With his 0-3 on Thursday night, Arias' average (.299) dipped below the .300 mark for the first time since he began play a month ago.

Also, after a week off, Johathan Rodriguez appeared in 3 games this week. Rodriguez went 4-12 thru Thursday.

Vaqueros, unstoppable; Toros does not give up

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Dec 21, 2024

Cartagena. Vaqueros remains unstoppable in the 2024-2025 season. Yesterday, the Monteria team gave a lesson on how to play good baseball, defeating Tigres 13-4, leaving them only 6 games away from the remainder of the championship to enter the play-offs through the front door. Meanwhile, Toros is not giving up, after defeating Leones 6-0 and 3-2, in a double header, to maintain their latent hopes of qualifying.
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Tiburones reach the final third of the game with a comfortable lead over Leones
The Rivals play a crucial game which could be the decisive one of the regular round.
Tiburones de La Guaira and Leones del Caracas face each other for the last time in the season to see who will advance to the wildcard series
Pedro Avila relieved for the Tiburones in the 6th tossed 1.2 innings, gave up 3 hits and a walk but escaped without giving up any runs. Avila ko'd one.
Gabe Arias paying first base. No errors. heading into the 9th. Gabe continues to struggle this week. After yesterdays game, an 0 fer 3 game dropped his average below .300 for the first time this winter season at .299. The skid continues tonight 0-4 with a walk and a run scored. Average falls to .287.

The Tiburones de La Guaira fought against all odds and have just completed the sweep in the mini series against Leones del Caracas, to force a matchday, which could be against Leones or against Tigres de Aragua.

Pedro Castellanos led the coastal offense, while left-hander Tyler Alexander did a great job on the mound, so that they beat the capital team 7-4 at the Monumental Simón Bolívar stadium.

Summary:

La Guaira made the difference from the very first inning with a solo home run by Pedro Castellanos, then they scored two more in the top of the second and a remarkable rally of four runs in the fifth, tipped the balance in one direction.

For his part, Alexander tied up the maned bats, who scored only one run in their five-game effort and it was unearned.

The game went into the ninth inning 7-1, however, Caracas did not want to give up so easily and got closer 7-4, thanks to a home run by Harold Castro, but it was too late and their situation became a little more complicated.

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Vaqueros won and Toros failed the pitching

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Dec 22, 2024

The situation of the teams in the professional baseball league is very different. Vaqueros de Montería only has to complete the rest of the regular round schedule, to face the postseason on January 3. Meanwhile, Toros de Sincelejo is with Leones de Barranquilla, in the fight to finish in fourth place, which gives them access to the next round of the tournament.

Yesterday, the Monterianos were losing 3-0 to Caimanes de Barranquilla until the eighth inning, in which they scored eight runs, to turn the score around in the game in which they finally won 8-5. In that productive inning, Daniel Vellojín hit a three-run home run and José Ramos brought in two more runs with a double to center field. Hernando Mejía was the winning pitcher, the loss was for Ramiro Morales and the save was credited to Nathan Alexander.

[ Dayan Frias played shortstop, was the lead off hitter and was 0-3 with 2 walks, 1 run sccored, and 2 strikeouts. Frias has an average of .234 and an OPS of .736 ]

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Lions defeat the Giants at Roberto Clemente

by The Editorial Staff

December 22, 2024

The Carolina Giants suffered their third consecutive defeat after being defeated by the Ponce Lions at the Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium.

Ponce now has a game and a half advantage over Carolina in fourth place in the standings, putting their record at 14-15. The Giants are in fifth place in the tournament with their record of 13-17.

Just like in his last home game, Giants leadoff hitter Bryan Torres walked and was guided home on a Johnathan Rodriguez double, this time to right field, to make it 1-0 in the first inning.

The Lions got off to a good start in the third inning after Zander Wiel and Osvaldo “Ozzie” Martinez singled to left field. Giants starter Christian Allegretti got imports Connor Owings and Lazaro Armenteros to fly out to get the first two outs of the inning. Edwin Diaz then hit a single to center field that allowed Wiel to score the run that tied the game, 1-1.

A single by Andrew Velazquez produced one more run for the Lions on the legs of Josh Altmann, who had reached first on a walk, for the 2-1 lead in the fourth inning.

On a perfect night for Martinez, the Carolina native hit a double to left field - this time off Giants reliever Rafael Kelly - to give the Lions a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning.

Later in the next inning, with two walks, Roberto "Bebo" Perez hit a perfect bunt to drive in one more run for a 4-1 lead.

Carolina's second run scored on singled to center field, then 2 stolen bases and a sacrifice fly by Deniel Ortiz narrowed the lead 4-2.

A wild pitch by Giants right-hander Saul Gonzalez gave the Lions back their three-run lead at 5-2 in the eighth inning. A double by Jan Hernandez produced an additional run for Carolina to make it 5-3 in the ninth inning.

Veteran right-hander Freddie Cabrera (2-1) earned the win after allowing one run in three innings, striking out three and walking one. Left-hander Christian Allegretti (0-1) took the loss after allowing two runs in four and two-thirds innings. Allegretti struck out five batters and walked two. Alexis Rivero earned his 10th save.

[ Johnathan Rodriguez was 2-5 with a double, a run scored, 1 rbi and 3 strikouts. Rodriguez has been hitting 2nd in the Gigantes lineup. The Gigantes are in danger of missing the playoffs after going to the finals but failing to win the championship the past two years in a row. ]

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Sharks won with conviction and secured the extra game

The sharks swept the series at the Monumental stadium, to stay alive in the current season;

Winner of today's game qualifies for the tournament

Kelvin Chirinos

December 21, 2024

For the second consecutive year, the Tiburones de La Guaira put the Leones del Caracas in a difficult situation. The sharks swept the Monumental stadium and defeated the lions 7-4. In this way, they forced the extra game and remain alive in the tournament.

The coastal team took the lead thanks to a fiery Pedro Castellanos who homered for the second consecutive day.

In the second inning, the Sharks did not take their foot off the accelerator and scored two more runs to extend their lead 3-0. Tomás Tellis hit an RBI single to drive in a run, while Franklin Barreto hit a sacrifice fly to complete the two-run rally.

Four more runs came home for the coastal team in the fifth inning, when Pedro Castellanos responded again with the bat to bring in a run with a single, while Daniel Montano failed with a force out, but brought another run to the plate and Luis Matos completed the attack with a two-run producing single.

The capital team scored in the fifth inning, thanks to an RBI single by Yonathan Daza. With that hit, Daza sent Francisco Arcia to the plate.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Lions tried to rally in order to complete the comeback against the sharks. With two men on base, Harold Castro unleashed his offensive power pick up his 15th home run of the season.

In the pitching department, the imported Tyler Alexander, dominated the Lions lineupl, by pitching five innings, in which he allowed four hits, one unearned run, gave up two walks and struck out four rivals, to claim the important victory.

[ Gabe Arias paying first base. No errors. heading into the 9th. Gabe continues to struggle this week. After yesterdays game, an 0 fer 3 game dropped his average below .300 for the first time this winter season at .299. The skid continues tonight 0-4 with a walk and a run scored. Average falls to .287.

Pedro Avila relieved for the Tiburones in the 6th tossed 1.2 innings, gave up 3 hits and a walk but escaped without giving up any runs. Avila ko'd one.]

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