The management of the Cuba team that will debut this Wednesday against the Dominican Republic in the Premier 12 baseball tournament today announced the regular lineup that will take to the grass of the Tianmu Baseball Stadium.
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According to mentor Armando Johnson, the batting order will feature Roel Santos in left field, Yoan Moncada at third base, Erisbel Arruebarrena at shortstop, Alfredo Despaigne designated hitter and Ariel Martínez at first base.
They continue in that order Yadir Drake in the right field, Yoelquis Guibert in the center, Andrys Pérez in the catcher and Yadil Mujica will defend the second.
The pitcher will be the left-handed Yoenni Yera, who declared today during the training session that he felt focused from the first day of the training camp and in a position to fulfill the task.
At 6:30 p.m. local time (5:30 a.m. in Cuba) the important duel has been agreed, which will begin the actions of group B where the teams from Australia, South Korea, the current champions from Japan and the local teams from China were also located. Taipei.
Since last Saturday, the matches began in key A and after this Monday’s results, Panama and Venezuela lead the order with two wins and one loss, the Netherlands and Puerto Rico are 1-1 and the United States and Mexico are 1-2.
According to the competition system implemented by the World Baseball and Softball Confederation, the two best-placed teams in each bracket will access the super round to be played in the Land of the Rising Sun, where the medalists will be defined.
With information from Boris Luis Cabrera/ACN
