa weather.