Los Gallos left their string of successes at six with which they rose to eighth place, after falling to Holguín 15-9, a result taken advantage of by several of their pursuers to get even closer to that position.
The Cubs’ offense featured home runs by Yasiel González and Nelson Batista, who drove in four and two runs, respectively, and left only Frederich Cepeda’s 370th home run for the books.
With his full return stick, the so-called Gallo Mayor tied for fifth place in the historical ranking with the now deceased Romelio Martínez and only one less than Antonio Muñoz, according to the files of the international statistician Benigno Daquinta.
The setback of the people from Sancti Spiritus was taken advantage of by Mayabeque who once again defeated Ciego de Ávila, with a score of 12-1 to be just one game ahead.
With the hitter, Yasniel González hit two homers and drove in five runs for the Hurricanes, to support Geyler Gracial’s winning start.
Mayabeque has four wins in a row in the final stretch of the championship’s regular season.
Villa Clara also scored a line after beating Cienfuegos (9-2) for the second day, led by pitcher Cristian Rojas, who won with his start, and the bat of Leonardo Montero (5-3, 4CI). The other contenders for the last postseason ticket were left without a decision today, as Guantánamo sealed its match with La Isla due to darkness in the fifth inning and the rain prevented Artemisa from starting its subseries with Las Tunas.
Both matches will have a doubleheader tomorrow from 10:00 local time, as will the duel between the already classified Pinar del Río and Granma, who also did not face each other today due to the rainfall in the west of the island.
In the classic of classics, Industriales hit back against Santiago de Cuba (7-1) and prevented the Wasps from making their place in the quarterfinals official, for which they need just one more victory.
Andy Vargas signed his seventh win of the campaign and his teammates supported him with a five-run package in the seventh inning.
Matanzas also cleared up doubts about its classification by extending Camagüey’s losing streak to seven with a score of 6-3.
At the end of the day on Wednesday, Pinar del Río remains the leader (45-23), followed by Las Tunas (40-22), Granma (43-25), Santiago de Cuba (40-29), Industriales (38-21 ), Ciego de Ávila and Matanzas (37-32) and Sancti Spíritus (34-35).
Next are Guantánamo and Artemisa (32-35), Mayabeque and Villa Clara (33-36), Camagüey (30-39), Holguín (25-44), Cienfuegos (24-45) and La Isla (19-43 ).
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