The Leones del Caracas increase their advantage at the top of the standings by achieving a hard-fought victory against the Tigres de Aragua 8 runs to 5 at the José Pérez Colmenares de Maracay to take a game and a half ahead of Cardenales de Lara.
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Caracas quickly took out the young starter for the Tigres, Manuel Veloz, who was making his debut, but was punished by the capital’s offense with four scores. Aragua at the end of that episode responded immediately and equalized the actions at 4 runs.
The Lions remained active on offense with a run in the next three innings to take a 7-4 lead. The Tigers came close in the fifth with Carlos Rivero’s RBI hit, but in the leadoff of the seventh Oswaldo Arcia hit his ninth home run to put definitive figures.
The victory was for Norwith Gudiño (1-0), the defeat for Ángelo Palumbo (1-3), the rescue for Ricardo Rodríguez (1). The outstanding offensive player for Caracas was Oswaldo Arcia, who, in addition to the homer, drove in five scores. For the Tigers, Leobaldo Piña went 1-for-2 with two RBIs.
29 wins! And we distanced ourselves in 1st place
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