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PUERTO RICAN LEAGUE (LBPRC) PLAYOFFS – SERIE FINAL GAME 4 (BEST-OF-7)

CRIOLLOS DE CAGUAS 7, INDIOS DE MAYAGUEZ 6 (CAGUAS WINS 19TH TITLE 4-0)

FORMER INDIAN

Giovanni Soto (SP, Criollos de Caguas): ND, 4.2 IP, 3 H, 2 R (earned), 2 BB, 6 K, 1 HBP – Soto may not have earned the individual victory, but his Caguas side got the team win thanks to a two-run comeback in the top of the ninth to earn their record-setting 19th Puerto Rican championship.

VENEZUELAN LEAGUE (LVBP) PLAYOFFS – SERIE FINAL GAME 3 (BEST-OF-7)

CARIBES DE ANZOATEGUI 9, CARDENALES DE LARA 6 (CARIBES LEAD SERIES 3-0)

FORMER INDIANS

Cesar Hernandez (2B, Cardenales de Lara): 2-5, 1 2B, 2 RBI, 1 K – Hernandez, who joined the Cardenales for the postseason has reached base in each of the team’s ten playoff games (.449 OBP, ,141 of which is isolated plate discipline thanks to ten walks in 49 plate appearances).

Carlos Rivero (3B, Cardenales de Lara): 2-4, 1 R, 1 2B, 1 RBI, 1 BB – This was Rivero’s first multi-hit effort since his three-hit performance in the third game of their semifinals series.

Yonathan Mendoza (LF, Cardenales de Lara); 1-4, 1 K – Saturday saw Mendoza get his first start and first hit since the final day of the regular season.

Niuman Romero (3B, Caribes de Anzoategui): 0-1, 1 R, 1 RBI, 3 BB, 1 SF – Through the first three games of the Serie Final, Romero already has a pair of three-walk games (,467 OBP and .342 isolated plate discipline in the series).

AUSTRALIAN LEAGUE (ABL)

BRISBANE BANDITS 6, MELBOURNE ACES 5

FORMER INDIAN

Andrew Campbell (PH, Brisbane Bandits): 1-1 – Campbell’s single in the eighth advanced 3B Dermot Fritsch to third base, from which he scored the eventual winning run on a wild pitch to C Nick Kahle in the subsequent plate appearance.

CANBERRA CAVALRY 8, SYDNEY BLUE SOX 6

FORMER INDIAN

Samad Taylor (CF, Canberra Cavalry): 1-3, 1 R, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SF, 1 E – Taylor reached base in all four games this past weekend and has a five-game on-base streak dating back to his final game in the Adelaide Hub last Sunday.

COLOMBIAN LEAGUE (LPB) PLAYOFFS – SERIE FINAL GAME 7 (BEST-OF-7)

The Caimanes de Barranquilla defeated the Vaqueros de Monteria 6-0 to take the decisive game of the Serie Final and punch their ticket to Mazatlan (site of the Serie del Caribe). Unfortunately, the boxscore was not available as of press time,