Panama National Youth Baseball Championship Results

In other results from Saturday's games, Coclé defeated Veraguas 10-2; Herrera beat Panamá Metro 5-4, and the Potros de Panamá Este made their home advantage count by defeating Chiriquí 5-4. At 5:00 p.m., in Metetí, Darién receives Chiriquí; while at 7:00 p.m., the other games begin: Bocas del Toro vs. Colón, in La Chorrera; Chiriquí Occidente vs. Panamá Este, in Chepo; Veraguas vs. Panamá Metro, at the Juan Demóstenes Arosemena stadium; Herrera visits Panamá Oeste, at the Mariano Rivera; and Coclé receives Los Santos, at the Remón Cantera. In another game, held at the Justino Salinas stadium in La Chorrera, pitcher Jhosmar Pinto had an excellent outing, pitching 6 innings without allowing runs and recording 4 strikeouts to guide his team, Chiriquí Occidente, to a narrow 1-0 victory over Colón. Meanwhile, the Harpías de Darién achieved their second home win by defeating Bocas del Toro 12-2. The Vaqueros de Panamá Oeste remain undefeated in the National Youth Baseball Championship by comfortably defeating Los Santos 11-1 in a game played at the Mariano Rivera stadium in La Chorrera. Colón and Veraguas are at the bottom of the table with only 1 win in 7 games. After these results, Panamá Oeste leads the standings with 7 wins and no losses, followed by Coclé, Chiriquí Occidente, and Panamá Este, who have 5 wins and 2 losses. Below them are Chiriquí (4-2), Bocas del Toro (3-4), Panamá Metro (3-4), Darién (3-4), Herrera (2-4), and Los Santos (2-5). The Darien offense was unstoppable, connecting for 13 hits and driving in 11 of the 12 runs scored for a collective batting average of .406. This Sunday, January 11th, the eighth round will be played with six games.