Villa Clara and Guantanamo have six victories in the Under-23 Baseball Championship

Havana, August 12 (RHC)-- Villa Clara and Guantanamo reached six wins in the 7th National Under-23 Baseball Series and lead groups B and D, respectively.

The Azucareros defeated Matanzas 5x4 at the Augusto César Sandino Stadium, with the second positive credit of the game going to Jan Cabrera.   

The Indios del Guaso overcame the Cachorros de Holguin with a score of 6x5, in the game Luis M. Santiesteban took the ball out of the Nguyen Van Troi Park.

The other highlight of the day was the performance of Avileño pitcher Leonardo Reyes, who during the seven innings of the game gave up two hits to the Gallos de Sancti Spíritus (5x0).

Reyes gave away just one ticket, struck out eight and hit two balls, thus leading his team to even the win-loss balance in the competition (4-4) and to remain in the second position of the C key, behind Las Tunas (5-2).

The other whitewash of the day was by Pinar del Río over Havana. Leodán Reyes and Yancarlos García teamed up from the mound to give a 1x0 victory to the team led by Donald Duarte.  

In other results of the day, Isla de la Juventud defeated Artemisa 4x1 and Santiago de Cuba 2x1 over Granma. In the latter challenge, the indomitable Wilber Suarez homered and Wilber Reina pitched complete game, tolerating five hits and one run against the Alazanes, striking out six and giving away three tickets.

The games between Cienfuegos and Mayabeque, and Camagüey and Las Tunas did not take place due to rain.

The day was marked by 17 defensive errors and three ejections, two athletes and a coach.