HAVANA, Cuba, Jan 19 (acn) Matanzas is ratified in the qualifying area to the postseason of Cuban baseball championship and earned its fifth consecutive victory by beating 5-0 Holguin, in day marked by a new win of the leader Ciego de Avila.
The winner Javier Vazquez allowed only three hits in five innings and Yosvany Perez achieved the save to highlight from the mound for the Matanzas Crocodiles, which were offensively led by Yurisbel Gracial, 2 for 3 with three RBIs.
With this result the disciples of Victor Mesa reached 40 wins in the season against 25 losses and kept the third seat of the standings, three games behind the leader Ciego de Avila (45-23), which took revenge this Monday when defeating Industriales 7-5.
In perfect night, outfielder Jose Adolis Garcia hit 4-4 with a triple, two RBIs and three runs scored to stand out by the Ciego de Avila Tigers, while veteran Ariel Borrero also drove in two runs for the cause of the current national monarchs.
Pinar del Rio defeated Granma 3-1 in the first match of a double feature with the seventh win of the season for Erlis Casanova.
But Granma won 7-5 at second time, in game extended to 12 innings, with three RBIs per capita for Maikel Castellanos and Lazaro Cedeno, the latter author of a homer, and Juan Ramón Olivera earned the win after excellent four and two thirds relieve.
Wilber Perez reached 10 wins in the season and Julio Pablo Martinez hit 3 for 5 with a homer in the 10-3 triumph of Isla de la Juventud over Las Tunas, which took revenge 7-5 in the second game of the day with offensive highlight of Yordanis Alarcon, 3 for 5 with a double and two RBIs.
After these results, Ciego de Avila leads the standings of Cuban baseball with 45 wins and 23 defeats, followed by Pinar del Río (41-24), Matanzas (40-25), Industriales ( 40-27), Holguin (38-30 ), Granma (37-31), Las Tunas (35-33) and Isla de la Juventud ( 33-34).
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