Tiburones de la guaira beat the aguila del zulia

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Caracas.- There was no place for Águilas del Zulia this Sunday at the University Stadium. All the attention was for Tiburones de La Guaira, who did not fail in any of the basic fundamentals of the game: He had batting, pitching and good-sometimes spectacular-defense.

The gardener Grégor Blanco, who was reunited with Venezuelan baseball after five years of absence, had an inspired afternoon. He went 5-2 and drove in five runs, which were decisive for the sharks to achieve a victory as comfortable as the blackboard, 10 to 1.

La Guaira took the lead as early as in the first act, thanks to a two-run home run by José "Cafecito" Martínez.

The pitchers set the tone in the first six episodes. Anthony Lerew (2-6), initiator of the litoralenses, was rewarded with lauro for his work of five immaculate stretches. Yoervis Medina fell (0-2), despite the fact that he only accepted the scores of Martínez's home run.

The last two opportunities for the Sharks offensive served to define the history of the confrontation. Singles by Juan Apodaca, Blanco and Edgar Durán contributed five races in the seventh passage.

After a shot to the infield of Hector Giménez, who gave the only race to the raptors, in the eighth inning, White hit double with the bases loaded; He towed three more to put definitive figures on boxscore.

While Blanco, Duran, Martinez and Apodaca looked on offense, and Lerew and the bullpen from the mound, outfielder Anthony Concepción was the defensive figure with three spectacular plays in the right field. The last one was on the ninth stage, when sliding on the safety track, very close to the fairway, and ruining a possible extrabase to José Flores.

Sharks is one game below .500 (25-26), placed in the standings. Águilas lives critical moments. He is only two defeats (20-30) of not being able to finish the regular round with a positive record; is in the pit of the standings. La Guaira has a lot of responsibility for the rapacious situation, since it has won the seven commitments of the particular series of the season.

FROM THE GROUND
Tiburones de La Guaira entered the right-handed pitcher Sergio Miter on the roster in the place of outfielder Willy Garcia, who went on the restrictive list of 14 days.

 

IN FIGURES
José "Cafecito" Martínez reached 20 homers for life in the LVBP, all with Tiburones de La Guaira ... The match lasted 2 hours and 59 minutes ... 5,060 tickets were sold.