 Players for the Angelopolis Tigres celebrate their club's ninth overall title in the Mexican League after defeating Saltillo, 4-3, on Wednesday.
The 2005 Mexican League playoffs began with 16 qualifiers last month. When the dust settled, it was Saltillo and Tigres who advanced to the Mexican League Championship Series, a best-of-seven affair that began on August 30.
2005 Batting Champion: Javier Robles, TIG
Regular Season Stats2005 Home Run Leader: Robert Saucedo, MXO 2005 ERA Leader: Francisco Campos, CAM 2005 Strikeout Leader: Francisco Campos, CAM 2005 Saves Leader: Maximo de la Rosa, MTY and Isidro Marquez, CAM Individual Batting | Individual Pitching Team Batting | Team Pitching Postseason Stats Team Batting | Team Pitching Individual Batting | Individual Pitching Post Season Leaders Batting : AVG | HR | RBI Pitching : W | ERA | SO |
Tigres captures ninth title in Mexico
09/07/2005 9:18 AM ET
Behind home runs by Javier Robles and Guillermo Velasquez in a three-run seventh, the Tigres battled back from a two-run deficit to defeat the Saltillo Sarape Makers in Game 6 of the championship series, 4-3, to clinch the Mexican League crown. More >
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