Vegueros of Pinar del Río beat Isla de la Juventud 14-2 on Sunday to move to the top of the 63rd Serie Nacional de Beisbol, which dropped the curtains on its ninth individual match-ups.

In their Capitán San Luis stadium, mentor Alexander Urquiola’s team hit a whopping 19 hits, including home runs by Jorge Yoan Rojas and the twelfth by former major-leaguer Alexei Ramírez, who towed in three runs and reached a tournament-leading 50. Third win for Branlis Rodríguez.

Meanwhile, the reigning champions Las Tunas blanked Santiago de Cuba 7×0 in a game that left 22 runners on base. The left-hander Eliander Bravo scattered four hits in five innings and signed his second smile.

At bat for the Leñadores Tunas, who hit 12 hits and remain in second place, Denis Peña stood out with 5-3, with a double, triple and four runs.

Ciego de Ávila beat Villa Clara 7×4, who continued to play poorly defensively and committed five errors. The Tigers scored four runs in the third chapter, with six hits, including a home run by Rubén Valdés, who hit a 5-2 game-winning run and signed two runs.

Artemisa left Industriales on the field 6×5 at the Estadio Latinoamericano, with a golden home run by international Dayán García in the tenth inning.

In other results, Matanzas beat Sancti Spíritus 7×5, Guantánamo 4×2 against Granma, Mayabeque 6×4 against Cienfuegos and Holguín 7×4 against Camagüey, which committed four errors.

After these results and with the tenth sub-series about to start on Tuesday, Pinar del Río (29-13) leads, followed by Las Tunas (25-12) and Ciego de Ávila (25-17).

Camagüey and Granma (24-18) are tied, as are Industriales and Artemisa (22-20). Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba share eighth and ninth places (21-21).