LVBP: Lara blanks and achieves 5th win

A solid start by Raúl Rivero guided the Lara Cardinals to a 2-0 victory over the Águilas del Zulia on Friday, maintaining their perfect start with five consecutive victories in the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League.

Rivero (1-0) completed five innings without allowing runs and with just two hits. He prescribed four strikeouts to win the game.

Elvis Araujo (0-1) was defeated despite conceding only two touchdowns and five hits and 10 fans in six innings.

Yojhan Quevedo hit a one-run RBI double and Osman Narval was 3-for-1 with a double and a run scored.

In Puerto La Cruz, the Caracas Lions unleashed an offensive of 15 hits, to prevail 10-7 over the Caribes of Anzoátegui.

Aldrem Corredor was 3-for-5 with a homer and four RBIs, Angel Aponte was 5-for-4 with a solo homer and Alexander Palma was 4-2 with two RBIs.

Luis Amaya (1-0) won with a blank inning as a reliever and Jheyson Manzueta (0-1) lost, punished with seven touchdowns and six hits in just one and two-thirds inning.

At La Guaira, Margarita’s Braves exploded with a nine-touchdown attack in the eighth inning to reverse an adverse score and defeat the La Guaira Sharks 12-5.

Dilson Herrera batted 6-4 with two doubles, two RBIs and three scored, Ramón Flores went 6-3 with two RBIs, Dennis Ortega 4-1 drove in a pair and Tomás Morales was 5-1 also with two. towed.

Jesús Martínez (1-0) retired an inning without allowing a run to win the game. It was lost by Gregory Infante (0-1), beaten with five touchdowns without taking outs in his relief.

In Maracay, the Navegantes del Magallanes fired 13 hits and defeated the Tigres de Aragua 7-3.

Nellie Rodríguez was 4-2 with a home run and two RBIs, Alberto González was 5-2 with a home run and two RBIs and Gabriel Noriega was 4-2 with an RBI.

The victory corresponded to Robert Zárate (2-0) with a relay of a blank entry. Logan Duran (0-2) fell, after allowing two runs and six hits in four and a third innings.

The Cardinals lead the circuit with a 5-0 record, followed by Leones (4-2), Braves (3-2), Navegantes (3-2), Aguilas (2-4), Tigres (2-4), Caribes (1-3) and Sharks (1-4).

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LVBP: Lara blanks and achieves 5th win