On Tuesday, the Guantanamo Indians defeated Holguin, 2-1 in a game in which pitcher Ernesto Hernandez was way to complete an unusual event in national championships.
On Tuesday, the Guantanamo Indians defeated Holguin, 2-1 in a game in which pitcher Ernesto Hernandez was way to complete an unusual event in national championships.
He had pitched eight innings to the Guantanamo Indians and had not allowed one hit.
The game was tied 1-1 and the possibility of a new run and the subsequent victory for Holguin was evident.
But the Indian Julio Pablo Martinez appeared, and with a home run in the bottom of the ninth inning he buried the Holguin team´s possibility to win. That hit was sufficient to complete the 3-0 subseries.
Up to the moment of the deadly homer, the Indians had taken advantage of the errors of Holguin second base Yeison Pacheco and first baseman Michel Gorguet.
Interestingly, the Holguin team had taken advantage an inning before thanks to another homer by left hander Jorge Luis Peña.
Sometimes a team has won by only one hit. According to our statistical files, that happened on March 16, 1968, when Camagüey defeated Ciego de Avila 1-0. Then the Ciego de Avila Elpidio Jimenez and Julio Blanco completely silenced their opponents, but could not prevent the victory of Florentino Alfonso on the mound of the Camaguey Candido Gonzalez stadium.
Translation: Ilia Charon