Yasniel Gonzalez hit his 12th home run of the season. Author: Abel Rojas Barallobre
Mayabeque’s team picked up their sixth straight win this Wednesday and climbed to the top of the Cuban baseball championship, a spot it shares with Santiago de Cuba, who didn’t play Guantanamo Bay.
The Hurricanes beat Pinar del Rio 96, the third victory for Héctor Eduardo Bermudez (7.0 INN, 2CL, 6H, 3BB) and the eighth save for Adrián Sosa. At-bat, Alexander Pozo (5-4, 3CI) stood out, and Yasniel Gonzalez hit his 12th home run.
In a losing effort, Tylon Sanchez and Luis Pablo Cuesta also missed, with the latter driving four men over the rubber.
Sancti Spiritus also maintained his winning streak, which extended to five at the start of the tenth sub-series by defeating Cienfuegos 11–10, in a game that saw Frederic Zepeda hit his tenth homer and drive five times.
Decisions went to the bullpen, with Yankiel Mauris winning and Janielkis Duardo bailed out for the eighth time.
Industriales maintained their rise in the rankings by beating Holguin 8-1 despite Andy Vargas failing to complete the necessary innings to win. Rafael Perdomo was successful and Yaciel Santoya drove a couple of laps with a tube, the only off-base hit in the game.
Granma also started their match against Las Tunas (7-2) ahead, the victory was signed by the experienced Leandro Martinez (7.0 INN, 1CL, 9H, 3K) and lost three times to catcher Yosvani Sanchez (3-2) .
The day ended with Artemisa winning 6-5 over La Isla and Matanzas over Ciego de Avila (8-6). SCU-GTM and VCL-CMG collisions have been cancelled.
Table of positions: MAY and SKU (26-19), MTZ (25-20), SSP and VRT (24-20), COL and IZhV (24-21), PRI (23-21), CAV (22-21) ), LTU (22–22), VCL (21–22), IND (21–24), CMG (20–25), GRA (20–26), GTM (17–27), and CFG (17–28) .
Source: Juventud Rebelde