The Tigers of Ciego de Avila defeated the Leñadores de Las Tunas 6-4 this Wednesday on the grass of the Julio Antonio Mella Stadium and proclaimed themselves champions of the III Elite League of Cuban Baseball.
The troop led by Danny Miranda completed the sweep in four challenges and took the crown of this third edition as did Agricultores and Cocodrilos de Matanzas.
Against all odds, the Avileños, bled by several important absences, led the qualifying stage, beat Industriales de La Habana in the semifinals and completed their feat against the best Cuban team in recent years.
This afternoon, Yordanis Samón, in front of the defeated Jesús Enrique Pérez, gave the clarion call by hitting a double and a single in the first third of the game to bring in the two runs that opened the scoreboard for his Tigres.
Rodolexis Moreno and Ronaldo Castillo hits in the fourth and sixth acts, respectively, to drive in two more -on the account of reliever Albert Valladares- and extinguish the hopes of their opponents a little more.
With Yanielquis Duardo in the lead, Tailon Sánchez hit a go-ahead run in the seventh and Dennis Laza, in the ninth, hit a home run for the fourth consecutive day, to close the afternoon’s production and allow his team to begin to reach for the trophy.
Alex Guerra scored the historic win, even though he spent most of the time on a boiling mound. The left-hander, a native of Sancti Spíritus, walked a five and one-third episode route, where he struck out two batters, allowed seven hits and two dirty runs.
Rescuers Yomil González got six outs and allowed another two runs due to errors (four committed by the hosts), but Leonardo Moreira put his arm in and finished off five opponents -three by the bitter way- to put an end to this story, while his felines celebrated on the clay of the “Bosque Encantado” (Enchanted Forest).
With information from Prensa Latina
Translated by Aliani Rojas Fernandez
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