Angel Valdes | January 13, 2023
Edgar Muñoz hit the golden hit in the bottom of the tenth inning to push the run with which the Atlánticos de Bocas del Toro and Colón left the Águilas Metropolitanas 4-3 on the field and thus advance to the final of the Professional Baseball League of Panama (Probeis) where they will face the Federales de Chiriquí starting next Sunday, January 15.
“We know that we had to play our game, today we had to come from behind, the good teams managed to come back and today the result was given,” said Edgar Muñoz after giving him the victory over the Eagles.
Sunday begins the final series against the Federales and for Muñoz it will be a tough series “Clean slate, the Federales will also come just like us to look for the title, we come on Sunday to play our game, we have to play small ball and look for the result.
For the manager of Atlánticos, Luis Ortiz, it will be a good final series against the Federales “It will be a good series, we played with the Federals early in the season and we lost games with them that were competitive, but the ball is round and comes in a square box, So anything can happen.”
The best at bats for the Atlánticos were Enrique Valdés, 4-2, a double and two RBIs; Jose Caballero 3-1 with an RBI and Edgar Muñoz 5-2. For the Eagles, Ozziel Sánchez went 4-2 with a homer, three RBIs and one scored; Jeffer Patiño 4-2 with a run scored and Ariel Serrano 4-2 with a run scored.
The winning pitcher was Yusniel Padrón who worked three full innings without allowing runs, he got one hit and a fan to two. For the metropolitans I charge with the defeat Gilberto Chu.
The Grand Final of Probeis between Atlánticos and Federales begins this Sunday, January 15 at seven at night, the second game will be on Monday, January 16, Tuesday will be a free day, Wednesday, January 18 will be the third game and if it is necessary a fourth and fifth games will take place on Thursday, January 19 and Friday, January 20, all games at Rod Carew Stadium.
