Chepe Zazueta
UNITED BASEBALL: CELEBRITY SOFTBALL GAME WAS A HOME RUN DERBY
Cancún, Quintana Roo.- With a shower of 11 home runs, Team Beltré defeated Team Larkin 21-17 in the United Baseball Celebrity Softball game held at the Beto Avila stadium in Cancún, Mexico. The game could be followed play-by-play through the TROPHEO app.
Starling Marté (2), Elvis Andrus (2), Adrián Beltré (2), Julio Franco (2), Vinny Castilla (1), Bartolo Colón (1), and Félix Hernández (1); this is how Team Beltré distributed their four-base hits.
For their part, in Team Larkin, there was also long-range hitting from: Robinson Canó with 2 home runs, 2 from Jair Jurjens, and one more from Jay Jackson. Although he didn't hit a home run, Oliver Pérez had a good offensive day with 3 hits in 4 at-bats; even basketball player Eduardo Nájera took the time to get his single.
Bartolo Colón earned the win from the pitcher's mound by "scattering" 21 hits all the way. Meanwhile, for Team Larkin, Jay Jackson pitched 5 innings and Jair Jurjens pitched the remainder.
At the end of the game, Adrián Beltré, player-manager for Team Beltré, a Cooperstown Hall of Famer, one of only 5 Dominicans in the hall of immortals, was designated the most valuable TROPHEO player.
