With a comeback led by Moisés Gómez‘s home run, Bravos de Margarita beat Cardenales de Lara, with a score of 7-4, in the second match of the series played at the Antonio Herrera Gutiérrez stadium, in Barquisimeto.
“They have been two very well executed games, they have been designed to score runs, the first two halves we had not had the opportunity to connect good turns. The pitching has done an excellent job and it was a matter of time before this began to happen,” said island manager José Moreno to Trina Ballesteros, Margarita’s press manager, after the island’s victory in the Venezuelan Baseball League clash. Professional (LVBP).
“The hits came, especially a timely one from Moisés Gómez and the rest was trying to continue adding runs, to use our bullpen, which, so far, has done an excellent job,” added the strategist.
Mesa Jr. emerged victorious
The victory went to José Mesa Jr (1-0), after relief from a scoreless inning, in which he only had one hit. For his part, the save went to Carlos Navas (1), who pitched a chapter without lines, in which he fanned one. The defeat fell to Vicente Campos (0-1).
Standing out in relief were Jesús Lage, in his debut with the Bravo uniform, with two innings with one hit and one strikeout, and Dédgar Jiménez with a scoreless inning.
Island starter Henry Centeno closed without a verdict, after four innings of work with one strikeout, no walks, four earned runs and eight hits.
Bravos opened the score with a selection play, which put Jeremy Rivas on base and hit Juan Santana with the island’s first run, at the top of the second inning.
However, the locals went ahead, in the lower part of the same chapter, with a double from Robert Pérez Jr, who sent Rangel Ravelo to the plate, and then also scored, thanks to another tubey from Yeinner Fernández.
Hernandez home run
In the third inning, Gorkys Hernández hits a solo home run and in the following episode Yojhan Quevedo with a hit, sent Fernández home.
But, at the top of the seventh inning, the brave reaction began with a ground ball by Alberto González, who sent “Tilin” José Martínez to the plate. In that same chapter, Ramón Flores hit another ground ball, which he sent to Moisés Gómez.
In the ninth inning came the Margarita comeback, Moisés himself was in charge of turning the ballot with a powerful home run, taking “Tilín” on board.
Gomez’s words
“We are focused on going out on the field to give the best of each of us and enjoying ourselves, thank God we were given the victory,” said Gómez after the victory.
But the production continued, Carlos Pérez singled home Margarita’s sixth, which was scored by Jeremy Rivas. Immediately, line seven made its appearance with a sacrifice fly by Juan Santana, which made the cash register ring through Flores.
Bravos de Margarita will travel to Valencia to face Navegantes del Magallanes this Monday, at the José Bernardo Pérez stadium, starting at 7:00 pm. The right-hander from Sucre will take the ball for the islanders, Melvi Acosta.
Barquisimeto / Web Editorial
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