The Tomateros de Culiacán unleashed a 14-hit offense en route to a comfortable 10-3 victory over the Sultans of Monterrey on Thursday as the reigning champions snapped a three-game losing streak in the Mexican Pacific League.
Antonio Lamas hit 5-2 with three RBIs, Francisco Lugo went 2-2 with two RBIs, Emmanuel Ávila went 3-for-4 with one RBI and two runs, and Alexis Wilson went 4-2 and scored on three. Chances for the winners’ productive offense.
Ricardo Estada (1-0) completed five brilliant innings with a one-hit ball to win the game, and Gabriel García (1-1) lost it after allowing five touchdowns and seven hits in four innings.
In Jalisco, Sergio Pérez hit an RBI single as a pinch-hitter in the bottom of the 11th inning for the Charros’ dramatic 4-3 win over the Venados de Mazatlán.
Former Major League Baseball player Christian Villanueva was 4-2 with a home run and two RBIs, while Felix Pérez had two hits with an RBI to produce the rest of the Charros offense.
Fredy Quintero (1-0) retired a blank inning in relief work for the win. Fernando Burgueño (0-1) took the loss by allowing the run of the difference in a third of the inning.
At Obregón, Víctor Mendoza hit an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning to knock the Naranjeros de Hermosillo out, and the Yaquis escaped to win 2-1.
Alexis Portillo (1-0) retired a blank episode to score the victory, while the disaster went to the record of Juan Macías (0-1) after admitting the difference run in his two-thirds inning relief.
At Navojoa, Jorge Flores hit a two-run homer on a three-touchdown attack in the 7th and the Mayos came from behind to defeat the Aguilas de Mexicali 6-4.
The victory went to Martín Buitimea (1-1) with a no-run inning. Manuel Chávez (0-1) was punished with defeat by giving up three touchdowns in two-thirds of the inning.
In Los Mochis, the Algodoneros de Guasave swept the Cañeros in a doubleheader of games cut to seven innings.
In the first, José Heberto Félix went 3-2 with a double and two RBIs, Miguel Guzmán produced two touchdowns with a single and Forrest Allday knocked it out of the park with one on board to guide the Algodoneros to a 6-0 victory. about the Cañeros.
Yoennis Hera (1-0) pitched brilliantly and allowed no runs in six innings with a two-hitter that earned him the victory. The defeat went to Carlos Viera (0-2) with four touchdowns and four hits against in five innings.
In the second game, Ángel Erro hit 4-2 with an RBI, Yadir Drake contributed an RBI double of one more and Marco Jaime collaborated with an RBI single and the Algodoneros won 5-4.
Jeff Kinley (1-0) retired 1 1/3 innings without allowing a run to win the game. Fabian Cota (0-1) took the loss by conceding four touchdowns and five hits in four 1/3 innings.
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