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Mexican League playoff roundup

Recaps for games played Thursday, Aug. 17
August 18, 2006
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Sultanes 4, Saraperos 1
Ramon Orantes went 3-for-6 with four RBIs and three runs scored as Monterrey crushed host Saltillo, 15-5, to win the Mexican League division finals, 4-1, on Thursday.

Orantes capped a four-run first inning with an RBI single, hit another RBI single in the fourth and ripped a two-run homer in the eighth. Full recap

Leones 7, Tigres 5
Pedro Castellano's three-run, walk-off homer sent Yucatan to a 7-5 win over Angelopolis on Thursday, giving the Leones a commanding 3-1 lead in the best-of-7 Mexican League division finals.

With two outs in the ninth and the Leones down, 5-4, Castellano blasted an Adrian Manzano offering over the left-field wall, completing a 2-for-5 night. Full recap