A pair of wins over Las Tunas propelled the Santiago de Cuba team to the top of the Cuban baseball championship in a day with six teams winning the doubleheader.
Osday Silva hit his 14th home run, bolstering his lead on those hits, and also hit two runs that led the Wasps to a 3-1 early success under Wilber Reina’s hand (5.2 INN, 1CL, 8H , 2BB).
Then the result was easier (10-1) with the victory of Danny Betancourt (5.0 INN, 4H, 1K 1BB), his third win of the season and 158th in his life.
Thanks to this double victory, the Invincibles were the first to reach 25 victories and took half the squad from Matanzas, which fell twice against the Sancti Spiritus.
Pinar del Rio also defeated La Isla (3:0 and 4:3) to regain lost ground after the purge the Crocodiles gave them in the last sub-series.
Branlys Rodriguez (7.0 INN, 3H, 8K and 1BB) worked hard and signed a shutout while the bullpen was the main man in the second fight which saw Yancarlos Garcia (2.1 INN, 3H, 1K and 1BB) take his fifth undefeated win . ) and the sixth save Orisbel Borges. At-bat, Yasiel Ayete had a great day (3-3) and pushed two men to the rubber.
Mayabeke landed two punches against his former Artemis brothers and both are very close to the top of the standings.
A quality opening by Albert Valladares (7.0 INN, 4H, 3K and 3BB) and a three-trailer bat by Alexander Pozo contributed to the first 5-0 success before José Ignacio Bermudez (6.0 INN, 2CL, 9H, 4K and 2BB) won his first game of the season.
Dennis Laza hit a homerade and drove five of his team’s nine runs while the Hunters barely touched the rubber a couple of times.
Los Gallos were the others who came out doubly happy on Saturday, no less than beating runner-up and one of this year’s title favorites, Matanzas.
Their 4-3 and 4-2 wins featured the same savior, Janielkis Duardo, who made seven saves and Alexis Varona hit the ball to the end in every encounter, while more than half of his team was in five heats participated in the doubleheader.
In the cat duel, Leones de Industriales continued to improve his performance and twice (10-0 and 2-0) beat Leopardos de Villa Clara, victories over Andy Vargas, who became the savior of the Azules rotation, and Marcos Ortega.
The first match came with a 1-0 lead in match eight as the Havanese batted out to complete a knockout score with a group of nine in which Ariel Hechevarría’s grand slam was key.
The Tigers of Avila drove Cienfuegos even further into the basement 11–9 and 13–1, while Camagüey beat Holguin 2–1 in the only game played and Granma and Guantanamo split the honors, the current Monarchs won 3–0 first. and then the Indians (5-4).
All Dominican games will be at ten in the morning.
Position table: SCU (25-18), MTZ (24-18), PRI, ART and HOL (23-18), MAY (23-19), CAV (21-18), IJV (20-20), LTU and SSP (21-20), VCL (20-21), IND (19-23), CMG (18-24), GTM (17-25), GRA (17-26), CFG (15-26) .
Source: Juventud Rebelde