Unión Laguna wins the series

Jonathan Schoop from Curacao hit a couple of home runs in support of a great start by Aldo Montes, so that the Algodoneros of Unión Laguna beat Caliente de Durango last night with a score of 11 runs to 2, and thus the Guindas were left with the series played in the Revolution Stadium.

Schoop is the first Guinda hitter to achieve a multi-home run game in the current season and finished with 3 RBIs, to lead an offense that unleashed 14 hits in front of nearly 7,500 fans. For his part, Aldo Montes remains the Guindas’ best pitcher in the current campaign, achieving his second victory of the season and for the second consecutive start, he pitched 6 complete innings to put the team in a position to win.

THEY SUFFER EARLY

As has been the trend in the nascent season, the Algodoneros had to row against the current, as they received the “pool” run, during the same first inning, from the fiery Durango offense. Aldo Montes from Tijuana was the starter for the Lagunero team and Alfredo López hit a complicated ground ball to the short field, where Albert Lara made a mistake when throwing to first base and the runner reached second base, he moved to third base with a single by Manuel Boscán and Timbro driven by James Nelson’s unstoppable; The visitors still packed the house, but Montes came out with minimal damage, thanks to a double play.

Laguna tied the game in the second inning, when Allen Córdoba stole second base after receiving a walk with two outs and Carlos Franco sent him to the record with his first of two doubles in the game. The third chapter brought the advantage for the locals: Jonathan Villar hit a tubey to right field and scored the second lacuna run with a single to center by Nick Torres, the next turn, Jonathan Schoop hit his first home run of the season, a bomb towards the garden left to extend the advantage and make the score 4 for 1.

Schoop himself, in his next appearance at the plate on offense in the fifth inning, hit his second homer of the game, alone and still against the pitches of the Durango starter, the Dominican José Valdez, who suffered his second loss after 5 innings of 7 hits and 5 scores. Caliente tried to react in the seventh roll, when Carlos Garzón doubled to center field against reliever Miguel Vázquez, advanced to third base with a sacrifice bunt by Víctor Márquez and scored with a single to center by Alfredo López.

But Laguna finished the game in the bottom of the seventh with a 5-run rally: Alex Flores opened the game with a triple to right field and came home with a hit by Albert Lara, who also hit the plate with a single by Nick Torres later of stealing second base. With runners on second and third, Yangervis Solarte singled to right field to drive in two more and then reached the scoreboard from first with a double to left field by Allen Córdoba.

After Aldo Montes, Laguneros Miguel Vázquez, Rito Lugo and Marco Fregozo paraded on the mound with one inning of work each to achieve the sixth victory for the Algodoneros. Both teams now have the same record of 6 – 6 in the North Zone.

This Friday, Unión Laguna will start the series against the Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos at the Uni-Trade Stadium in Laredo Texas, it will be the third away series for those led by José Molina. The probable starter for the Guindas is Jeremy Walker (0-0, ERA 1.93). For the Tecos, Dominican Junior Guerra (1-0, ERA 6.48) will jump to the center of the diamond.

CAREERS

They were driven by Schoop, who led the Laguna offensive with 14 hits.

Laguna finished the game in the bottom of the seventh with a 5-run rally.