The orientales defeated the coleros of La Isla de la Juventud 8-2 to settle in third place in the tournament and the people from Sancti Spiritus defeated Camagüey 9-5, in a challenge where the legend Frederich Cepeda hit his 369th home run in the domestic tournaments.
With that victory, number 33 of the campaign, the so-called Gallos remained in the qualifying zone besieged by the surprising Guantánamo, who today fell 5-4 against the leaders of Pinar del Río.
The most Westerners, already with the ticket to the next instance in their pocket, thus managed to remain undefeated in the 13 individual duels they have played, to equal a record for championships of 75 games.
Las Tunas also made the news on this day by beating Industriales 10-2 to reach 40 victories and be just one away from reaching its official pass to the Cuban baseball playoffs.
In that fight, won by rookie Leandro Cañada, who has a 4-0 record, Rafael Viñales hit his 15th home run of the contest.
Ciego de Ávila won 5-1 against Cienfuegos, in a game where pitcher Dachel Duquesne achieved his eighth success to remain alone in that lead and Matanzas achieved an important 12-4 victory over Holguín and was screwed into the privileged zone.
Finally, Santiago de Cuba and Artemisa divided honors in their doubleheader caused by the suspension of their Saturday match the day before due to rain.
In the first the Orientals won 8-3 and in the final game their rivals, after four failures, managed to avoid the sweep with a final score of 8-4, thanks to a home run by Andy Cosme with two teammates in circulation.
The match between Villa Clara and Mayabeque was sealed by inclement weather, when the latter won 4-1 at the height of the fifth episode.
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