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It was a very different game from others but the result was what they wanted: they won and advanced to the semifinals.The Tomateros de Culiacán took this step after beating 4-3 in 10 innings in the Caribbean of Anzoátegui (Venezuela), a duel in which they lost 3-0 in the eighth inning, and in which they could not lose by 4 or more races because they were eliminated.
“It was a great game. We took our hats off to Venezuela because they were fighting to get to the semifinals. His opener did a great job and that gave a lot of excitement to the duel, “said Benjamin Gil, manager of the Tomateros at the end of the duel.
After Puerto Rico’s victory in Thursday’s first duel, the Tomateros had to win or lose by less than 4 races to advance to the semifinals, a bigger defeat would have eliminated them. Knowing this definitely made the team live an unusual game.
“It was a strange game because we knew the formula to be able to advance to the semifinals and all if we lost. We had to manage a few things differently, in a weird way because I knew how many races we could admit to be able to keep playing, but the boys made it easy for me to score those three races, ”Gil continued.
In the lower part of the eighth round, the Mexican ninth scored three times to tie the game, and already in the tenth round, after filling the house, the unstoppable of Joan Carles Gamboa arrived with which the race of triumph arrived.
“We also had a great game. The boys gave their whole hearts to him they wanted to move forward but they wanted to do it by winning the game and they never lowered their arms and that gave us the win, ”the manager ruled.
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