Unión Laguna wins the first of the series against Sultanes

– Braden Webb shined throughout 5 innings and Carlos Franco hit his first home run of the season, to lead the Algodoneros del Unión Laguna to beat the Sultanes de Monterrey last night with a score of 5 runs to 1, in the opening of the series that was played before a full house at the Estadio de la Revolución.

The right-hander Tyler Viza managed to put the first zero on the board for the Sultans, but in the second inning he received the “pool” run in the spikes of Yangervis Solarte, who reached first base on a selection play and from there he went to home, driven by a double by Carlos Franco, who hit the ball between the left and center fields, so that “Soli” reached the pentagon with his head. Braden Webb worked 5 complete innings, only getting one hit and not allowing a run to leave his ERA at 4.85 and score his first victory of the campaign.

Franco detonated his first home run of the season at the end of the fourth inning, a bomb to the opposite side that put the game at 2-0 and the Guindas would still add another pair of runs in the fifth, when they filled the house and Jonathan Schoop hit a line drive hit to center field, with which Jonathan Villar and Allen Córdoba scored, in addition to removing the visiting starter from the game. The Monterrey starter’s job ended after 4 and a third innings of 8 hits and 4 runs, he suffered his first loss of the year.

In the sixth episode Laguna scored one more. Carlos Franco and Julián Escobedo walked and advanced a base with a sacrifice bunt by Julián León. Jonathan Villar produced the icing on the fifth run with a single to center field off Franco’s spikes. The Sultans got on the board in the seventh round with a solo home run by Jermaine Palacios, which he connected to reliever Taylor Williams, who had not allowed any runs this season after 7 innings of work. After Braden Webb for the lagoons, José Torres, Taylor Williams, Jeff Ibarra, Jake Jewell and Thomas McIlraith paraded on the mound to tie up the Monterrey offense and achieve the eighth victory of the North champion team in the campaign before 7,530 attendees at the ball park

The series will continue today, with the game at 7:30 p.m.; The probable starters are Kevin Kelly from Curacao (0 – 1; 3.38 ERA) for the Sultanes and Aldo Montes from Tijuana (2 – 0; 2.76 ERA) for Unión Laguna.