Águilas surpassed Tiburones and has a level record in the campaign

Gabriel Martínez broke a two-run tie by hitting a single to left field in the top of the eighth inning so that Luis Castro scored the run that gave the Raptors a 3-2 victory over Tiburones de La Guaira at the Universitario de La Guaira stadium. Caracas, Capital District.

Thanks to Sunday’s success, Zulia leveled its record to 1-1 in the 2024-2025 season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP), in which La Guaira, defending monarch, has a 1-2 record.

Luis Castro opened the eighth inning by walking, then stole second base and, due to an error in catcher Sebastián Rivero’s throw, advanced to third base. With one out, Alexander Palma received an intentional walk so that Martínez responded with a hit that made up the difference.

Statements

“I feel very happy to be able to respond, I simply tried to find a good pitch and make contact with the ball,” Martínez told Rafael Petit, press officer of the Aguilucha troop, after giving his first hit of the season that allows him to the team to divide on their first visit to the country’s capital.

“These types of visitor victories are important, now we are going home to look for more,” added the team’s left fielder.

Starter Aliángel López completed 3.1 innings, allowed one run, two hits, walked one, struck out two and led the wing pitching.

Relievers Alejandro Melean, Ismael Guillón, Domingo Jiménez, Gregory Infante and Silvino Bracho combined to pitch five scoreless acts. They allowed two hits, one walk and seven strikeouts.

The winner

The victory went to Dominican Domingo Jiménez who struck out four rivals in two innings. The defeat fell to Emilker Guzmán and the winner went to Bracho.

“Thank God the pitches today (Sunday) were where we wanted, especially all my broken pitches, which I combined with the fastball,” said the man from Quito, who highlighted the level of the hitters observed in the first two matches of the event.

“I knew about the level of the league, here they play hard to win and I am prepared to compete,” said the right pitcher.

After dividing the first two matches of the event as a visitor against Leones del Caracas and Tiburones, the rapacious team will debut at home next Tuesday against Bravos de Margarita at the Luis Aparicio “El Grande” park in Maracaibo.

Caracas / Web Editorial