Matanzas and Pinar del Rio Maintain Victorious Performance in Cuban Baseball

HAVANA, Cuba, Oct 6 (acn) Matanzas and Pinar del Rio achieved their seventh and sixth straight wins, respectively, to maintain their upward trend in the Cuban baseball championship.

Yurisbel Gracial and Eduardo Blanco drove in three runs each in the 10-1 victory of Matanzas over Holguin, with credit from the mound to Yoanni Yera, who allowed four hits and one unearned run in six innings.
Also, Pinar del Rio beat Camagüey 9-3, with the second win of the season for the ace Yosvany Torres and offensive highlight to William Saavedra and Reidel Alvarez, who both homered.
Las Tunas totaled 21 hits to beat Artemisa 15-3 in a match marked by the homer and three RBIs by first baseman Joenny Southerán, while catcher Yosvany Alarcon hit 4 for 5 with two doubles.
Lourdes Y.Gourriel went 2 for 4 with a double and three RBIs to lead Industriales to win 10-8 over Sancti Spiritus, which had a very bad defensive performance when committing five errors in the match.
In addition, Lazaro Cedeno and Osvaldo Abreu drove in two runs per capita in the 6-4 win of Granma over Villa Clara, while Isla de la Juventud knocked out 11-1 Santiago de Cuba , highlighting veteran Luis Felipe Rivera, 2 for 4 with three RBIs.
Finally, Guantanamo defeat ed Mayabeque 16-12 in magical night for shortstop Andres de la Cruz, 5 for 6 with a homer, three runs scored and six RBIs, while Ciego de Avila was losing 2-5 against Cienfuegos when the game was suspended in the sixth inning.
Ciego de Avila still leads the rankings with 20 wins and seven losses, followed by Pinar del Río (18-8), Industriales (19-9), Granma (17-10), Las Tunas (16-10), Matanzas ( 16-11), Cienfuegos (13-11), Isla de la Juventud, Sancti Spiritus and Villa Clara (14-14), Guantanamo (13-14), Holguin (13-15), Santiago de Cuba (10-18), Artemisa (8- 17), Camagüey (7-21 ) and Mayabeque (4-23).