Cleveland Sports Forum

1/19/23

COLUMBIA



Three home runs 2 by Meibrys Viloria, 1 by Reinaldo 'Chencho' Rodríguez and a hit by pitch gave Tigres victory over Vaqueros 8-7

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 19, 2023

Dayan Frias (SS - Batting Second - Monteria)
AB 4, R 1, H 2, 2B 1, RBI 0, BB 1, SO 0, AVG .278, OPS .750

Dayan slowing down after a very hot streak walked and was tossed out 6-4 in the first inning, doubled to center and scored in the third, grounded out 6-3 in the fifth, and grounded out 3U in the eighth

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Meibrys Viloria (C - Batting Second - Cartegena)
AB 4, R 2, H 2, HR 2, RBI 4, BB 1, SO 1, AVG .256, OPS 1.020

Meibrys Viloria returns after a 3 week absence and, well, welcome back: homered to right field in the first, was intentionally walked in the second, slugged his second homer of the game a 3-run shot, flied out to center in sixth, and struck out swinging in the seventh

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Meibrys Viloria hit two homers that drove in four runs and Ronaldo Hernández connected for another that produced two more and Tigres de Cartagena defeated Vaqueros de Montería 8-7 in a close duel to equalize the series 1-1 in the final playoff of the Liga Profesional de Colombian Baseball, this Wednesday at the Once de Noviembre Abel Leal stadium in La Heroica.

Viloria knocked it out of the park in the first inning with the bases empty against Eduar López. In the fourth Viloria repeated against Samuel Burgos, but this time he found Deibinson Romero and Jesús Marriaga on the base paths to put Tigres up 5-2.

Reinaldo 'Chencho' Rodríguez responded in the fifth, against Will Changarotty, with a home run that found Carlos Herrera on base to shorten the difference to 5-4.

But, in the bottom part of that inning, Ronaldo Hernández joined the home run festival and, against Hernando Mejía, he ripped it with Óscar Mercado on base to once again give Tigres a three-run lead 7-4.

Vaqueros discounted with one in the sixth, scored by Andrés Angulo, who reached on a double, and tied 7-7 in the seventh, thanks to a single by Pabel Manzanero that drove in Reinaldo Rodríguez and Jordan Díaz.

The winning run for Tigres also came in the seventh. Ronaldo Hernández walked and Víctor Nova singled. Jhon Peluffo came on to relieve Elvis Araújo and hit Deibinson Romero and Jesús Marriaga with balls so that Hernández scored from third for the final 8-7.

The victory went to Guillermo Zúñiga, who worked two innings without allowing hits or runs. He walked one and struck out three batters.

The game was lost by Elvis Araújo, who spent an inning and a third on the mound and the save was scored by Óscar Marcelino, who hung up the last three outs.

With the series tied at one win per side, this Friday they move to the 18 de Junio ​​de Montería stadium for the third game. The appointment is at 7:00 pm

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1/19/23

MEXICO


Semi Final Standing

Algodoneros 4-2 Naranjeros

Yaquis 2-4 Cañeros




POBEREYKO AND JESSE CASTILLO TAKE ALGODONEROS TO THE FINAL

01/19/2023

Hermosillo, Sonora (Prensa Algodoneros).-

Matt Pobereyko pitched tremendously and Jesse Castillo produced the two runs with which Algodoneros de Guasave defeated the regular season leader Naranjeros de Hermosillo by a 2-0 whitewash against Naranjeros de Hermosillo, advancing into the finals, after winning game six of the Semifinals of the ARCO Mexican Pacific League.

With the result, there will be a Sinaloan final, since Cañeros beat Yaquis from Ciudad Obregón, with which next Saturday, the series for the title will start at Chevron Park, in Los Mochis.

Algodoneros had not been in a final since the 2011-2012 season, when they were swept by Yaquis from Ciudad Obregón, having previously eliminated Tomateros from Culiacán 4-2 in the semifinal.

Pobereyko (1-1) threw a gem of pitching in seven innings, allowing just two hits, striking out five, not walking and not allowing a run; He was followed by Jeff Ibarra, Carlos Morales, Rafael Córdova, who achieved his second save in the semifinal.

Another factor that demonstrated the quality of Algodoneros' pitching is that they kept Naranjeros scoreless, by not allowing a run in 18 consecutive innings.

The defeated Elian Leyva pitched six and a third innings with four runs, eight hits, one walk and two runs; the rest were taken by César Vargas and Thomas Mcllraith.

The pass to the final, came in the seventh, thanks to a home run by Jesse Castillo

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CAÑEROS RETURNS TO A FINAL SERIES AFTER 7 YEARS

01/19/2023

Los Mochis, Sinaloa (Prensa Cañeros).-

With a great job from the pitcher of the year, the Cañeros from Los Mochis beat the Yaquis from Obregón 5 runs to 2 to advance to the Grand Final of the 2022-2023 Season of the ARCO Mexican Pacific League.

The slate came to life in the top of third inning; Dariel Álvarez opened the session by hitting a home run to right-center field alley to put the Yaquis in front.

In the fifth, the Green Force put together a 3-run rally; after one out came a couple of hits placing men on second and third, followed by Bruce Maxwell's hit a ground ball to second with which pinch runner Jorge Rivera scoring. Then came a couple of hits, and Lagrange scored.

The Yaquis came close in the seventh inning; The first when Yadir Drake reached base and managed to reach second thanks to a bad throw from the shortstop, from there he managed to score thanks to a hit to Víctor Mendoza's center.

With the power of the champion bat, the greens secured the score at the bottom of the eighth inning; After two outs, Justin Dean walked and Roberto Valenzuela hit a resounding home run to left field to unleash the madness at Chevron Park.

Luis Fernando Miranda started for Cañeros and won with 6 innings in which he allowed 1 run, 1 hit, walked 1 and struck out 6. Daniel Duarte helped him and Juan Gámez saved.

Braulio Torres-Pérez started for Yaquis and was defeated after allowing 3 runs in 5 innings, got 5 hits, gave no walks and struck out 4. Edwin Fierro and Samuel Zazueta followed.

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1/20/23

PANAMA



Federales with the title of Probeis obtained the right to represent Panama in the Caribbean Series

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1/19/2023

Federales de Chiriquí defeated Atlánticos de Bocas del Toro and Colón by a score of 7-4 , to lift their first title in Probeis and represent Panama in the 2023 Caribbean Series.

Atlánticos was up on the scoreboard 3-0, but the Federales closed the gap in the sixth inning with 2 runs and tied the action 3-3 in the seventh inning with a home run by Ariel Sandoval against left-handed Luis Ramos.

The team led by José Mayorga went ahead on the scoreboard with a rally of four runs at the top of the seventh inning to put the score at 7-3.

In the next inning, Atlánticos scored their fourth run to make it 7-4, which ended 7-4.

With this title, Federales de Chiriquí won the championship and with it the right to represent Panama in the 2023 Caribbean Series that will be played in Venezuela between February 2 and 10.

Coincidentally, Federales (Panama) will debut in the Caribbean Series against the representative of Venezuela that is yet to be defined.

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1/20/23

VENEZUELA



Pedro Castellanos on Cardenales: "We remain positive"

The slugger remains one of the offensive leaders for the Cardinales

By GERARDO JAVIER ROMERO

JANUARY 20, 2023

The Cardenales de Lara baseball player, Pedro Castellanos, remains one of the team's offensive leaders and was essential for the Cards' 13-6 victory against Tiburones this Thursday.

The outfielder assured in an interview for IVC after the game that the team remains positive in being able to advance to the finals of the LVBP despite its position in the Round Robin.

Castellanos went 2-5 with a home run against the sharks, a fact that affected their classification to the final.

“It is no secret to anyone that it is a Round Robin that comes little by little, from very close standings, from very close games, but the Cardenales continues, in one way or another to stay positive, I think it is one of the things that has kept us going. playing well, every day we go out to try to win, and the results have shown that.

Likewise, the Barquisimeto team assured that they have struggled in recent games knowing that a single defeat leads to elimination.

"We went out to enjoy the game, regardless of what happened, always giving one hundred percent on the field, every day we went out to give our best, to win, since we arrived we went out to enjoy the game and give our best" the Cardinales' Castellanos said.

“It is no secret to anyone that I missed with three on base, it was also a key turn in the game, I went out to try to calm the tide a bit, to calm down a little more in the turn and I went out looking for a good pitching that could connect to bring in a run”, concluded the outfielder to IVC.

* Leones 9-6, Tiburones 8 7, Navegantes 7-7, Cardenales 6-8, Tigres 6-8

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Leones grew up in Maracay and sealed their ticket to the finals

A 9-6 record was enough for them to return to the finals for the first time since 2018-2019.

By YELIMAR REQUENA

JANUARY 19, 2023

The imported Niko Vásquez and Isaias Tejeda catapulted the victory of the Leones del Caracas 10-6 over Tigres de Aragua, this Thursday in Maracay. The Lions registered their name in the LVBP 2022-2023 season.

A 9-6 record was enough for the Lions to return to the Venezuelan baseball finals for the first time since the 2018-2019 season.

In the midst of celebrating its 80th anniversary, Caracas started as a favorite, they managed to qualify for the first postseason with a 36-19 record and now they become the first finalists.

«This is not over, we do not have to settle for what we have done. Today we only took the second step," warned manager José Alguacil in a statement made to Simple Tv at the end of the game.

"When they told us that Lara won their game, we put the extra effort... Long live the Lions of Caracas," he added.

dominant from the start

Caracas went ahead with three runs in the first inning on a fly ball by José Rondón and a single by Isaías Tejeda.

Tigres came back with two runs at the bottom of the first and went up 4-3 in the second. However, that would be the only time the Bengalis would have the upper hand.

Leones turned the score around and took the lead 6-4, in the fourth inning, on a three-run home run by Niko Vásquez.

The following inning Isaias Tejeda, with a line drive to center, and a deflected pitch from pitcher Pedro Rodríguez gave two more runs for the Lions.

José Alguacil's Tigres added a couple more runs between the seventh and eighth but, although they scored a couple more times, could not find a way to get back into the game.

By way of 1,2,3 Silvino Bracho pitched in the ninth sealed the ticket for Caracas.

Niko Vásquez, 2-5, and Isaias Tejeda, 2-4, combined to bat in seven of the 10 runs for Leones. Ali Castillo, for his part, stood out by finishing 4-6 and leaving his average at .415.

Norwith Gudino (1-0) picked up the win by completing a 3 1/3 scoreless innings of relief, improving his ERA to 4.09. Solomon Bates (1-1) took the loss, allowing six runs in 3 1/2 innings.

* Leones 9-6, Tiburones 8 7, Navegantes 7-7, Cardenales 6-8, Tigres 6-8

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1/20/23

PUERTO RICO



Rob Whalen or Eduardo Rivera, which arm will get the win for your team?

by LBPRC Press

January 20, 2023

San Juan, Puerto Rico (Friday, January 20, 2023) –

The Final Series of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC) will have its third game today, Friday, between the Indios de Mayagüez and Gigantes de Carolina.

The tribe and the Carolinian teams arrive tied for this game after each team stole their first victory in the opponent's park. Carolina team won the first game 5-3, while the Indios came out on top in the second game with a 6-4 score.

Prior to this Friday's game at the Roberto Clemente Walker stadium, the LBPRC together with the Puerto Rico Sports Journalists Association will present several of the awards to the players selected in the Player of the Year and All-Star Team for the 2022 season. -2023.

Pitchers per game:

Next, the pitchers for the third game of the Final Series:

The Indios de Mayagüez will look for the advantage of the Final Series in the arm of Rob Whalen. The import was a key player for the tribe, pitching a complete game of nine innings in the regular season, while in the Semifinal Series he had two starts as a starter with a 0-1 record, pitching 8.1 innings out of 11 hits, three earned runs, two walks and two strikeouts for a 3.24 ERA.

The Carolina Giants bet on Eduardo Rivera to get their second victory, this time at home. The right-hander pitched twice as a starter in the Semifinal Series with a 1-1 record working through 15.2 innings allowing six hits, two earned runs, six walks and 10 strikeouts for a 1.15 ERA.

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1/20/23

COLUMBIA



Third round: Tigres and Vaqueros meet again in Montería on Friday night

By Augusto Cesar Puello Mestre

January 20, 2023

The grand final of Colombian baseball continues tonight with the duel between Tigres de Cartagena and Vaqueros de Montería at the 18 de Junio ​​stadium in Montería. The series, tied at one game, will now be played over three days in Montería.

The Tigers traveled without third baseman Deibinson Romero, who broke one of his fingers in Game 2 action. In fact, the Tigers team submitted a petition to Diprobeisbol, seeking authorization to replace the Caribbean player, but there was no positive response from the organization, which argues that the only one who can be replaced is the player who came as a reinforcement.

In Montería, both teams will play their eighth game so far this season. Tigres has not done badly, in the previous seven games they have brought 3 victories and succumbed in the other 4 games. The final series of baseball in Colombia is played for the best of 7 games, so it will be necessary for one of the teams to win all three games in Córdoba so that the series does not return to Cartagena on Tuesday the 24th.

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1/21/23

VENEZUELA



Harold Castro was a hero for Leones

With a home run, the outfielder gave the Lions the victory

By FABIOLA SABEDRA

JANUARY 20, 2023

With 20,674 fans present at the UCV park, Leones defeated Navegantes del Magallanes 3-2 in the last game of the Round Robin of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

The Lions had nothing to lose, since they had already qualified for the final this Thursday in Maracay, but their honor against their oldest rival did not allow them to give up.

By the fourth inning the score was even 2-2, it should be noted that for each inning the teams were adding one run.

Magallanes, without being certain of advancing forward on this day played with his entire arsenal that resulted in extra innings.

And it could not be otherwise, both teams represent the true Venezuelan baseball. Of course, the fans in Caracas responded to the call.

Caracas came out on top thanks to a home run that Harold Castro connected to center field at the 10th inning, ending the duel.

The Turks add another day without victory at the University Stadium.

Navegantes have a 7-8 record, while the semifinal leaders are 10-6.

(*) Leones 10 6, Tiburones 8 7, Cardenales 7 8, Navegantes 7 8, (++) Tigres 6 9

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Cardinals do everything possible to stay afloat

Tigres de Aragua said goodbye to the 2022/23 season

By FABIOLA SABEDRA

JANUARY 20, 2023

Cardenales de Lara continues to cling to a miracle in the semifinals of the Venezuelan Baseball League (LVBP), for this Friday they defeated Tigres de Aragua 7-2, causing the Maracay team to lower the curtain on the remainder of the season .

The Bengals started the game on the right foot, in the first inning they recorded their first run as a result of a double by José "Cafecito" Martínez that batted in Alexi Amarista.

When the Cardenales had their turn at bat, they tied the game thanks to Odubel Herrera.

The game was slow in terms of adding runs. Already in the sixth inning Rangel Ravelo dispatched a double which brought home Pedro Castellanos 3-1.

Cardenales continued with their flight until the end of the game, little by little, but managed to defeat Tigres.

Aragua leaves the LVBP with a 6-9 record in the Round Robin occupying the bottom position of the standings. While Lara continues to stay alive at 7-8 in third place.

(*) Leones 10 6, Tiburones 8 7, Cardenales 7 8, Navegantes 7 8, (++) Tigres 6 9

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LVBP: Cardenales reach the key game as the team with the best winning streak

By Franco Villanueva

01/21/2023

The Cardenales de Lara used an extra life to reach the last day of the Round Robin with still a chance, the team that seemed to be the first to be eliminated a week ago recovered to keep hopes alive, although right now they do not depend on themselves.

The Cardenales went through a losing streak in which they had lost 4 consecutive games but just when it seemed that this streak was taking them out of the race, they took a second wind to change the defeats for victories and scare their rivals in recent days.

Lara presents a commendable balance of 37 runs scored for 12 allowed in the last four games, which speaks of a great change within the team, despite not having incorporated key players in these last games.

Currently, the Round Robin series between the Cardenales and Magallanes is in favor of the Navegantes. Lara prevailed forcefully in the first game, which they won 7-1, but in the following two they lost.

In this context, Lara could not qualify directly even if they win, the most they can hope for if they defeat Magallanes and Tiburones loses against Tigres, there would tie for second place against La Guaira and force an extra game to define the second place team and classify for the last ticket to the finals.

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LVBP: These are the combinations that could define the second ticket to the final

By Meridian Writing

01/21/2023

The postseason of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League 2022-2023 is nearing its end, today it could be defined which team is the second that will qualify and face the Leones del Caracas for the championship.

Right now there are three possibilities for three different teams, only the Tigres de Aragua does not have any numerical possibility and is eliminated, in the absence of this last and decisive day.

In the first game today, if the Sharks manage to beat the Tigers, the La Guaira will advance to the finals no matter what happens with the other games, it is as simple as that, if they win they will be in the finals.

The other two teams with possibilities are the Navegantes del Magallanes and the Cardenales de Lara. Today both teams meet in the last game, they must win and wait for a defeat by Sharks to be able to force an extra game.

The loser of that game is automatically eliminated, and in the event that La Guaira wins its game against Tigres, it will not matter who is the winner between Cardenales and the Navegantes, they would not have any options.

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1/21/23

COLUMBIA



Vaqueros continues to enforce at home

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 21, 2023

Dayan Frias (SS - Batting Second - Monteria)
AB 4, R 1, H 0, RBI 0, BB 1, SO 1, AVG .317, OPS .936

Frias after a hot start has cooled off lately and the batting average has taken a hit. Dayan struck out swinging in the first, flied out to center F8 in the third, walked and scored in the fifth, grounded out 3U in the sixth, and flied out F6 in the eighth.

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Meibrys Viloria (C - Batting Second - Cartegena)
AB 3, R 2, H 1, HR 1, RBI 2, BB 2, SO 2, AVG .258, OPS 1.043

Viloria has been hot these past two games after an absence of three weeks. After 2 homer game in the first game of this series, homered and was on base three times last night. Meibrys struck out swinging in the first inning, struck out swinging in the third, with one runner on the bases Meibrys homered to deep right chipping away at the Vaqueros 4-0 lead, walked and scored in the sixth making it a 5-4 game in favor of the Vaqueros, and walked once more in the eighth.

Daniel Vellojín and Reinaldo Rodríguez each drove in two runs to give Vaqueros an early lead, which ended up beating Tigres 5-4 in the third game of the final playoff of the Colombian Professional Baseball League which was played this Friday at the June 18 stadium in Montería.

In this way, the team from Cordoba went up 2-1 in the series, which this Saturday, starting at 5:00 pm, on the same field, will have its fourth game.

Cowboys have eleven consecutive victories in their stadium. They haven't lost there since December 16, when they lost 14-11 to Tigres.

Vellojín, who went 3-3, paved the way for the cowboy victory in the second inning by hitting a double against Cristian Alvarado who drove in Jordan Díaz from first base. Later, Vellojín also scored after a single by Brayan Buelvas.

In the third inning, it was Reinaldo Rodríguez's turn to shine, who hit a home run to left field with Carlos Herrera on base to increase the score to 4-0. It was 'Chencho's' second homer in the final playoff.

Meibrys Viloria, with another two-run home run in the fifth, off reliever Luis Escobar, put Tigres in the game. Viloria's homer, who in the previous game deposited two into the street, came with Carlos Herrera on board.

In the lower part of this same inning, Vellojín produced the fifth run for Vaqueros by connecting a single that drove in Dayan Frías from second base.

In the sixth, Tigres again reduced their deficit to one run after two singles by Harold Ramírez and Adrián Sánchez that brought Jonathan Lozada and Meibrys Viloria to the plate, respectively.

The victory was awarded to Luis Pacheco, who threw an inning and two thirds without allowing hits or runs. The save to Francisco Carrillo, who covered the same distance. The starter, Fernando Pérez, worked 4 and a third, allowing two hits, one run and four walks. He had three strikeouts.

Tigres' starter, Cristian Alvarado, was the loser after working four complete innings, in which he allowed four hits and five runs. He walked two and struck out two.

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1/21/23

PUERTO RICO



Carolina takes a 2-1 lead in the finals defeating Mayaguez 5-4 in game 3

By: The Writing

January 21, 2023

Richie Palacios (2B - Leading Off - Mayaguez)
AB 5, R 1, H 1, RBI 0, BB 0, K 1, LOB 1, AVG .231

Palacios struck out swinging in the first, singled to left field and scored in the third, flied out to center F8 in the fourth, grounded into a 3-6-3 double play to end the sixth inning, and grounded to first 3U to end the top half of the ninth inning. Carolina won the game with 2 runs in the home half of the ninth.

A walk off double in the ninth inning gave the Gigantes de Carolina a win over Indios de Mayagüez by beating them 5-4 last night to place the final series in their favor, 2-1, en route to the championship of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC).

The bottom of the ninth began with the score 4-3 in favor of the Indians. With one out and runners at first and second base, outfielder Jan Hernández hit a double to left field that brought the tying run and the winning run in by Aldemar Burgos and the pincher runner Alexis Pantoja, respectively.

Reliever Chris Nunn got the win by pitching two-thirds of an inning of no walks and a strikeout, while Braden Webb wasn't so lucky, giving up the two runs in the bottom of the ninth inning retiring just one batter.

The final series will continue today, Saturday, starting at 7:10 p.m. when the Giants visit the Indians at the Isidoro "Cholo" García Stadium. The game will be televised by WAPA Deportes.



game summary

Two defensive errors by Carolina in the second inning were keys for the Indios de Mayagüez to score their first run of the game in the second inning by Danny Ortiz.

In the third inning, Richie Palacios led off for the Indians' with a single to left field, while Chavez Young reached after being hit by the pitch to put men on first and second base. Emmanuel Rivera hit a double to deep left field to make the score 2-0, followed by a fielder's choice in Josh Palacios' turn at bat and Danny Ortiz's RBI single sealed the three-run inning by the tribe.

The Giants woke up in the bottom of the sixth inning when Brian Navarreto drove Delvin Pérez from second with a line double to left field and, with one out, Gabriel Cancel drove one to center field to bring in Bryan Torres and the giant catcher for a short visitors' lead, 4-3.

Then came the final entry, in which Carolina tied and won.

1/22/23

VENEZUELA



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Tiburones de la Guaira sign their ticket to the finals

The sharks will fight for the LVBP title against the Leones del Caracas

By SAIRUBY ALAYON FLORES

JANUARY 21, 2023

Tiburones de La Guaira signed their ticket to the Grand Final of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

Those from the coast will face the Leones del Caracas starting next Monday, January 23.

The sharks defeated the Tigres de Aragua 8-5 in a great match before more than 18,000 people who packed the Ciudad Universitaria stadium in Caracas.

The coastal team had not reached a baseball semifinal in Venezuela since the 2011-2012 season when they faced the Tigres and lost in four games.

The last final in which Caracas-La Guaira would collide was in the 86-87 season, in which Leones would remain champion.

In this final it was the remembered feat of Urbano Lugo Jr, who delivered his mythical Nohit-NoRun game against the sharks.

Aragua left a season with good numbers that allowed them to be among the top positions in the classification standings.

In this Saturday's game LaGuaira started to score first in the opening inning.

Maikel García began the inning with a single to center field, while Franklin Barreto homered to make it 2-0 in the game.

Aragua got a run back when Johan López got an infield single and reached third on a throwing error and would score on a fly ball by Carlos Tocci.

The sharks' fourth run came in on a home run by Balbino Fuenmayor that batted in Danry Vásquez.

The next at bat would be Ángel Reyes who went back to back and would take it out of the park and leave the score 5-1.

Johan López de los Tigres drove in two runs in the fourth inning to make it 5-3.

Franklin Barreto would homer to the centerfield stands to add one more run in favor of the Sharks.

The Tigers would not give up and Carlos Rivero would hit a solo shot to bring the fourth line for the Maracay troops.

The match turned into a give and take but the sharks would not lose the advantage over the Tigers.

The Sharks' pitching would dominate against the Sharks and not allow any more runs.

Edubray Ramos was in charge of getting the last three outs of the game to sign their pass to the finals of the LVBP.

The winning pitcher of the game went to Arnaldo Hernandez (3-0), while the defeat went to Cristopher Molina (0-1).

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Cardinals say goodbye with a 1-0 shutout against Navegantes

Both squads staged a pitching duel in which the Lara team was victorious

The Universal Newspaper

01/22/2023 10:32 am

Valencia.-

The 8-5 victory of Tiburones de La Guaira over Tigres de Aragua at the Estadio Universitario in Caracas resulted in the last pass to the finals, and left both Cardenales and the Navegantes without options. La Guaira will face off against the Leones in the Grand Final, starting on Monday.

Almost at the same time that the last out was recorded in the Caracas game, Javier Sanoja scored the run that made the difference in the eighth inning, after a sacrifice fly by Kennys Vargas, with the bases full, against Anthony Vizcaya.

A total of only seven hits were recorded in the confrontation, four by the Cardenales and three by the Navegantes, during a challenge in which only one error was made on the field, by the Navegantes.

It was a good pitching duel between Erick Leal and Luis Lugo. Both completed their longest starts of the season. Leal went through 6.2 scoreless innings, with only two hits allowed, five strikeouts and three walks. Lugo, for his part, worked six innings, with a trio of hits and the same number of walks.

Andrés Sotillet, Darwinzon Hernández and Vicente Campos completed the game in relief for the Cardenales, with one inning of labor each. Hernández (1-0) was the winner after retiring the three rivals he faced in the eighth inning, while Campos saved his first round-robin game.

For the Navegantes, Alexandro Tovalín, Robert Zárate, Vizcaya, Ángel Acevedo and Yorvin Pantoja were the relief pitchers used by manager Yadier Molina. Zarate (1-1) lost his first game of the season after failing to retire any of the batters he faced.

In the eighth, the left-handed reliever from Magallanes gave up a double to Manuel Meléndez as the first batter, then Javier Sanoja was at first with a sacrifice bunt, in a play in which he was interfered with. Subsequently, he walked Odúbel Herrera to load the bases. Vizcaya came on in relief, who dominated Hernán Pérez with an infield shot to force Meléndez at the plate, before surrendering a fly ball by Vargas to left field, which batted in Sanoja with the only run of the night.

Lara was able to even their final record in the round-robin to 8-8, after a difficult first two weeks of the phase.

Magallanes, for their part, closed with 7-9, saying goodbye to the opportunity to complete in the championship.

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The final begins on Monday at the UCV in Caracas

By RAFAEL VIELMA

JANUARY 21, 2023

The Venezuelan Professional Baseball League confirmed that the final series of the 2022-2023 season begins this Monday at the University Stadium with the Leones del Caracas contesting the championship against the La Guaira Tiburones.

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1/22/23

PUERTO RICO



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Mayaguez tied the final series at 2-2 between Indians and Giants

by LBPRC Press

January 22, 2023


Richie Palacios (2B - Leading Off - Mayaguez)
AB 4, R 1, H 3, RBI 0, BB 0, K 0, LOB 0, AVG .279

Palacios had another productive evening for the Indios. Richie singled to right field and stole second base (second of the playoffs) where he was left stranded, singled to center field and stole second base (third of the playoffs where he was left stranded again, singled on a line drive to right field advanced to second on a hit batter and advanced to third on a force play and scored after brother Josh was hit by pitch in the 6-run fifth, and flied out to third F5 in the sixth.

Mayagüez , Puerto Rico (Saturday, January 21, 2023) –

Before 8,500 fans announced in the West, the Indios de Mayagüez defeated the Carolina Giants at home with a 7-3 score to play a “new series”.

This result became the tribe's second victory in the Final Series to tie this battle of the winter tournament at two wins for the team and ensure a sixth game at the Isidoro "Cholo" García stadium this coming Tuesday.

Prior to the start of the game, the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League together with the Association of Sports Journalists of Puerto Rico presented the remaining prizes for Player ​​of the Year and All-Star Team for the 2022-2023 season, including Emmanuel Rivera from Mayagüez, who earned the All-Star Third Baseman award.

Mayaguez erased the zero from the board with a double by Blaine Crim in the bottom of the fourth inning to make it 1-0 batting in Henry Ramos who was on base with a walk.

A six-run rally in the fifth put the game in a safe place for the Indians starting with a bases-loaded pitch to Josh Palacios followed by Danny Ortiz's hit for 3-0.

After a pitching change and with two outs, a walk to the tribe's first baseman followed by a bases clearing double by catcher Roberto “Bebo” Pérez put all the Mayagüezan fans on their feet, leading the game 7-0.

Carolina escaped a shutout when in the top of the sixth Delvin Pérez batted in Jan Hernández with a long home run to left field to score twice. A third run scored in the seventh inning with a base hit by José Sermo.

The victory went to veteran Miguel Martínez's account, throwing six innings seven hits, two earned runs and two walks, while the setback was charged to Freddie Cabrera with work of four innings allowing six hits, four earned runs, one walk and four strikeouts.

The fifth game of the Final Series between Indios de Mayagüez and Gigantes de Carolina will take place tomorrow, Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 7:10 p.m. at the Roberto Clemente Walker stadium, a game that will be televised by WAPA Deportes.

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1/22/23

COLUMBIA



Vaqueros, at the point of home runs, defeat Tigres

by Manuel Ortega Ponce

Jan 21, 2023

Dayan Frias (SS - Batting Second - Monteria)
AB 2, R 1, H 1, RBI 0, BB 1, SO 0, AVG .321, OPS .948

Frias with a rather productive evening flied out to center F8 in the first, singled to left center and was thrown out attempting to steal second base in the third, was hit by a pitched ball and scored on a 2-run homer in the fifth, walked and was left stranded in the seventh.

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Meibrys Viloria (C - Batting Third - Cartegena)
AB 3, R 1, H 1, RBI 0, BB 2, SO 1, AVG .260, OPS 1.041

Viloria with another productive evening, his third in a row since returning after a 3 week absence walked in the first, walked and scored on a fielder's choice in the third, struck out swinging in the fifth, singled to left in the seventh, flied out to shortstop in the ninth.

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Vaqueros de Montería, with dominant pitching from their starter Julio Vivas and home runs from Andrés Angulo, Reinaldo Rodríguez, Jordan Díaz and Daniel Vellojín, defeated Tigres de Cartagena 6-4 in the fourth game of the final playoff and was one win away from reaching their second title in the Colombian Professional Baseball League.

The team from Monteria is now up 3-1 in the series and aspires to settle it this Sunday (5:00 pm) at the 18 de Junio ​​stadium, where they have accumulated 12 victories in a row.

Vivas threw six innings, allowed four hits, two runs, four walks and had six of the 12 strikeouts the Tigres hitters received.

Carlos Herrera, in the first inning, opened the scoring for Vaqueros by connecting with a single, stealing second and scoring on another hit by Jordan Díaz.

Tigres evened the score in the third after Meibrys Viloria received a walk and advanced to third on an error by third baseman Francisco Acuña. He scored on a groundout to shortstop by Jesús Marriaga, who reached on choice.

Andrés Angulo, in the third, gave the Vaqueros the lead again with a solo homer to the left field against Yeizer Marrugo.

Again, in the fifth, Harold Ramírez tied the game for the Tigers 2-2, but the Vaquero's Reinaldo Rodríguez responded at the bottom of that same inning with another home run against Marrugo that found Dayan Frías on base, who had been hit by a pitch, to put his team up 4-2. It was 'Chencho's' third home run in the series.

In the eighth, Vaqueros dealt a heavy blow to Tigres' aspirations by hitting back to back home runs by Jordan Díaz and Daniel Vellojín against Óscar Marcelino, which made the score 6-2.

Tigres came back with two runs in the top of the ninth with Harold Ramírez, who singled and later scored on a double by Adrián Sánchez and the latter, who also scored after a single by Roberto Caro and an error by left fielder Andrés Angulo.

The defeat went to Yeizer Marrugo, who worked two innings and two thirds, surrendered two home runs and three runs.

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1/22/23

MEXICO



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CAÑEROS ATTACKS FIRST IN THE FINAL SERIES

01/21/2023

The first run of the game was not long in coming and it was the second man at bat, Esteban Quiroz, who put the Algodoneros in front by hitting a solo home run to right field.

The Caneros response didn't take long either; for the second inning with two outs and Fernando Villegas on second, Juan Uriarte singled to center to even things out at one run per side.

A 6-run rally in the fourth inning put the Caneros ahead; Once again, Juan Uriarte hit a 3-run homer with Yasmany Tomás and Rodolfo Amador on base. Then the bases were loaded and Roberto Valenzuela singled to drive in Bruce Maxwell and Isaac Rodríguez and the 7 to 1 lead came on a ground ball by Fernando Villegas to the shortstop, thus scoring Justin Dean.

In the top of the fifth inning Sebastián Elizalde hit a home run with Julián Ornelas and Esteban Quiroz on board the score 7-4.

But the Cañeros increased the gap at the end of the inning; Wagner Lagrange doubled to drive in Juan Uriarte and Justin Dean's grounder to the infield helped Wagner Lagrange score.

The Cottoners tried again in the eighth and added a couple of runs; with bases loaded and one out Alejandro Ortiz grounded out to second and Jesse Castillo scored and immediately, Arturo Rodríguez doubled in Joey Terdoslavich.

Reinforcement Manny Barreda opened for Cañeros and took charge of 4 innings and two thirds in which he gave 4 runs, 4 hits, walked 4 and struck out 3. He was followed by the winner Fabián Cota, Miguel Vázquez, Tomas Solís, Daniel Duarte and saved by Juan Gámez.

Nico Tellache started for Algodoneros and was defeated by surrendering 5 runs in 3 and a third innings, 5 hits, walked 2 and struck out 4. He was followed by Jesús Huerta, Anthony Herrera, Felipe Arredondo, Iván Izaguirre, Jeff Ibarra and Dalton Rodriguez.

This Sunday at 5:00 p.m. Pacific, 6:00 p.m. Central, Chevron Park will host Game 2 with a duel between Nick Struck (2-1, 3.95) and Jeff Kinley (3-0, 1.59). The game can be seen in 4K by 4591, in addition to 1591 HD and 591 by Sky and Sky Prepaid.

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1/23/23

MEXICO



RODOLFO AMADOR'S WALKOFF PUT THE FINALS AT 2-0 FOR LOS CAÑEROS

01/22/2023

Los Mochis, Sinaloa ( Prensa Cañeros)

Rodolfo Amador's walk off homer in the ninth inning gave the Caneros the win 3-2 and takes the lead 2-0 in the Final Series.

It had been a game where the pitching was outstanding. The entertaining duel between Nick Struck and Jeff Kinley and some relief pitchers kept the game tied at one run for eight innings.

It was in a crazy ninth inning, where the balance tipped first to one side and then to the other with an outcome that no one could have imagined.

Guasave had struck first thanks to a solo shot by Joey Terdoslavich in the second inning.

At the bottom of the fourth, the Cañeros managed to tie; Juan Uriarte with a hit to the left scoring Roberto Valenzuela.

Guasave seemed to take the game when in the top of the ninth when they attacked an out of control Juan Gámez; with a man on third and two outs Alejandro Ortiz doubled to put the score 2 to 1 to the delight of the visitors.

In the bottom of the ninth, the stellar closer Brandon Koch came in looking for the three outs but batting champion Roberto Valenzuela connected for a long home run to left center field to tie the game.

Koch then dominated Tomás and Villegas and with two outs, “El Tornillín” Rodolfo Amador appeared and the ball disappeared over the right field fence for a 3-2 win and turning Chevron Park into a madhouse.

Nick Struck started and took charge of 6 innings in which he allowed 1 run, 4 hits, walked 2 and struck out 4. He was followed by Irving Machuca, Fabián Cota, Juan Gámez and the winner Carlos Vázquez.

Jeff Kinley started for Algodoneros and pitched 7 innings in which he allowed 1 run, 7 hits, walked 2 and struck out 2. Rafael Córdova and the defeated Brandon Koch followed.

This Monday there will be rest and the series will resume on Tuesday in Guasave with a confrontation between Luis Fernando Miranda (1-0, 3.38) and Matt Pobereyko (1-1, 3.13). The game will start at 7:30 p.m. Pacific, 8:30 p.m. Central and can be seen on 591, 1591 and 4591 HD and 4K Sky and Sky Prepaid.

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1/23/23

PUERTO RICO


The Giants move one win away from the national title; they will look to win in Game 6 on the road Tuesday in the West

Carolina takes a 3-2 lead in the Final Series beating Mayagüez 4-2 at Clemente

by LBPRC Press

January 23, 2023

Richie Palacios (2B - Leading Off - Mayaguez)
AB 3, R 0, H 1, RBI 1, BB 0, K 0, LOB 2, AVG .283

Palacios was hit by pitch and stranded at third in the first inning, singled to center field driving in a run in the third inning, popped out to shortstop F6 in the fourth, flied out to left field F7 to end the sixth inning, and was hit by pitch and left on base in the ninth.

Carolina , Puerto Rico (Sunday, January 22, 2023) –

The Carolina Giants grew in front of their fans by defeating the Indios de Mayagüez with a final 4-2 to take advantage of the Final Series of 3-2.

This result places the Carolinian team one victory away from the national title which they will go out to look for in the sixth game of the championship to be held next Tuesday at the Sultana del Oeste.

The reliever Ramesis Rosa secured the victory with an inning and a third in relief without runs, the save went to the account of José Espada working one inning without allowing action and fanning a batter, while the loss went to the account of Daryl Thompson allowing eight hits, three earned runs, one walk and four strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.

The first to score Carolina when Anderson Feliz doubled to right field in the first inning bringing in Bryan Torres from third base.

Mayagüez did not take long to tie the hostilities at one run per side on Richie Palacios' RBI single at the top of the second inning, while in the third inning with two retired, Danny Ortiz hit a double driving in Emmanuel Rivera to momentarily give the tribe a lead by a score of 2-1.

Carolina tied the game for the second time in the third on a hit by Gabriel Cancel that brought all the fans to their feet at the Roberto Clemente stadium.

In the sixth inning, Carolina retook the advantage with a line double by Jan Hernández and added the fourth run by Gigantes' central fielder on a forced play during Rubén Castro's turn at bat.

The winter league action will have a rest day this Monday and will return to the field on Tuesday, January 24, 2023 for the sixth game between Gigantes de Carolina and Indios de Mayagüez starting at 7:10 p.m. at the Isidoro "Cholo" García stadium, match that will be televised by WAPA Deportes.

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