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The Leones del Caracas defeated the Navegantes del Magallanes, Tigres de Aragua beat Tiburones de La Guaira, Águilas del Zulia beat Bravos de Margarita and Cardenales de Lara sent Caribes de Anzoátegui to the basement, on the day of the Liga de Venezuelan Professional Baseball, 2022-2023 championship this December 1.
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Navigators of Magellan 2, Leones of Caracas 3
Los Leones del Caracas continued their dominance against Navegantes del Magallanes by defeating them with a score of 3-2 and securing the 2022-23 season series, something that had not happened since 2013-2014.
With their new conquest against their eternal rival, Leones placed the series 5 games to 1 when there are still two games left against the Turks in the rest of the campaign.
The Valencians took the lead with one in the first inning. Then, the long-haired turned the scoreboard at the bottom of the second thanks to a single by Freddy Fermín and a two-run home run by José Rondón.
In the fifth inning, Isaías Tejeda hit a solo shot to left center to extend the lead to 3-1. Subsequently, Magallanes made one on his fifth opportunity with the wood.
José Mujica won in relief of two innings in which he struck out five opponents. Anthony Castro scored his tenth save to be a leader in that department.
In the long-haired offense, Rondón went 3-1 with a run scored, home run, two RBIs and Tejada went 3-1 with a solitary homer.
Caracas was left with a 20-12 mark and Magallanes with a 16-19 record. They also earned their 400th career win against Magallanes and won every home game this season.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
CARAQUISTA: ?????
WE DID IT AGAIN#Gloriosos80? pic.twitter.com/uv84yqUOTw
– Lions of Caracas (@leones_cbbc) December 2, 2022
Sharks of La Guaira 2, Tigers of Aragua
The Tigres de Aragua came out of the basement of the table with a forceful offensive this Thursday night to defeat (14-2) Tiburones de La Guaira in Maracay.
Aragua produced runs in seven of the eight times he took turns this day, Denis Phipss doubled and homered to drive in four runs. Dennis Ortega (2), Henry Rodríguez (2), Leobaldo Piña, Alberto Callaspo, Alexi Amarista, Carlos Duran and Yonathan Mendoza towed the other stripes of the Aragonese troop.
With this victory over Tiburones, Tigres, which has three wins in a row, placed its record at 14-19, after starting the season with a record of 0-7, and came out of the basement of the Venezuelan League for the first time. Professional Baseball.
Juan Fernández is removed via 53 | 9th Inning ??| 3 Out | Sharks 2 – 14 Tigers
YES SIR, THERE IS A VICTORY AT HOME! ????
LET’S GO UP! ??#SomosTigreros
– Aragua Tigers (@TigresOficiales) December 2, 2022
Águilas del Zulia 13, Bravos de Margarita 4
The Águilas del Zulia beat the Bravos de Margarita 13-4 in Macuto, in a match in which the raptors exhibited their offensive skills and scored double-digit runs for the first time in the campaign.
The victory allowed the visitors to rise to fourth position in the LVBP ranking, after the defeat of Navegantes del Magallanes against Leones del Caracas, while the islanders now share the moat with Caribes de Anzoátegui.
Those led by Marco Davalillo didn’t take long to make themselves felt in the match, making two stripes in the same first inning, while in the second they added another three.
Trailing 5-0, the locals scored two scores in the bottom of the second inning. And although from that moment there was no major damage until the seventh inning, it was the raptors who responded again.
Zulia produced another couple of runs, although in the bottom of the eighth Bravos again cut the gap with two little lines. But it was in the ninth that Zulia’s slugger exploded with six runs, led by José Godoy, who was the highlight of the day with four hits.
In total, the raptors had 18 hits and of the headlines only Ángel Reyes went blank. With the laurel they improved their record to 16-18, while the islanders fell to 13-20.
#Final #Eagles: 13 #brave: 4
PG: J. Flores 1-2
PP: J. Valdez 0-2
?? A. Castillo 6-3, 2CA, 2 CE. H. Sánchez 5-2, 2 CA, J. Godoy 5-4, 2 CA, 2 CE. N. Hulsizer 3-1, CA, HR, 2 CE. L. Soto 5-3, 2 AC, 2 CE.– Eagles of Zulia (@aguilasdelzulia) December 2, 2022
Cardenales de Lara 2, Caribes de Anzoátegui 1
The Cardenales de Lara relied on the great work of their starting pitcher Néstor Molina to defeat Caribes de Anzoátegui in a great pitching duel with a score of 2 runs to 1, in a clash played at the Alfonso Chico Carrasquel in Puerto La Cruz.
The pitcher, Néstor Molina worked for six innings, they scored a run and gave up two hits. Luis Madero, Darwinson Hernández and Vicente Campos finished putting the lock on the game.
The tribe stung up the board when at the start of the second inning, Tomás Telis hit a solo home run. With the score 1-0, in the seventh inning, the crepusculares turned the scoreboard around.
Andrés Giménez, who made his debut in the LVBP, gave a sacrifice fly to drive in Rangel Ravelo and Juniel Querecuto dispatched a double to boost Hernán Pérez.
In the attack of the red birds, Hernán Pérez went 4-3 with a run scored, Juniel Querecuto went 4-1 with a run scored and RBI and Giménez who, despite failing in three turns, drove in one.
Cardenales left with a 21-11 mark and Anzoátegui put his record at 13-20.
? Statements at the end of the meeting by:
? Carlos Mendoza (Manager)
? Luis Madero (PD)
? Néstor Molina (PD)Hosted by: @clx_latin #Cardinals | #SomosUno ? pic.twitter.com/svKmvgRVME
– Cardinals of Lara (@CardenalesDice) December 2, 2022
