Avilanian Tigres and Leñadores of Las Tunas will take to the field today to avenge the defeats suffered the day before, which caused the Vegueros from Pinar del Río to escape from the top of the LXIII National Baseball Series.

The central felines lost 5-1 to the Avispas de Santiago de Cuba on Tuesday and they need a victory to even the particular duel and not to move further away from the top of the standings.

To achieve that goal, they will put on the mound Ediel Ponce, the most effective pitcher of their staff this season with an average of just 1.80 earned runs in 25 innings pitched.

The rookie right-hander, who has a 3-1 record, will face the speedy Yosiel Serrano, another who has had an excellent season with two wins without defeats and only three clean sheets allowed in 16.1 innings of work (1.65 WHIP).

The Tuneros, on the other hand, after being beaten by the Leopards of Villa Clara with a score of 15-3, appointed Yoelkis Cruz Jr. to throw the serpentines.

The youngster, although he has no decision in the season, has worked well by accepting less than four runs per complete game in his four outings.

Leading the way will be Omar David Perez, who will be making his first start after giving up seven clean sheets in 6.1 innings as a reliever.

In other challenges, the leaders of Pinar del Río will be looking for their sixth consecutive victory and their second against the Gallos de Sancti Spiritus, after beating them 7-2 in the first encounter.

Mario Valle (1-1) and Alex Guerra (2-4) were announced to take the mound, both with debts in their previous appearances.

The other scheduled games of the day will be Granma-Artemisa (Sammy Benitez vs Andy Luis Perez), Industriales-Guantanamo (Marcos Ortega vs Roilan Portuondo) and Camaguey-Cienfuegos (Osiel Veranes vs Yadiel Loyola).

Finally, La Isla-Matanzas (Yunier Gamboa vs Denis Quesada) and Mayabeque-Holguín (Yusdel Tuero vs Dairian Batista) will face each other.