Venezuela wins game against Mexico
Venezuela wins game against Mexico in Serie Del Caribe 2015. Getty Images: Paul J. Richards

The batting was a headache for Tomateros of Culiacan in their game against the Caribes of Anzoategui and the Mexican representative slate fell 4-2 to the Venezuelan whole, in the fourth game of the tricolor in the 2015 Caribbean Series held at Hiram Bithorn park San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Mexican team in the ninth inning fell despite having been up on the board for seven innings straight and a half, but the lack of runners in scoring position batting prevented the representative of the Mexican Pacific League victory of the game and gave triumph to the unbeaten Venezuelan in the ninth. The Caribes team was able to connect in the perfect moment in the ending of the eighth inning with one man in base and two outs on the board. Oswaldo Arcia connected a straight ball of Manny Barreda.

The key to defeating the Mexican team was in the opening of the sixth inning, while they were still winning by score of 1-0. At that time, the tricolor filled the bases with no outs on the board, taking advantage of Carlos Silva. The next batter Marquez Smith hit the ball to double play.On the side of Mexico, Salvador Valdez had a flawless performance, hanging straight but only one hit over five innings. The Venezuelans, the player Junio Guerra only allowed three hits and one run, which happened at the opening of the first inning.However, the victory was on account of Amalio Diaz, who made a work while only playing two innings in which he allowed one hit. The loss was to the right Manny Barreda, who allowed at the bottom of the eighth inning the homerun which was the difference in this game. Finally, the rescue was carried out by Hassan Pena, who dominated the three batters he faced in the ninth inning. The next game is tonight at 6:30pm ET time on ESPN Deportes Puerto Rico vs Dominican Republic.

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