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Red birds and the tribe seek their second win of the final

CARACAS.- Alfonzo 'Chico' Carrasquel stadium receives the third game in the finals between Cardenales de Lara and Caribes de Anzoátegui.

The final series is even with a victory for each side and this Tuesday, Logan Darnell for the locals and Raúl Rivero for the red birds will seek to break the series tie in favor of their teams.

POST-SEASON'2018: GRANMA DOES NOT GIVE UP, WINS 10-6 IN GAME 3 TO BRING THE SERIES CLOSER

Nine ruins in the first third of the game and combined pitching of Alain Sánchez and Raidel Martínez, allowed the Granma Alazanes to reach a first triumph in the 2018 Final of Cuba, when on Tuesday night they beat the Lumberjacks 10-6 of Tunas in Game 3, before a delirious crowd of 12,000 at their Martyrs of Barbados stadium in the city of Bayamo.

Wednesday at 7:15 pm will be Game 4 on the same stage as Barbados, and left-hander Luis A. Gómez, for Las Tunas, and right-hander Lázaro Blanco, for Granma, were announced to open.

Las Tunas leads the best - of - seven games 2-1.

The Eagles struck first in the Final Series, they beat the Tigers 8 for 1

SANTO DOMINGO. - The Panamanian Johan Camargo defined the game with a swing of the bat. Camargo fired a three-run homer in the opening of the eighth inning that broke the tie leading to the 8-1 win that overtook the Cibaeñas Eagles over the Tigres del Licey in the final.

With a Quisqueya-Juan Marichal stadium sold at full capacity with Albert Pujols, the owner of the Cubs, Tom Ricketts, and the president of the team, Theo Epstein, in the stands, the game was challenged at a high level as these two teams have been accustomed to. The two teams are fierce rivals of the autumn-winter ball.

Jair Jurrjens for the blues and the American Michael Roth for the yellow gave little space in the first 6.1 and 6.0 innings where they tolerated four and five hits, respectively.

At the opening of the eighth the game was defined. With one out, Perez singled to center and Espinal was walked by Antolin, who was replaced by Rafael Martin and Camargo, in a favorable 2-0 count, took a fastball down the middle to send the ball over the wall between the central and right to score three runs.

In the ninth, the visitors put the game away with a 4-run rally capped off with an Espinal double with the bases loaded good for three runs.

BLOOD AND FIRE, MAYOS SUCCEED ON THE ROAD

CULIACÁN, SIN. January 23, 2018 (LMP.mx) - From the dug out, reinforcement Tyler Alexander gave "thanks" to José Isidro Márquez for his relief in the sixth inning. The offensive was aroused and the bullpen did the work, enough for the Mayos of Navojoa, led by home runs from Jovan Rosa and Alex González, beat the Tomateros de Culiacán in the Final Series of the LMP on Tuesday night 4 for 2.

With the result, the Mayos obtained their first victory in the series. Culiacan is up in the series with the advantage of two games to one. The fourth game of the series will take place Wednesday night, the probable duel of starters between Jaime Lugo for the tribe and Héctor Daniel Rodríguez for the Tomateros.

For the winners, Jovan Rosa went 3-4 with a homer and two rbi while Alex Gonzalez also had three hits in the night, including a solo homer.
The winner Tyler Alexander (1-0) delivered five innings with seven hits, no walks, and six strikeouts.
For his part, Miter (0-1) left the game after five innings and a third on three runs with ten hits, without a walk and three strikeouts. Daniel Moskos made the save.

W : Tyler Alexander (1-0)
L : Sergio Miter (0-1)
S : Daniel Moskos (1)

HOMERUNS
NAV : Jovan Rosa (1), Alex González (1)
CUL : José G. Chávez (1)

Battle between Cangrejeros and Indians for the ticket to the final series

To define the second finalist of the tournament, Mayagüez and Santurce will clash today in a game of sudden death


The Cangrejeros de Santurce put an end to the season of the Giants of Carolina yesterday, and without rest or time to celebrate today will face the Mayagüez Indians in a game that will mean for the loser his farewell from the playoffs.

The game will be held at the Isidoro García stadium at seven in the evening, but it will be the Cangrejeros who will serve as the home team.

Although the Cangrejeros arrived in second place, the Professional Baseball League reiterated yesterday in a meeting with the owners of the teams involved to celebrate the important game in Mayagüez stadium.

The winner will face tomorrow the defending champions Criollos de Caguas, in the final series of the Professional Baseball League Roberto Clemente, which will be a 3 out of 5 series.

This Wednesday the Cardinals of Lara and Caribes de Anzoátegui will continue with the action of the LVBP final.

CARACAS .- With the final series in favor of the Cardinals of Lara 2-1 against Caribes de Anzoátegui, Alfonso "Chico" Carrasquel of Puerto La Cruz, will be the scene of the fourth game between both teams.

POST-SEASON '2018: ALAZANES TIE SERIES WITH 4-2 WIN IN GAME 4 OVER LUMBERJACKS

Carlos Benítez drove in a decisive race in the eighth inning to put Granma back in the 2017 Finals of Cuba, when this Wednesday night the Alazanes scored a decisive bunch of three runs in their last at bat in the 8th inning of the game, to score a win of 4 -2 over Las Tunas in Game 4, tying the best of seven series with two wins per side.

Game 5 of the Finals will be played this Thursday on the same stage as the Martyrs of Barbados, at 7:15 p.m. Granma has already announced that left-hander Ulfrido García to work, while the still confused director from Las Tunas, Abdel Civil, is evaluating his options for the always important game.

This Game 4 was the opposite of what was seen in the previous ones. The announced duel between the righty Lázaro Blanco, for Granma, and left-hander Luis A. Gómez, for Las Tunas, turned out just that. Both pitchers new what was at stake, if Las Tunas triumphed, it would put the visiting team at the edge of the championship.

Granma had the support of their relief pitching, and left-hander Leandro Martinez and right-hander Raidel Martinez combined for two and a third of innings without runs with three strikeouts and two hits allowed. For his work, Leandro finished as the winner of the game while Raidel took the save.

Cibaeñas Eagles defeat Tigers and dominate the finals 2-0

With a trio of home runs the Cibaeñas Eagles beat the Tigers of Licey 8-4 last night, at the Cibao stadium, to put the final series 2-0 in their favor, in the professional baseball tournament 2017/2018, dedicated to Don Pepe Busto . The Eagles manufactured the first five runs, coming from the bats of Danny Santana, Junior Lake and Johan Camargo, in the fourth, sixth and seventh innings.

The victory went to the pitcher Samuel Deduno (1-0) and the defeat to Andrés Ávila (0-1).

Yunesky Maya started pitching for the Eagles and gave way to Irvin Delgado (5), Jhan Mariñez (5), Ranfi Casimiro (7), Cesilio Pimentel (7), Samuel Deduno (7), Richard Rodríguez (8) and Josh Judy ( 9).

The Blues opened with Lisalverto Bonilla, who gave way to Marlon Arias (6), Andrés Ávila (7), Hansel Robles (8) and Atahualpa Severino (8).

The Aguilucha offensive was led by Danny Santana, Junior Lake and Johan Camargo, with a home run each; Jonathan Villar, two singles; Félix Pérez, a double and with base hits Edwin Espinal, Juan Carlos Pérez and Christian Bethancourt.

For the tigers Yamaico Navarro and Juan Francisco, two singles; Julio Borbón, a double and Anderson Hernandez, a hit.

CULIACÁN, SIN. January 24, 2018 (LMP.mx) - The celebration in the dug out of the visiting team accompanied the euphoria of those in the stands applauding what happened in the eighth inning, where the bats of Max Ramírez and Paúl León produced the runs that allowed the Mayos of Navojoa to defeat the Tomateros de Culiacán 5-3. The results see the series was tied at two wins per side and with which the series forced to return to Navojoa for at least one game, next Saturday.

The triumph belonged to Jorge Luis Ibarra (1-0) while the save went to Daniel Moskos, allowing two hits in the ninth inning.

For his part, the starter of the Tomateros, "Danny" Rodriguez, left the game after working four innings of two runs with four hits, without walks and six strikeouts, allowing a home run, making 62 pitches.

W : Jorge L. Ibarra (1-0)
L : Casey Coleman (0-1)
S : Daniel Moskos (1)

JONRONES
NAV: Paúl León (1), Jesse Castillo (1)

The Criollos start with a victory at the start of the final series
Anthony Garcia shook a solo homer to help Caguas in the victory against Santurce

Gurabo - A huge homer by the reinforcement Anthony Garcia opening the sixth inning made the difference in the win of the Criollos de Caguas 2-1 over the Cangrejeros de Santurce in the first game of the final series of the Professional Baseball League Roberto Clemente LBPRC, held today, Thursday, at the stadium Evaristo "Varo" Roldán de Gurabo.

The final series, scheduled for a maximum of five games, will continue tomorrow, Friday, at 1:30 pm at the Hiram Bithorn Stadium, home of the Cangrejeros.

The Cangrejeros, who on Wednesday night left on the field to the Indians of Mayaguez to go to the final, were the first to score when they took the lead in the second inning.

That inning was started by Kennys Vargas with a strike out, and Damek Tomscha followed with a single to right field. Then, Jan Hernandez received a walk and Gabriel Cancel shot a single to center that scored from second base Tomscha with the first round.

The opener of the Cangrejeros, Fernando Cruz, kept the champions under control until the fifth, when Dayron Varona opened with a double and advanced to third with a hit by Jonathan Morales. After Jack Lopez was eliminated on a grounder for the tie, Rusney Castillo doubled to the left that drove in Varona and leveled the score.

In the sixth, then, the huge hit by Anthony Garcia to left field that made the difference in the match.

CARIBE" REACTS AND EQUAL THE FINAL SERIES

Caribes de Anzoátegui beat the Cardinals 3-2 of Lara in the fourth game of the Grand Final of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League played at the Estadio Alfonso "Chico" Carrasquel .

The win was scored by Liarvis Breto (2-0), while Nick Struck scored the save (2). For his part, the defeat went to Felipe Paulino (0-1).

In the seventh inning the "Tribe" went up with rbi singles by Luis Jiménez and Astudillo .

Bonilla has strong outing

DOMINICAN LEAGUE (LIDOM)

Lisalverto Bonilla (Tigres del Licey, SP) - 5.1 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 3 R/ER, 2 HR - The right-hander was sitting good going into the sixth inning. Unfortunately the wheels fell off a bit as he allowed two earned runs before having to be taken out of the game. Still it was a solid outing for him in the Championship Series.

POST-SEASON '2018: ALAZANES TROT, BEAT LUMBERJACKS 11-5 IN GAME 5 AND NOW LEAD THE SERIES 3-2

Three victories in a row, three convincing victories at home, is all that the Alazanes de Granma needed to take control of the 2018 Finals of Cuba, which this Thursday night at the Mártires de Barbados Park, saw them beat the Lumberjacks of Las Tunas by a bulging score of 11-5, and now the defending champions lead for the first time in the series 3-2.


Game 6 will be played this Saturday at Julio A. Mella de Las Tunas at 4 pm. Right-handed pitchers Vladimir Baños and Yariel Rodriguez could appear for the home team trying to extend the series, while Granma is deciding between righty Yanier Gonzalez and left-hander Leandro Tamayo.

With their triumph this Thursday, Granma extended to six cosecutive victories in their stadium in this 2018 post-season, after beating Matanzas three times in the semifinals, and eight in a row if we consider last year when they ran to the championship.

Licey leaves the field to the Eagles and achieves first victory in the Final Series

SANTO DOMINGO -The Tigres del Licey won their first victory of the Final Series after defeating the Cibaeñas Eagles in extra innings, 4-3 at Quisqueya Juan Marichal Stadium.

The Tigers scored three runs in the bottom of the fourth inning on a two-run triple by Sebastian Valle and then Emilio Bonifacio drove another home with a single.

The Eagles scored two runs in the eighth on an rbi single by Junior Lake; Valenzuela scored the second run on an error.

The Águilas tied the game in the ninth 3-3.

The starter for the Eagles, Miguel Peña allowed four hits, three runs and struck out one.

The series returns to the Cibao to play in the fourth game of the Final at 7:30 at night.

CULIACÁN, SIN. January 25, 2018 (LMP.mx) - A home run by Issmael Salas in the bottom of the seventh inning moved the Tomateros ahead by a run and an rbi single by Andy Wilkins in the eighth served up the insurance run so that the Tomateros of Culiacan were awarded a spectacular victory by a score of 5 -3 over the Mayos of Navojoa, thus a win from being crowned champions of the 2017-2018 season.

A sensational ball game that was enjoyed tonight in this capital city, where the ghosts of tension and drama appeared, which have practically accompanied the entire series.

The sixth game will be held on Saturday in Navojoa, with the duel of starters who will star Edgar Gonzalez for the Tomateros and Eddie Gamboa for the Mayos.

Unraveling the great game today came in the bottom of the seventh, with Issmael Salas hooking a home run off of newly entered pitcher Edwin Salas (0-1) breaking the tie achieved three outs before by the Mayos.


The dominance that Vasquez had shown during his six innings, limiting the opposition to only two hits, was relieved in the top of the seventh in which the Mayos armed a rally of three runs with which they tied the game

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Vasquez left the game after six innings and two thirds of three runs, with six hits, gave no walks and struck out seven. The winning pitcher was Casey Coleman working a third of an inning while Chad Gaudin was in charge of the ninth in order to make the save.

W : Casey Coleman (1-0)
L : Edwin Salas (0-1)
S : Chad Gaudin (1)

JONRONES
CUL: Andy Wilkins (2), Issmael Salas (1)