DENIS PHIPPS RETURNED BACK AND GAVE SECOND WINNING TO THE CARIBE DE ANZOANTEGUI

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Caracas.- Denis Phipps is not only the Return of the Year of the 2019-2020 season. It is also the return of the night; the great man who emerged from the shadows of the dugout as emergent and opened the floodgates that led Caribes de Anzoátegui to victory and a peaceful rest with very little anguish.

The Dominican took the bat in the twelfth inning. He entered by Eduardo Sosa, with men in third and first base, without outs and a zero career equality that threatened to challenge eternity. A few hours after celebrating the award that accredits him as the great return to the league, Phipps gave Jorgan Cavanerio the single that ended up leading the tribe to triumph, 2-0, over Sharks of La Guaira, at the University.

"I just told him he was great," said Jackson Melián, Aboriginal manager. "I told him to be confident because that was his turn."

The table served to Phipps was the product of two defensive sins. Willians Astudillo reached on his feet to open the chapter by a high that dropped Héctor Sánchez in the initial. Then Alexi Amarista rolled over the anteroom that could not be caught by Alberto González. La Guaira, who had not committed ivories in the first round of playoffs, added his third pifia of the series.

“The triumph was those pitchers who were fighting for 12 innings throwing zeros. It was difficult, but they took out the outs at good time, ”said Phipps, after celebrating the laurel that puts Caribes ahead 2-0 in the semifinal against Sharks. Now Anzoátegui is two wins away from getting into the final. “I had already taken several turns to him and I focused on looking for a high ball to take the ball to the gardens, because there was a man in third and less than one out. My idea was to take the ball back. ”

Shortly after the Phipps hit, Gorkys Hernández gave a sacrifice fly to tow Cristhian Pedroza, who came running for Amarista, suffering from a discomfort in one of the legs. Lester Oliveros, closer of the Orientals, did not break the neatness pattern worked by the eight pitchers who were on the hill before him, although it cost him. He filled the bases after two tickets and, with two outs, was measured against the emerging Greifer Andrade, a substitute for Gonzalez. The capper prevailed and struck out the challenger.

“We trust each of the boys. Everyone has been doing the job, ”said Melián, who saw how his arms managed to bleach La Guaira, with left-hander Wilfredo Ledezma as initiator and responsible for 6.0 innings of two hits. “In pitching, the communication we have had has been important, also trust. The boys always come out confident and aggressive. ”

This Tuesday there will be a stop to arms. The series will move to Alfonso "Chico" Carrasquel of Puerto La Cruz and the teams will reorder for the restart of the shares on Wednesday. It is a rest for Caribes that has four successive days on the ground and traveling throughout the geography of Venezuela, from Maracaibo to the east and then to Caracas.

“Tomorrow's rest will be the key. There are many games, trips and arms are a bit tired, ”said the strategist. "Tomorrow is free day and we will rest."

Andrés Pérez won by taking the eleventh act blank. He lost Cavanerio and saved Oliveros.