HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 14 (acn) Ciego de Ávila increased its lead at the top of the Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition when beating 6-1 Holguin.
Dachel Duquesne allowed eight hits and one earned run in seven innings to score his seventh win of the season, backed by the ninth save of Yunier Cano, while Carlos Santiesteban took the loss.
Shortstop Yorbis Borroto headed the Tigers´ offensive by hitting 3 for 5 including a double and one RBI.
The existing national monarchs lead the standings with balance of 43 victories and 21 defeats, three games ahead of its nearest escort, Pinar del Río, which lost 3-2 to Industriales.
Frank Monthiet achieved his eighth win of the season by allowing five hits and two runs in five inning s, plus six strikeouts, while Hector Ponce reach his tenth save and there was offensive highlight of Stayler Hernandez, Alexander Malleta and Rudy Reyes with an RBI per capita.
Maikel Castellanos hit 4 for 5 with a triple and four RBIs to lead Granma in its 7-4 victory over Las Tunas, and Juan Ramón Olivera won as reliever.
Finally, Matanzas defeated 6-0 Isla de la Juventud with tremendous opening by lefty Yoanni Yera, who earned his eighth win of the season by allowing only one hit and striking out 11 rivals in seven innings and a third.
Ariel Sanchez hit 3 for 5 with a homer and three RBIs as the most prominent offensively by the Matanzas Crocodiles, together with Yurisbel Gracial, who batted a triple and a solo homer for the cause of the victors.
After these results, Ciego de Avila (43-21) remains solid on top of the standings, followed by Pinar del Río (39-23), Industriales (39-25), Matanzas (37-25), Holguin (37 -27), Granma (36-28), Isla de la Juventud and Las Tunas ( 32-32).
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