Those led by Luis Carlos Rivera had to wait until the ninth inning to get on the scoreboard, with a tremendous last-minute attack.
Against closer Fernando Salas, Dilson Herrera opened the round with a single, followed by Carlos Castro and José Alonso Gaitán with hits of the same caliber, leaving the bases full for Ramiro Peña, who was not far behind and sent the ball into no man’s land to put the first Deer race.
The Venados party was maintained thanks to Carlos Muñoz hitting the fifth single of the inning for the visitors, bringing two to the record.
With runners on first and second, Leo Germán sacrificed himself to advance his teammates, but Randy Romero fouled out at third base and Brayan Quintero failed to fly out to center for the actions to come to an end.
In the end, the victory was in the hands of Alan Ranger (1-1), the defeat was left to Javier Solano (0-1) and the rescue went to Raúl Barrón (1).
Before, the troops from the capital of Sonora went ahead in the score in the same first inning, when Jordan Díaz hit an RBI double and in the second round, they increased by scoring one more line, thanks to a ground ball for a forced out by Willie Calhoun .
Venados’ pitching tightened its grip and kept the game on the line for the next four innings, but in the seventh, Naranjeros returned to the fray.
Jordan Díaz appeared again, now with a single, to drive in one more for the home team and one inning later, a hit with similar characteristics, but connected by Francisco Lugo, increased the score to 4-0.
For this Sunday, Venados and Naranjeros will have a double bill. The scheduled starters are Juan Pablo Téllez (0-0) and Nolan Kingham (0-0) for Mazatlán, while José Samayoa (0-0) and Wilmer Ríos (0-0) will be their rivals, starting at 5:00 p.m.: 00 hours and one
