Matanzas reaches 20 victories in Cyban baseball

HAVANA, Cuba, Sep 5 (acn) The Matanzas Crocodiles got their 20th win, and 11th consecutive, on Sunday in the Cuban Baseball League after beating Granma 3-1.

There was offensive highlight for Matanzas´ cleanup hitter and first baseman, Yordanis Samon, leader in hits of the tournament with 36, who batted two hits and drove in two runs in the match.
Left-hander José Ramón Licor earned his third win of the season after allowing one earned run in seven innings, with three strikeouts and equal amount of walks, while José Armando Peña took the loss.
The team managed by Victor Mesa has only lost twice in the tournament and now has an advantage of 6.5 games over its closer pursuer, Villa Clara, which lost 1-2 to the surprising team of Camaguey.
This match was suspended by rain in the eighth inning and the same happened, but in the sixth, in the 6-5 win of Mayabeque over Isla de la Juventud.
Ciego de Avila, current monarch, maintained its winning path when reaching its 8th win in the last ten games by defeating 8-0 Las Tunas, mainly supported in the performance of the ace Vladimir Garcia, who got his 5th win of the season, and merciless attack by Yorelvis Charles, three RBIs, and Eliecer Griñan, 4 for 4, both with homers.
In Havana, Industriales received the excellent news of the return of its ace starting pitchers Frank Monthiet and Noelvis Entenza, from Italy and Canada respectively, and the latter already got his first victory when allowing one earned run in seven innings in the 9-2 win over Sancti Spiritus.
In yesterday´s other results, Holguin provided a 2-0 shutout to Cinfuegos and Pinar del Rio did the same, with same score to Santiago de Cuba, while Guantanamo beat 6-2 Artemisa with outstanding pitching performances by Dayron Riera and Luis Castillo, who earned their 4 th win and 6th save in the tourney, in that order.