Golden triumph the one who is the representative of Mexico in the Mazatlán Caribbean Series 2021. Tomateros de Culiacán he beat his peer from six to three with slate Panama, to stay alive in the Caribbean jsuta held at Teodoro Mariscal Stadium. The Aztecs will play their place in the semi-finals against Venezuela tomorrow on Thursday.
TRI improved their record to 2-2, as did the Canaleros who also compete for a pass to the next round.
* PLACE *
Lefthanded Anthony Vasquez started for Mexico and was the winning pitcher with a seven-inning attempt for four hits, two runs (one earned), perfect control and three strikeouts. He threw 89 pitches (63 batters) over 25 batters, keeping his ERA at 1.29. They took off Fernando Salas and Panamanian left-handed Alberto Baldonado closed.
For Panama, Luis Machuca (loser) started on the mound with a three-round work line with two-thirds, two hits, two annotations (clean), two walks and a chocolate with a total of 72 shots (37 strikes) in 15 batters and his PCLA locks at 4.91. Later, the Sinaloan Wálter Silva and Alberto Guerrero came to the rescue.
* COMMENTS *
The first country to score a run was that of the visitors, when David Rodríguez doubled to the right in the bottom of the second inning to open the shoot-out, Héctor Gómez hit on a first base error and the Dominican Willy García Rodríguez home with a role for doubles.
However, Mexico not only equalized in the fourth chapter, but also turned the tables with a bouquet of four runs, the product of a Grand Slam by Julián León. It all started with a two-out walk to Efrén Navarro, the same thing happened with Jesse Castillo, which exploded starter Luis Machuca off the mound.
Mexican reinforcement Wálter Silva came to relief, who was activated the same day by Panama and intentionally walked Víctor Mendoza to fill the house and the figure of Navarro appeared to give the homerun with the bases loaded, giving Tomateros a 4-1 lead yielded. The hit was on the line to the left field.
Panama approached the 2-4 in the sixth with a solo homer from the left by Jhonny Santos.
But the men of Benjamín Gil reacted again to make it 5-2 in the seventh with a single to the left by Jesús Fabela and scored with a hit to the right by Ramiro Peña. Already in the eighth inning, they scored the 6-2 with a single by Efrén Navarro, who scored on a fly by José Guadalupe Chávez, who missed shortstop Jonathan Arauz.
The Panamanian Chiriquí Feds went 3-6 in the eighth with a hit to the left from Allen Córdoba, who was driving in Jhonny Santos.
* DAY FIVE *
Next Thursday, the round robin phase (all against all) ends with three games. Panama vs Puerto Rico at 11am, Colombia vs Dominican Republic at 3:30 pm and Venezuela vs Mexico at 8am, all with Sinaloa time.