The Orioles of Gómez Palacio are having a great moment in the Major Baseball League of La Laguna, after winning the complete series against Sandilleros de Tlahualilo in week 6, winning the first game as visitors 7-3 and repeating the dose with a 7-4 victory at home on Sunday.
Meanwhile, in the city of Durango, the Alacranes defeated Lerdo to also win the complete series.
This Monday will take place the traditional meeting of team representatives, where the seventh week starting next weekend will be defined.
Yesterday afternoon in Gómez Palacio, Tlahualilo took the lead by scoring a run at the beginning of the game and one more in the fourth inning, going up 2-0. However, in the bottom of that inning, the Orioles responded by scoring three runs to turn the score to 3-2, with productions by Isidro Rocha and Héctor Reza.
In the fifth, the game became a back-and-forth battle, with Tlahualilo taking the lead again 3-4. But in the bottom of that inning, the Orioles turned the score around again with a 3-run rally, with productions by Evaristo Mena (2) and Narciso Torres. Alejandro Ríos won the game on the mound, pitching 6 innings, giving up 8 hits, striking out 2, and allowing 4 runs.
Gabriel Cervantes lost the game, pitching 4 and a third innings, giving up 9 hits and 6 runs. The best hitters for the Orioles were Ricardo Baltazar, who went 2-for-4, and Evaristo Mena, who also went 2-for-4 with two doubles and 2 RBIs. Rogerio Noris stood out for Tlahualilo, going 3-for-4 with two RBIs.
In the other Sunday game, held at Francisco Villa Park in Durango, the Alaranes defeated Lerdo 6-2, with a 3-run rally in the fourth inning, and Flavio Villavicencio producing with a double, and the other run coming in on a second baseman's error. Jesús Manuel Carlos won the game on the mound, while Luis Rodríguez took the loss.
JFR