What did the weekend leave in the Cuban baseball season? The question brings news, but also kept the epilogue of the regular calendar in suspense.
The good news is that Granma is the second classified, after destroying the Isla de la Juventud twice, and reaching seven consecutive wins.
Las Tunas is virtually in the other phase, as it needs to win only one game of the 13 that remain to be celebrated.
For Santiago de Cuba, the score is one more victory and Guantánamo, Artemisa and Villa Clara falling once, or winning two of the eight they are missing, to be in the play offs, no matter what happens.
Ciego de Ávila and Industriales, with four successes, solve their presence in the postseason, without depending on other results. They also get a ticket if they win in two and lose, in that same number of games, Guantanamo, Artemiseño and Villa Clara.
Instead, Matanzas would depend on six smiles, or a combination of three of their victories with three losses of Indios, Cazadores and Azucareros.
Sancti Spíritus, which has won five consecutive matches, and which has eight victories in the last ten outings, is in eight and forced to maintain that pace, against Holguín and Cienfuegos, since only one game separates it from Guantánamo, Artemisa and Villa Clara .
A parenthesis, all the calculations are including a victory for Villa Clara in the sealed game, which is losing to Mayabeque, 4-1, at the beginning of the fifth inning.
Something that the weekend did not leave us with is the most suggestive thing about what begins on Tuesday on the grounds. The two most winning teams of the campaign face each other: Pinar del Río vs. Granma, in Capitan San Luis, Pinar del Río. Could that duel decide first place in the qualification? Maybe, but it’s not certain. The Las Tunas have 13 games left, that is, they have a ceiling of 53 wins, while if Vegueros and Alazanes did not fall in the eight to play, they would reach 52 and 51, respectively, but the confrontation between the two frustrates that possibility. Even so, it could weigh on the outcome, since Granma’s last three games are against Las Las Tunas.
So far, only two sleep peacefully, while nine, or ten, because Mayabeque is not yet ruled out, do not leave one nightmare to enter another.
