The Holguin Cubs faced the same shortcomings they had the previous day on Wednesday. An ineffective start and untimely hitting, and the Pinar del Rio Vegueros took advantage of this to triumph again, this time 8-5.
In a game that was stopped for an hour and 45 minutes due to rain and ended as night fell at Captain San Luis Stadium. The winners connected on 12 hits and committed four errors. Holguin Cubs played cleanly on defense, pinged ten hits but left fourteen men on the bench and hit into double plays four times.
For the third consecutive time, Luis Cáser (1-1) failed to start. Allowing eleven hits and eight earned runs in four innings. With the score 8-4, Ramiro Rodríguez entered the pitching line. Despite the long rain delay, he managed to pitch four scoreless innings with just one hit.
The win went to leadoff reliever José Raúl Román (2-3). Also allowing one unearned run in 4 1/3 innings, and Yancarlos García earned his first save, allowing no hits or runs in 1 1/3 innings.
Alexei Ramírez stood out in the Pinar del Rio offense. Going 3-for-3 with a pair of home runs and four RBIs. While Lázaro Páez (2-4) and Taylon Sánchez (1-4, 2B) each drove in two runs.
Ernesto Torres, Lázaro Cedeño, and Luis Raúl Domínguez each had two hits. The latter with a double and two RBIs. The Cubs now share sixth and seventh place in the standings with the Sancti Spiritus Roosters (13-9). Five games behind the leaders (18-4).
This Wednesday, the Matanzas Crocodiles defeated the Guantanamo Indians twice at their home stadium in the Nguyen Van Troi stadium. To remain the sole leaders of the National Series.
The Matanzas Cubs won the first game 10-1 with an excellent pitching performance by Pedro Mesa (3-0). In the second game, they won 7-2, earning their eighteenth win in the tournament. Taking a two-game lead over the indomitable team.
Moreover this result for Armando Ferrer’s team came on top of the two losses suffered by the Santiago de Cuba Wasps at the hands of the Cienfuegos Elephants. At the 5 de Septiembre Stadium in the Pearl of the South.
In the previous day’s game, the giants won 8-6. Thanks to a four-run eighth inning and a game-ending home run by Félix Rodríguez. In the second, the Cienfuegos team won 2-1, thanks to a home run by Yordan Jesús Artiles that tied the score at bat time. A double by Luis Vicente Mateo that sealed the victory.
The Industriales de La Habana, in their Latinoamericano, defeated the Leopardos de Villa Clara 6-2. And achieved their sixth consecutive victory, the longest active streak of the season.
Pavel Hernández pitched six innings with only one unearned hit and struck out six to reach 39 in the contest and reaffirm his lead. Frank Herrera earned his fifth save, and Ariel Sánchez hit his 100th home run in the National Series.
The reigning champions, the Las Tunas Lumberjacks, secured a 5-3 victory over the Hurricanes on the grass of Julio Antonio Mella Stadium. Rodolfo Díaz was a standout, pitching a scoreless third of the game to earn the save.
At José Ramón Cepero Stadium in Ciego de Avila, the Tigres and the Artemisa Hunters split the game.
The visitors won 4-3, and the home team took revenge 4-2 in a game where Yansué Moré drove in all the runs for the winners with a home run and a single. Andy Luis Pérez excelled on the mound.
In other matches, the Sancti Spiritus Roosters defeated the Granma Alazanes 12-2, with Daniel Fernández (4-3) driving in four runs. Also the La Isla Pirates defeated the Camagüey Bulls 9-8.
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