BaseballGuru.com Home PageClubhouse!

Baseball Analysis  The Baseball Guru Archives


[Previous entry: "Phillies Journal - 2005"] [Main Index] [Next entry: "Phillies Journal - 2005"]

08/17/2005 Archived Entry: "Mexican League News : Play Offs Coverage"

By Carlos Fragoso

GAME RESULTS GAME # 6 16 / 08 / 05 WINNERS LOSERS

Tijuana* 4-3 México City Julio Cesar Parra 2-0 José Silva 0-2
Saltillo * 11-2 Monterrey Rigo Beltrán 2-1 Sergio Lizárraga 1-2
Yucatán 6-4 Tabasco Ignacio Flores 1-0 Randy Gálvez 1-1
Tigres* 10-7 Oaxaca Jesús Guzmán 1-0 Horacio Estrada 1-2

* Advances to Next Play Offs ( Division championshipr series)

Mexico City, Monterrey and Oaxaca were eliminated yesterday to the play offs by Tijuana, Saltillo and Tigers resepctively, while Yucatan keep on surprising the Tabasco Olmecas who were 3-0 in this play offs, now has seen the series tied by an amazing Lions who won 6-4, with winner IGNACIO FLORES off loser RANDY GALVEZ.
SCOTTT BULLET provided all the support with a homer and 4 ribbies, then PEDRO CASTELLANO added a solo shot, a back to back to Bullett, and lead Yucatan to this important win, in trying to resume what it would a miracle come back in series.
Veteran JESUS "CHITO" RIOS for Yucatan and OSCAR " PERFECTO" RIVERA for Yucatan will go to the mound tonight.


TEAMS 123 456 789 R H E
TABASCO 100 200 001 4 11 0
YUCATAN 203 100 00x 6 9 2


Galvez, González (4), Pimentel (8), W Flores (8) and Santana; Palafox, I Flores (4), Ramos (7), J Vargas (9) and Gutiérrez.
WP: I. Flores. 1-0
LP: R. Gálvez. 1-1
Sv: J Vargas 3.
HR: Bullet (5) , Castellano (2), Leones. Yan (3) Olmecas


Rookie SS, PAUL LLANO tripled home 2 runs in the bottom of the 8th,to make Tijuana beat 4-3 and eliminated the Mexico City Red Devils. Llano who just went out of the Baseball Academy this summer, olaying for injured Julio Hernandez, gets probably the game of his life in this short span in Mexican league.ROBERTO SAUCEDO and MANUEL VELEZ homered for Red Devils.
JOSE SILVA a Tijuana native, lost for them in front of his citymen.

TEAM 123 456 789 R H E
MEXICO 020 001 000 3 7 1
TIJUANA 100 001 02x 4 8 0


Soria, Ruelas (6), Moreno (6), Silva (8) and Soto; Bland, Parra (8), Shibilo (9) and Valdez.
WP: Julio César Parra (2-0),
LP: José Silva (0-2),
Sv: Andy Shibilo (3)
HR: Saucedo (3), Vélez (1) (Mex)


MORGAN BURKHART went 5-3 a homer and 4 RBIs, along with JOSE JESUS MUÑOZ who went 4-2 also a homer and 2 ribbies, in support to winner RIGO BELTRAN to lead Saltillo to defeat and eliminate Monterrey Sultans 11-2, off loser SERGIO LIZARRAGA, despite of home runs by MARIO VALDEZ and BUBBA SMITH.

TEAMS 123 456 789 R H E
MONTERREY 000 000 101 2 8 1
SALTILLO 004 005 20X 11 12 0


S Lizárraga, Aguirre (4), Nieblas (6), Silva (6), Rubio (7) and Amezcua; Beltrán, M Pérez (7), Mercedes (9) and N Muñoz
WP: R. Beltrán 2-1
LP: S Lizárraga 1-2
HR: MTY: C. Smith (2), M. Valdez (1). SLT: M. Burkhart (4), J. Munoz (1).

In Puebla, catcher ADAN MUÑOZ went 4-3 with a homer and 3 ribbies alongside with JAVIER ROBLES who went hid identically, 4.3 a homer and 3 ribbies in support to winner JESUS GUZMAN and Tigers beat
and eliminated Oaxaca Warriors 10-7.
Muñoz 8th home run of the postseason tied ANDRES MORA and LUIS GARCIA record, and still in the possibility to break it , since Tigers is going to play into the next play offs round.

TEAMS 123 456 789 R H E
Oaxaca 200 000 023 7 11 1
Tigres 020 215 00X 10 14 3


Estrada, León (5), Jiménez (6), López (6), Rodríguez (6) , Ávalos (6) and E. Rodríguez.
Rivera, Guzmán (5), Zambrano (8), L. Muñoz (9) , Garibaldi (9) and A. Muñoz, Vega (8).
WP: Jesús Guzmán (1-0)
LP: Horacio Estrada (1-2)
HR: Tigres: Adán Muñoz (8).

HomeGuru's Baseball Book StoreLink to UsBraintrust & Mailing ListsEmail the GuruContact InfoBaseball Analysis Home