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08/29/2005 Archived Entry: "Mexican League News : Division Championship Series Coverage : Tijuana´s Dream Ended"
By Carlos Fragoso
STEVE BOURGEOIS inspiring pitching and light hitting, and JORGE LUIS VALLE grand slam combination , made Tijuana Colts dream comes to an end, last night as Saltillo defeated them 8-0 to win the South Division and will face Tigers for the Mexican League title, starting next Tuesday,August 30th.
It was an intense game, and Saltillo winning 1-0 in the bottom of the 5th with two down, Juvenal Ibarra doubled and, rookie Paul Llano struckout with an arguably check swing, and everybody´s temper come out,including the plus 15000 fans attending the Calimax Stadium.
After that, Hugo Castellano´s piching fell down and reliever Julio Cesar Parra, completed allowing Jorge Valle´s grand slam, to freeze Tijuana dream.
Bourgeois, in the other hand, allowed only one hit and fanned 11 Colts to get the victory, and his teammate, MARIO VALENZUELA set up a new record FOR MOST HR´s IN POST SEASON ,BLASTING HIS 10TH inning, and still counting.
Now, Saltillo will travel to Puebla to face the Angelopolis Tigers, starting Tuesday
SCOREBOARD
SALTILLO 000 014 300 8 12 0
TIJUANA 000 000 000 0 3 1
Burgeois, M Pérez (8) Duarte (9) and Muñoz; Castellanos, Parra (6) Beltrán (6), L González (7), Shibilo (9) and Valdez
WP: Steve Burgeois 2-1
LP: Hugo Castellanos 1-2
HR: SLT: Mario Valenzuela (10), Jorge Valle (3).
