The 4th Cuban Baseball Elite League continues today in a hot zone, with the closing of the penultimate head-to-head matchups and an open fight for semi-final tickets.

As dictated by these tournaments of fierce balance, the schedule reserves the most dramatic tension for its final pages, with four places up for grabs and six teams still breathing in a standings table that stretches and contracts with the rhythm of each challenge.

On this shifting board, the Mayabeque Huracanes burst through forcefully by sweeping two games against Industriales at the Nelson Fernández.

First with an electrifying 11-10 in a completed game where they came from behind three times and decided it with a five-run cluster in the seventh, and then with a 7-6 decided by Dennis Laza’s sacrifice fly after another timely reaction.

Wilber Reyna took the credit in the first duel with a long, efficient relief appearance; Duvier Peña closed the second with poise from the mound, while Yordanis Samón, Alexander Pozo and Lázaro Ponce led a hurricane offence that overshadowed the home runs of Ariel Hechavarría, Yasmani Tomás and Yaser Julio González.

The double blow, combined with Artemisa’s stumble, catapulted Osmel Cordero’s disciples to fourth place and further ignited the battle for qualification in a tournament where every victory can be worth a championship.

The Cazadores, now half a game out of the privileged zone, fell 7-2 to Holguín at the 26 de Julio, marked by the power of Yasiel González, who hit two home runs — one decisive with two on board — to reach 15 on the campaign, set an Elite League record, and consolidate himself as the RBI leader with 37 runs batted in.

Backed by that offensive thunder and another home run from Lázaro Cedeño, starter Wilson Paredes walked five innings with authority to secure a triumph that keeps the Cachorros firmly in third place and forces Artemisa to play without margin for error today.

On another front, Las Tunas, holding second position, will face Matanzas in a seven-inning double bill following yesterday’s rain suspension, in a duel where the apparent calm of the Leñadores contrasts with the mathematical urgency of the Cocodrilos, who still resist saying goodbye.

With Industriales at the top, followed by the Tunas and Holguín sides, and with Mayabeque and Artemisa locked in a direct pulse, today’s matchday promises to further tighten a standings table where every hit can rewrite destiny.