Saavedra Author: Norland Rosendo
One game remains in the third sub-series of the current baseball season, and six teams have already secured their respective duels, including Pinar del Rio, the only one with an opportunity to complete a sweep.
Vegueros is about to checkmate against reigning champions Granma, whom they have won in all four games, and they continue to share the lead in a bizarre positioning table that looks more like crazy cart racing.
On Tuesday, Alexandre Urquiola’s men won 3-1 and will be seeking the first cleanup of the championship, which would have additional symbolic significance, given the pedigree of the victim.
Early Casanova worked hard (9.0 INN, 1CL, 8H, 7K and 2BB) to get his first win of the season and 92nd for life, helped by fourth batsman, William Saavedra, who decided a two-man home run collision. The men ended up on the runs in the third inning.
The people of Granma feel the absence of Alfredo Despain, who was injured in the first game in the Vueltabajo, and if his serve jeopardized his game, now it is his shots that have not been played, which affected five defeats in a row.
Only Sancti Spiritus was also one win away from pollona, a result that seems difficult in a five-game sub-series in a row, but the Lions avoided a shutout last Friday, though not the error that saw them suffer seven losses in their last match. nine presentations.
La Isla, Matanzas, Sancti Spiritus, Artemisa and Holguin also secured their duels, teams that took their third wins since Sunday against Industriales, Camagüey, Guantanamo, Villa Clara and Cienfuegos.
The Pineros beat the Blues 5-2 on Tuesday. In this game, rookie Lisvier Reyes (6.0 INN, 5H, 2K and 2BB) signed his first quality start in the National Series and Kendry Hernandez saved his third game.
Also at home, the Crocodiles beat Camagüey for the third time in a row. In a 6-3 win, Anibal Medina (5-2, 2CI) and Jurisbel Gracial (3-2, 1HR, 2CI) led the attack.
At their estate, José Antonio Huelga, the Roosters beat Guantanamo twice and are still very inspired by that start to the tournament. Early in the day, favorable decisions came in the bullpen, with Yankiel Mauris (2.1INN, 1H, 5K) taking the win and Yanielquis Duardo (1.0 INN, 2K) scoring 5-3.
Line-up frontman ROdolexis Moreno (4-2, 3CI) and Dunieski Barroso (3-3) were the firewood executioners. For the losers, Over Cremet hit a home run.
In the final game, Spiritus beat the Indians in six innings, 15-5. The denouement came in the fourth match, when the hosts issued a package of 12 rounds.
A young Rey Ricardo made a splash at bat in his third season, winning 3-3, including a Grand Slam, and hitting six runs.
The Hunters appreciated the Leopards after they started losing the sub-series. They have three wins in a row, the last 10-4, with home runs from Dayan Garcia (5-3, 3CI) and Carlos de la Tejera (5-4, 2CI), both also with doubles per capita.
Holguin is another who has already secured a sub-series by beating Cienfuegos 17-9. Edilse Silva (6-4, 1 Dobete, 1HR, 4CI, 4CI) led the attack, followed by Jordan Manduley (3-3) and Luis Dominguez (6-2, 3CI).
According to statistics from Benigno Daquinta, Silva has 193 career home runs and 896 RBIs.
Jesús Enrique Pérez, with a long relay of six chapters in which he struck out seven, gave no tickets and allowed only three hits, put his name in the field of winners.
There are only two matches without a decision: Las Tunas leads Ciego de Ávila 2-1 with a game in progress, as well as a match between Santiago de Cuba and Mayabeque, with equal two wins for the sides and whose four games were decided by a margin of one career.
The Woodcutter successfully took a 13–5 lead, with four men at the top of the lineup standing out by scoring ten goals. Yuniesky Lardue (5-3) and Yosvani Alarcon, the author of Homer, scored four and three respectively.
In the most even of the duels, Santiago de Cuba defeated Huracanes 8-7, and this Wednesday they will determine the winner of the bilateral sub-series. Luis Veranes (5-2, 3CI) scored offensively for the Indomitables.
Position table: PRI, SSP and MTZ (9-5); LUT (8-5); GTM, VCL, HOL, IJV, ART, CMG, SCU and MAY (7-7); CAV (6-7); GRA and IND (5-9) and CFG (4-10).
Source: Juventud Rebelde