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Havana, Apr 18.- Ciego de Ávila defeated Camagüey for the second day in a row today with a score of 9-2 and thus established itself at the top of the Cuban Baseball Championship.
In their grounds at José Ramón Cepero, the Avilanian Tigers had eight hits, including a home run by Raúl González to sign Yander Guevara’s seventh victory and Julio César Martínez’s fourth setback.
Shortstop Alexander Ayala took the ball out of the park for the losers, for him, the twelfth of the contest.
For their part, in the western Capitan San Luis stadium, the Leones de Industriales beat the local Pinar del Río 11-3, with the tenth win for right-hander Pedro Álvarez (10-1) and Erlis Casanova’s setback (7-3).
Andy Vargas in relief saved his eighth championship challenge, while his teammate Dayron Blanco hit a home run with the bases loaded and drove in five runs in total for the cause of the capital, while Jorge Yoan Rojas homered for the losers.
Likewise, Artemisa 15-3 won over Isla de la Juventud; Mayabeque 6-5 at the cost of Cienfuegos and Matanzas 5-4 against Villa Clara in 10 chapters.
In the matches postponed the day before, Granma defeated Santiago de Cuba 3-2 and 2-0, while Sancti Spíritus and Las Tunas, as well as Holguín and Guantánamo shared honors.
The Gallos, in their José Antonio Huelga fiefdom, won 4-3 in the first hour, but were later overtaken by the Leñadores 7-4, while at the Calixto García, the Cubs beat the Indios 1-0 at the start, and these retaliated after 7-5.
It should be noted that the first match between the Cubs and the Indians was decided by Yordan Manduley’s home run in the bottom of the seventh inning, while in the second, Pedro Pablo Revilla from Guantanamo hit his 18th and 19th home runs to lead that locker.
(Latin Press)
