Pinar del Río defeated Sancti Spíritus 6×3 this Sunday, with solid relief by Orisbel Borges, and kept the place of honor in the 63rd National Baseball Series, which closed its eighth particular sub-series.
Visiting the Jose Antonio Huelga stadium, the Vegueros from Pinar del Río signed a decisive five-run cluster in the sixth episode, with five hits, including the 13th home run and two runs batted in by Yaser Julio Gonzalez, who, in his best season ever, equaled the leadership in both departments.
In homers, he tied with Alfredo Despaigne and in runs batted in, he reached Santiago’s Eduardo García (44).
Second win for left-hander Branlis Rodríguez and sixth save for Borges, who threw 1.1 unblemished episodes, with no hits and two strikeouts. The leader in saves is Yanielkis Duardo (7).
The monarch exponent Las Tunas signed the third supernocaut of the season, 18×2 against Villa Clara, and remains in second place.
The Leñadores hit 16 hits. Roberto Baldoquín hit 3-3, with a triple and four RBIs, and Denis Peña 2-2 with a double and three RBIs. First win for Alejandro Meneses.
Holguín won 12×3 against Mayabeque. They produced an 11-run cluster in the first inning with eight of their 13 singles. They took advantage of four of the six errors by the rival defense, but left 10 runners on base. Artemisa beat Granma 7×5, with home runs by Yoelkis Baró and Carlos de la Tejera, another who is having a tremendous offensive year.
In the remaining results, Industriales beat Guantánamo 8×4, Isla de la Juventud 10×9 against Matanzas and Camagüey 7×6 against Cienfuegos. Ciego de Avila and Santiago de Cuba sealed the game in the eighth inning with a 5×3 advantage for the Tigres Avileños.
After this day, Pinar del Río (26-11) leads, followed by Las Tunas (21-11), Camagüey and Granma (21-16); Ciego de Avila and Santiago de Cuba (20-16). Industriales is seventh (20-17) and Artemisa eighth (19-18).
Translated and edited by Dayla Perez Ortiz
