Villa Clara beats Industriales in Cuban baseball

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 24 (acn) Villa Clara climbed to fifth seat of Cuban baseball championship after beating Industriales 3-2 at the start of one of the main domestic traditional big games.

The ace Freddy Asiel Alvarez guided from the mound the winners by allowing seven hits and two earned runs in six innings, supported by the save of rookie Reinier Sánchez , while Frank Monthiet took the loss.
Andy Zamora hit a double and drove in two runs to lead Villa Clara's offensive, which maintained its upward trend with six wins in the last seven matches, while Industriales achiev ed its third straight loss.
In another outcome of interest, Las Tunas won 7-0 over Matanzas with solid pitching performance by Yudiel Rodriguez and offensive highlight by shortstop Yordanis Alarcon, 3 for 3 with a double and two RBI s.
Santiago de Cuba defeated 1-0 Artemisa thanks to excellent work by Danny Betancourt and decisive homer by rookie Reynaldo Lamothe, while Guantanamo knocked out Sancti Spiritus 10-0, with two RBIs per capita for Leonelkis Escalante, Robert Delgado and Andres de la Cruz.
Finally, Camagüey beat Mayabeque 7-6 to reach its third win of the season against 16 losses in a day with includes the night games Ciego de Avila -Granma, Pinar del Rio-Isla de la Juventud and Cienfuegos-Holguin.