Tigres de Aragua closed the week with a full house win
|| Courtesy of Tigres Press
*** The Aragüeño team respected his ferocity by hooking on the Navegantes, exacerbating the Turkish crisis ***
The Tigres de Aragua finished the week with an even balance, defeating Magallanes 7 runs to 4 in front of the eyes of more than 9,000 fans at the José Pérez Colmenares in Maracay.
The Turks were the first to open the scoring, with a home run by foreigner Peter O’Brien in the second inning.
But the Bengals in the same inning equalized the actions, with a score by “Cafecito” Martínez, after a single by the catcher José Sucre.
Tigres extended the lead in the fourth inning with a solo home run by Leobaldo Piña, the first of the season, a feat that Keyber Rodríguez repeated, but in the fifth inning, with his third complete game hit.
The Turkish team tried to get closer on the scoreboard, making two scores in the sixth section, but Tigres did not let up and added another to their tally in the last part of the same chapter, a sacrifice fly by Jesús Sucre, which brought Yorman Rodríguez to the plate. Aragua made two more runs, one in the 7th and another in the 8th, while Magallanes with a solo home run in the ninth by O’Brien put the final tally to the challenge.
Most outstanding for the Bengalis were Jesús Sucre 3-2 with two RBI, José “Cafecito” Martínez 3-2 with one run scored, two RBI, as well as Keyber Rodríguez 1-4 with runs scored , one RBI, and a home run , while Leobaldo Piñar finished 1 for 3 with a run scored, an RBI and a home run.
Tigres de Aragua closes the week with an even balance, three wins and three losses, to face the 4th week with four games in Margarita visiting Bravos and receiving Magallanes and Leones at home at the end of the week.
THE RAIN HAS STOPPED AGAIN
For the second day in a row, rain forced the suspension of a match between Leones del Caracas and Caribes de Anzoátegui, on the grounds of the Carrasquel Alfonso “Chico” Stadium in Puerto La Cruz.
The game was stopped at around 6 pm and was officially suspended at 9:15 pm After the refereeing body considered it impossible to play on a field which had two heavy rains between Saturday and Sunday.