Mexico: Eagles win seventh game in a row

Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Héctor Velázquez signed a pitching gem and led the Ciudad Obregón Yaquis to a 5-0 victory over the Mazatlán Venados.

Velázquez (5-1) scored another victory after covering six innings with a one-hit ball and three strikeouts. Marco Tovar (0-1) took the loss after giving up one run and four hits in six innings.

Juan Carlos Arena was 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, while Jared Oliva was 4-for-3 with an RBI for the Yaquis.

In Culiacán, a five-touchdown attack in the first inning backed up Manny Banuelos ‘solid work on the mound in the Tomateros’ 5-0 win over the Mayos de Navojoa.

Bañuelos (2-3) took the victory after a six-round effort in which he gave up six hits and fanned six. The setback went to the record of Rudy Acosta (0-1), punished with five touchdowns and six hits in a disastrous start with no outs.

Efrén Navarro rocked a two-run RBI double, and Emmanuel Avila and Yoelkis Guibert each contributed one-run RBI singles to stand out in the Tomateros attack.

In Guasave, Francisco Hernández took advantage of an error in the bottom of the 10th from first baseman Walter Ibarra hitting Forrest Allday and dropped from third base with the run that gave the Algodoneros a 2-1 victory over the Naranjeros de Hermosillo .

Felipe Castañeda (1-0) retired the only batter he faced and benefited from the reaction of his team to win the match, The defeat went to the record of Heriberto Ruelas (1-1) after conceding the difference run in just one-third entry.

In Mexicali, Luis Santos responded with an RBI single in the bottom of the 12th inning and the Eagles beat Los Mochis Cañeros 5-4.

Daniel Castro was 4-2 with an RBI, Alex Mejía was 4-2 with an RBI and Bernardo Heras was 5-2 with two doubles, one RBI and two runs to stand out on the winners’ offense.

In Monterrey, the duel between the Sultanes and the Charros de Jalisco was postponed due to bad weather and will be played on a double card.

In the second round, the Eagles lead the circuit with a record of 8-4, followed by Mayos (7-4), Venados (7-5), Algodoneros (7-5), Sultanes (6-5), Naranjeros (6 -6), Yaquis (6-6), Tomateros (5-7), Charros (4-7) and Cañeros (3-9).