Angel Valdes | January 4, 2023
The pitcher Yusniel Padrón did not allow annotations in five innings and Saúl Garza drove in three runs so that the Atlánticos de Bocas del Toro and Colon continue in the close fight for first place by beating the Águilas Metropolitanas 6 runs to 0 on matchday 17 of the Panamanian Professional Baseball League (Probeis).
“Today the team responded to the offense and the pitchers did the job of holding the difference, we were eager to play with them because they broke our streak of winning games in a row, we went to revenge and achieved victory,” said Padrón, who He led the victory by throwing 5 complete innings, where he only conceded three hits, without allowing scores, struck out four and gave a few walks.
Saul Garza was the best offensively for the Atlantic, going 2-for-3 with three RBIs; Bates Parker went 3-2 with an RBI and Luis Castillo went 3-2 with a double, three runs scored and an RBI. For the Eagles Carlos Mosquera 3-2 with a double and Pedro Aguilar connected 3-1 with a double. The losing pitcher was Enrique Saldaña who in 3.2 innings allowed six hits, four runs, struck out two and gave up five walks.
Los Atlánticos (12-5) continues with a good rhythm in the season, winning 12 of its last 13 games and continues in the close fight for first place with the Federales de Chiriquí, for their part, the Águilas (7-10) suffer his tenth loss of the season.
