Bocas del Toro 3 – 0 West
In Changuinola, the good work of the right-hander Jorge Quiel led the Tortugueros to a victory of 3 runs to 0 over Occidente in a commitment that was played at the Calvin Byron.
Quiel worked 6.2 innings with just two scattered hits, no scores, 3 walks and 10 fans, to claim the victory. After Quiel came “El Fulo” Roberto Núñez who worked 0.2 innings and closed the international Jessler Baúles, who scored a saved game.
Bocas del Toro made its three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning when the duel of streamers broke up and three stripes were made for Jean Samudio who took the loss
The best at bats for Bocas del Toro were Jonathan Mendoza 3-1, Alain Pérez 3-1 and Edwin Waldin 3-1. For Occidente, who only gave two hits, Tomás Concepción 2-1 and José Pérez 4-1 stood out.
Herrera 3-0 Los Santos
Star right-hander Bryant Vergara walked just over 7 innings and passed 12 Santeños on the cold edge of the guillotine, enough to lead Herrera to a 3-0 shutout victory over Los Santos in a game played at Roberto Stadium Hernandez from the city of Las Tablas.
Vergara walked 7.2 innings with 101 pitches, 68 in the good zone and bowled 2 with just 2 hits allowed to claim the victory. Ramce Pinilla went 1.1 innings and scored a save. The opener Ismael Velasco loses the game for Los Santos.
Herrera who accumulated 9 hits, added 2 scores in the first inning and one more in the top of the sixth, playing a good defense without errors, while Los Santos could not score, had 2 hits and played without errors.
For Herrera, Jorge Pinilla 4-3, Luis Rivera 3-1 and Abdiel Alonso 3-1 stood out at bat. For the Santeña troops, Diego Pérez went 4-2 with the only two cannon shots from his team.
Coclé wins by bulge of races 20-1 to Darién
In Metetí, Darién, the right-hander from Cocles Dereck Gómez worked solid 5.0 innings and his team exploded with a bunch of 13 hits, good to lead a 20-1 victory over Darién in a game that ended with a bulge of runs in 7.0 innings.
Gómez walked without problems with only 2 tickets granted, 3 fanned out, 3 hits and 1 earned run to assume the victory. The reliever Raciel Magallón worked 2.0 innings and finished the engagement. The game was lost by Aaron Otero who worked 1.0 innings, with 7 runs, 5 of them clean and took the defeat.
Coclé made 4 runs in the same first inning, 3 in the second, 1 in the third, 6 in the fifth and 4 in the sixth to seal the commitment by bulking up runs. Darién made his only run in the bottom of the first inning and added 4 hits throughout the game.
For the “Red Firewood” stood out Joaquín Gamba 6-4 with 2 RBIs and 3 runs scored, Enrique Agrazal 4-2 with 6 RBIs, including a home run with a bases full and 2 runs scored, Luis Escudero 5-2, Iverson Allen 3-1 with 3 walks and Bryant Sarmiento 4-1.
For the Darién team, Lex Lau from 1-1 and Jean Suarez from 1-1, were the most outstanding.
West 15 -5 Colon
The West Panama Cowboys opened their participation in the LIV National Youth Baseball Championship, Caja de Ahorros Cup with a resounding 15-5 victory over Colón, in a game played this Friday night at the Horacio Mena de Chame stadium.
Juan Reyes opened the commitment for the Vaqueros and comfortably worked 3.0 innings, then Oscar Velez walked 2.0 innings and scored the win. Carlos Maldonado, the manager of Oeste, used five pitchers to get the victory without problems.
The West, which sounded 17 cannon shots, had its best hitter in Alfredo Alderete, going 3-3 with 3 RBIs, Juan Caballero 4-3, Adrian Saavedra 3-3 and Jean Rodríguez 4-2.
For Colón, Angel González 4-2 and Jafet Mejía 3-2 stood out.
Colts dominate Metro
The monarchs of national youth baseball, Potros de Panamá Este had a tremendous victory of 9 runs for 5 against Metro in the official opening game of the LIV National Youth Baseball Championship, played at Rod Carew Stadium.
Jay Wood went 2-for-5 with an RBI, Roberto Acosta 5-2 with 3 RBIs and Luis Montenegro 5-2 with 2 RBIs were the best for Panama East, who racked up 11 hits and 1 defensive error.
Metro started winning the game until the top of the fifth, when Panama Este responded with 6 scores and turned the game around. The metropolitans had 11 hits with 1 error and their best hitters were Dimás Oda 4-2 and Omar Reluz 4-2.
The right-hander Joel González, third of four pitchers used by manager Sixto Garibaldo, wins the game and the left-hander Cristopher Cuevas loses.
Chiriquí beats Veraguas at home
The rookie manager Xavier Tapia opened his new career with an important victory of 6 runs for 1 over Veraguas in a match that was played at the Kenny Serracín stadium in the city of David.
The Indios de Veraguas won the match 1-0 until the bottom of the sixth inning when the Chirican troops were able to react offensively. Right starter Javier Reina opened the game and walked 5.1 good innings, allowing 2 runs, 1 earned, and striking out 11 chiricanos, but he was credited with the defeat.
For Chiriquí, the star Anderson Ramírez stood out on the mound, who walked 6.2 innings with 3 hits, 1 clean run, bowled 1 and struck out 9, to score the victory. Between Reina de Veraguas and Ramírez de Chiriquí they combined to give 20 strikeouts in the match. In total, adding the relievers, there were 24 strikeouts between the two teams.
For Chiriquí, who had 7 hits, Andrés Araúz 4-3 with 1 RBI, Héctor Bozzi 2-1 and Rodrigo Santamaría 2-1 stood out. For Veraguas, Francisco Rodríguez 3-2 and Eduardo Bolívar 3-1 stood out.
