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Chris Roberson, Estrella del Juego #2 de la Serie del Caribe 2010. Foto de Josmar Martinez.
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MEXICO DEBUTA CON VICTORIA ANTE VENEZUELA

Jackson Milian de los Leones de Caracas. Foto de Josmar Martinez
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English Summary: Mexico beats host Venezuela convincingly, 7-2
by Guille Esquivel
Ebeisbol.com exclusive
Mexico started off on the right foot as they defeated host Venezuela 7-2 in the second game of the series.
Mexican team manager Homar Rojas was interviewed before the game and he said that Mexico ’s strength was pitching and that was evident in their first game as the pitching corps only allowed one earned run.
Venezuela represented by the Leones del Caracas are looking to go back to back in the Caribbean Series. Mexico is represented by the Naranjeros de Hermosillo who beat in state rival and last year’s representative Venados de Mazatlan in seven games to earn their spot.
Venezuela has seven Caribbean Series titles while Mexico only has five. Caracas and Hermosillo each have eleven championship titles in their respective country’s leagues.
In the first inning with two outs, Vinicio Castilla drew a walk off of Guillermo Moscoso and Luis Garcia reached base on second baseman Gregorio Petit’s error to extend the inning. Panamanian Ruben Rivera who also accompanied the Mexican team in Mexicali last year hit a triple scoring both to take the early 2-0 lead. Moscoso was given permission to pitch in only one game for Venezuela . He pitched 3.2 innings allowing five runs, three of them unearned while walking two and striking out three.
Venezuela made a little noise in the second with two outs when Jesus Guzman singled to left and Oscar Salazar doubled deep off the centerfield wall, but Guzman was gunned down at home by Chris Roberson to end the inning.
Roberson displayed his great arm again in the third inning when he threw Petit out at home while attempting to score from second on a single by Erold Andrus.
Mexico extended their lead in the third inning with two outs when Carlos Gastelum reached base on a bunt towards third. Roberson doubles to left advancing the runner to third. Dominican Nelson Teilon followed with a double scoring both Gastelum and Roberson to take the 4-0 lead. Mexican star Vinicio Castilla doubled as well scoring Teilon and Castilla came around to score on an error by first baseman Guzman giving Hermosillo the 6-0 lead.
Venezuela finally got on the board in the bottom of the fourth inning when Michael Ryan scored on Salazar’s single to center off of Pablo Ortega making the score 6-1. Ortega pitched five innings allowing one earned run on seven hits, walking one and striking out one.
The Leones took advantage of reliever Francisco Felix’s control issues and an error committed by Heber Gomez in the sixth inning to load up the bases. Jackson Melian drew a walk pushing in Ryan with their second run of the night. With the bases loaded, Petit with a chance to vindicate himself after committing two errors in the game hit a grounder to second to end the inning. Venezuela crossed the plate only once in the inning making the score 6-2.
In the top of the seventh inning, Mexico got the run back when Castilla hit a solo shot to left to give Mexico a 5-run advantage again, 7-2. Castilla came through on a promise to his daughter that he would hit a home run.
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