The Chiriquí and Panamá Oeste teams will face each other in the semifinals of the National Major Baseball Championship, after winning the fifth and decisive game of their series against Veraguas and Darién respectively. The semifinal series between Chiriquí and Panamá Oeste, scheduled as a best-of-seven, will begin this Sunday, April 12, at the Kenny Serracín Stadium in the city of David. At the Mariano Rivera Stadium, the Vaqueros defeated Darién 4-0 to secure the victory and advancement to the next phase. In the third inning, the Vaqueros scored the first two runs and secured the game with a double by Mario Sanjur that drove in Benjamin Bailey and Gerald Chin. Meanwhile, Chiriquí defeated Veraguas 7-6 in 10 innings to also advance to the semifinals. It was a game in which Chiriquí seemed to be on the way to victory when they were winning 4-2, but in the ninth, Veraguas managed to tie the score and force extra innings. In the top of the tenth inning, the Indians scored two runs, but in the bottom of that inning, Chiriquí dramatically rallied to win the game 7-6. The other semifinal series, to be contested between Colón and Bocas del Toro, will also begin this Sunday, April 12, at the Calvin Byron Stadium in Changuinola at 7 PM.
