Cuba loses second game versus US collegiate team

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 4 (acn) A two-run homerun by Steele Walker in the same first inning was devastating in Cuba's second loss, this time 1-5, to the US national college squad in the Friendly Baseball Match between these two nations.

Walker was American´s best batter when hitting 3 for 4 with two RBIs.
Vladimir Baños, Cuba´s starting pitcher, took the loss when allowing five runs in only one and two-third innings.
Cuba´s only run was scored in the seventh frame when DH Yordanis Samon drove in SS Raul Gonzalez, who excelled offensively and defensively.
Gonzalez amounts half of the eight hits of his squad in the match.
These teams will hold today in Charlotte Park, also in the state of North Carolina, their third game.
The local side won the first game with a score of 5-4 in 10 innings.