With good monticular output of Wilmer Rios and four productions of Alejandro Mejia, Hermosillo orange groves beat The Eagles of Mexicali by marker 11 racing against 0within the first meeting of the series.
The orange squad marked the course of the game from the first episode by generating a cluster of 3 scores; With a couple of runners on the bases, Nick Torres hit an RBI triple that sent Roel Santos and José Cardona to the pentagon. The third run came thanks to Alejandro Mejía’s sacrifice fly that allowed Torres to step on the plate, making it 3-0.
During the third inning, Hermosillo made one more score; With men anchored at second base and third baseman Alejandro Mejía hit an RBI single that led Roel Santos to the plate, enough to make it 4-0 on the scoreboard.
In the fifth chapter, the Sonorans generated a new 3-race rally; The productions came thanks to Alejandro Mejía’s hit producing a couple of scores and shot inside Isaac Paredes’ infield, which brought 7 runs against 0.
Already in the seventh inning, Juan Gabriel Castro’s team achieved a greater run; with the bases loaded Isaac Paredes produced a wheelie, followed by a balk from pitcher Óscar Félix that allowed Nick Torres to score and later, César Salazar produced another two runs by hitting a double along the entire right field line, which put the end of 11 -0 on the cartons.
The victory was taken by Wilmer Ríos (9-2, 1.84) with good pitching work of 5 innings 2 thirds, with 4 hits, 0 annotations, 2 walks and 2 strikeouts; Next in line were relievers José Manuel López, Kenneth Sigman and Ozzie Méndez.
On the other hand, David Reyes (6-5, 3.30) took the loss by working for 4 innings, with 7 hits, 4 runs (clean), 1 walk and 2 fanned out; Juan Macías and Óscar Félix continued in relief.
For the second match of the series, Eduardo Vera (4-2, 2.20) will take the mound for Mexicali, who will face Ryan Verdugo (2-1, 3.38) in a pitch duel, in a commitment scheduled to start at 6:30 p.m. (time of Baja California).
