HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 8 (acn) Industriales beat Cienfuegos 5-4 to complete the only swept of the weekend in the Cuban baseball championship and now appears at just two games behind the leader Matanzas.
Yunieski Gourriel and Alexander Malleta led the blue offensive with two RBIs per capita in a match won by the starting pitcher Pavel Pino, who allowed one earned run and five hits in five innings, while Alexander Rodriguez saved the game.
The Matanzas Crocodiles remained on top of the standings despite losing 4-5 to Santiago de Cuba, game where it highlighted Alexei Bell's batting performance, two homers and five RBIs for the cause of the victors.
Artemis escaped the swept by beating 6-4 Granma; Yulieski González was the winner by allowing one hit in six innings, although he walked five; José Ángel García took the save while the rookie Lazaro Perez hit 2 for 2 with a triple and an RBI to offensively highlight.
The current monarch Pinar del Río also avoided being swept by defeating 5-2 Ciego de Ávila, the reliever Isbel Hernandez took the win and third baseman Donal Duarte, hit a solo homer.
In Sunday's other matches, Sancti Spiritus beat 7-2 Villa Clara, Camagüey defeated 6-5 Isle of Youth and Las Tunas won 9-4 over Mayabeque, while the match Holguín- Guantánamo was suspended .
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