Charros de Jalisco falls in a close duel against Olmecas de Tabasco

Charros de Jalisco fell in their first game of the series against Olmecas de Tabasco, in a complicated and close matchup at Centenario 27 de Febrero Park, with the home team winning by a narrow margin in the ninth inning.

There were six innings in which both teams did not step on the pentagon, after an important and close pitching duel between Dereck Rodríguez and Tyler Danish , who carried the zeros for each sector.

Rodriguez finished with six innings of zero runs, four hits, zero walks, and five strikeouts, throwing 22 batters and 85 pitches, 56 of which were strikes. Tyler Danish finished with six innings of zero runs, six hits, three walks, and one strikeout, throwing 25 batters and 92 pitches, 54 of which were strikes.

The top of the ninth inning was similar with Fernando Salas hanging his zero, on his side, in the bottom half Domingo Leyva hit a home run to left field when he was on a no-strike ball and represented the first shutout received by Benjamín Gil's team.

Drew Stankiewicz, 2-for-3, and Kyle Garlick and Carlos Mendívil, 2-for-4, were the ones who repeated on offense, while for the Mexican Eden sector, Luis Sardiñas, 2-for-3, was the only one who hit two or more hits, with Leyva also standing out with the winning hit.

The second game of the series will be played this Saturday, starting at 7:00 PM CT. Eduardo Vera for Charros vs. Raúl Carrillo for Olmecas will likely be the opening match.