Los Medios Nacionales and Holguin teams won this Tuesday in their doubleheader and remained undefeated in four outings in the XXII National Press Softball Tournament, which is being held this week in the province of Matanzas.
Both teams, finalists in the last edition, are fulfilling the predictions and thanks to the tools they have shown on the field of play they already have their safe tickets to the semifinals, when there are still four games left to finish the qualifying stage.
The Galacticos of the capital gave super knockouts to the Vaqueros (25-3) and Ciego de Avila (19-0) teams, the latter due to a shutout against Sergio Morlan.
In the double game they hit 10 home runs, reaching a whopping 27 in just four games, a sign of the power of this team, which has won nine consecutive crowns.
Yasiel Cancio shot four, José Méndez two and one per capita Dayron Valdés, Maikel Pérez, Guillermo Rodríguez and captain Carlos Michel Perdomo.
The City of Parks Brewers defeated the Avilanians 14-2 and the Vaqueros 12-1, both victories by knockout thanks to their workhorse Richard Driggs, who has won all of his team’s games.
Rafael Pérez twice took the soft ball beyond the limits of the stadium for the winners and Lisbey Pérez did it for those from Ciego de Avila.
Others who also arrived at the Athens of Cuba as favorites to climb the podium are the Camagüey Terremotos, who won the bronze medal last season.
The Agramontinos, who won their two matches on the opening day, shared the honors this Tuesday, defeating the Yumurinos from Matanzas 17-2 on the fast track and surprisingly falling 9-10 against the Pirates of La Isla, a team that swept their two games and got into the fight for the qualifying spots.
The victory went to the files of Raúl del Pino, thanks to a support of 16 hits, highlighted by Félix Anazco, who hit a single and a double, and brought four teammates to the plate.
In the disaster, José Poll scored an inside-the-field home run, Gabriel Peña lost and the success went to Alexander Labrada.
After the results of the day, behind Medios Nacionales and Holguin (4-0), is Camagüey (3-1), followed by La Isla (2-2), Vaqueros, Ciego de Avila and Matanzas (1-3) and Santiago de Cuba (0-4).
With information from the Cuban News Agency/ Translated by Radio Angulo
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