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With his 0-3 on Thursday night, Arias' average (.299) dipped below the .300 mark for the first time since he began play a month ago.

Also, after a week off, Johathan Rodriguez appeared in 3 games this week. Rodriguez went 4-12 thru Thursday.

Vaqueros, unstoppable; Toros does not give up

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Dec 21, 2024

Cartagena. Vaqueros remains unstoppable in the 2024-2025 season. Yesterday, the Monteria team gave a lesson on how to play good baseball, defeating Tigres 13-4, leaving them only 6 games away from the remainder of the championship to enter the play-offs through the front door. Meanwhile, Toros is not giving up, after defeating Leones 6-0 and 3-2, in a double header, to maintain their latent hopes of qualifying.
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Tiburones reach the final third of the game with a comfortable lead over Leones
The Rivals play a crucial game which could be the decisive one of the regular round.
Tiburones de La Guaira and Leones del Caracas face each other for the last time in the season to see who will advance to the wildcard series
Pedro Avila relieved for the Tiburones in the 6th tossed 1.2 innings, gave up 3 hits and a walk but escaped without giving up any runs. Avila ko'd one.
Gabe Arias paying first base. No errors. heading into the 9th. Gabe continues to struggle this week. After yesterdays game, an 0 fer 3 game dropped his average below .300 for the first time this winter season at .299. The skid continues tonight 0-4 with a walk and a run scored. Average falls to .287.

The Tiburones de La Guaira fought against all odds and have just completed the sweep in the mini series against Leones del Caracas, to force a matchday, which could be against Leones or against Tigres de Aragua.

Pedro Castellanos led the coastal offense, while left-hander Tyler Alexander did a great job on the mound, so that they beat the capital team 7-4 at the Monumental Simón Bolívar stadium.

Summary:

La Guaira made the difference from the very first inning with a solo home run by Pedro Castellanos, then they scored two more in the top of the second and a remarkable rally of four runs in the fifth, tipped the balance in one direction.

For his part, Alexander tied up the maned bats, who scored only one run in their five-game effort and it was unearned.

The game went into the ninth inning 7-1, however, Caracas did not want to give up so easily and got closer 7-4, thanks to a home run by Harold Castro, but it was too late and their situation became a little more complicated.

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Vaqueros won and Toros failed the pitching

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Dec 22, 2024

The situation of the teams in the professional baseball league is very different. Vaqueros de Montería only has to complete the rest of the regular round schedule, to face the postseason on January 3. Meanwhile, Toros de Sincelejo is with Leones de Barranquilla, in the fight to finish in fourth place, which gives them access to the next round of the tournament.

Yesterday, the Monterianos were losing 3-0 to Caimanes de Barranquilla until the eighth inning, in which they scored eight runs, to turn the score around in the game in which they finally won 8-5. In that productive inning, Daniel Vellojín hit a three-run home run and José Ramos brought in two more runs with a double to center field. Hernando Mejía was the winning pitcher, the loss was for Ramiro Morales and the save was credited to Nathan Alexander.

[ Dayan Frias played shortstop, was the lead off hitter and was 0-3 with 2 walks, 1 run sccored, and 2 strikeouts. Frias has an average of .234 and an OPS of .736 ]

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Lions defeat the Giants at Roberto Clemente

by The Editorial Staff

December 22, 2024

The Carolina Giants suffered their third consecutive defeat after being defeated by the Ponce Lions at the Roberto Clemente Walker Stadium.

Ponce now has a game and a half advantage over Carolina in fourth place in the standings, putting their record at 14-15. The Giants are in fifth place in the tournament with their record of 13-17.

Just like in his last home game, Giants leadoff hitter Bryan Torres walked and was guided home on a Johnathan Rodriguez double, this time to right field, to make it 1-0 in the first inning.

The Lions got off to a good start in the third inning after Zander Wiel and Osvaldo “Ozzie” Martinez singled to left field. Giants starter Christian Allegretti got imports Connor Owings and Lazaro Armenteros to fly out to get the first two outs of the inning. Edwin Diaz then hit a single to center field that allowed Wiel to score the run that tied the game, 1-1.

A single by Andrew Velazquez produced one more run for the Lions on the legs of Josh Altmann, who had reached first on a walk, for the 2-1 lead in the fourth inning.

On a perfect night for Martinez, the Carolina native hit a double to left field - this time off Giants reliever Rafael Kelly - to give the Lions a 3-1 lead in the sixth inning.

Later in the next inning, with two walks, Roberto "Bebo" Perez hit a perfect bunt to drive in one more run for a 4-1 lead.

Carolina's second run scored on singled to center field, then 2 stolen bases and a sacrifice fly by Deniel Ortiz narrowed the lead 4-2.

A wild pitch by Giants right-hander Saul Gonzalez gave the Lions back their three-run lead at 5-2 in the eighth inning. A double by Jan Hernandez produced an additional run for Carolina to make it 5-3 in the ninth inning.

Veteran right-hander Freddie Cabrera (2-1) earned the win after allowing one run in three innings, striking out three and walking one. Left-hander Christian Allegretti (0-1) took the loss after allowing two runs in four and two-thirds innings. Allegretti struck out five batters and walked two. Alexis Rivero earned his 10th save.

[ Johnathan Rodriguez was 2-5 with a double, a run scored, 1 rbi and 3 strikouts. Rodriguez has been hitting 2nd in the Gigantes lineup. The Gigantes are in danger of missing the playoffs after going to the finals but failing to win the championship the past two years in a row. ]

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Sharks won with conviction and secured the extra game

The sharks swept the series at the Monumental stadium, to stay alive in the current season;

Winner of today's game qualifies for the tournament

Kelvin Chirinos

December 21, 2024

For the second consecutive year, the Tiburones de La Guaira put the Leones del Caracas in a difficult situation. The sharks swept the Monumental stadium and defeated the lions 7-4. In this way, they forced the extra game and remain alive in the tournament.

The coastal team took the lead thanks to a fiery Pedro Castellanos who homered for the second consecutive day.

In the second inning, the Sharks did not take their foot off the accelerator and scored two more runs to extend their lead 3-0. Tomás Tellis hit an RBI single to drive in a run, while Franklin Barreto hit a sacrifice fly to complete the two-run rally.

Four more runs came home for the coastal team in the fifth inning, when Pedro Castellanos responded again with the bat to bring in a run with a single, while Daniel Montano failed with a force out, but brought another run to the plate and Luis Matos completed the attack with a two-run producing single.

The capital team scored in the fifth inning, thanks to an RBI single by Yonathan Daza. With that hit, Daza sent Francisco Arcia to the plate.

In the bottom of the ninth, the Lions tried to rally in order to complete the comeback against the sharks. With two men on base, Harold Castro unleashed his offensive power pick up his 15th home run of the season.

In the pitching department, the imported Tyler Alexander, dominated the Lions lineupl, by pitching five innings, in which he allowed four hits, one unearned run, gave up two walks and struck out four rivals, to claim the important victory.

[ Gabe Arias paying first base. No errors. heading into the 9th. Gabe continues to struggle this week. After yesterdays game, an 0 fer 3 game dropped his average below .300 for the first time this winter season at .299. The skid continues tonight 0-4 with a walk and a run scored. Average falls to .287.

Pedro Avila relieved for the Tiburones in the 6th tossed 1.2 innings, gave up 3 hits and a walk but escaped without giving up any runs. Avila ko'd one.]

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Cleveland Guardians Winter Ball Weekly 12/16-22/24
Gabriel Arias adds RF and 1B to his offeason positions
Arthur Kinney
Dec 23






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GUARDIANS ORGANIZATIONAL PLAYERS

Gabriel Arias (1B-RF, La Guaira): combined 4-for-20, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB, 5 K - Arias’ winter campaign may be over after his best outing of the week (2-for-5 with an RBI) was not enough to propel the Tiburones to victory in yesterday’s one-game playoff for the final spot in the LVBP postseason. While La Guaira is done for the 2024-25 season, Gabriel might not be. For those new to winter ball, teams that advance in Caribbean postseasons are allowed to draft refuerzos (reinforcements) off of the eliminated sides’ rosters. On the defensive positioning front, Arias played the remainder of the week at first base after moving there from right field during Tuesday’s contest. Finally, on an interesting note, Gabriel’s five strikeouts were evenly distributed, with exactly one coming in each game.

Victor Izturis (backup C, Lara): 0-2, 1 K, 1 PB - Izturis, who spent the summer of 2024 on the ACL Guardians roster, made his LVBP career debut as a backup catcher for the regular season champion Cardenales in their regular season finale.

Dayan Frias (SS, Monteria): combined 5-for-12, 3 R, 2 RBI, 4 BB, 3 K, 1 SB, 1 E - Frias returned to action on Friday with a pair of RBI, which was enough to restore him to his usual leadoff spot for a two-walk Saturday. It was yesterday, however (ironically, in the Vaqueros’ lone loss of the weekend), when Frias fully got back in his hitting groove, going 4-for-4 with a stolen base.

Johnathan Rodriguez (LF-RF-DH, Carolina): combined 6-for-24, 1 R, 4 2B, 3 RBI, 6 K, 2 SB - Rodriguez’s .250 batting average and six strikeouts last week are a bit deceptive as he entered yesterday 6-for-17 (.353) for the week with only three punchouts and two of his three stolen bases of the season. Then he went 0-for-7 with 3 Ks across the 14 innings of Sunday’s doubleheader, the nightcap of which was his lone DH appearance of a week that saw him get a lot of time in both corner outfield positions.

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Lions advanced to the wild card series in epic fashion

Overcomes a 7-run deficit for a 9-8 victory

Gonzalo Rodriguez Crespo | LVBP Press

December 22, 2024

The Caracas Lions won a nail bitting game against the La Guaira Sharks this Sunday at the Simon Bolivar Monumental Stadium. The Lions came from behind to beat the team from the coast 9-8 in the extra game for a spot in the wild card series.

The team led by José Alguacil had a 7-run disadvantage and recovered to stay alive in the LVBP.

Wilfredo Tovar was the MVP of the game, going 4-4 ​​with four RBIs for the capital team.

Losing 7-0 in the fifth inning, Wilfredo Tovar and Gabriel Lino appeared first to drive in the first three runs.

For the sixth, Tovar and Lino combined again, along with Livan Soto to drive in three more runs and still trailed 7-6.

Two innings later, Tovar tied the game with a double, Gabriel Noriega drove in the go-ahead run and Oswaldo Arcia brought in the ninth and final run for Leones.

La Guaira created suspense in the ninth with a run driven in by Gabriel Arias (2-5, 1 rbi, 1K, .292 ave, .911 OPS) to make it a 9-8 ball game. The Sharks loaded the bases with 1 out, but a double play ended the threat and with it, the Sharks season and playoff hopes.

In this way, those led by José Alguacil will play the wildcard game with the Tigres de Aragua this Monday the 23rd and if necessary, on Thursday the 26th. Both games will be in Maracay.

The La Guaira Sharks are eliminated directly, being the current champion of the LVBP and the Caribbean Series.

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Senators exchange leadership with Mayagüez

San Juan, Puerto Rico (December 22, 2024). The San Juan Senators defeated the Carolina Giants 1-0 and 2-1 in the continuation of the 2024-2025 Lubricants Brava Cup of the Roberto Clemente Professional Baseball League (LBPRC).

The result was combined with a victory by the Criollos de Caguas over the Indios de Mayagüez, so the Senators returned to first place in the tournament with a record of 19-13. For its part, Carolina fell to last place in the standings with a record of 13-19.

In the first game Johnathan Rodriguez was 0-3 with 1 strike out.
In the second game J-Rod was 0-4 with 2 strike outs.

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Caimanes-Olímpica came back with an offensive explosion

By Juan Carlos Rodelo

Caimanes-Olímpica de Barranquilla overcame a three-run deficit in the first inning to beat the Vaqueros de Montería 14-5, putting their win-loss record at 26-7, reconfirming that they will finish the round robin alone in first place in the tournament.

The game was won by reliever Ronald Ramirez, who pitched one and a third innings in which he allowed one hit, struck out two and gave up no runs.

The loss went to Cowboys left-handed starter Jack Eisenbarger, who allowed nine runs in two innings with nine hits, walking three and striking out two.

Despite the loss, Dayan Frias had a very nice game for the Cowboys in a losing effort.
Frias (4-4 + 1 W) was the Cowboys lead off hitter and shortstop.
AB 4, R 1, H 4, W 1, SB 1
Frias raised his average to a respectable .268 with a .795 OPS


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Gabe's Season Will Be Extended;
Drafted By Magellan For The Playoffs



First round:
Lara Cardinals: Harold Castro
Bravos from Margarita: Jesus Vargas
Zulia Eagles: Pedro Rodriguez
Navigators of Magellan: Gabriel Arias
Aragua Tigers: Ben Braymer


Second round:
Lara Cardinals: Arnaldo Hernandez
Bravos from Margarita: Herlys Rodriguez
Zulia Eagles: Liarvis Breto
Navigators of Magellan: Yangervis Solarte
Aragua Tigers: Yapson Gomez.

Third round:
Cardinals of Lara: Jose Rondon
Braves of Margarita: Oswaldo Arcia
Zulia Eagles: Richard Guash
Magellan Navigators: Tyler Alexander
Aragua Tigers: Alcides Escobar

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LVBP: Magellan's Navigators and the Cannons with which they would form their attack

Eduardo Pérez's team would have good offensive material to aspire to the final

By Harold Capote Fernandez

The strength of the home run was the hallmark of the Navegantes del Magallanes during the elimination round of this 2024/2025 season; beyond having Renato Núñez who equaled the record of home runs for a Venezuelan Professional Baseball League (LVBP) competition , the blues had up to 18 different hitters who homered.

That group had 66 home runs, a number that put them in second place in the standings, only behind their perpetual nemesis, Leones del Caracas.

Now, looking ahead to the round robin, Eduardo Pérez's team on paper would have a better offense, also with a little more strength but ultimately more comprehensive, thanks to the approaches of Gabriel Arias and Yangervis Solarte , both from Tiburones de La Guaira, selected along with his fellow pitcher, Tyler Alexander, during the draft of substitutions and reinforcements.

After 10 years without participating in the LVBP , Roger Cedeño's nephew showed his highest home run production on these diamonds, he hit 8 when his lifetime figure was 3 with a limit of 2 in 2012/2013; for his part, Arias showed that stuff, a unique experience that the Major Leagues offer , with the sharks he hit 6 home runs in 27 games, in addition to 9 doubles that together adorned his slugging up to .547 and that led to an OPS of .911.

LVBP: Navigators of Magellan, Gabriel Arias and Yangervis Solarte

The Cleveland Guardians infielder could be established at third base , thus alleviating the responsibility of young Luis Suisbel, although he could also help Tucupita Marcano at shortstop and Jose Peraza at second base. Let us remember that the Turks will also have Diego Castillo or Jose Gomez at their disposal.

Precisely because of this surplus in the infield , Perez seems to be sending Solarte to be left fielder, alternating with the designated hitter position . Carlos Rodriguez should not be moved from center field; Tito Polo, Alberth Martinez, Miguel Aparicio and Diego Rincones will complement.

Now, how would I put together the line up, we think it would be like this:

C: Eliezer Alfonzo Jr.
1B: Renato Nunez
2B: Jose Peraza
3B: Gabriel Arias
SS: Diego Castillo
LF: Yangervis Solarte
CF: Carlos Rodriguez
RF: Alberth Martinez
BD: Diego Rincones

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