Sebastián Elizalde hits a home run, drives in five runs, and goes 4-4 to climb to the top of the Mexican Baseball League batting leaderboard

"El Tano" Elizalde had a home run and three singles to raise his batting average from .426 to .437 and take first place, after the seven-inning game held at Mobil Super Stadium.

With the Gray Phantoms on the rise, second baseman Ramiro Peña has reached 13 consecutive games with at least one hit.

The longest current streak is Luis Jiménez from the Pirates with 15 consecutive games with a hit, but the Campeche game was suspended in Durango due to rain.

Left-handed pitcher Yohander Méndez (5-0) remained undefeated with a six-inning performance. The Venezuelan lefty has pitched three starts and 20 and two-third scoreless innings.

The Sultans took an early three-run lead in the bottom of the first inning. José Cardona and Orlando Calixte hit singles, and Sebastián Elizalde hit his eighth home run of the season.

The home team added the fourth run in the third inning, with a triple by Orlando Calixte and a run-scoring single by Elizalde.

The Monterrey team scored three more runs in the bottom of the fourth inning with run-scoring hits by Javier Salazar, Pepe Cardona, and "El Tano".

The run that sealed the 8-0 victory was scored by Alí Solís in the sixth inning, with a sacrifice fly by Zoilo Almonte.

The winning pitcher was lefty Yohander Méndez with a six-inning performance, while Carlos Morales recorded the final three outs. The loss went to Daniel Díaz (4-6).

With the series tied at one win each, the third game of the series will be played this Thursday at 7:30 PM with the Venezuelan Elvis Araujo as the starting pitcher for the home team, facing José Carlos Medina.

THE LEADERS

Name Batting Average Team

Sebastián Elizalde .437 Sultans

Henry Urrutia .434 Saraperos

Roel Santos .430 Olmecas

Aneury Tavarez .427 Generales

Alberth Martínez .426 Generales

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E

Rieleros 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0

Sultanes 3 0 1 3 0 1 X 8 13 0