With two consistent pitching performances, as a visitor, the team of sugar company Loynaz Hechavarría, from Marcané in the municipality of Cueto, defeated the team of Fernando de Dios, from Tacajó in Báguanos, to win the final of the Provincial Tournament of the Sugar Baseball League in its 42nd edition in Holguín.
After splitting in day one of the finals at Marcané stadium, the local squad fell off the visitors (12×0) – a defeat by the mercy rule, but reacted in the second match – coming from behind – and grabbed the win 6×4,.
Then, all was settled for the players from “Loynaz Hechavarría” team who arrived this Sunday at Delfín Fuentes Cano stadium, in Tacajó, with the clear intention of winning its first crown in this tournament, and they did it.
In the first game, 21-year-old right-hander Steven Rodríguez barely allowed to the local batsmen three isolated hits, which could only score one run, after a homer by Franklin Aballe.
Rodríguez was deeply supported by his teammates with fifteen hits, including homeruns by Yusnier Pino and Luis Laurence, which led to the win by the mercy rule (12×1) in five innings.
Tacajo´s thrower Jorge Luis Tamayo fell it hard with the defeat.
In the second Sunday game, young Ramiro Francis García looked great in the box, allowing only two singles to the host team, connected in the first two innings, while Pino with a huge home run through the middle of the center field in the second inning decided early the match, that ended 2×0 unleashing passions of an enthusiastic crowd that accompanied the new provincial monarchs of the nicknamed “sweet ball”.
The setback went to left-handed Ruber Mulet, a worthy rival who in six innings allowed only one run and five hits. Carlos Santiesteban, who in the previous day left “Loynaz” scoreless and four hits only, this time it was harder when allowing in one inning two doubles and a run.
The final standings of the Provincial Championship of the Holguin Sugar Baseball League 2024 go as follows with the tram of Loynaz Hechavarría in the first place; Fernando de Dios, second; Cristino Naranjo; third; Urbano Noris fourth and López Peña fifth.
The technical congress of the first interprovincial stage of the event will be held on September 9 at Paquito Rosales Sugar Company, in San Luis, whose team will represent Santiago de Cuba province and will face the squad UBPC Honduras, from Manuel Tames, Guantanamo.
Loynaz Hechavarría’s team will play against the squad from the sugar company Arquímedes Colina, from Mabay in Bayamo, Granma.
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