CARDENALES WON THE PITCHEO DUEL IN VALENCIA

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Valencia.- The Cardinals of Lara took the best part of the pitching match against the Navegantes del Magallanes, defeating them 4 races by 1, in the José Bernardo Pérez Stadium.

Although Osmer Morales -bright by the twilight- did not complete the five episodes of monticular work, he led the Larense triumph after throwing 4.2 innings, allowing four hits, a clean run and fanning six opponents.

The bullpen of the red birds completed the work of Morales, when mooring the shipping bats during 4.1 innings, in which they only admitted three incogibles and struck out two batters.

The Cardinals races came in the first episode, when they produced a pair thanks to a double by Jesús Montero, tied to the third-tier line, with Jecksson Flores and José Castillo in circulation.

The twilight made one more in the sixth, product of a four-cornered Luis Valbuena hit, to later put final figures to the challenge with another score in the ninth act, after an error in shot by Wilkerman Garcia, which allowed Yonathan Mendoza step on the plate from the initial.

For its part, the shippers scored their only hairline in the fifth section, thanks to Luis Arráez shot single to the right field, towing Ronny Cedeño from the second pad.

The victory was won by the young Argenis Angulo, while the defeat fell to Wilfredo Boscán, despite having a good performance of five chapters, with only two lines allowed.

The closer Ryan Kelly retired the three men he faced in the closing of the ninth chapter to claim his fifth save of the season in equal number of opportunities. The law is the absolute leader of the department.

The Cardinals, who have won seven of their last 10 games, held the tie with Leones del Caracas in first place in the standings.