Cleveland Sports Forum

1/11/23

COLUMBIA



Vaqueros went ahead in the semifinal against Caimanes

by Manuel Ortega Ponce |

Dayan Frias (2B - Hitting Second In the Lineup - Monteria)
AB 4, R 1, H 3, DBL 2, RBI 0, BB 0, SO 0, AVG .370, OPS 1.130

Frias doubled to left center in the first, grounded out 3U in the third, doubled to right center and scored in the sixth, bunt single to shortstop in the seventh,


A two-run home run by Derwin Pomare and the chaos of the Caimanes relievers in the sixth inning led Vaqueros to a 6-3 victory in the first game of the semifinal of the Colombian Professional Baseball League played this Tuesday in Montería.

Pomare homered in the second inning off Venezuelan starter Carlos Quevedo, with Jordan Díaz on the base.

Caimanes tied it 2-2 in the fourth after they loaded the bases after singles by Dilson Herrera and Carlos Arroyo and a walk to Andrés Álvarez. Carlos Martínez received a walk driving in a run from third. Evan Mendoza produced the tie with a sacrifice fly that brought Arroyo to the plate.

Vaqueros took the lead again in the sixth when left-handed reliever Kevin Escorcia surrendered a double to Dayan Frías and, with two outs on the board, walked Daniel Vellojín. Caimanes' manager, José Mosquera brought in Jeffry Niño to pitch to the right handed hitter, who threw a wild pitch and gave two consecutive walks to Jordan Díaz and Derwin Pomare, which allowed Frías to score from third.

The worst for Caimanes was yet to come. Pabel Manzanero hit a slow grounder to second base, Carlos Arroyo hit the ball, but he couldn't put Pomare out on that base, which Vellojín and Díaz took advantage of to come to the plate and make the game 5-2.

Caimanes cut the difference to two runs in the seventh after Gustavo Campero doubled and was driven in by Harold Ramírez's single.

But, in the eighth, Vaqueros moved away again with a run scored by Jordan Díaz and an RBI single by Brayan Buelvas.

Carlos Quevedo pitched five innings for Caimanes and allowed three hits and two runs. He was relieved by Kevin Escorcia, who worked two thirds and was the losing pitcher. Jeffry Niño (0.1) and Melvin Jiménez (2.0) also came on the mound, giving up one run each.

The victory was credited to Samuel Burgos, who came to the rescue of starter Julio Vivas, who threw four innings. The game save went to Francisco Carrillo, who hung up the last three outs.

The second game of the series will be this Wednesday again starting at 7:00 pm in Montería. They broadcast Telecaribe and Win.

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1/12/23

COLUMBIA



Vaqueros one win away from going to the final playoff

by Manuel Ortega Ponce | Jan 11, 2023

Dayan Frias (2B - Hitting Second - Monteria)
AB 4, R 0, H 1, RBI 0, BB 0, SO 2, AVG .368, OP 1.107

Dayan Frias struck out in the first, struck out leading off the fourth, grounded out 3U in the fifth, and singled in the eighth.

A triple by Derwin Pomare and then a wild pitch by Francisco López marked the difference between Vaqueros and Caimanes on Wednesday in the second game of the semifinal.

Montería won 1-0 and will arrive with a 2-0 advantage in the third game of the series that will be played on Friday. If they win, Vaqueros will be the rival of Tigres in the championship round.

Like Tuesday, when he hit a two-run home run to put his team ahead, Pomare led off the fifth inning with a triple off starter Omar Bencomo, whose work culminated after that drive. It was the Vaqueros' first hit of the game.

Bencomo was relieved by Francisco López, who made a wild pitch as Pomare scored the only run of the game.

Caimanes, who only had four hits: two by Andrés Álvarez and two by Harold Ramírez, wasted the chance to score in the third when they had the bases loaded with one out, but Dilson Herrera nor Alexander Romero struck out.

Vaqueros, who had five hits, lost their starter Porfirio López by expulsion before the start of the sixth inning, after umpire Michael Tibabijo, after checking his glove, discovered that it had a prohibited substance in it.

Despite this, López, who allowed three hits and struck out four, was the winning pitcher. In his relief came Carlos Mario Díaz, who worked an entry. Luis Pacheco also one inning and Jorge Martínez two for the save.

For Caimanes, the loser was Bencomo, who worked four innings, allowed one hit, one run, three walks and struck out three batters. Francisco López (0.2), Reiver Sanmartín (1.1), Jay Peralta (1.0) and Deivy Méndez (1.0) also pitched in relief.

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1/12/23

PUERTO RICO



Giants shutout Santurce; tie semifinal series

Johnathan Rodriguez (LF - Batting Second - Carolina)
AB 4, R 0, H 1, TPL 1, RBI 1, BB 0, K 0, LOB 1, AVG .278

Rodriguez grounded out 4-3 in the first, flied out F8 in the third, tripled to right batting in the games first run Car 1 San 0, popped out F5 in the eighth

The Gigantes de Carolina defeated the Cangrejeros de Santurce 2-0 on the road to tie the Semifinal B Series again.

Carolina won the first game at home last Saturday (2-1), while Santurce caused the first tie on Sunday defending their home field advantage (2-1). Yesterday, Tuesday, the Santurce stole the first game of the series in extra innings (4-3) and Wednesday the Carolinian troupe did the same in the Capital stadium.

After one out in the sixth, a walk to Bryan Torres and a triple by Johnathan Rodríguez was the formula for the Giants' first run, while in the seventh, Delvin Pérez's grounded out driving in Ozzie Martínez to extend the lead to 2-0 at the Capital stadium.

It only took three giant pitchers to silence the Santurce offense as reliever José Fuentes went 6 1/3 innings to earn his first postseason win . Fuentes gave up five hits and struck out five. The save went to Miguel Romero fanning the two batters he faced, while the setback was charged by David Lebrón allowing three hits, two earned runs, one wal;k and four strikeouts.

The semifinal series will recess this Thursday, January 12, 2023 and return to the field next Friday, January 13, at 7:10 p.m.

The Cangrejeros de Santurce will visit the Gigantes de Carolina at the Roberto Clemente stadium, while the Criollos de Caguas will host the Indios de Mayagüez at the Yldefonso Solá Morales stadium, a game that will be televised by WAPA Deportes.

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Mayagüez is one victory away from the championship series

Richie Palacios (2B - Leading Off - Santurce)
AB 5, R 2, H 3, RBI 0, BB 0, K 0 LOB 0, AVG .294

Richie Palacios singled to Right and scored on brother Josh's base hit in the first, grounded out 3U in the second, singled to center and stole 2nd in the fourth, singled to left and scored in the sixth, reached on an error by the right fielder

The Indios de Mayagüez are knocking on the door of the championship series after defeating the Criollos de Caguas 4-2 last night in the fourth game of the Semifinal B Series of winter baseball.

The victory went to veteran Miguel Martínez, throwing five complete innings with four hits, two earned runs and two strikeouts, while Braden Webb got his first save in the postseason giving away a walk and two strikeouts in one inning.

Josh Palacios produced the first two runs for the tribe with an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning, but the Criollos tied the game at two runs in the top of the fourth inning with a double driving in Edwin Díaz.

In the fifth inning, the Indians retook the lead on Danny Ortiz's double driving in Emmanuel Rivera from second base and took advantage of two defensive errors in the sixth to score their fourth run by Richie Palaces.

The defeat went to Matt Hardy, who worked the fifth inning as a reliever allowing two hits, an earned run, a walk and a strikeout.

The semifinal series will recess this Thursday, January 12, 2023 and return to the field next Friday, January 13, at 7:10 p.m.

The Cangrejeros de Santurce will visit the Gigantes de Carolina at the Roberto Clemente stadium, while the Criollos de Caguas will host the Indios de Mayagüez at the Yldefonso Solá Morales stadium, a game that will be televised by WAPA Deportes.

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1/12/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Licey beats Gigantes and will play In the championship series against Estrellas

Santo Domingo .

Mel Rojas Jr. hit a home run and the Tigres del Licey blanked the Gigantes del Cibao 8-0, to advance to the final series of Dominican winter baseball season after their victory this Wednesday at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.

Licey (10-6) will face the Estrellas Orientales (10-6), after the green team eliminated the Águilas Cibaeñas earlier, which together with the Gigantes became the two teams eliminated from the semifinal .

It will be another visit by Licey to the finals and their first since 2019-20 when they were eliminated by the Toros 5-3.

Licey produced six runs in the third and two in the sixth as they had great pitching from Brooks Hall (2-1,1 .56), who won the game in a six-inning, two-hit, two-walk, five-run game. The game was lost by Cristopher Molina (0-1, 1.17), who endured three four-hit innings, six runs, all unearned, one walk and one strikeout.

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Estrellas advances to championship round after eliminating the Aguilas based on home runs

Santo Domingo .

The Estrellas Orientales returns to the championship series of Dominican baseball after beating the Águilas Cibaeñas 3-2, thanks to three home runs by Estrellas, two of them in the first inning, in a game played this Wednesday at the Cibao Stadium.

In this way, they secured their pass to the championship round by reaching a 10-6 mark in the round-robin games and eliminating, incidentally, the Eagles (6-10), with only two games remaining to conclude this round robin semifinal.

Estrellas returns for the second consecutive time to the championship series of Dominican baseball, a feat that they repeat for the first time since the 1986-87 and 1987-88 campaigns, when they faced the Águilas and the Leones del Escogido, respectively.

Gustavo Núñez and Jeimer Candelario each hit a home run in the first inning. The third home run came from Junior Lake's bat, the three homers were against the stellar lefty Roenis Elías, who did not present his usual effectiveness in the game, in his return to play after personal commitments.

Edwin Uceta pitched five complete innings of four hits, one walk and three strikeouts to earn the win and Ronel Blanco got the save by throwing one and two-thirds innings of one hit and one walk. In the ninth he gave up a walk to Melky Cabrera, later replaced by Yefri Pérez. Blanco dominated Johan Camargo with a fly ball to right field to define the victory.

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1/12/23

VENEZUELA



Lara Falls against Aragua 7-6

The Cardenales de Lara team (3-5) failed to maintain the advantage on the scoreboard and fell by a final score of 7-6 against the Tigres de Aragua (4-4) in the second game of the series between two in the José Pérez Colmenares de Maracay stadium in the continuation of the postseason of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP). The winner was Claudio Custodio (1-0), the defeated Yapson Gómez (0-2) and the save fell to Adam Hofacket (2).

The person in charge of startin the game was the Cuban Yoanner Negrín, in his return to action in Venezuelan baseball after a period of absence. He worked for 2.1 IP in which he allowed three hits, two runs (one earned), struck out one and walked two. In this way, the bullpen took over from the third inning on the arms of Jesús Sánchez (0.0 IP, 2H, 1 ER), Cristofer Ogando (0.2 IP), Brayan Pérez (0.0 IP, 1H, 2BB, 1 ER), Luis Madero (2.0 IP), Gómez (0.2 IP, 1H, 2 ER), José Adames (1.1 IP, 2H 1ER) and Darwinzón Hernández (1.0 IP).

On offense, Lara managed to get nine hits against the pitchers of the Tigers team with six runs. The Pedro Castellanos (3-4, 2R), Odubel Herrera (3-4, HR, 1RBI, 2R) and Jecksson Flores (1-4, 2B, 1R) stood out.

Cardenales will rest this Thursday and will return to action on Friday in Barquisimeto when they face the Navegantes del Magallanes starting at 7:00 PM.

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Magallanes fell for the third game in a row

For the third game in a row, the Navegantes del Magallanes were unable to prevail over their rival and this time they were defeated, with a final score of 9-4, against the Tiburones de La Guaira at the José Bernardo Pérez Stadium in Valencia.

Félix Doubront who could not complete a good job by accumulating 3.2 innings with seven hits and four earned runs, thus allowing the Aragua team to add runs little by little to lead towards victory.

La Guaira produced one in the first inning, three in the fourth, two in the fifth and three more in the ninth. The most outstanding being Ehire Adrianza who hit a double and a home run to bat in three runs and score one more.

For their part, the Magallanes offense, as has been the constant in this round-robin, had problems producing, as they left nine runners on the bases and went 1-7 with runners in scoring position. In this sense, the eighth inning was definitive in the outcome of the game when with three runners on base, two outs and the score 6 to 4, Cade Gotta struck out out.

The one who stood out the most for Magallanes, for the second game in a row, was catcher Robinson Chirinos who went 3-for-4 with a home run, battin in three runs and scoring one one.

The game was won by the Mexican Aldo Montes in 5.0 innings with two earned runs and eight strikeouts, while Doubront took the loss. In this way, the record of those led by Yadier Molina fell to 3W-5L, two games away from first place in the standings.

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1/12/23

CUBA



Portuarios in the finals of the Cuban Baseball Elite League

Portuarios beat Centrales 9x8.

Havana.-

PORTUARIOS beat Centrales 9-8 today in nine innings and qualified for the finals of the First Elite League of Cuban Baseball. The winner was in the hands of Elder Nodal Suárez and the loss in those of Naykel Yoel Cruz Saldívar.

Starting pitcher Pavel Hernández Bruces, in 1.2 innings, allowed three runs, one earned, three hits, struck out one and walked one. Andy Vargas ended his appearance by working three innings after two hits and two strikeouts.

From the losing team, starter Yoennis Yera Montalvo allowed one run, four hits, struck out five and walked five in five innings.

Dennis Laza Spencer was in charge of the Portuarios attack, hitting 3-5. Alexander Pozo Zayas 3-4 with three hits and two runs.

For Centrales, Luis Vicente Mateo Terry 1-1 in one appearance, with no runs scored. Ariel Sánchez went 2-for-5 with three runs scored and a run batted in. Pavel Quesada Pedroso went 2 for 4 with a run scored and two RBIs.

The winner of the game was Elder Nodal Suárez, who gave up a hit and struck out during 0.1 innings. Naykel Yoel Cruz Saldívar lost, who gave up two runs, one earned run, and a hit.

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1/13/23

The 2023 Caribbean Series will be the 65th edition of the Caribbean Series.
The games will be played at two venues due to the addition of new teams being invited to attend.
La Rinconada Stadium in Caracas and Jorge Luis García Carneiro Stadium in La Guaira are the venues.
The Series runs from February 2 to February 10, 2023.

In 2022, Caimanes de Barranquilla of the Colombian League won the tournament.
The series’ Most Valuable Player (MVP) was named Caimanes infielder Reynaldo Rodríguez.
Two years before, Colombia made its first-ever appearance in the series, replacing Cuba, which has regained its spot in this year’s event.

Juan Francisco Puello Herrera, the Caribbean Professional Baseball Commissioner has cleared the participation of Cuba and Curaçao in the 65th edition of the Caribbean Series.

He also announced the Caribbean Series is open to the participation of winning teams of the winter professional baseball leagues in:

Venezuela, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Panama, Colombia, Cuba, Curacao and the Dominican Republic.

This is the first time the Caribbean Series is expanded to include eight teams.

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SUMMARIZING THE WINTER BALL SEASON TO DATE -
ROAD TO THE SERIE DEL CARIBE

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DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

The Championship round starts tonight with Licey facing off against Estrellas

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CUBA

The Championship round starts tonight with Portuarios facing off against Tabacaleros

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COLUMBIA

Cartegena punched their ticket to the championship round waiting for the winner of the Monteria-Barraquilla series to end

Monteria leads the best of 3 series 2-0 over Barraquilla 0-2 as the series resumes tonight

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PUERTO RICO

Action resumes tonight in the best of 5 series.

Mayaguez 3-1 vs Caguas 1-3
Carolina 2-2 vs Santurce 2-2

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VENEZUELA

The action resumes this evening in the round robin to decide which two teams will advance to the championship round
Each team will play 16 games; With 3 games left for each of the teams, the winners are too close to call

Caracas is 6-3; La Guaira is 5-4; Aragua is 5-4; Lara is 3-5; Magallanes is 3-6

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23yr old OF prospect Johnathan Rodriguez crushes a solo HR in the 4th inning tonight for his club
@CarolinaLBPRC
in their playoff game vs Santurce. For Rodriguez it was his 2nd HR of the series.


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1/14/23

PANAMA



Atlánticos advances to the final and will face Federales

The Grand Final of Probeis, between Atlánticos and Federales de Chiriquí begins this Sunday at the Rod Carew stadium.

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Atlánticos de Bocas del Toro y Colón prevailed in extra innings against the Águilas Metropolitanas by a score of (4-3), in a game held at the Rod Carew stadium.

With this victory , Atlánticos obtained the right to advance to the Grand Final of Probeis, where the Federales de Chiriquí have already qualified.

In the second inning of the game, Ozziel Sánchez homered late in the second inning to extend Atlánticos ' lead to 3-0.

But in the fifth inning, Águilas scored twice to make it a 3-2 ball game and in the seventh inning, tied it at 3-3.

In the tenth inning, Edgar Muñoz produced the walk off hit that gave Atlánticos the victory by a score of 4-3 and win the Probeis semifinal series (2-1).

With the victory, Atlánticos will face Federales de Chiriquí in the Probeis Grand Final that begins this Sunday at the best of 5 games, at the Rod Carew stadium.

The team that comes out champion in Probeis , will obtain the right to represent Panama in the 2023 Caribbean Series that will take place in Venezuela between February 2 and 10.

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1/14/23

VENEZUELA



Alberto González: I was surprised by the call, but I did not miss it

"Tico" hadn't been to the plate since Dec. 27, but he was the hero for the Turks on Friday night

By yelimar requena-January 14, 2023

He hadn't even taken a turn in all of the playoffs, but on Friday he was Magallanes' hero in a 5-3 win over the Cardenales, the first for the Turks on the road. Alberto González showed that he is always ready to help the team.

Although it took him by surprise that they gave him a chance to hit, Alberto González appealed to his experience of 18 years and took the opportunity to remind the team of everything he is capable of doing.

He came on in the sixth inning, substituting for Cade Gotta, with men in scoring position. He converted a sinker off Andres Sotillet and turned it into a two-run single.

"It was surprising for me, after so long without seeing a pitcher, but I was always waiting for them to give me a turn or put me in to play defense," said "tico" in a video shared by the electrical press department.

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Danry Vásquez struck down the Lions

The Tiburones outfielder went 4-for-4 with five RBIs

For yelimar requena-January 13, 2023

In a perfect night, 4-4 and with five RBIs, Danry Vásquez led the overwhelming victory of Tiburones de La Guaira 13-3 over Leones del Caracas, this Friday at Parque de la UCV.

Los Salados left their record at 6-4 and tied Leones for the lead.

Tiburones got starter JC Ramírez early with five runs in the first inning with a double by Franklin Barreto, singles by Danry Vásquez and Wilson García, and a triple by Francisco Arcia.

In the next inning, and already against the relief team from the capital, the Sharks extended the advantage to 6-0 with a single to left field.

Leones answered with one at the top of the fourth on a fly ball by Isaias Tejeda. And in response, La Guaira scored another seven runs between the fourth and the fifth innings.

Wilson García and Danry Vásquez homered during that time to bat in six of those runs.

The only answer from Leones came in the eighth with hits that in just two runs that did not alter the Sharks dominance at all.

The win went to Ramon Garcia (3-0), who pitched 6.0 one-run innings and dropped his ERA to 1.00. And the setback fell on JC Ramirez (1-2), who could only hang two outs.

The Sharks had 18 hits in the game. In addition to Danry Vásquez, who left his average at .472, Wilson García (.417), 2-5 with three RBIs, also stood out.

Maikel García (.375) finished 3-for-4, while Balbino Fuenmayor (.293), Alcides Escobar (.316) and Francisco Arcia (.240) also doubled.

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The standings with two games to go. Only two teams go to the championship round

Tiburones 6-4, Leones 6-4,Tigres 5-4, Navegantes 4-6, Cardenales 3-6

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1/14/23

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC



Candelario hits a home run, pitching responds and Estrellas beat Tigres first in the finaLS

Eastern pitchers left the Tigers with four hits

By EDITORIAL LIDOM 12 hours ago

Santo Domingo .

Jeimer Candelario drove in two runs with a home run and outside the first inning the pitching of the Estrellas Orientales had great command to beat the Tigres del Licey 5-2 in the first game of the final series of the Dominican winter ball.

It was the Stars who set the pace of the game with their pitching and batting the best of seven series played this Friday night at the Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.

After being tied at 2-2, Henry Urrutia's one-run RBI double gave Estrellas the lead.

With the win, the Stars take home advantage. The final moves this Saturday to the Tetelo Vargas Stadium.

Chester Pimentel won (1-0, 0.00) and César Valdez lost (0-1, 9.00). Ronel Blanco (1) threw a one-hit ninth for the save.

This is the 30th time that the final has been played in a seven-game format.

Andy Otero and César Valdez, the starters for Estrellas and Licey presented themselves in an admirable way, Otero no runs and six strikeouts, Valdez surrendered four of seven hits and four runs, all earned, issued a walk and struck out two. Six pitchers followed after Otero and left Licey with two hits and four in the entire game.

For the stars, Urrutia was 3-4, R 2, 2B 1, RBI 1; Cano was 3-4, RBI 1; Nunez 2-4, BB 1; Candelario 1-5, HR 1, RBI 2.

For Licey, Alfaro was 1-4, R 1, HR 1, RBI 2.

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1/14/23

CUBA



Can Portuarios be champion of the Elite League?

JANUARY 13, 2023 | BORIS LUIS CABRERA

After the exciting victory of the Portuarios against the Centrales during the playoffs of the Cuban Baseball Elite League, there will not be a fan of these warriors who does not believe in the possibility of seeing them perched on the top raising the trophy of champions.

They reached the semifinals with the most powerful offense in the playoffs and will face the Agricultores who boasted a pitching staff with enough arms and bats to face them as the mercilessly devastated Tabacaleros in just four games, to leave a clear message to anyone who tried to challenge them in the championship round.

At this point, individual records or statistics, experience and history, names and medals that hang on their chests do not matter. This evening the battle for supremacy begins as Portuarios faces off against the dominating Agricultores.

Baseball is an unpredictable sport where subjective factors have enormous weight and that will dictate the laws in this final series.

Let's support ours. See you at the stadium.

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1/14/23

COLUMBIA



Alligators returned to victory and life against Vaqueros 6-1

Series Stands At Barranquilla 1-2, Monteria 2-1

by Manuel Ortega Ponce | Jan 14, 2023

Dayan Frias (SS - Batting Second - Monteria)
AB 4, R 0, H 0, RBI 0, BB 0, SO 1, AVG .344, OPS 1.042

Frias In a Rare Off Night flied out to right F9 in the first, flied out to left F7 in the fourth, struck out to end the sixth inning, and flied out to right F9 in the ninth.

A fired-up Harold Ramírez, Fabián Pertuz with two RBIs and impeccable pitching work by Nicaraguan starter Pedro Torres and relievers Víctor Vargas and Francisco López, who limited their rivals to one hit, brought Caimanes to life after beating the Vaqueros 6-1.

Ramírez had two doubles in four at bats and scored two runs for his team. However the series continues 2-1 in favor of the Monterianos.

Alligators attacked Dominican starter Eduar López in the first inning. Harold Ramírez doubled and then scored on another two-base hit by Dilson Herrera.

In the second, the home team produced two more runs as a result of a double by Fabián Pertuz that drove in Mauricio Ramos and Evan Mendoza to make the score 3-0.

Two errors by Jordan Díaz and Carlos Herrera gave way for Caimanes to increase their lead with runs scored by Mauricio Ramos and Juan Zabala, the latter after a sacrifice fly by Gustavo Campero.

In that entry, Eduar López finished his work, who in three and a third innings allowed six hits and five runs. The Dominican right-hander suffered his first defeat in Colombia.

Vaqueros only had one hit in the game by Carlos Herrera, a triple in the sixth inning, which ended in a run after a groundout to shortstop by Brayan Buelvas.

Harold Ramírez's second double of the night, in the seventh, resulted in the sixth run for Caimanes after a single by Alexander Romero. Ramírez came for the plate and managed to score after the ball fell from catcher Daniel Vellojín's glove.

The victory went to Víctor Vargas, who pitched four innings, the same as Pedro Torres, who left the game due to a soreness in his right calf and without allowing hits. Francisco López got the three outs of the ninth.

This Saturday, starting at 4:00 pm, will be the fourth game at Édgar Rentería. Alligators will seek to equalize the series 2-2 and Vaqueros will obtain the victory that will take them to the final playoff against Tigres.

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1/14/23

PUERTO RICO



The Creoles of Caguas are still alive

January 14, 2023

Richie Palacios (2B - Leading Off - Mayaguez)
AB 3, R 0, H 0, RBI 0, BB 0, SO 0, LOB 0, AVG .250

Palacios in an off night grounded out to first unassisted U3, Flied out to center F8 in the third, flied out to left F7 in the sixth, Defensive Substitution: Brett Rodriguez replaces second baseman Richie Palacios

The Criollos de Caguas took advantage of a solid start by Bowden Francis to crush the Indios de Mayagüez 10-1 last night and avoid elimination, although they are 3-2 down in the best-of-seven series to advance to the Baseball League Final Professional Roberto Clemente (LBPRC).

Francis pitched 6 1/3 innings of two-hit, one-run ball for the win. The setback was to Ronnie Williams' record after being penalized for six runs and six hits in four and two-thirds innings.

Peter O`Brien homered with the bases loaded and Edwin Díaz hit a two-run homer to lead the Criollos' productive offense.

In this way, Caguas successfully defended his home. However, the Indians will seek their pass to the final playing at home tonight.

The series will continue today, Saturday, at 7:10 p.m. at the Isidoro "Cholo" García de Mayagüez stadium.

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Santurce is one win away from the finals; Carolina needs a win to stay alive

By: Associated Press

January 14, 2023

Johnathan Rodriquez (LF - Batting Second - Carolina)
AB 5, R 1, H 2, RBI 3, BB 0, K 0, LOB 1, AVG .304

Rodriguez had a big night in a losing cause grounded out 5-3 in the first, homered to left in the fourth SAN 6,CAR 1, grounded out 6-3 in the fourth, grounded into a 6-4-3 DP in the eighth, singled driving in two runs in a 4-run rally bottom of the ninth, a day late and a dollar short SAN 6,CAR 5

With a ninth inning not suitable for the faint of heart, the Cangrejeros de Santurce retained the victory at home over the Gigantes de Carolina with a final score of 6-5.

All of the visitors' runs came in the top of the third inning. Four of the five Carolina runs came in the home half of the ninth inning

The Santurce Cangrejeros attacked with six runs in the third inning en route to a 6-5 victory last night over the Carolina Giants in the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC).

In this way, they took a 3-2 lead in the series and placed one victory away from entering the finals.

Luis Leroy Cruz pitched 6 2/3 innings of a run and five hits to claim the win.

Héctor Santiago took the loss after allowing six runs and six hits in two innings.

Yadiel Rivera went 1 for 5 with a one-run double, Alejandro de Aza went 1 for 3 with an RBI, Rusney Castillo went 1 for 4 with an RBI and Joseph Monge went 1 for 4 with an RBI for the winners.

With the score a 6-0, Carolina countered with a solo homer by Johnathan Rodríguez in the fourth inning to make it a 6-1 game. Carolina's 4-run rally in the home half of the ninth was a run short.

For Carolina, Johnathan Rodriguez was 2-5, R 1, H 2, HR 1, RBI 3. Rustney Castillo was 3-3, R 1, Cancel was 2-4, R 1.

The sixth game will take place today, starting at 7:10 pm, at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan.



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1/15/23

CUBA



The finals of the Elite Baseball League begins with an 11-11 "tie"

A game of 22 runs, 34 hits and many used pitchers could not end in the sunlight.

Saturday, January 14, 2023 06:29 PM

Havana.-

The teams of Portuarios and Agricultores sealed the initial game of their series of the grand finale of the First Elite League of Cuban Baseball with an 11-run tie, after nine innings .

The westerners had 16 hits, made no errors and used a good part of their pitching staff.

The Orientals lost their first pitcher, the right-hander César García, in the first inning. However, Kelbis Rodríguez came to his rescue, withstood the Portuarios attack and helped his team tie the game at halftime. By the way, they had 18 hits, including home runs.

However, Carlos Martí's men also suffered problems with their bullpen and made three errors on defense, all of which gave life to those led by Michael González.

Time after time on the scoreboard, time after time substitution on the mound , consumed time and natural lighting at the Martirés de Barbados stadium in Bayamés, where this game will resume on Sunday starting at 10 am

The tiebreaker rule will be applied from the tenth inning and therefore the hostilities could end before the 12th inning.

If this happens, the second game of the finals will begin half an hour after the conclusion, if not, on Monday at the usual time.

A motivated fans supported the team from Granma and Las Tunas, and will surely return to the stadium from Bayamés on Sunday. That could be a key day in these finals.

At stake is the crown of the League and especially the ticket to the Caribbean Baseball Series of Gran Caracas 2023.

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