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08/22/2005 Archived Entry: "Mexican League News : Division Championship Series Play Off Coverage"
By Carlos Fragoso
GAME RESULTS 21 /08 / 05 WINNERS LOSERS
Tigres 3 Yucatan 0 Alex Armenta 1-0 Raul Rodriguez 0-1
Saltillo 6 Tijuana 5 Rigo Beltran 3-1 Nate Bland 2-1
Tigres advanced furthermore to the South Division title defeating Lions in a all jungle series , 3-0 and sticked them up their second shutout in a row, with ALEX ARMENTA winning off RAUL RODRIGUEZ.
Armenta allowed 6 scattered Yucatanian hits, and get the help of 3 relievers to make Tigers completed this journey to the victory, closer ADRIAN MANZANO picked up the save.
SERGIO GASTELUM the big Tigers weapon. Providing all necessary support with a home run and 2 ribbies.
Rodriguez for Yucatan also went 5 inning, but allowing 6 hits, one of those the Gastelum shot..to lose the game.
Now series are 2-0 in favor of Tigers, and will move to Merida to be continue, next Tuesday 23rd of August, in which OSCAR "PERFECTO" RIVERA is scheduled by Lions to go on the mound, no Tigers starter has been announced.
YUCATAN 000 000 000 0 8 0
TIGERS 100 010 10X 3 9 1
Rodríguez, Flores (6), Ortega (6), Ramos (7) , Vargas (8) and Gutiérrez.
Armenta, Huerta (6), Garibaldi (7), Guzmán (8) ,Manzano (9) and A. Muñoz.
WP: Alejandro Armenta (1-0)
LP: Raúl Rodríguez (0-1)
SV: Adrián Manzano (2)
HR: Tigres: Sergio Omar Gastélum (1).
Saltillo returned the same score to Tijuana when they won in Saturday afternoon, 6-5 in another cardiac final, and supported by MARIO VALENZUELA 2 runs home run of the game, plus a 5-3 , 3 ribbies game by JOSE JESUS MUÑOZ lead Saraperos to tie series up.
RIGO BELTRAN another Tijuana native , pitched for Saltillo thought he was having his "waterloo" as same as Napoleon, when Tijuana scored 4 runs in the bottom of the 9th and get closer to win the game as they did the night before, however this time , it becomes simply a solid threat.
He went 7 solid innings, allowing 6 hits and just 1 Colts run, and has to be MARIO MENDOZA JR, the 3rd of the 9th inning relievers to zipped things up for Saltillo and earned the save.
NATE BLAND, started and lost fo Tijuana, going 5.1 innings, allowing 6 hits as well, but one of those was Valenzuela´s 2 run shot, after a costly error by rookie SS,Paul Llano.
Series now will travel to Saltillo, when Steve Bourgeois for Saltillo and Hugo Castellanos will faced each other in next Tuesday.
SALTILLO 021 000 201 6 12 0
TIJUANA 000 100 004 5 8 2
Beltrán, Duarte (8), Almonte (9), M Mendoza (9) and N Muñoz; Bland, R Garibay (6), Delfin (7), S Garibay (8) Parra (9) andE Valdez.
WP: Beltrán 3-1
LP: Bland 2-1
Sv: Mendoza 1
HR: Valenzuela (7) SAL
