The Vegueros sealed the game in the same first inning with a package of eight runs that accommodated the work of pitcher Bladimir Baños (6.0 IP, 1CL, 6H, 1K, 1BB).
Former Major League Baseball player Alexei Ramírez went 3 for 4, including two hits and drove four runs, while Yaser Julio González, Lázaro Benítez, Tailon Sánchez and Luis Pablo Acosta each hit home runs.
In the same way, the classic, won by Santiago de Cuba (11-1) against Industriales, concluded with the sixth success of the season for the Athens-2004 Olympic champion, Danny Betancourt.
Adriel Labrada led the Eastern Wasps’ offense with a double, home run and five RBIs.
The rivalry to claim the eighth and final playoff spot continued after the victories of Sancti Spíritus, Mayabeque and Villa Clara, while Guantánamo, another contender, will play starting tomorrow against La Isla on neutral ground.
The transfer of that subseries to the Nelson Fernández stadium in San José de Las Lajas, east of Havana, was due to the cancellation of maritime transportation due to the deterioration of weather conditions.
Los Gallos took an important step by defeating Holguín 13-4, their sixth straight victory that confirms their dominance of eighth place in the standings.
Villa Clara beat Cienfuegos 3-2, Mayabeque beat Ciego de Ávila 7-2 and in the other match of the day Matanzas dealt the sixth consecutive setback to Camagüey (9-5).
Las Tunas and Artemisa, a team that is also around the middle of the standings, also did not play due to the rains that fell in the west of the island.
The standings maintain Pinar del Río as the leader (45-23), followed by Las Tunas (40-22), Granma (43-25), Santiago de Cuba (40-28), Ciego de Ávila and Industriales (37 -31), Matanzas (36-32) and Sancti Spíritus (34-34).
Next are Guantánamo and Artemisa (32-35), Mayabeque and Villa Clara (32-36), Camagüey (30-38), Holguín and Cienfuegos (24-44) and La Isla (19-43).
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