Tigres de Quintana Roo (38-36) 4, Olmecas de Tabasco (44-32) 3 (18 Innings) – Domingo Leyba tied the game at three apiece with a two-run single in the bottom of the ninth, and then the Tigres and Olmecas decided to give fans a two-for-one, playing nine more innings until Aldo Flores singled home Miguel Ojeda Jr. in the top of the 18th for the winning run. The game was the first LMB contest to go to a 17th innings in more than nine years, a game where the Vaqueros de Laguna (now the Algodoneros de Union Laguna) beat the Tigres 4-3 in 17 innings on July 13, 2017. Quintana Roo used 11 pitchers in the game, tying a league record, and the two teams used 21 total pitchers, also tying a league record.
¡EL GOLPE QUE TANTO ESPERABAN! 💥
Después de larga espera, Aldo Flores 🐯 encuentra el batazo que adelanta a Tigres 🔝#LaLigaFuerteDeMéxico💪🏻🇲🇽⚾ pic.twitter.com/mDrjlL5OzE
— Liga Mexicana de Beisbol Banorte (@LMBBanorte) July 18, 2026
Algodoneros de Union Laguna (34-41) 7, Tecolotes de los Dos Laredos (28-48) 6 (11 Innings) – In his third game since returning to Mexico after being released by the New York Yankees, 2025 LMB MVP Nick Torres doubled home Julian Escobedo in the top of the 11th. The Algodoneros escaped a bases-loaded jam in the bottom of the inning, allowing a single run on a walk, to take the series opener. Torres went 2-for-6 with two RBIs for Union Laguna.
Diablos Rojos del Mexico (51-25) 5, Pericos de Puebla (40-35) 3 – Like Nigel Tufnel’s amplifiers, the Diablos winning streak goes up to 11. Carlos Sepulveda drove in three runs and Jon Singleton hit his 23rd homer of the year, a solo homer that got the Diablos on the board in the first, as the Reds took the series opener from Puebla. Making a spot start, Diablos’ pitching coach Brooks Hall allowed one run on three hits over three innings, walking one and striking out two.
El Aguila de Veracruz (35-40) 11, Conspiradores de Queretaro (32-43) 5 – Austin Shenton went 2-for-3 with a two-run homer and four RBIs, and Veracruz hit eight doubles, including three by Roberto Valenzuela, to hand Queretaro a loss in the series opener. Sebastian Elizalde and Kristian Delgado each had two RBIs for El Aguila.
¡El vuelo toma más altura! 🪂
Austin Shenton 🦅 manda la pelota de paseo y El Águila suma 2️⃣ más a su ventaja ➕#LaLigaFuerteDeMéxico💪🏻🇲🇽⚾ pic.twitter.com/JliZqFQ1nK
— Liga Mexicana de Beisbol Banorte (@LMBBanorte) July 18, 2026
Bravos de Leon (39-37) 10, Leones de Yucatan (27-47) 7 – Juan Uriarte homered twice and drove in three runs and Eric Filia went 3-for-4 with three RBIs as the Bravos de Leon took the series opener from a depleted Leones roster that had been gutted over the last week. It was the fourth straight loss for Yucatan.
