The Aragua Tigres beat defending Caribbean Series champion Licey Thursday to eliminate the Domincans from a chance to repeat last year's title. The Venezuelan pennant winners will now square off Friday night against the Mazatlan Venados of Mexico, who were stretched 12 innings before handing pesky Ponce of Puerto Rico their fourth loss in as many games in the CS.
Aragua still perfect, eliminates Licey from CS contention
Venezuela’s Aragua Tigres ran their record to 4-0 with a 3-2 win over Licey Thursday afternoon in Mexicali. The Dominican champions took a 2-0 first inning lead on catcher Ronny Paulino’s two-run homer with two out, but Aragua came back with three runs in the third, two of them on a Selwyn Langaigne single.
Francisco Butto recorded his third series save for Aragua as Licey fell to 1-3 and were mathematically eliminated from repeating their 2008 Caribbean title.
Venados beat Ponce to remain in hunt for CS crown
Mexico’s Mazatlan Venados broke up a 1-1 ballgame with four runs on three hits in the top of the twelfth inning, including a two-run single by Freddy Sandoval, and went on to beat Puerto Rico’s champion Ponce Leones, 5-1. The loss wasted a great effort by starter Bill Pulsipher of Ponce, who allowed one run on six hits with seven strikeouts in 6.1 innings.
The Venados are now 3-1 in the Series while Ponce dropped to 0-4.
Friday’s CS schedule
On Friday, Ponce will take on Licey at 5PM ET, while Aragua meets Mazatlan at 9PM ET with first place on the line. Both games will be televised live on the MLB Network.
Standings
Aragua (VZ) Tigres 4-0, Mazatlan (MX) Venados 3-1, Licey (DR) Tigres 1-3, Ponce (PR) Leones 0-4
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