What seemed like a sad night for Mexico turned into a pachanga that began Thursday night and ended around 2:00 a.m. Friday with triumph Tomatoes from Culiacán Over Anzoátegui Caribs from Venezuela on a four-run list of three in 10 innings, advancing to the Mazatlán 2021 Caribbean Series semifinals. In passing, Venezuelans lay on the ground.
Juan Carlos Gamboa put on the hero costume connecting the unstoppable winner at the bottom of the 10th half, with which he completed a spectacular return from Mexico, which followed with 3-0 in the eighth set.
In this way, Mexico closes the Round Robin stage with a record of 3-2, including two consecutive victories. Venezuela was 1-4 in their participation in the Mariscal Teodoro Stadium, being eliminated along with Colombia.
Now, Mexico will face Puerto Rico in the semifinals on Friday at 20:00, while Panama will face the Dominican Republic at 15:00. The winners go to the grand final on Saturday at 20:00, Sinaloa time.
CAREERS
Danry Vásquez put Vinto Tinto ahead in the third half, with one in the table, one kilometer and a lone run all over the field, whose ball fell in the second block of the field, which was seen very little at Teodoro Marshal Stadium.
Venezuela increased their lead by 3-0 in the fifth with two more races: Luis Sardiñas and Danry Vásquez hit the center, and Jesús Sucre led the first with a field at the second base. Then Ali Castillo sent Vasquez home with only one in the middle.
For Mexico it was not seen where, his offense was colder than the North Pole, due to the pitches of the leftist Logan Darnell, who at the good news of Tomateros for the eighth half did not go up the hill, which TRI took advantage of the attack on the relief of Pedro Rodríguez and drew:
Everything was written with two outs, José Guadalupe Chávez reached the base with infieldhit in the middle, Ramiro Peña was hit and Sebastián Elizalde led in Chávez with one left; However, Joey Meneses led Peña and Elizalde with a double to the right for 3-3.
The winner Tomateros fell in the bottom 10th when Ramiro Peña started at second base as a designated or courtesy runner, as he was the last in the ninth half with an attack. Keep in mind that this was the first game in the current Caribbean series that went into extra rounds and that’s why this rule was applied.
Then the first batsman of that set, Sebastián Elizalde, went and José Cardona came with a single to the right to fill the house, Efrén Navarro raised the short field to the left, Isaac Paredes connected to the starting line for the second out, but Juan Carlos Gamboa responded with a shot in the middle, scoring Peña in the end with 4-3.
PITCHERS
Edgar Arredondo started in Mexico and held four and two third innings for six shots, three runs won, one base and three shots, leaving the ERA at 5.79. They relieved Aldo Montes, Arturo López, Jesús Castillo Ripalda, Derrick Loop, Sasagi Sánchez, Alberto Baldonado and Carlos Torres (winner).
Logan Darnell started on the hill for Venezuela, who threw a great game of seven innings of seven hits and six chocolates, leaving his ERA unseen. Pedro Rodríguez, Yapson Gómez, Silvino Bracho, left-handers Liarvis Breto (defeated) and José Ascanio helped him.