Leones de Yucatan vs Sultanes de Monterrey Baseball Live Stream September 18, 2022
The championship is about to be decided in the Mexican Baseball League (LMB) with the Sultanes de Monterrey facing Leones de Yucatán in Game 6 of the 2022 King Series, a match in which the Monterrey team comes only one win away from lifting the title with the advantage in the series. Here we tell you where to watch today's game LIVE.
Sultanes leads the final series against Leones 3-2 after winning two consecutive games at Parque Kukulcán Álamo in Mérida, Yucatán. Venezuelan starter Yohander Méndez pitched 5.0 shutout innings before turning the ball over to the bullpen who completed the next 4.0 innings with three hits for a 5-0 shutout in Game 4. Orlando Calixte hit a two-run homer to turn it around into Game 5 in the seventh inning and the Monterrey offense went on a three-run rally an inning later for a 6-3 win.
This King's Series in the history of the LMB The Sultanes are one more victory away from obtaining the 11th championship in history, the second under the command of Roberto Kelly who also won the most recent in the fall of 2018.
For its part, Leones is one defeat away from losing the final for the third consecutive year; in case of not being able to lift the title, they would be the third team in the history of the league to fall in three consecutive years. Saltillo fell three years in a row from 1971 to 1973, while Mexico missed out on the championships from 1995 to 1997.
pitching duel
For Game 6, the Sultanes will try to win it all with Cristian Castillo (1-1, 4.86), while Leones will try to force a Game 7 with Onelki García (0-0, 10.57). Castillo will try to get revenge after taking the loss in Game 3 with 2.0 three-run innings. Onelki delayed his turn in the rotation with discomfort after Game 1 in which he pitched 3.0 two-run innings.