HAVANA, Cuba, Dec 18 (acn) Pinar del Río, current monarch, conquered its fifth consecutive win accessing thus to the called qualifying zone in Cuban baseball championship, by beating 3-0 Holguin.
The ace pitcher Yosvani Torres starred on Wednesday his best performance of the season by allowing just four hits with eight strikeouts in nine innings, while third baseman Donal Duarte offensively excelled with a solo home run.
With this result the disciples of the sanctioned coach Alfonso Urquiola reached 20 wins with 19 losses in the campaign, and took advantage from the respective defeats of Villa Clara and Santiago de Cuba to currently rank eighth, final eligible ticket to the next phase.
The Villa Clara Oranges suffered a major blow after losing 4-3 to Matanzas; the lefty Yoanni Yera won the match, this time as reliever; while the Santiago de Cuba Wasps also lost 2-1 to Granma, team that arrived at 25 wins and also secured its presence in the elite stage of the contest .
Artemisa also reached 25 wins and guaranteed passport to the second round by beating 6-5 Mayabeque, in match marked by the 11th save of the veteran closer José Ángel García.
The outfielder Jose A. Garcia hit three homers to lead Ciego de Avila to a 6-1 victory over Industriales, with pitching highlight for the starter Osmar Carrero and closer Yadir Rabbi, in a result that greatly improves the qualifying options of those coach ed by Roger Machado.
In turn, Isla de la Juventud became an apparent defeat in victory by scoring eight runs in the ninth inning to beat 9-7 Cienfuegos, and continue with a firm step in its efforts to be included among the qualified squads.
In the other matches of the day, Sancti Spiritus defeated 4-3 Camagüey and Guantánamo won 4-2 over Las Tunas.
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