Industriales Stays Second in Cuban baseball

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 16 (acn) Industriales totaled 17 hits to beat Santiago de Cuba 11-2 in the first game of the season of the traditional big game par excellence of the Cuban baseball.

Alexander Malleta, Juan Carlos Torriente and Rudy Reyes, the latter author of a homer, drove in three runs each while Stayler Hernandez went 4 for 4 with three runs for the cause of the winners.

The rookie Yoel David Paula achieved his third win of the season by allowing five hits in four innings of work, while veteran Alberto Bicet took the loss.

Despite the victory over its fiercest rival in the historical domestic baseball panorama, Industrial remains a game and a half behind the leader Ciego de Avila that achieved its tenth consecutive win by defeating 8-0 Isla de la Juventud.
This win was reached mainly due to the solid pitching performance by the starting pitcher Osmar Carrero and offensive highlight by outfielder Luis Robert Moiran, who hit 3 for 5 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Urmani Guerra hit a home run and drove in four runs in the 6-3 victory of Granma over Pinar del Rio, while Matanzas defeated Camagüey 7-1, with excellent offensive performance by outfielder Eduardo Blanco, 2 for 4 with a homer and two RBIs.
In the other matches of the day, Guantanamo beat 10-3 Cienfuegos and Holguin walked off 3-2 Artemisa in the eleventh inning, while the matches Mayabeque-Las Tunas and Villa Clara-Sancti Spiritus were suspended due to rain .
Ciego de Avila (12-2) leads the standings, followed by Industriales (10-3), Granma (9-4), Sancti Spiritus (8-4), Pinar del Rio (8-5), Matanzas and Cienfuegos (7-6), Holguin, Santiago and Guantanamo (6-7), Villa Clara and Las Tunas (5-7), Artemisa (5-8), Isla de la Juventud (5-9), Mayabeque (3-9) and Camaguey (1-12).