An unstoppable hit by first baseman Yaimel Bravo in the eighth, served for the Ciego de Avila Tigers today to complete the sweep of the Artemisa Hunters, with a score of 3 × 2, in a dueling staged at stadium José Ramón Cepero, and thus they secured the phase leadership in Cuban baseball.
The Bravo´s connection brought Raul Gonzalez from second base to break the embrace of two runs, which came in the top of the eighth, when center fielder Dayron Blanco from Artemisa hit a home run facing the first pitches of reliever Yorlian Rodriguez.
The short stop Raul Gonzalez was the offensive main player of Ciego de Avila, connecting a home run in two shifts, he drove in a run and scored on two occasions.
The victory corresponded to closer Leomil Gonzalez (1-1, 7 saves), who threw 1.1 innings, allowing no hits and three strikeouts; while, the also reliever Ricardo Martinez (4-4) came with the loss.
The number 28 success of Roger Machado´s felines was combined with the failure (0-7) of the sugar makers from Villa Clara at the hands of Camagüey, in the first of two games scheduled for this date, which assured the top of the standings to the pineapple players.
This position will allow Roger Machado ask first on the agenda of reinforcements for the second stage of the series, which will take place on the 19th of this month in the Main Theater of Ciego de Avila, as part of the All-stars activities.
Now the fourth classified team is not decided yet, as well as the other teams who will go for the wild card positions.
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