Ariel Sanchez is the leader with .404. Author: Abel Rojas Barallobre
Still undecided on his game, Santiago de Cuba has kept his lead in the order, which continues to be tight with this Friday’s results, with the Cubs chasing the Lions a couple of times.
Three games were closed today, including a game between Avispas and Guantanamo that saw Mayabeca close to the lead, leaving Pinar del Rio (6-5) ten innings in the field.
The Huracanes tied the game in the deciding part of the ninth and ended the next with pitcher Adrian Sosa (4.0 INN, 2CL, 4K and 3BB) taking the win.
Holguin was the one who advanced the furthest in the standings with two wins over Industriales (4-2 and 3-1).
Early in the morning Wilson Paredes (5.0INN, 8H and 4K) beat Marcos Ortega. In that game, Cubs star pitcher Michel Cabrera couldn’t resist and needed Luis Cacer’s help to finally cage the Lions, but he got his revenge in second when he did a good job earning fifth place. win unbeaten in a season.
In the biggest match up to that point, Matanzas knocked out Ciego de Avila 16-5. Andris Pérez went 3 of 4 including a double and a home run and pushed four players over the plate, also standing out were Moises Esquerres (5-4, 2CI) and Ariel Sanchez (4-3), with whom the latter established himself as the batting leader ( 0.404).
Artemisa beat La Isla 9-2 for a sixth win for Geonel Gutierrez (8.0 INN, 7H, 12K, 1BB), who is now one of the leaders in games won and the best strikeout in the tournament (60).
Cienfuegos landed another hit on Sancti Spiritus (3-1), supported by a full effort from Yadiel Loyola (9.0 INN, 6H, 5K and 4BB) and a pair of RBIs from José Manuel Oramas. Ariel Zerkera took the setback and topped this negative rating (6).
In addition to SCU-GTM, matches have been recorded between VCL-CMG and GRA-LTU.
Position table: SKU (28-19), MAY (27-20), ART (26-20), HOL and MTZ (26-21), PRI and SSP (24-22), IYaV (24-23), LTU and CAV (23–22), VCL (22–23), CMG and IND (21–26), GRA (20–27), CFG (19–28) and GTM (17–29).
Source: Juventud Rebelde