HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 2 (acn) Matanzas remained on top of Cuban baseball and took another step towards qualifying to the playoffs when beating on Sunday 7-1 Industriales, led by solid pitching performance by Ramón Licor.
The lefty allowed six hits and one earned run in five innings and two thirds, while the veteran Frank Monthiet took the loss.
Yadiel Hernandez hit 2 for 4 with three runs scored and Yasiel Santoya hit a double and drove in two runs to lead the Matanzas Crocodiles´ attack, together with Yurisbel Gracial and Jefferson Delgado, authors of two RBIs per capita.
Matanzas extended thus its lead at the top to four games over Granma, which achieved its fourth consecutive defeat by losing 9-5 against Artemisa, with the 19th save of the closer José Ángel García, and offensive highlight by Michael Gonzalez, with two doubles and three RBIs.
Ciego de Ávila appears now in the third seat of the standings, one game behind Granma , when beating 9-0 Isla de la Juventud, with shared shutout by start er Yander Guevara and reliever Yadir Rabi.
The Tigers totaled 14 hits, including two homers by Yoelvis Fiss, who drove in four runs in the match, seconded by Humberto Morales who hit a solo homer.
Finally, outfielder Dennis Laza hit a homer and drove in two runs to lead the current monarch Pinar del Río to a close win 5-3 over Holguin. Yaifredo Domínguez was the winner while the lefty Livan Moinelo earned the save.
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