The Eastern Wasps have seven wins in a row out of the nine they have exhibited in the most recent ten clashes and share fourth place in the standings along with Industriales, both with balances of 35 and 26.
Yesterday, the Santiago team won 3-2, a defeat that has the Toros sharing tenth place with Villa Clara and Guantánamo. Also with a balance of 9-1 in their last appearances, the Las Tunas team threatens to win the five games of the subseries against Holguín, a result that would confirm its position as escort of the leader Pinar del Río.
The Leñadores defeated their opponents this Saturday 6-3 with the eighth point per game saved for their bullpen ace Alberto Pablo Civil, two less than the leader in the campaign, José Ángel García, who also heads the Cuban historical ranking (308 ).
With the matchup defined in its favor after a 4-3 victory in extra inning, Guantánamo will go out today for a fourth victory over Ciego de Ávila, which maintains its aspirations of being included among the eight best in the tournament.
The same intentions motivate Sancti Spíritus and Mayabeque, teams that have already secured the duels against Industriales and La Isla, respectively, but ‘they depend on positive streaks to climb positions in the 14 games remaining on the calendar.
The Roosters fell 7-1 yesterday, while the Hurricanes knocked out their opponents with a score of 12-2.
The rest of the pairings will seek definition on Sunday, after embracing two successes on each side, and several of them have a direct impact on the standings.
Matanzas beat Artemisa 3-2 and both share seventh place, just two lines ahead of Villa Clara, Guantánamo and Camagüey.
The Leopardos from the center of the island were victims of Granma (8-3) and the platoon leader, Pinar del Río, fell for the second straight game against Cienfuegos, 9-8.
Despite the two defeats, Vegueros maintains the lead (40-21), followed by Las Tunas (36-20), Granma (37-24), Industriales and Santiago de Cuba (35-26), Ciego de Ávila (34-27 ) and Artemisa and Matanzas (31-30).
Outside the classification zone, but very close, appear Villa Clara, Camagüey and Guantánamo (29-32), Sancti Spíritus (28-33) and Mayabeque (27-34), while Cienfuegos (22-39), Holguín (21- 40) and La Isla (19-37) are already virtually eliminated.
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