Merida, Yucatan — The Leones de Yucatan closed the regular season Thursday by breaking their own franchise record for home runs and beating the Bravos de Leon 3-1.
Alex Liddi homered and singled twice, driving in two runs at Kukulcán Alamo Park. Luis Juarez homered and singled for Yucatan. The club has recorded 126 home runs this season.
Leon started the scoring in the second inning, which they led off with a single. Julio Perez advanced on singles by Jose Cardona and Omar Renteria, and then scored on a walk by Rafael Rodriguez.
The Leones took the lead for good with three runs in the third inning. Liddi hit a two-run home run and Juarez hit a solo home run en route to the two-run lead
Yucatan right-hander Jose Samayoa (9-5) picked up a quality start and the win after allowing one run on six hits over six innings. Opposing starter Angel Landazuri (1-1) took the loss after giving up three runs and four hits over three innings.
Yucatan improved to 8-4 against Leon this season.
The Leones now head to the playoffs, challenging the Guerreros de Oaxaca Sept. 6, 7 and possibly Sept. 8 at Kukulcán Alamo Park.
CLUB |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
| R | H | E |
LEO |
| 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 6 | 0 |
YUC |
| 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | X |
| 3 | 8 | 0 |
Win: Samayoa (9-5)
Loss: Landazuri (1-1)
SV: Ávila (3)
HR: Liddi (12), Juárez (12) for YUC