2020-2021
LVBP CHAMPIONSHIP SERIES
GAME FOUR
(0-4) Cardenales de Lara 6
(4-0) Caribes de Anzoátegui 7
FINAL
BOXSCORE 1/26/21 - A wild back and forth affair unfolds at Estadio Alfonso Chico Carrasquel in Puerto la Cruz, Venezuela. Caribes starter Wil Ledezma does himself no favors by walking the first two batters leading off the game. With one out, third baseman Carlos Rivero homers to left, giving Los Cardenales a prompt 3-0 lead. Anzoátegui answers back in the bottom of the frame with a two-run double off the bat of catcher Oswaldo Arcia. Los Caribes then take a 4-3 lead on runs batted in from second baseman Ali Castillo and again from Arcia. Long-time veteran and Cardenales right fielder Rene Reyes ties the score with a double in the fifth. Lara loads the bases with one out in the top of the sixth but leaves all runners stranded. Los Caribes seize the moment in the bottom of the sixth when shortstop Luis Sardiñas singles home the go-ahead run for a 5-4 lead. Undeterred, Los Cardenales posts two runs in the seventh; Caribes reliever Jean Toledo yields a lead-off hit and walks the next two batters. Jean Toledo forces in the tying run with the bases loaded with a walk to pinch hitter Yonathan Mendoza. Rene Reyes then scores the go-ahead run on a fielder's choice, making it a 6-5 game. But Anzoátegui is relentless. They load the bases in the bottom of the eighth, and third baseman Niuman Romero drives home two runs with a single to left, giving back the lead to Los Caribes. However, their advantage is brief. In the top of the ninth, Lara shortstop Lldemaro Vargas doubles, then scores on center fielder Gorkys Hernandez's single to left, tying the game at seven. Cardenales reliever Pedro Rodriguez keeps Anzoátegui scoreless in the bottom of the ninth, and into extra innings, they go. Leading off the bottom of the tenth, shortstop Luis Sardiñas hit a fly to deep left field; replacement left fielder Ezequiel Carrera makes a great catch crashing into the wall for out number one. With two outs, catcher Jesus Sucre lines a base hit to the opposite field and is replaced with a pinch-runner. Niuman Romero follows and pulls a hit down the right-field line. Speedy Cristhian Pedroza races from first base all the way home to score the winning run several steps and a slide ahead of the relay throw from the second baseman Lldemaro Vargas. Los Caribes de Anzoátegui clinch the LVBP championship in four straight games over Los Cardenales de Lara. Cardenales reliever Vicente Campos suffers the loss. Ten Caribes pitchers join forces in yielding seven earned runs on eleven hits and 14 walks with seven strikeouts. Right-hander Jake Sanchez closes out the game with 1.1 scoreless innings for the win. Los Caribes were established in 1991; this is their fourth LVBP championship.
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