Tigres blank Cardenales, 6-0

Photo courtesy of los Tigres de Aragua

Lara 0 at Aragua 6

W: C. Bailey (1-0, 0.87); L: G. Gonzalez (1-1, 6.00)
HR: None.

Los Tigres de Aragua took a measure of revenge for Monday's loss to Lara by blanking the Cardenales 6-0 in the Wednesday night rematch.

Cory Bailey (Chicago Cubs) pitched 5.2 innings for the Tigres, limiting Lara to 4 hits and striking out 4.

Meanwhile the Tigres wasted little time getting on the scoreboard.

Alberto Callaspo (Kansas City) lead off with a single for the Cats, and Louis Rodriguez (San Diego) followed him onto base with a double. An Edgardo Alfonzo (Texas) ground out served to plate Callaspo for the Tigres first run.

The Cats held on to the one run lead until the bottom of the 6th when Rodriguez and Alfonzo hit back-to-back singles to lead off. Following a fly out of Miguel Cabrera (Detroit), Hector Giminez (Tampa Bay) singled in L-Rod. Former Miracle Alex Romero (Arizona) then ripped a triple to right to score the other 2 runners. Ronny Cedeno (Chicago Cubs) walked to first after he was hit by a pitch, then stole 2nd base. Lara's Geremi Gonzalez (F/A) then issued an intentional walk to Luis Maza (LA Dodgers) to load the bases. Following an Alex Delgado (F/A) strike out, Callaspo singled to bring in Romero and Cedeno. Maza however, would be taken out at 3rd base on the play, ending the inning.

Cabrera was 0-for-4 at the plate in the designed hitter roll. L-Rod went 3-for-3 with a run, Romero was 2-for-4 with a run and 2 RBIs and Maza went 0-for-2 with a pair of walks.

Minnesota's Bobby Korecky worked 1 inning, allowing 1 hit and striking out 1. Victor Moreno (Baltimore) pitched 1.1 innings, striking out 2.

Los Tigres take Thursday off. They will face La Guaria on the road Friday for a 7:30 PM AST game.

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