Saraperos defeat Rieleros in extra innings after a tumbling game in Saltillo

The Saraperos de Saltillo defeated the Rieleros de Aguascalientes 12-11 in a hard-fought game that went to extra innings this Tuesday, June 24 at the Francisco I. Madero Stadium . The game marked the return to Saltillo of former manager Enrique "Che" Reyes , now in charge of the Aguascalientes team, and it was a constant battle between offenses that never slowed down.

Kurt Heyer opened the ninth inning, while Andretty Cordero began the Rieleros ' damage early with a run-scoring double by Gabriel Cancel in the first inning. Cordero later scored to make it 2-0.

Sarape 's response came immediately. In the first down, a single by Bobby Bradley drove in Alex Mejía, and shortly after, Fernando Villegas brought Bradley home with a single to tie the score at 2-2.

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After several scoreless innings, the tiebreaker came in the top of the seventh with a home run by Carlos Pérez that drove in two runs, including Angel Reyes , off Enrique Burgos . Ian Krol took over on the mound to close out the inning.

Saltillo reacted in the seventh inning with a run scored by Missael Rivera , bringing the score to 4-3. However, the eighth inning proved complicated for the home team's relief pitchers. Ricky Karcher entered the pitching pitch with the bases loaded, achieved an important strikeout but then allowed two consecutive walks that generated two more runs for the Rieleros . Manager Sergio Omar Gastélum intervened to replace him with Alex Claudio , who closed the inning.

Bobby Bradley ignited the crowd with a solo home run in the bottom of the eighth, and then Saltillo tied it with an RBI double by Emmanuel Ávila that brought in Villegas and Rivera for the 6-6. The decisive moment came with Keven Lamas ' fourth home run of the season, which drove in Jonathan Arauz and Ávila to make it 9-6 in favor of Sarape .

But the ninth inning brought more action. The Rieleros tied the game with a single by Gabriel Cancel and a three-run homer by Ángel Reyes , making the score 11-9. There was still drama to come. In the bottom of the inning, JP Martínez hit his tenth home run of the year, Rivera drew a walk, and Alex Mejía scored the tying run.

The game went to extra innings. Rieleros failed to score in the top of the tenth, and in the bottom of the inning, Rivera drew a base on balls with the bases loaded, allowing Saltillo to score the winning run.

With this victory, Saraperos has a key win in the final stretch of the season. The second game of the series is scheduled for this Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at the same venue.

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