PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, Jul 28 (acn) The 2-1 US victory at Captain San Luis stadium, in Pinar del Rio, allowed that squad to win the baseball friendly match against Cuba.
The first run of visitors came in the sixth inning, driven in by Jeren Kendall and scored by Dalton Guthrie, again prominent in the defense at shortstop.
Frank Luis Medina replaced on the mound Cuba´s starting pitcher, Miguel Lahera, who did not allowed hits to his opponents-, and after two hits, Americans tied the score.
Cubans failed to take advantage of their 11 hits nor the run scored by Yolber Sanchez in the fourth inning and lost for second day to a much more stable team in pitching and timely hitting in the batting box.
Jefferson Delgado's injury, the more accurate player of the match on the Cuban side, prevented his presence at the game, in which Yolber Sanchez and William Saavedra batted three and two hits respectively.
The players coached by George Horton only batted three hits in the game, one of them was a homer by Keston Hiura, pinch-hitter who came out in the eighth and gave the advantage to the Americans.
The win went to Ricky Tyler Thomas, who replaced the starter Tanner Houck in the fourth inning and allowed just two hits and a walk, with four strikeouts, while Livan Moinelo earned his second straight loss despite striking out six rivals.
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