Puebla, Puebla — Alex Liddi, Luis Juárez and Art Charles hit home runs back to back in a first-inning attack, leading the Leones de Yucatan to an 8-5 victory over the Pericos de Puebla.
The home runs gave the Leones a 4-0 lead at Hermanos Serdán Stadium.
Following the big inning, the Pericos cut into the deficit in the bottom of the inning when Danny Ortiz hit a three-run home run.
The Leones later added one run in the fourth, two in the sixth, and one in the eighth to secure the victory.
Charles homered and doubled in the win.
Dalton Rodriguez (2-0) got the win with 1 2/3 innings of scoreless relief while Sasagi Sanchez (4-3) took the loss in the Mexican League game.
Nick Torres singled four times for the Pericos. Sergio Perez homered and singled, scoring two runs.
Yucatan improved to 8-3 against Puebla this season.
The Leones will go for a series sweep today (Thursday) at 7 p.m. when they send José Samayoa (7-5, 4.14 ERA) to face Guillermo Moscoso (3-7, 5.47 ERA). The game can be enjoyed live on La Comadre 98.5 and Facebook Live.
CLUB |
| 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | 5 | 6 |
| 7 | 8 | 9 |
| R | H | E |
YUC |
| 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | 9 | 1 |
PUE |
| 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | 1 |
Win: Rodríguez (2-0)
Loss: Sánchez (4-3)
SV: Lueke (20)
HR: Liddi (10), Juárez (11), Charles (7) for YUC; Ortiz (38), Pérez (6) for PUE
Sources: Associated Press, Leones