HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 25 (acn) The match Pinar del Río-Industriales monopolizes interest today of the Cuban baseball championship, with 18 days for the definition of teams qualified for the postseason.
Industriales, owner of the third seat of the standings with 39 wins and 30 losses, four games behind the leaders Matanzas and Granma (43-26), will seek to exploit its status as host to negotiate a positive outcome to keep it within the positions of privilege.
In turn, the current national monarchs come to the Latinoamericano Stadium pushed by the pressing need to add at least a couple of wins that feed their hopes of advancing to the decisive stage of the contest, to be eligible to re-edit the title of the previous campaign.
The risk of being left out of the playoffs hangs in the balance as a Sword of Damocles over Pinar del Rio, relegated to sixth place in the standings with a record of 37-32, although at only one game of Isla de la Juventud and Ciego de Ávila (38-31), teams that appear tied for the fourth seat.
Fully immersed in the hard-fought competition for one of the four tickets to the playoffs, the Isla de la Juventud Pirates will receive Artemisa (35-34), while the Ciego de Ávila Tigers assume a demanding challenge to play as visitors against the co-leader Granma.
The other leader Matanzas will have a golden opportunity to regain the top alone, when facing Holguin ( 31-38), only team with negative balance of wins and defeats, virtually with no chance of accessing to the semifinals.
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