Barranquilla's Caimanes in the Baseball Serie de Las Américas Final
Barranquilla's Caimanes team qualified for the Serie de Las Américas Baseball final by defeating Panama's Águilas Metropolitanas 6-4 in a game played this Thursday at the Simón Bolívar Monumental Stadium in Caracas.
TL;DR
- Caimanes de Barranquilla defeated Águilas Metropolitanas de Panamá 6-4 to reach the Serie de Las Américas final.
- The game was played at the Simón Bolívar Monumental Stadium in Caracas.
- Águilas Metropolitanas took the lead in the fourth inning with a solo home run and extended it in the seventh.
- Caimanes tied the game in the seventh and again in the eighth.
- Gabriel Lino hit a two-run home run in the bottom of the ninth to secure the victory for Caimanes.
- Ezequiel Zabaleta earned the win, Jorge Bautista took the loss, and Pedro García recorded the save.
- Key hitters for Caimanes included Gabriel Lino (home run, 3 RBIs), Carlos Arroyo, Harold Ramírez, and Jesús Marriaga.
- Edgardo Muñoz (home run) and Mosquera were notable for Águilas Metropolitanas.
- Caimanes will face the winner of the Magallanes de Caracas vs. Cuba game for the title.