The Caracas Leones cruised to the Venezuelan League’s regular season title, finishing with a 46-21 record, six games ahead of the 36-27 Aragua Tigres. Ponce and Aragua will be joined by Lara, La Guaira and Zulia in the playoffs this month. The five teams will play two games daily between January 2 and 21, meeting each other five times for a total of 20 games apiece. The top two finishers in the round-robin will meet for the Venezuelan pennant.
Pablo Sandoval of Magallenes won the batting title with a .396 average, while Max Ramirez of La Guaira smashed 15 homers and Caracas’ Jesus Guzman broke Pete Koegel’s 35-year-old league record with 67 RBIs. Zulia pitcher David Austen won eight games with a 1.98 ERA, leading Venezuelan hurlers in both categories.
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