Industriales make it to the post-season

HAVANA, Cuba, Mar 2 (acn) Industriales completed the quartet of teams qualified to playoffs of Cuban baseball championship in its 55th edition by knocking out 14-4 Pinar del Rio.

In match made on the neutral ground of Nelson Fernandez stadium in San Jose de las Lajas ( Mayabeque), the squad from Havana totaled 16 hits, highlighting the outfielder Stayler Hernandez, who hit a double and home run with two RBIs and three runs.
Shortstop Jorge Enrique Alomá hit a triple and drove in three runs while Joasán Guillen and Frank Camilo Morejón drove in two runs per capita to support the pitching performance of Noelvis Entenza, winner of the match after five innings of solid relieve in which he only allowed an earned run .
Industriales secured thus the fourth seat in the st andings and earned its 50th win of the season against 35 losse s, already unreachable by Holguin (46-39), which lost 13-2 to Ciego de Avila and appears fifth.
Luis Roberto Moiran and Yorelvis Charles both homered for the cause of the current national monarchs, while reliever Israel Sánchez allowed two earned runs and five hits in four innings to take the win.
Matanzas was confirmed on top of the standings thanks to its 3-2 victory over Isla de la Juventud, with the eleventh win of the season for lefty Yoanni Yera.
Finally , Granma beat 5-4 Las Tunas in a game with no interest for destinations of classification to postseason.
After these results, Matanzas remains as leader of the Cuban baseball championship with 53 wins and 29 losses, followed by Ciego de Avila (53-31), Pinar del Río (50-32) and Industriales (50-35), teams that will be involved in the semifinals.
While Holguin ( 46-39), Granma (43-43), Las Tunas (42-43) and Isla de la Juventud ( 40-43) were eliminated in the decisive stage of the competition.
The regular season concludes today and the suspended matches during the second phase of the local baseball classic, valid to determine the definitive ordering of the teams qualified for the playoffs, will start next Friday.