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Antonio Bargas Cicero
10/11/2023 | Merida Yucatan
Anthony García showed his discomfort after striking out a day after the Lions were held to one run by the Fargo-Moorhead RedHawks in the “Baseball Champions League.” There wasn’t much that went well for the Yucatecan team on offense in the first two games of the tournament. However, Roberto Vizcarra’s pupils recovered to beat the Alazanes of Cuba, in a duel between dominant teams in the LMB and National Series in recent years, and give the Mexican League its first victory in the club competition.
“Things didn’t go as we expected, but the boys were focused and looked like professionals. “They broke their hearts,” said El Chapo after the beasts beat Granma 9-4 to finish their participation in the first edition of the BCL with a 1-2 record, which concluded last Sunday the 1st in Kukulcán Park.
The long-haired team had everything to extend their streak of years winning at least one title to five – they were at home and with a roster that on paper was perhaps the most powerful – but for different reasons the goal was not achieved. In each of the first two games, which were close and contested, the junglers had a bad start. Batting was lacking, especially at the good time. García and Luis Juárez combined to go 0-for-19. In the roarers’ opening clash, Henderson Álvarez won three goals and seemed headed for a solid performance, like the ones he usually has in Mérida. But in the fourth he had to leave due to a strong blow, the result of a hit in the leg, and the Caimanes of Colombia scored four times. The home team committed five sins in a 5-3 setback. The next day, Wilmer Ríos (3 IP, 5 H, 2 C) had a couple of blinks in the second act and that was enough for the RedHawks’ victory, 2-1. The Americans hit one more hit than the Lions (9-8).
The BCL did not end as the “kings of the jungle” wanted, but their first participation in an international competition left lessons learned and confirmed that they have the pieces to remain among the best teams in the LMB and fight next year to reach their fifth series. championship in a row and fourth Serie del Rey in five seasons. Much of the stellar quartet of an elite bullpen stood out, as did Yadir Drake (tournament leader in home runs, 4, and runs scored, 4) and Norberto Obeso, mainstays of the “lineup”. Other pitchers like Miguel Aguilar, Manuel Chávez and Yamil Castillo did the job.
The streamer corps looked like it did throughout the year: effective (2.77) and strikeout (19).
In the victory against the Alazanes, elements of the three-time champions of the South between 2019 and 2022 were combined for offensive production (Obeso, Drake and Diego Madero combined for six RBIs) and the current monarchs of the North (Jonathan Villar drove in two records and JC Escarra scored one).
Seeing Josh Fuentes and César Valdez again as lions was special. The architects of great moments for the jungle team in the playoffs were protagonists against the reinforced Cuban team. If one or both return in 2024, Roarers’ favoritism in the South Zone will increase.
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Edition: Fernando Sierra
2023-10-12 03:21:58
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