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05/21/2005 Archived Entry: "Mexican League News : Game Wrap Ups"

By Carlos Fragoso

GAME RESULTS 5/20/05 WINNERS LOSERS

Aguasacalientes 15 Mexico City 12 Lino Urdaneta 4-3 David Dominguez 1-3
Oaxaca 14 Puebla 8 Eleazar Mora 3-0 Erick knott 7-2
Campeche 6 Cancun 2 Nat Reyes 4 -2 Edgar Perez 4-4
Monclova 7 Saltiloo 1 Jesus Aurelio Rodriguez 2-1 Miguel Gonzalez 3-2
Monterrey 6 Laguna 5 Isauro Pineda 5-3 Martin Gomez 2-2
Angelopolis 5 Veracruz 1 Luis Carlos Rivera 1-3 Aaron Acosta 4-6
Tijuana 8 San Luis 5 Aaron Quiroz 3-3 Edgar Leyva 1-2
Yucatan 9 Tabasco 7 Oswaldo Verdugo 3 - 1 Juan Antonio Leon 0-1


Railroadmen beat Red Devis by 15-12 on a hitting festival from both teams who collected a huge total of 30 hits, 7 of those home runs by VICTOR BOJORQUEZ (14), ROBERTO SAUCEDO (14) and 3 by JOSE SANDOVAL (9) including his 200 lifetime,which has not stopped his club being defeated, by Aguascalientes who smashed two round trippers by RONTREZ JOHNSON (3) and PEDRO MERE (2), and made reliever Venezuelan flame thrower LINO URDANETA ,the winner while also reliever DAVID DOMINGUEZ took the loss.

ELEAZAR MORA went 6 innings allowing only one run, and his teammates Warriors scored 8 runs in the opener to drive up to a victory 14-8 off Puebla Parrots, from whom starting and losing pitcher ERICK KNOTT was the victim of that rally in only 0.2 inning pitched.FELIX JOSE (15) ,JOSE MONTENEGRO (5) for Oaxaca and ALBINO CONTRERAS (4) wnet deep in this game.

NAT REYES (4-2) returning from the DL, went 5 innings of shutout ballgame, and veteran ROBERTO VIZCARRA went 4-4 with 3 ribbies on a perfect night and lead Campeche Pirates to beat Cancun Lobstermeb by 6-2.EDGAR PEREZ (4-4) lost for Cancun, and Pirates catcher HECTOR PAEZ got his 6th homer of the season.

Saltillo found a big hurdle on their way to keep up the North division leadership where JESUS RODRIGUEZ pitched a solid 7 innings, 4 hits and 1 run pitching to lead Monclova to win 7-1 off Saltillo, from whom JAYSON BASS hit his 12th of the year. BILL SIMAS saved his 10th game of the season.

ISAURO PINEDA (5-3) went 7 inning allowing 2 earned runs and Sultans scored all their 6 runs in the 5th to beat Cowboys and MARTIN GOMEZ (2-2) by a score of 6-5.In that inning a 2 runs double by DEMOND SMITH, plus an RBI single by DYONIS CESAR, EDGAR QUINTERO´s double brought in another two, and ADAN AMEZCUA singled home the 6th run.MAURICIO DE LA ROSA picked up his league leading 15th save of the year,and Cowboys 3b,ABEL MARTINEZ smashed his 4th round tripper of the season.

Tigers supported by 2 HR´s by JORGE VAZQUEZ (16) and the pitching of winner LUIS CARLOS RIVERA (1-3) beaten Veracruz 5-1. Rivera a former Atlanta and Orioles prospect, before an arm injury forced him to stay out of baseball ,is renow returning and picked up his first win of the season.
AARON ACOSTA (4-6) lost for Veracruz, and EDGAR HUERTA picked his first save of the year after coming back to Tigers from AA ball in the States.SS JAVIER ROBLES kept swinging a good bat and by going 4-4 in the game raised his avg. up to .415.

CARLOS VALENCIA went 5-3,with one homer (11) and 2 ribbies, JULIO HERNANDEZ added another 2 ribbies in support to AARON QUIROZ (3-3) pitching and led the Colts to win over San Luis 8-5.LUIS FIGUEROA,RANDALL SIMON had a 5-3 night as well for Tijuana,including Figueroa´s 4th smash of the year.EDGAR LEYVA (1-2) lost for San Luis.

Venezuelan WILLIE ROMERO went 4-2 with 4 RBI´s supporting winner OSWALDO VERDUGO (3-1) and led Yucatan to beat Tabasco and JUAN ANTONIO LEON (0-1) by 9-7.ALEX CARRASCO picked his 4th save and JULIAN YAN smashed his 15th of the year for Tabasco.

TRANSACTIONS as of 5 /19/05

SALTILLO

Activated pitcher JOSE MERCEDES in replacement of PASCUAL COCO who was surprisingly released and assigned to Veracruz Reds after having a winning record of 5-0.
Also,activated JOSE ALONSO CASTAÑEDA and NOEL FERNANDO SALAS who where playing in the A rookie ball of LMB , in place of IF SERGIO GUERRERO who was put in the DL.

VERACRUZ

Activated ,pitcher PASCUAL COCO in replacement of TILSON BRITO who went to Korea.

OAXACA

Activated,P JAKE MEYER taking over pitcher JOSMIR ROMERO spot,who was released, also deactivated pitcher ELEAZAR REYES.


LEAGUE LEADERS

STANDING

NORTH

TEAM W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak

Saltillo 31 23 .574 - 19-9 12-14 5-5 L1
Monterrey 30 24 .556 1.0 18-8 12-16 6-4 W1
Mexico 28 26 .519 3.0 15-13 13-13 6-4 L3
Aguascalientes 27 27 .500 4.0 14-12 13-15 3-7 W1
Monclova 27 27 .500 4.0 16-10 11-17 5-5 W2
Tijuana 27 27 .500 4.0 13-15 14-12 6-4 W2
Laguna 22 32 .407 9.0 15-13 7-19 4-6 L2
San Luis Potosi 20 34 .370 11.0 11-15 9-19 5-5 L1

SOUTH

TEAM W L PCT GB Home Away L 10 Streak

Campeche 37 17 .685 - 22-4 15-13 7-3 W1
Angelopolis 32 22 .593 5.0 18-8 14-14 3-7 W1
Yucatan 29 25 .537 8.0 16-12 13-13 6-4 W2
Veracruz 28 26 .519 9.0 14-14 14-12 4-6 L1
Puebla 25 29 .463 12.0 14-14 11-15 7-3 L1
Oaxaca 24 30 .444 13.0 14-12 10-18 5-5 W1
Tabasco 24 30 .444 13.0 11-15 13-15 6-4 L1
Cancun 21 33 .389 16.0 13-15 8-18 2-8 L2


BATTING

Mexican League: Batting Leaders

Name Team P G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI TB BB SO SB CS OBP SLG AVG

Willis Otanez VRA 53 203 41 83 9 0 17 70 143 36 35 1 1 .496 .704 .409
Guillermo Velazquez TIG 1B 43 141 26 57 11 0 9 38 95 25 24 0 3 .494 .674 .404
Javier Robles TIG IF 48 189 43 76 9 2 9 45 116 25 17 5 1 .477 .614 .402
Darryl Brinkley SLP OF 47 185 43 74 19 2 3 34 106 27 24 15 9 .474 .573 .400
Derrick White TIJ 54 223 48 86 15 0 11 49 134 33 38 2 1 .462 .601 .386
Randall Simon TIJ 1B 49 218 43 84 14 0 16 62 146 9 21 2 0 .409 .670 .385
Felix Jose OAX RF 52 178 45 68 13 0 15 57 126 46 35 1 1 .513 .708 .382

HR Leaders

Name Team HR

Eduardo Rios AGU 18
Willis Otanez VRA 17
Randall Simon TIJ 16
Felix Jose OAX 15
Bill Selby CAM 15
Mario Valenzuela SLT 15
Julian Yan TAB 15

RBI Leaders

Willis Otanez VRA 70
Bill Selby CAM 70
Randall Simon TIJ 62
Mario Valenzuela SLT 61
Eduardo Rios AGU 58
Felix Jose OAX 57

PICHING : W-L / ERA

Steve Bourgeois SLT 5 1 / 2.26
Abraham Elvira AGU 3 1 / 2.65
Alonso Beltran TIJ 2 4 / 2.96
Isauro Pineda MTY 5 3 / 3.34
Francisco Campos CAM 6 1 / 3.36

PITCHING : IP / K´s

Francisco Campos CAM 75.0 / 77
Alonso Beltran TIJ 70.0 / 64
Alfredo Aceves YUC 77.0 / 49
Steve Bourgeois SLT 51.2 / 44
Humberto Montemayor SLP 74.2 / 44
Isauro Pineda MTY 64.2 / 43

PITCHING : Wins

Roberto Ramirez MXO 7
Baudel Zambrano TIG 7 Undefeated
Francisco Campos CAM 6
Ignacio Montaño CAN 6
Rigo Beltran SLT 6
Dave Manning CAM 6 Undefeated
Several Tied with 5

Replies: 1 Comment

Thanks for the updates and notes on the Mexican League. I'm not able to read Spanish so your postings on the games are a perfect source. If you ever run across any Mexican League Baseball Cards email me. I would like to purchase them. Thanks again.

Posted by Chris @ 05/22/2005 12:59 AM EST

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