Tepic, Mexico, Nov 6 (Prensa Latina) A Cuban team will face today the Mexican national team participating in the Premier 12 baseball tournament, in a friendly game that will inaugurate the stadium called “Colossus of the Pacific.”
A few weeks ago the stadium was certified by a committee of the American Major Leagues, after verifying that it met all the requirements for international professional competitions to be held there.
Cuba received the invitation from the sports authorities for that match and, given the impossibility of sending its national team in the adaptation phase on a tour of Taiwan where it will play the qualifying phase of the Premier League, it sent a squad made up of figures who stood out in their domestic championship.
The cast will be directed by Professor Ángel Ortega, manager of the Alazanes de Granma who won the bronze medal last season and is made up of 18 players.
The group is made up of catchers Yosvani Alarcón and Lázaro Ponce, infielders William Saavedra, Yunier Mendoza, Alexis Varona, Osvaldo Abreu, Yunier Rondón and Jeison Martínez and outfielders Luis Cremet, Frederich Cepeda, Dennis Laza, Yaser Julio González and Ariel Hechavarría.
Dani Betancourt, Randy Cueto, Armando Dueñas, Branlis Rodríguez and Alberto Pablo Civil were selected as pitchers for that match, while the technical team is also made up of Guillermo Carmona, Jorge Hierrezuelo, Jesús Bosmenier, Abeicy Pantoja and Carlos Martín.
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