Alexi Amarista (center) received the ball that sealed Aragua’s victory / Photo: Courtesy of José Ramón González / Tigres de Aragua Press
Bases loaded and a hit on the back by Alexi Amarista represented the outcome for Tigres de Aragua to win 3-2 over Cardenales de Lara in a pitching duel that needed extra innings to be settled, at the José Pérez Colmenares stadium in Maracay, reported Hely Daniel Rodríguez , press officer of the jungle squad.
With the tiebreaker rule, Mendoza opened the episode for Aragua located on the second base, then Lorenzo Cedrola and Keyber Rodríguez received consecutive walks, the turn went to “El Ninja” Alexi Amarista, who was hit by the first pitch of the North American Bryan Warzek , in order to give the Aragüeños the fifth victory of the season of the Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP).
The game began with Cuban Carlos Viera on the mound who was masterful by not allowing a score in five innings pitched, with only one hit allowed and one strikeout.
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Tigres’ first run came in the same first inning, with Cedrola on third base, Yorman Rodríguez hit unstoppable to bring him home. The second Bengali score came in the final part of the third chapter, with a hit by “Cafecito” Martínez, Cedrola scored the team’s second run.
The Cardenales equalized the actions in the ninth inning, with the bases loaded, with one out, when everything seemed to end due to a ground ball by Palacios from third to second base, a throwing error allowed the batter to arrive safely and the crepusculars to score in a run. to the third and second base runners.
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The most notable for Tigres were Alexi Amarista 4-2 with an RBI, Yorman Rodríguez 4-2 with an RBI, Lorenzo Cedrola 3-1 with 2 runs scored.
In another result, Tiburones de La Guaira, current monarch of the LVBP, blanked Águilas del Zulia 3-0 at the Luis Aparicio “El Grande” park in Maracaibo.
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