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Cuban baseball playoffs start today

Cuban baseball playoffs start todayHAVANA, Cuba, Jan 4 (acn) For the sixth consecutive time Matanzas qualified to semifinals of the Cuban baseball championship, this time they will face Granma.

Only one out of those six times, the "Crocodiles" reached the final and it was versus Villa Clara, who beat them and won the crown in the 52nd series of the Cuban national pastime.
At its headquarters of the Victoria de Girón stadium, Matanzas, leader of the qualifying stage with 70 wins, new record in a 90-game schedule, will receive Granma, which finished fourth with balance of 50 wins and 40 losses.
The other match of the day will be held at Jose Ramon Cepero ballpark, in Ciego de Avila, where the Tigers, current monarchs and runners up of the season with 56 wins and 34 losses, will rival Villa Clara, which ranked third (52-38).
Holguín (43-47) and Camagüey (39-51) couldn´t reach the semifinals and were eliminated.
The individual highlights of the season include Granma´s pitcher Lázaro Blanco with the best ERA (1.63), followed by Villa Clara´s Alain Sánchez (2.02) and Camagüey´s Erlis Casanova (2.27).
Matanzas´ Yoanni Yera was the leader in strikeouts with 123, escorted by Ciego de Avila´s Vladimir Garcia with 105.
Another player with outstanding numbers in several stats was Matanzas DH Yordanis Samon, absolute leader in hits with 126, doubles (27), RBIs (76) and runs (65).
The other offensive leaderships went to Granma´s Yoelkis Céspedes who hit 9 triples; Matanzas´ Victor Victor Mesa stole 40 bases and his teammate Jefferson Delgado had the best BA (.403), while Ciego de Avila´s Osvaldo Vazquez topped the home runs with 17 and slugging with 596.
In the team averages, the Crocodiles were the best in offensive with .330 and pitching with ERA of 3.11; while Granma ranked first in defense with average of 980, escorted by Matanzas (976).

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