{"id":499482,"date":"2026-02-05T21:18:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/cangrejeros-defeat-federales-and-secure-their-spot-in-the-semifinals\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T21:18:54","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T01:18:54","slug":"cangrejeros-defeat-federales-and-secure-their-spot-in-the-semifinals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/sports\/baseball\/cangrejeros-defeat-federales-and-secure-their-spot-in-the-semifinals\/","title":{"rendered":"Cangrejeros defeat Federales and secure their spot in the semifinals"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Zapopan, Jalisco.\u2013<\/strong> The <strong>Cangrejeros de Santurce<\/strong> responded at the decisive moment and defeated <strong>8-3<\/strong> the <strong>Federales de Chiriqu\u00ed<\/strong>, in the match that opened the last day of the qualifying round of the <strong>Caribbean Series Jalisco 2026<\/strong>, played at the Pan American Stadium, a result that secured their ticket to the <strong>semifinals of the tournament<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>You may be interested in<\/strong>:<a href=\"https:\/\/ab.deultimominuto.net\/deportes\/beisbol\/charros-de-jalisco-derrotan-a-tomateros-y-aseguran-su-pase-a-semifinales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Charros de Jalisco defeat Tomateros and secure their place in the semifinals<\/a><\/p>\n\n\nAfter being offensively limited for five innings by right-hander <strong>Harold Ara\u00faz<\/strong>, those managed by <strong>Omar L\u00f3pez<\/strong> arrived at the sixth inning down on the scoreboard <strong>2-0<\/strong>, but in that inning they put together a rally of <strong>four runs<\/strong> that changed the course of the game and made the difference.\n\nThe victory went to &#8220;Blane Abeyta (1-0)&#8221;, while the defeat fell to &#8220;Humberto Mej\u00eda (0-1)&#8221;.\n\nThe Federales, obliged to win to keep their classification aspirations alive, took an early lead against starting pitcher <strong>Derek Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>. In the first inning, <strong>Jos\u00e9 Ramos<\/strong> opened with a triple and scored on a run-scoring single by <strong>Johan Camargo<\/strong>, who produced again in the fifth inning with a sacrifice fly that brought <strong>Austin Dennis<\/strong> to the plate.\n\nAra\u00faz dominated the Puerto Rican offense until the sixth inning, retiring <strong>13 consecutive batters<\/strong>, but with one out he allowed a single by <strong>Gabriel Cancel<\/strong>, which led to his exit from the game. Mej\u00eda came in to relieve with the mission of holding the lead, but failed to contain Santurce&#8217;s reaction.\n\n<strong>Yohandy Morales<\/strong> hit a single that moved Cancel to second, <strong>Nelson Vel\u00e1zquez<\/strong> drove in the first run, and <strong>Is\u00e1n D\u00edaz<\/strong> drove in the tying run. Then, <strong>Emmanuel Rivera<\/strong> received a walk and, after a strikeout, <strong>Christian V\u00e1zquez<\/strong> hit an unstoppable hit to right field to drive in two more runs and put the Cangrejeros ahead.\n\nChiriqu\u00ed scored in the seventh inning against <strong>Robert Gsellman<\/strong>, when <strong>Joshwan Wright<\/strong> scored driven by a single from <strong>Jos\u00e9 Ramos<\/strong>, after advancing on a wild pitch.\n\nHowever, the Puerto Rican champions sealed the duel in the eighth inning with a cluster of <strong>three runs<\/strong>, combining a double by <strong>Emmanuel Rivera<\/strong>, a squeeze play by <strong>Christian V\u00e1zquez<\/strong>, two stolen bases, a single by <strong>Gabriel Cancel<\/strong>, and a defensive error. The eighth run came in the ninth inning with a triple by <strong>Yohandy Morales<\/strong> and an RBI single by <strong>Is\u00e1n D\u00edaz<\/strong>.\n\nOn offense, <strong>Yohandy Morales<\/strong> shined by going <strong>4-3<\/strong>, with a triple, two runs scored and a walk; <strong>Rub\u00e9n Castro<\/strong> contributed two hits and <strong>Christian V\u00e1zquez<\/strong> drove in <strong>three runs<\/strong>. For the Federales, <strong>Johan Camargo<\/strong> stood out with two hits and two RBIs.\n\nRodr\u00edguez opened for Puerto Rico and worked <strong>2.1 innings<\/strong>, allowing one run and five hits. The relief was handled by <strong>Andrew Baker (1.2, 4 K)<\/strong>, <strong>Blane Abeyta<\/strong>, <strong>Roel Ram\u00edrez<\/strong>, <strong>Robert Gsellman<\/strong>, <strong>Gabriel Rodr\u00edguez<\/strong>, <strong>Derek West<\/strong> and <strong>Andrew Marrero<\/strong>.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zapopan, Jalisco.\u2013 The Cangrejeros de Santurce responded at the decisive moment and defeated 8-3 the Federales de Chiriqu\u00ed, in the match that opened the last day of the qualifying round of the Caribbean Series Jalisco 2026, played at the Pan American Stadium, a result that secured their ticket to the semifinals of the tournament. 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