Overview

• Diablos won 5–4 in Campeche to seize their first lead of the best‑of‑seven, moving ahead 3–2 in the Zona Sur Championship.
• Pinto carried a perfect game into the sixth and finished with 11 strikeouts, the top total of this postseason, before a Brett Auerbach homer ended the bid.
• Anraku entered with two outs in the eighth to navigate out of a bases‑loaded jam and secured the save despite yielding Auerbach’s second homer in the ninth.
• José Marmolejos opened the scoring with a solo home run, while pressure on the bases helped manufacture additional Diablos runs.
• Game 6 is Saturday at 4:00 p.m. at Estadio Alfredo Harp Helú in Mexico City, with Brooks Hall slated for Diablos and Jake Thompson for Piratas.