Cuba to face Trois-Rivieres Aigles in Can-Am baseball league

HAVANA, Cuba, Jun 14 (acn) The Cuban national team will look for their second win in the competitive tour against teams from the Canadian-American (Can-Am) baseball League when facing the Trois-Rivieres Aigles.

The squad from the Caribbean nation started its tour of 19 games for several cities in Canada and the United States losing three of the four matches they held versus the Quebec Capitales.
Weighed down by sensitive gaps in the most significant aspects of the game, the disciples of Roger Machado lost their first two matches with scores of 3-2 and 7-4, then they won the third one (7-3), and lost again (7-1) final game of the particular subseries.
To date, the worst performance of the Cuban team corresponds to the pitching staff, which works for a high ERA of 4.94, and giving up 16 walks.
The best performance in this stat goes to right-hander Vladimir Garcia, who in the third game allowed five hits and two earned runs in six innings to achieve the only win of his squad.
The Cubans collectively bat for .271, with just three doubles as extra-base hits and only 10 RBIs, while the nine walks contrast with the 17 strikeouts they received from the Quebec Capitales pitchers.
Shortstop Yorbis Borroto stands out so far when hitting for .364, product of four hits in 11 at-bats with three runs scored and two RBIs, seconded by outfielders Lazaro Ramirez (.333) and Julio Pablo Martinez (.313), authors of two and three RBIs, respectively.
On the Cuban players hired in other teams in the Can-Am League, Roel Santos hits for .305 with 12 runs scored and nine RBIs, while Yurisbel Gracial bats for .278 with 11 RBIs, both as key players in the roster of the Quebec Capitales.
Veterans Donal Duarte (.315) and Alexander Malleta (.244) have gradually raised their performance with the Ottawa Champions, especially the second one, who totals five doubles and a home run with 10 RBIs in 13 matches.
Between Tuesday and Thursday, Cuba will face the Trois-Rivieres Aigles, team appearing last in the Can-Am League with balance of three wins and 20 losses, in the standings led by New Jersey Jackals (16-8), which is escorted by the Quebec Capitales and Rockland Boulders, both with 14-9.