The Navigators of Magellan they started the round robin making it clear who will seek to revalidate their crown, after mercilessly beating the Tigres de Aragua by a score of 14-0, in a duel played at the José Bernardo Pérez Stadium in Valencia. The “Turks” relied on a great pitching performance by Erick Leal, and on a productive night by Alberth Martínez in order to start the “everyone against everyone” well.
The victory also opens the doors for the Navegantes to try to continue with a historic streak that the team has, and that is that in the last 11 postseasons with a round robin format, Magallanes has won its first game in five opportunities, and in each and every one of those five seasons Magallanes managed to reach the final.
In the last 11 round robin LVBP of #Magellan (9 finals) when he won his first game he advanced to the final and became the LVBP champion 4 out of 5 times, he also did it 3 out of 4 times in his three titles in the 90s pic.twitter.com/0LkR5fzK54
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As if that were not enough, in four of those five seasons in which Magallanes started the round robin with victory, the filibuster team has been champion, so without a doubt it is very useful for the Turks to start the great party of January with victory.
Magallanes will return to action this Tuesday, January 3, when they face the Cardenales de Lara at the Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez Stadium in Barquisimeto, in what could undoubtedly be a key game to mark the start of the Navegantes in this round robin.