In search today of its ninth successive success, the leader Matanzas will play as a visitor against Las Tunas at the Julio Antonio Mella stadium, when the actions of the seventh particular sub-series of the II Cuban Elite Baseball League begin.

The Yumurinos Cocodrilos, currently with two former major league players, have just swept Industriales 4-0 and lead in the batting (325) and pitching (3.48) departments. They are also third in defense (967).

For mentor Armando Ferrer’s Saurios, leading the tournament (15-9), left-hander Denis Quesada will start, while for the Leñadores Tuneros, who share third through fifth place with Industriales and Artemisa (12-12), Ubesleidis Estévez will start.

In the other game of the day, the runner-up Sancti Spíritus (13-11) traveled to Guillermón Moncada Park to face Santiago de Cuba (9-15), occupying the last place.

The Gallos espirituanos will have on the mound the reinforcement Wilson Paredes from Holguín, while the mentor Eddy Cajigal did not announce the starting pitcher for the Avispas indómitas.

There will be no game at the 26 de Julio stadium between Artemisa and Industriales. The Cazadores’ bus broke down before leaving Santiago de Cuba, where they played their previous sub-series. Thus, they will play a single game tomorrow and a doubleheader on Saturday.

Artemisa’s Roammy Proenza is the leader in batters (400), while Dariel Góngora (LTU) has the best average of clean runs (2.36).