VENEZUELA REAMINS UNDEFEATED

 

 

By Guille Esquivel
Exclusive for www.eBeisbol.com

Venezuela beat Puerto Rico 5-2 to remain undefeated in Caribbean Series play. The Leones are on the brink of elimination after suffering three straight losses making it a difficult situation to come back from. Ponce committed three errors and Aragua capitalized scoring two unearned runs. Aragua’s five runs were the most scored by any team in the last five games.

After four games where pitching was key, both Venezuela and Puerto Rico scored early. Aragua struck first when Ramon Castro hit a bloop single allowing Wilson Ramos and Alex Delgado to score and take the 2-0 lead.

Puerto Rico came back with a run of their own when Luis Figueroa hit a soft fly to left center and Raul Gonzalez crossed the plate to cut the deficit in half, 2-1.

The Tigres added to their lead in the fourth when Delgado singled to center pushing in Ramos and Luis Ugueto to go up 4-1.

In the sixth Selwyn Langaine scored on the catcher’s erroneous throw into center field allowing Aragua to go up 5-1.

In the bottom of the seventh, Ponce put another run on the board when Figueroa got his second RBI of the game scoring Gonzalez on a sac fly to center.

Horacio was the winning pitcher pitching 5.1 innings and only allowing one run while striking out three. Orlando Roman took the loss and Francisco Butto got the save for Vemezuela.

Aragua will face Tigres del Licey tomorrow trying to remain undefeated while Puerto Rico will face Mexico in the nightcap.