Venados de Mazatlán

Venados de Mazatlán
Founded in 1945 Mazatlan, Sinaloa
Team logo	Cap insignia
League affiliations
Mexican Pacific League
Name
Team Colors
Grey, red, white
Ballpark
Estadio Teodoro Mariscal
Championships
League titles: 1974, 1977, 1987, 1993, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2009 Caribbean Series 2006
Owner(s)/Operated By: Espectáculos Costa del Pacífico, S.A. de C.V.[1]
General Manager:
Manager:
Media: '
Website: [venados.com.mx]

Venados de Mazatlán (English: Mazatlán Deer) are a baseball team in the Mexican Pacific League. In 2005, the team won the Mexican Pacific League Championship and went on to win their first Caribbean Series, which was played in Mazatlán.

2004-2005 Season

In the 2004-2005 season, the Venados of Mazatlán won the Mexican Pacific League title for the seventh time. The Caribbean Series was held at Teodoro Mariscal Stadium in Mazatlán, and the Venados performed well out of the gate, winning twice against the Dominican Republic's Águilas Cibaeñas and Puerto Rico's Indios de Mayaguez.

The 2005 team had a star-studded lineup, including Miguel Ojeda, Elmer Dessens, Luis Ayala, Jorge Campillo, Vinny Castilla, Erubiel Durazo, Johnny Gomes and Francisco Campos. The Venados beat Venezuela's Tigres de Aragua in their first head-to-head game, with Campos pitching a three-hit shutout.^[2]

Campos went on to pitch in the final against the Aguilas, pitching eight innings and giving up two runs and three hits for the victory in a 4-3 Venados win. The resulting Caribbean Series Championship was the first, and to date only, in club history.^[3]

Stadium

Estadio Teodoro Mariscal was constructed in 1962 with a capacity of 14,000 and is primarily used for baseball. It is 325 feet down the stadium's right and left field lines and 400 feet to the center field wall. The stadium is located in between Avenida Insurgentes and Reforma near of Bosque de la Ciudad and The Aquarium. A famous singer, El Coyote, it said to regularly attend Venados games Estudio Marsical. In 2000 the stadium underwent a major remodeling that expanded capacity from 12,000 to 14,000.^{[citation needed]}

Roster

Pitchers 30 Esteban Loaiza 18 Jaciel Acosta 52 Pablo Ortega 31 José Cobos 63 Gabe DeHoyos 12 José Luis García 36 Armando Verdugo 63 Edgar Osuna 10 Alfonso Sanchez 52 Elhes Wasserman 06 Esteban Hernandez 39 Walter Silva 45 Sergio Valenzuela 30 Randy Williams Catchers 35 Miguel Ojeda 57 Héctor Páez 25 Francisco Valdez 49 Eliezer Ortiz

Indfield 31 Jhonatan Del Campo 51 Sergio Gastelum 03 Reid Bricknak 34 Heber Gómez 59 Cesar Osuna 32 John Lindsey 50 Edgar Gonzales 53 Roberto Saucedo 06 Héctor Garanzuay Outfield 23 Lorenzo Buelna 14 Rubén Rivera 38 Cristian Quintero 33 Jon Weber 55 Rogelio Noris

References

1. ^ http://www.ligadelpacifico.com.mx/equipos/venados-de-mazatlan.html
2. ^ Mayo, Jonathan, "Mexico shuts out Venezuela." MLB.com. February 2, 2005. November 21, 2010. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050202&content_id=938174&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null
3. ^ Sanchez, Jesse. "Mexico Captures Series Title." MLB.com. February 7, 2005. November 21, 2010. http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20050207&content_id=940134&vkey=news_mlb&fext=.jsp&c_id=null

External links

• Official site