Havana, June 10 (ACN)--The Vegueros of Pinar del Río recorded their 44th victory in the LXIII National Baseball Series and remained undefeated in the 13 bilateral duels they have played.
A single by pinch-hitter Humberto Rivera in the eighth inning broke the tie and gave the Westerners a 5-4 victory over the Guantanamo Indians to secure first place in the tournament.
Yasiel Agete hit a solo homerun and Yoannis Moreno had two hits with a double included to bring two teammates home, in a fight won by Raudel Lazo, who retired five batters in a row.
Leovanni Brooks stood out for the tribe by hitting a three-run homer and Leonelkis Escalante by going 3-for-4 with a pair of runs.
The lumberjacks from Las Tunas beat the Leones de Industriales 10-2 at the Julio Antonio Mella stadium and reached 40 successes to be one step away from securing a place in the next instance.
Rafael Viñales with four hits, including a home run, drove in three runs and Yordanis Alarcón went 2 for 4 with four RBIs.
Rookie Leandro Cañada pitched five innings to achieve his fourth success without setbacks and Rodolfo Díaz earned the save by walking the rest of the way without allowing a run.
Carlos Manuel Cuesta was defeated and debutant Dayron Miranda took the ball out of the park for the capitalians.
The Alazanes de Granma completed the sweep against the Piratas de La Isla by defeating them 8-2 with the seventh victory of Yunier Castillo and the Gallos de Sancti Spiritus also "passed the broom" to the Toros de Camagüey with their 9-5 victory.
In that challenge, Frederich Cepeda hit his 369th home run in the National Series and Daniel González hit the first of his career.
The Ciego de Ávila Tigers defeated the Cienfuegos Elephants 5-1, in a match where Rubén Valdés disappeared the ball and Dachel Duquesne, after three failed attempts, achieved his eighth victory of the campaign (leader).
The legendary Guillermón Moncada shared honors with the Avispas Santiagueras and the Cazadores de Artemisa in their seven-inning doubleheader.
In the first hour the indomitable team won 8-3 and then the visitors took revenge with a final score of 8-4 thanks to a home run by Andy Cosme with two bags occupied, to avoid the weekly sweep and remain with a chance of reaching a seat in the playoffs.
Finally, Matanzas defeated Holguín 12-4 to take an important step in its qualifying aspirations and the challenge between Villa Clara and Mayabeque was sealed by rain, when the latter were ahead 4-1 in the fifth chapter.
