The West Panama Cowboys continue with a tremendous start to the season and this Monday they won in their backyard, Horacio Mena from Chame to Metro, 9 runs to 7 and continue their good rhythm in the LIV National Youth Baseball Championship, Caja de Ahorros Cup in honor of Magaly Medina.
Lefty Oscar Vélez had a great performance on the mound and worked solid 5.0 innings, with 3 hits, 1 run that was unearned and striking out 5 to score the win. Diego Rodríguez and Diorkis Núñez worked for the West to complete the tour. The right-hander Juan Jiménez loses the game.
With this result, the Vaqueros put a 4-0 mark in the standings and Metro leaves a 1-3 record so far at the beginning of the campaign.
Alfredo Alderete went 3-1 with an RBI and scored, Jeremy Sánchez 4-2 with 2 scored, Eric Arosemena 3-1 with 2 RBIs and Miguel Domínguez 3-1 with scored, to be the best for West.
For Metro, Emanuel Forde stood out with 4-2, José Azcarate with 4-2 and Max Quintero with 4-2, to be the best at bat.
Rogelio Jaén the Player of the day
The left-handed pitcher from Herrera Rogelio Jaén launched a squad last night in the LIV National Youth Baseball Championship, after working 8.2 innings with just 2 hits, 1 run that was unearned, 3 walks and 7 strikeouts, to score a 4-1 victory over Chiriquí in a match played at the Claudio Nieto de Monagrillo stadium.
Jaén was one out from covering the entire route, with a total of 109 pitches, 65 of them from the strike zone. Ángel Vásquez came to work the last out in the ninth and close the commitment.
Herrera scored 2 runs in the bottom of the second, 1 in the fifth and one in the seventh to add 4 lines with 6 hits and 1 error. Chiriquí escaped the shutout in the top of the ninth and with two outs on the board. him with only 2 hits and 3 errors.
The game was lost by starter Anthony Garcia, the first of four pitchers used by manager Xavier Tapia from Chiriquí.
Julio Casas went 3-2 with 2 RBIs, Jorge Pinilla 3-2 and 1 RBI to be the best for Herrera, while James Salcedo 4-1 and Alvaro Rios 3-1 for Chiriquí were the best for Chiriquí.
in other results
In other results of the day, the Occidente took its first victory of the tournament by winning at Omar Torrijos in Santiago, 9 races to 8 over Veraguas, the Potros de Panamá Este asserted their home, José De La Luz Thompson by beating Darién 10 runs for 3 and Los Santos defeated Bocas del Toro 6 runs for 4 at the Roberto Hernández, to complete the results of the day.
Coclé and Colón, who were playing at the José Antonio Remón Cantera stadium in Aguadulce, could not finish a match that began with delays due to rain, because a problem with the lighting in the stadium prevented them from going past the first inning.
The Panamanian Baseball Federation announces that the tickets that were purchased for the Colón vs. Coclé game on the night of Monday, January 9, will be valid for when the new date, time and stadium of the game to be played in rescheduling is available.
