Venezuela yields to Puerto Rico and stops its undefeated Caribbean Series

Published at: 04/02/2024 10:53 PM

Venezuela's La Guaira sharks cut their undefeated streak by falling 6-2 to Puerto Rico's Criollos de Caguas, at IoanDepot Park in Miami.

This is the first defeat of the Criollos in this 2024 edition of the Caribbean tournament, they came with two victories in a row against the current champions of the Dominican Republic and Curaçao.

In the first episode, those from Caguas opened the scoring. Juan Carlos Escarra won the first one with a single and then scored after a shooting error by Ehire Adrianza.

Just for the second inning, Bryan Torres hit a first-base round out that allowed Emmanuel Rivera to go home. Then, in the fourth episode, a three-pointer came from Nelson Velásquez, who scored after a sacrifice lift by Jack López.

Puerto Rico added more lines in the fifth and eighth innings. Vimael Machín was able to score after a double massacre could not take place, while Nelson Velásquez ruled things after taking advantage of a fairly high hit by Jack López.

As for Venezuelan bats, in the low of the fourth quarter Alexi Amarista broke the zero of Tiburones with a sacrifice lift with his bases full. For his part, in the seventh, Amarista himself used his speed to score from the middle thanks to a single by Ramón Flores, according to sports media.

Mazo News Team