2020-2021
LBPRC CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
GAME TWO
(2-0) Criollos de Caguas 7
(0-2) Indios de Mayagüez 5
FINAL
BOXSCORE 1/22/21 - After two scoreless albeit active innings, Caguas breaks out for three runs in the top of the third. Leading off, Mayagüez starter and Mets farmhand Joel Huertas plunks shortstop Edwin Diaz with a pitch then issues consecutive bases on balls to left fielder Rey Fuentes and to reigning league MVP and Mets product Johneshwy Fargas. Center fielder Jarren Duran bounces into a (4 to 6) force play, with Diaz scoring on the play. After which, Indios manager Luis Matos pulls Huertas from the game. When play resumes with two outs, third baseman Jose Miranda singles home two runs. Mayagüez gets one back in the bottom half of the frame on doubles by shortstop Jeremy Rivera and right fielder Jack Lopez making it a 3-1 game in favor of Caguas. Indios second baseman Christian Colon is ejected by the home plate umpire for arguing a called third strike with one out in the bottom of the fourth. That's when the saturated skies over Estadio Isidoro Cholo Garcia burst open, and down came the rain. Caguas starter Hector Santiago does not continue after the delay. He allows one run on two hits and a walk with three strikeouts through 3.2 innings pitched. Pitching duties are handed off to Luis Cruz. In the top of the fifth, Caguas catcher Jonathan Morales is issued a bases-loaded walk by Indios reliever Eric Stout who soon after unleashes a wild pitch allowing Jose Miranda to score from third for a 5-1 Criollos lead. Mayagüez claws back with a run in the bottom of the fifth on a sac-fly from Ivan De Jesus Jr. The teams repeat the cycle in the sixth; Caguas scores twice, and Los Indios answer with one. Yadier Molina and Jose Miranda drive in runs for Caguas; Jeremy Rivera drives in one for Mayagüez. Los Indios manufacture two more runs in the ninth but ultimately come up short against Los Criollos for a second straight game. Six Caguas relievers join to yield four runs on seven hits and two walks over the final 5.1 innings. Chris Muller earns the victory in relief.
LVBP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
GAME ONE
(1-0) Caribes de Anzoátegui 6
(0-1) Cardenales de Lara 0
FINAL
BOXSCORE 1/22/21 Game one opens with a pitching duel pitting David Martinez of Anzoátegui against Logan Darnell for Lara. The two traded zeroes for five innings. Los Caribes finally break the scoreless tie in the sixth. Darnell is removed from the game after yielding a lead-off single and issuing consecutive walks to load the bases. Reliever Vicente Campos induces consecutive (six-to-four) force outs, but Los Caribes score each time. Anzoátegui scores twice more in the seventh on runs batted in from right fielder Herlis Rodriguez and center fielder Rafael Ortega. Not yet done, Los Caribes rally for yet another pair in the eighth on a run batted in from first baseman Tomás Telis and a bases-loaded walk issued to third baseman Niuman Romero for a 6-0 Caribes lead and the final margin of victory. Caribes shortstop Luis Sardiñas finishes 4 for 4 with a double and a run scored. Anzoátegui starter David Martinez allows no runs on four hits and two walks with two strikeouts through 4.1 innings but exits to a no-decision. Long time Caribes veteran Jean Toledo earns the victory in relief. Six members of the bullpen join in limiting Los Cardenales to no runs on just three hits and four walks with three strikeouts to preserve the shutout and close out their series-opening victory on the road.
- Game Two: Saturday
LMP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
GAME ONE
(0-1) Tomateros de Culiacan 1
(1-0) Naranjeros de Hermosillo 2
FINAL
BOXSCORE 1/22/21 The much-anticipated series between this season's top-seeded club versus the defending LMP champions is underway. Hermosillo jumps out to a prompt 2-0 first-inning lead looking to unseat the still reigning title bearers. Right fielder Yadiel Hernández doubles home the first Naranjeros run, then soon scores on a fielder's choice. Tomateros starter JC Ramirez and Naranjeros southpaw Ryan Verdugo continue dueling; the score remains unchanged through the eighth. The defending champs ultimately bow to Los Naranjeros but not before ruining the shutout on the run batted in by first baseman Efren Navarro. JC Ramirez allows two runs on six hits and one walk with six strikeouts over six innings pitched in a bit of hard luck losing effort. Hermosillo starter Ryan Verdugo yields no runs on five hits and no walks with five strikeouts through seven innings for the victory. Fernando Salas earns the save.
- Game Two: Saturday
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