HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 12 (acn) Marked by the exclusion of head coach Alfonso Urquiola for the rest of the qualifying stage, Pinar del Río returned to winning form in Cuban baseball championship by beating 5-2 Industriales.
The current national monarchs batte d nine hits, including homers by Lorenzo Quintana, Lázaro Blanco and Luis Alberto Valdés, the latter with three RBIs in the match, to support the work of reliever Livan Moinelo, who took the win.
The right-hander Noelvis Entenza earned his fourth loss and remains winningless in the season, while closer Vladimir Gutiérrez achieved his sixth save of the campaign.
Matanzas ratified itself at the head of the standings and virtually assured its presence in the elite stage of the championship by beating 9-7 Guantánamo to complete the sweep, the reliever Yohan Hernandez was the winner.
Outfielder Victor V. Mesa hit 3 for 5 with a triple and two RBIs, while Ariel Sanchez and Yariel Duque hit a home run per capita for the winners, while debutant José Daudinot hit a homer by the defeated team.
Robelio Carrillo allowed six hits and one earned run in five innings and two thirds of work to lead Villa Clara to a 8-3 victory over Holguin , with offensive highlight by third baseman Yeniet Perez, author of two homers and six RBIs in the game.
In turn , the veteran Alberto Bicet allowed six hits scoreless in eight innings and a third in Santiago de Cuba's win 3-0 over Isla de la Juventud, supported by the hitting of Edilse Silva with two doubles and one RBI.
In the other matches of the day, Artemisa defeated 3-1 Ciego de Avila, Mayabeque won 6-5 over Sancti S piritus, Cienfuegos beat 6-5 Camagüey and Las Tunas surpassed 8-2 Granma.
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