Havana.- PINEWOOD del Río defeated Sancti Spíritus 6-3 this Sunday, with a solid relief from Orisbel Borges, and retained the place of honor in the 63rd National Baseball Series, which closed its eighth particular subseries.
Visiting the José Antonio Huelga stadium, the Vegueros from Pinar del Río scored a decisive five-run rally in the sixth inning, with five hits, including the 13th home run and two RBIs by Yaser Julio González, who in his best season equaled the lead in the both departments.
In home runs he did it with Alfredo Despaigne and in RBIs he reached Eduardo García from Santiago (44).
Second victory for left-hander Branlis Rodríguez and sixth save for Borges, who threw 1.1 immaculate innings, without a hit and two strikeouts. The leader in saves is Yanielkis Duardo from Sancti Spiritus (7).
The Las Tunas exponent monarch signed the third super knockout of the season, 18-2 against Villa Clara, and remains in second position.
The Lumberjacks connected 16 hits. Roberto Baldoquín was 3 for 3, with a triple and four RBIs, and Denis Peña was 2 for 2 with a double and three RBIs. First victory for Alejandro Meneses.
Holguín beat Mayabeque 12×3. They made a bunch of 11 runs in the first inning with eight of his 13 singles. They took advantage of four of the six errors by the opposing defense, but left 10 runners on base.
Artemisa beat Granma 7-5, with homers from Yoelkis Baró and Carlos de la Tejera, another one who is having a tremendous offensive year.
In the remaining results, Industriales defeated Guantánamo 8×4, Isla de la Juventud 10×9 to Matanzas and Camagüey 7×6 to Cienfuegos. Ciego de Ávila and Santiago de Cuba sealed due to darkness in the eighth inning with a 5×3 advantage for the Ávila Tigers.
After this day, Pinar del Río leads (26-11), followed by Las Tunas (21-11), Camagüey and Granma (21-16); Ciego de Ávila and Santiago de Cuba (20-16). Industriales is seventh (20-17) and Artemisa eighth (19-18).
