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10/31/2005 Archived Entry: "Mexican League News : Mexicali on Top"
By Carlos Fragoso
Mochis 4 Navojoa 1 Nick Mattioni 1-0 Tavo Álvarez 0-1
Navojoa 7 Mochis 6 Luis Alonso Mendoza 1-0 Marcus Gwynn 1-3
Hermosillo 10 Culiacán 3 Edgar González 1-0 Jesus Ríos 1-2
Obregón 5 Mazatlán 1 Jesus Aurelio Rodriguez 1-1 Pablo Ortega. 1-2
Mexicali 5 Guasave 1 Claudio Moreno 2-0 Luis Carlos Rivera 0-3
Mexicali 9 Guasave 1 Jose Flores 1-0 Edgar Leyva 2-1
Cañeros and Mayos splitted victories in a doubleheader yesterday as Cañeros knocked first 4-1 qith NICK MATTIONI tossing a 1 hitter game over 6 innings pitched off loser TAVO ALVAREZ and supported by a 3 runs homer by RAMON ORANTES.
For the second game, Mayos come from behind and won 7-6 with LUIS ALONSO MENDOZA getting the win in relief and MARCUS GWYNN who blewed another game, took the lost.
Navojoa entered the 7th behind 0-5, when they rallied a winning 6 runs rally crowned by a 2GWRBI double by Obregonian JOSE MANUEL ESPINOZA.
Mendoza a Boston farmhand, picked his first ever win in the MexPac.
For Mochis, CALVIN PICKERING, RAMON ORANTES ( HIT 2) and HERNANDO ARREDONDO went deep.
Cañeros 4 6 2
Mayos 1 2 0
WP: Nick Mattioni (1-0)
LP: Octavio Álvarez (0-1)
SV: Marcus Gwynn (3)
HR:
MOC: Ramón Orantes (2)
Cañeros 6 10 1
Mayos 7 8 0
WP: Luis Alonso Mendoza (1-0)
LP: Marcus Gwynn (1-3)
HR:
Moc: Pickering (5), R. Orantes (3 y 4), H. Arredondo (1)
Hermosillo won 10-3 to Culiacán with Arizona pitcher EDGAR GONZALEZ performing well over 5 innings pitched, allowing only one hit in his debut and hot hitter and new league leader in batting, HR´s and RBI .LUIS ALFONSO GARCIA provided all the support he needed.
Loser JESUS RIOS
Tomateros 3 6 1
Naranjeros 10 9 0
WP: Edgard González (1-0)
LP: Jesús Ríos (1-2)
HR
CUL: Ray Martínez (3)
HMO: Hector Hurtado (2), Luis A. García (8)
Yaquis got the game of honor, beating Venados 5 -1 with JESUS AURELIO RODRIGUEZ winning off PABLO ORTEGA.
Finally Obregon had a good relief work to save the game, after being the Achilles tendon in last games.
They have to use as many of 5 pitchers to hold up Venados threat.
OBREGÖN 5 12 1
MAZATLÁN 1 5 1
WP. Aurelio Rodriguez. (1-1)
LP. Pablo Ortega. (1-2)
Mexicali by winnig the double header not only left series at home, but also the top position formerly held by Cottoneers, and confirming that they must be considered a serious contender to the title, they lost last year against Venados.
In the first game, CLAUDIO MORENO outdueled LUIS CARLOS RIVERA and beat him 5-1 and as for the second game , MexIcali showed no respect to dependable hurler EDGAR LEYVA then league´s top ERA spotter, and stamped hih with 6 runs in just 2 innings, two of those after homers by CARLOS SIEVERS and hometown boy, CHRISTIAN PRESICHI to finnally ende up with a 9-1 victory.
Ist GAME
Mexicali 5 6 1
Guasave 1 5 1
WP: Claudio Moreno (2-0)
LP: Luis Carlos Rivera (0-3)
HR :GVE: Mario Valenzuela (4)
2ND GAME
Mexicali 9 11 0
Guasave 1 4 2
WP: Jorge Flores (1-0)
LP: Edgar Leyva (2-1)
HR : MXL: Carlos Sievers (1), Christian Presichi (1), Howie Clark (4
STANDING
TEAM G W L GB
MEXICALI 16 10 6 ---
NAVOJOA 17 10 7 0.5
GUASAVE 18 10 8 1.0
HERMOSILLO 16 8 8 2.0
MAZATLAN 17 8 9 2.5
OBREGON 17 8 9 2.5
LOS MOCHIS 17 7 10 3.5
CULIACAN 17 6 11 4.5
