HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 21 (acn) Guantánamo knocked out 14-1 the sub leader Ciego de Avila in the continuation of the Cuban Baseball Championship, which saw Matanzas consolidated on top of the standings.
The Guantanamo Indians batted 13 hits, including two home runs by Giorbis Duvergel and Felix Carbonell, to support Pedro Aguero´s solid pitching performance, who won the game by allowing four hits and one earned run in five innings.
Through this result Guantanamo ratified itself as one of the great surprises of the season, at just three games of Matanzas, current leader of the standings, who beat 5-1 Camagüey, with the fifth win of the lefty Yoanni Yera.
In turn, Artemisa remained two games down the leader by defeating 9-5 Santiago de Cuba. The winner was the veteran Yulieski Gonzalez, who allowed only four hits and one earned run in six innings.
The closer Jose Angel Garcia achieved his fifth save for the cause of the Artemisa Hunters, whose attack was led by outfielder Dayan Gonzalez and third baseman Lazaro Hernandez with two RBI s per capita, while Edilse Silva hit a homer for the losers.
Granma also remained in the called qualifying area by knocking out Mayabeque 12-2, with José Armando Peña´s fourth win, while Carlos Benitez and Lazaro Cedeño hit homers and Urmani Guerra went 4 for 5 with five RBIs.
In evening hours, the undefeated Ismel Jimenez gained his fifth win when Sancti Spiritus won 15-0 over Cienfuegos, while Isla de la Juventud reached five wins in a row by beating 7-5 Holguin and Villa Clara walked off 6-5 the current monarch Pinar del Río.
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