Magallanes tied the classification to the Round Robin

The champion will continue to defend his title in January. Navegantes del Magallanes obtained their direct qualification to the Round Robin this Tuesday, after the Bravos de Margarita fell 8-5 in the first of the doubleheader against Cardenales de Lara.

The Turks then with a record of 28-27, and still a game to play, secure the fourth place in the table. And they no longer have to worry about the wild card, which will define Braves and Tigres.

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In recent days, the fight between the islanders and the Turks had become the highlight of a league, in which the top 3 was always clear. Fourth place was the last position that gave a direct ticket to the postseason and Magallanes finally got it.

The insulars fell short

The Braves, who had had an astonishing reaction in recent weeks, couldn't keep their hopes of qualifying outright alive. They went ahead in the second inning on David Rodriguez's solo home run, but the pitching fell apart.

The Cardinals produced eight runs between the third and fifth innings, an interim in which the Braves barely managed to step on the register once.

Margarita did not lower her arms and threatened to react on the closing of the commitment, but she could only make two in the sixth inning and one more in the next. Vicente Campos put an end to his rebellion and took the opportunity to keep the ninth rescue of the year.

The twilight slugger dispatched 11 hits, including a double by Javier Sanoja, a triple by Hernán Pérez and a home run by Gorkys Hernández.

Néstor Molina, for his part, contained the brave bar enough. And, although it was complicated in the last bars of the game, he was left with the victory after six innings and a third of five runs.