After falling 7-1 the day before in a challenge in which the orientals’ offensive was neutralized by pitchers Yoennis Yera and Noelvys Entenza, the troops led by Ángel Ortega will seek to awaken their cavalry in order not to succumb for the second consecutive day.
A line up that surprises with its power with men of the stature of Alfredo Despaigne, Guillermo Avilés, Raico Santos, Osvaldo Abreu and Guillermo García is the team’s main tool to meet the predictions that position them as favorites in the duel against the Saurios.
With vast experience in domestic tournaments, the left-handed Leandro Martínez will be the starter for the Granma team, while the director of the Matanzas team, Armando Ferrer, has not yet decided to choose who will fulfill that role.
After Friday’s win, Ferrer said that he is considering Pedro Mesa, Yadier Álvarez and Dennys Quesada as possible starters, as they will maintain the strategy of going game by game beyond a planning.
In the four previous play-offs, Granma has the same number of successes against Matanzas to add a total of 16 wins with 9 losses and snatch the crown from the 60th (2020-2021) and 61st (2021-2022) editions with global smiles of 4-2 and 4-3 respectively.
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