HAVANA, Cuba, Feb 23 (acn) Cuba lost 1-3 in Taichung to the Chinatrust Brothers, club from the local professional league, in the third game of its Asian warm-up tour heading the 4th World Baseball Classic.

Cuba reached the top of the ninth with a 1-0 lead, but its bullpen was not at the height when lefty Livan Moinello, who lost the game, and right hander Raidel Martinez allowed three runs, with 3 hits and two walks in that inning.

The run of the Cuban side was scored in the seventh frame by DH William Saavedra and it was an unearned run due to an error by the opponent pitcher.

The Caribbean squad had the chance to win the game in the bottom of the ninth when having two men on bases with only one out, but the Brothers closer, Lin Yu-ching, forced two Cuban pinch hitters to fly out, thus ending the game.

The team coached by Carlos Marti concluded its tour of Taiwan with balance of one win and two losses as on opening day they won 6-2, but then lost 2-4, in both cases against the local national squad.

Now they will travel to South Korea and end their tour in Japan, where they will play the first round of the WBC against the Japanese hosts, Australia and China.

The rain prevented the Cuban national team and the Taiwanese university squad from facing each other at the Intercontinental Stadium, as part of the friendly matches planned for the city of Taichung heading the 4th World Baseball Classic (WSB).

In clear brotherhood gesture, a squad of 13 young boxers from the city of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, will face today a team from Pinar del Rio province, at November 19 th multipurpose room of that Cuban western territory.

Cuba lost 2-4 to Taiwan at the Taichung Intercontinental Baseball Stadium, thus tying their warm-up series at one win each, before the World Baseball Classic (WBC).

The boxing team of the American city of Pittsburgh arrived in Cuba with the aim of holding a friendly match against their counterparts of Pinar del Río province on February 22nd.

Cuba defeated Taiwan 6-2 in Taichung last night in their first warm-up match ahead of next month's World Baseball Classic (WBC).

Cuban Yunior Reytor won the silver medal this weekend in the men´s epee event of the Peter Bakonyi World Fencing Cup, based in Vancouver, Canada.

The Cuban team that will attend the 4 th World Baseball Classic (WBC) is in Chinese Taipei for the start of the 11 training matches they will play in Asia prior this major event.

The Granma-Cerro Pelado international wrestling tournaments will continue today with the second day of the Greco-Roman style, with bouts in the divisions of 66, 75, 85 and 130 kilograms, and stage at Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.

The Cuban National Road Cycling Tour will run today its seventh stage, with starting line in the province of Ciego de Avila and intermediate sprints in the towns of Jatibonico, Sancti Spíritus and Trinidad, as well as mountain prizes in Mirador and Topes de Collantes, both with category B.

The Cuba Domadores, current monarchs, will face today the Argentina Condors, in the second week of the 7th World Series of Boxing (WSB), in Havana´s Sports City Coliseum.

The Cuban team that will participate in the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC) next March, departs for Asia today, where it will play 11 training matches.

Pedro Portuondo (Santiago de Cuba) won the second stage of the 4th National Road Cycling Tour with time of 3 hours, 9 minutes and 11 seconds, becoming thus the leader of the general individual classification.

The Cuban team that will attend next March the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC) will receive today the flag that will accompany them to that event at Jose Marti Monument, in this city.

Roel Santos, member of the Cuban team to the 4th World Baseball Classic (WBC), said that currently his priority is to make every effort to have a great performance in that strong tournament and contribute to the victories of his squad.

Cuban judokas won no medals in the Paris Grand Slam, in France, during the two competitive days of the contest, which brought together 412 athletes from 61 countries.