In 24 hours the Stars have gone from skirting the precipice to getting excited about an epic comeback. The Elephants beat the Giants 5-3 on Thursday at Julian Javier and now the series is 3-2, still ahead of Jaya.
The sixth meeting will take place this Friday from 7:00 pm in Tetelo Vargas Park.
Jeremy Penya fired a two-run home run in a third inning where the Petromacorisanos did the necessary damage to win. But the greater protagonism rececayó in six relief that limited two unstoppable ones, two returns and two bases to the cacaotalera offensive in 5.1 entrances.
After Andy Otero was relieved for lack of an out in the chamber, Warner Madrigal (0.1 entry), Edwin Uceta (2.2), Luis González (0.1), Marc Mateu (0.2), Frank Garcés (0.1) and Matt Pobereyko (1) prevented a Giants who faced 3-0 in the series from turning an early disadvantage around.
Lewin Diaz and Ronnier Mustelier towed one lap each and the Eastern Offensive managed to make five of their 10 unstoppable extra-bases.
Uceta won, Richelson Peña lost and Pobereyko was saved.
It was a shock where the situational beat made a difference. While the Series 23 went 11-5 with men in a position to score the foals did so 6-0, in addition to leaving seven men at the bases.
the races
The Greens opened the board at the third inning. Panamanian Christian Bethancourt opened the scoring with a simple slowdown for third base, Gustavo Núñez missed a line through the short field, but Jeremy Penya dispatched a huge home run through the center field that produced two laps. Fernando Tatis Jr. followed him with a double to the right, Robinson Canó delivered the second out with a piconazo that receiver Carlos Paulino picked up and threw in time to the initial.
After Lewin Diaz connected double producer to the right, Ronnier Mustelier hit the tug tubey at the center and Socrates Brito confirmed that Richelson Peña had run out of gas to get unstoppable in the middle of the field. He went on to throw Marcos Molina, who immediately transferred to Junior Lake, but in the play there was a wild throw that gave room for Mustelier to enter with the fifth lap before Bethancourt fanned out.
The locals discounted in the room. Moisès Serra opened the base bargaining entry, moved to second with a single to Kelvin Gutiérrez’s lift and third with a high to the right of Alfredo Mart and then scored with a shot by third of Oneil Cruz.
The Duartians came closer to the end of the seventh thanks to a lone home run by Carlos Paulino, his first in the postseason. His other lap came in the eighth when Juan Francisco opened with a hit to the right, Serra negotiated ticket, Gutiérrez took high sacrifice in the center that Francisco took advantage to reach the third and scored with another fly of Alfredo Mart.