Current Champions and Favorites for the Semifinals in the Mexican Pacific League

The current champion, Águilas de Mexicali, and Mayos de Navojoa will be the favorites to advance to the 2017-2018 Mexican Pacific League (LMP) Final Series for the title.

After a highly competitive first playoff, Águilas will host Tomateros de Culiacán at B-Air Stadium in the first semifinal series, on their way to the winter circuit crown which Mexicali aims to defend.

In the other series, the Navojoa tribe will host Charros de Jalisco at Manuel Ciclón Echeverría Stadium, who want to advance to the Final Series and potentially host the upcoming 2018 Caribbean Series, which will be held at their home.

Both semifinal series will begin today and will be best of seven.

The team that becomes champion this season will represent Mexican winter baseball in the 2018 Caribbean Series, which will take place in February at Pan American Stadium in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Reinforcements

In the LMP offices in this city, the draw and the Draft of reinforcement players were held, with representatives from the four teams that advanced to the semifinals on their way to the Final Series.

Charros de Jalisco was the first club to choose their reinforcements, followed by Tomateros de Culiacán, Águilas de Mexicali, and Mayos de Navojoa.

In the player selection stage, two for each team, Charros chose Mexican right-handed pitcher Luis Alonso Mendoza, from Hermosillo, and American left-handed pitcher Roy Merritt, from Mazatlán.

Tomateros opted for Mexican second baseman Fernando Pérez, from Hermosillo, and national right-handed pitcher Rafael Martín, also from Naranjeros.

Meanwhile, Águilas selected Americans, third baseman Brian Hernández from Mazatlán, and outfielder Cedric Hunter from Hermosillo.

Finally, the 'tribe' got American pitchers, right-hander Barry Enright from Hermosillo, and reliever Nick Struck from Mazatlán.

Matches for Today

Jalisco vs Navojoa
20:30
Stadium: Ciclón Echeverría
TV: TVC Deportes

Culiacán vs Mexicali
21:30
Stadium: B-Air
TV: ESPN3

Info
Jalisco will start tonight with Octavio Acosta, while Navojoa will start with Major Leaguer Héctor Velázquez.

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