SEVEN HOMERS HIT AS NORTH WINS MEXICAN ALL-STAR GAME

A record seven home runs were hit last Sunday in Cancun as the Northern Division topped the Southern Division, 13-3, in the 77th Mexican League All-Star Game. The old record of six homers was first set in the 1942 All-Star Game in Mexico City, and was tied in 2005 in Puebla.


The Northern squad whacked five roundtrippers, with blasts from Laguna’s Dionys Cesar and Luis Terrero, Monterrey’s Saul Soto, and Mexico City’s Carlos Valencia, who hit two. Hitting longballs for the South were the host Quintana Roo Tigres’ Iker Franco and Luis Mauricio Suarez. Valencia was named the All-Star Game’s Most Valuable Player, and Mexico City’s Roberto Ramirez got the win as one of seven pitchers to take the mound for the North.