The Guadalajara Reporter
Guadalajara's Largest English Newspaper
Charros fans were surely disappointed by their rout in Culiacan this week during the final 3 games of the Mexican Pacific League championship series. The Charros, which had seemed to roll over most opponents in their first season back in the league in 20 years, were even expected by Culiacan baseball fans to beat the Tomateros. But it was not to be.
Culiacan is up three games to one in the championship series as of Monday afternoon. The Charros had multiple opportunities to score as they loaded the bases 3 separate times during the game but were unable to capitalize. As a team, the Charros were 2 for 10 with runners in scoring position and stranded 11 runners.
In front of a full house on New Year's Day, the Charros de Jalisco won the opening game of their Mexican Pacific League (LMP) seven-game playoff series against the Venados de Mazatlan at the Estadio Panamericana de Beisbol in Zapopan.
The Charros used strong pitching from starter Juan Delgadillo and relievers Terance Marin and Manny Acosta to shutout the Tomateros de Culiacan in the 2nd game of the Liga Mexicana del Pacifico last night and even the Championship series at 1 game apiece.
Atlas soccer fans fought with police and trashed concessions stands in the wake of their team’s Liga Mx quarter-final defeat to Monterrey on Sunday.
The Charros de Jalisco recorded a 4-0 series victory over the Venados de Mazatlan to advance to the semi-finals of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (LMP) playoffs.
Mexican baseball legend Fernando Valenzuela and his family dropped into Guadalajara last weekend as guests of honor of the Charros de Jalisco, one of his former teams. The highlight of the visit was the unveiling of a bronze statue of the famed pitcher in the forecourt of the Pan American Baseball Stadium.
The Charros de Jalisco recorded a 4-0 series victory over the Venados de Mazatlán to advance to the semi-finals of the Liga Mexicana del Pacífico (LMP) playoffs. The Guadalajara-based franchise wrapped up the series with a 4-1 win in Mazatlan on Monday night.
Dodger great and former Charros pitcher Fernando “El Toro” Valenzuela returns to Guadalajara this weekend as the special guest of honor for the three-game series against the Tomateros (Tomatogrowers) de Culiacan.
