Joey Meneses broke the tie in the top of the twelfth inning with a double producer and the cherries, took the 6-5 victory against the Yaquis of Ciudad Obregón, in the second of the series, carried out at the home of the tribe.
The series is equated to one win per side.
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The locals had an advantage of three, until the top of the seventh, but there the Tomateros turned it around. Demetrio Gutiérrez took over and Efrén Navarro negotiated a passport. After one out, Antonio Lamas hit to left field.
Then, Ali Solís came to the batter’s box, who put it behind the fence all over center field and the game was tied at four runs.
The next hitter, José Guadalupe Chávez, took it out down the left to give the visitors the lead.
Yaquis tied the game at five in the bottom of the eighth. With one out, Alejandro González hit and reached third base in consecutive wild pitches by Derrick Loop. The left-hander struck out Alonzo Harris, but Carlos Sepúlveda brought Gonzalez to the plate with a double.
After Sepulveda’s double, Zach Hartman came into relief and struck out Michael Wing. The right-hander, ultimately the winner of the duel, threw three 1/3 innings of three hits, two bases and three strikeouts.
Tomateros’s winning run came with the first courtesy runner. Jesús Fabela started twelfth high in the second and advanced to third with a roll to first. Then, Joey Meneses hit him with a double, all against Alexis Portillo’s pitches.
David Gutierrez retired the bottom in four batters and struck out Alonzo Harris for the final out of the game. With this, he achieved the first game saved of his career in Liga Arco Mexicana del Pacífico.
