Holguin secures subseries against Guantanamo in baseball

Still recovering from an injury, Andrys Agüero came in as a pinch hitter at the end of the fourth inning and hit a home run with two men on base to break the scoreless tie. Deciding the game and the match against Guantanamo in the continuation of the VIII National Sub-23 baseball Championship.

From that moment on, the Holguin offense erupted at the Major General Calixto García stadium and did not stop until they tallied 15 hits and nine runs.

In this way, the disciples of Yoneivis Velázquez supported the effective winning performance of Orleydis Cuba (1-1). Who allowed only three singles in five innings, and the young Luis Daniel Rodríguez, who did not allow a hit in the last two innings.

Besides Andrys, who went 3-2 in the game, notable hitters for the winners included Jolber Naranjo, 3-2, including his second home run of the series, debutant Christian Onofre, 2-2 with one RBI, and Geosvelis Poll, 4-2.

The Holguin pitching staff has not allowed any runs to the Guantanameros in 14 innings of performance, and this Thursday they will seek the sweep with right-hander Ramiro Rodríguez (0-1).

This Wednesday at the Mártires de Barbados in Bayamo, the Santiago de Cuba team, coming from behind, defeated Granma 10-7 to tie the match. In a game where their cleanup hitter Harold Vázquez hit his second home run of the season and the local player Ernesto Pérez hit his first.

Now the standings of the U-23 baseball in Group D are as follows: 1-Santiago (3-2); 2-Holguin (3-2); 3-Guantanamo (2-3) and 4-Granma (2-3).

Translated by Aliani Rojas Fernandez