Yoelkis Guibert engraved his name in golden letters this Thursday by excessively leading the attack of the Santiago de Cuba Wasps in the Latin American stadium, the so-called cathedral of Cuban baseball, the famous lair of the capital’s Lions who ended up disheveled with a slate 10 runs for 7.
The strong striker of the red and black team hit three home runs in five appearances at the batter’s box, produced seven runs, scored three and by signing the home run feat, the first time he has achieved it personally, he also became the first hitter from Santiago to capture the triad blows in a game this season and at the same time the first Santiago native to achieve it in the Cerro giant.
This display of the indomitable patrolman has brought his impressive offensive numbers to an average of .338, with 16 doubles, 2 triples, 15 home runs and 67 RBIs; A result that only highlights the decline that will mean when he leaves to fulfill his contract in professional baseball in Venezuela on an imminent date.
Guibert was accompanied in the attack against the capital pitcher by the leading man of the lineup, Francisco Martínez, who added the other three runs to Santiago’s balance through a perfect performance in the pentagon as he shot 3 for 3, a home run, three runs batted in and equal number of notes.
The victory belonged to starter Wilber Reyna, who after containing the Lions in the first four innings allowed two runs in the fifth and finally blew up the sixth without being able to get the third out to carry a total of nine hits and four earned runs.
The Santiago relay was permissive as Yoendris Montero carried a discount from the opponents in two and a third innings and Kevin Rosales assimilated another two runs in one inning of performance but fortunately the advantage provided by the bats made history irreversible.
Starter Diosbel Nápoles took the loss, who was followed on the mound by four other pitchers.
The best hitters on the losing side were Yasmani Tomás (5-3, one double, one RBI and one run scored), Alfredo Rodríguez (4-3, one RBI and one run scored), Ángel Hechavarría (5-3, one double, two RBIs and one scored) and Yasiel Santoya (4-2, two scored).
This was the 41st victory for the Wasps and with it they finally certified their classification to be one of the protagonists of the championship quarterfinal play offs.
Let’s move on to significant events of the baseball day:
Santiago de Cuba becomes the third team qualified for the Post-season.
Yoelkis Guibert hit three home runs in the game against the Leones de Industriales. First player to achieve it in the series and first from Santiago to achieve it in the Latin American Championship.
Pedro L. Chávez (VCL) bounced the ball to leave Cienfuegos on the field.
Enyer Fernández achieves his eighth victory of the championship and ties with the leaders in this department Osdany Rodríguez (VCL) and Dachel Duquesne (CAV).
José Amaury Noroña (MTZ) reached 18 home runs in the series and is co-leader with Alfredo Despaigne.
Francisco Martínez stole his #21 base of the series and is the sole leader in this section.
Edilse Silva hit the 600th hit for the Holguin Cubs in this National Series.
Raikol Suárez (CFG) achieved his eleventh quality start of the season (leader) but his team was defeated.
The Alazanes of Granma secure a place among the top four in the standings and guarantee to start the Post-season at the Mártires de Barbados in Bayamo.
Yusdel Tuero (MAY) is defeated for the third time in the series, having suffered his last defeat on April 9. Since then he had a record of 7 wins without losses.
Time to review all the results and check the current status of the standings:
Suspended
LTU 0-0 ART
7 entries
SSP 10-16-0
HOL 0–3–2
JG: Alex Guerra (4-5) (18-16)
JP: Dayrian Batista (0-2) (0-2)
HR: Duniesky Barroso (7th) HOL (47)
CFG 4-8-0
LCV 5-7-3
JG: Pedro M. Castillo (3-4) (17-22)
JP: Samuel Calderón (1-3) (2-5)
HR: Pedro L. Chávez (2nd) LCV (2)
MTZ 8-17-3
CMG 12-13-1
JG: Yosmel Garcés (5-5) (16-17)
JP: Silvino Iturralde (1-3) (1-3)
HR: José A. Noroña (18th) MTZ (31)
UCS 10-10-0
IND 7-17-0
JG: Wilber Reyna (4-5) (12-18)
JP: Diosvel Napoles (6-2) (10-19)
HR: Yoelkis Guibert (13th, 14th and 15th) SCU (64)
Francisco Martínez (3rd) SCU (13)
GTM 9-12-1
IJV 7-14-1
JG: Joel Tejeda (4-5) (6-7)
JP: Yadier Garay (4-5) (4-5)
GTM 8-10-1
IJV 5-7-1
JG: Enyer Fernández (8-4) (15-19)
JP: Yunier Gamboa (3-7) (48-67)
HR: César Vega (1st) IJV (3)
Robert Luis Delgado (8th) GTM (86)
MAY 4-10-0
CAV 11-15-3
JG: Kevin Soto (5-3) (34-15)
JP: Yusdel Tuero (7-3) (31-15)
HR: Osvaldo Vázquez (8th) CAV (154)
Rubén Valdés (11th) CAV (40)
Denis Laza (15th) MAY (154)
Liosvany Pérez (4th) CAV (19)
Yonathan Martínez (4th) MAY (4)
Ronaldo Castillo (5th) CAV (5)
GRM 2-4-3
PRI 3-9-0
JG: Yancarlos García (7-2) (13-4)
JP: Juan Danilo Perez (5-3) (17-14)
Positions table:
PRI 46-23
LTU 40-22 2.5
GRA 43-26 3.0
UCS 41-29 5.5
CAV and IND 38-32 8.5
MTZ 37-33 9.5
SSP 35-35 11.5
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GTM 34-35 12.0
LCV 34-36 12.5
ART 32-35 13.0
MAY 33-37 13.5
CMG 31-39 15.5
HOL 25-45 21.5
CFG 24-46 22.5
IJV 19-45 24.5
