Granma was shipwrecked on La Isla AGAIN, Wasps STICKED, Naranjas took it out of the freezer. Summary Series 61

By Jose Alejandro Rodriguez Zas

In the continuation of the 61 Series of Cuban baseball, this Wednesday, February 2, the Wasps of Santiago de Cuba hit back at the Hunters of Artemisa on July 26, the Villa Clara Sugar Producers again beat the Lumberjacks of Las Tunas with a rally of eight in the seventh, while the Piratas de la Isla took the pleasure of winning and beat the current national champions, the Alazanes de Granma, for the second afternoon in a row.

Wasps stung the Hunters, with two home runs by Adriel Labrada

Eriberto Rosales’ troops recovered from the defeat suffered this Tuesday and beat the artemiseños 8×6counting on three hits at the count of 1-2 from the lineup, Ariel Benavides (LF, 4-3, CI, CA) and Yaicel Pérez (RF, 5-3, 2 CI, CA), in addition to two home runs and three pushed from his fourth post, Adriel Labrada (3B, 5-2, 2 HR, 3 CI, 2 CA) as spearheads.

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Two three-run rallies in the first episode and in the fifth consolidated the victory of the Wasps, giving Yoandri Montero the first success of the contest (1-0, 2.2 EL, 8 H, 4 CL, 0 K, 0 BB ), who entered the match in a relief role, replacing starter Pedro Portuondo (4.2 EL, 5 H, 2 CL, 0 K, 7 BB). Actually, neither of the two pitchers did well in the box, but the offense behaved at a high level and were able to take the collective victory, to match the particular commitment against Artemisa.

The Santiago waiter Dasiel Sevila contributed two other hits in three at-bats, while for the Hunters, the second bat Deivis Hernández (LF, 4-3, CI, CA), Carlos de la Tejera (RF, 5-2, CA ), Dayán García (3B, 5-3, CI, 2 CA) and Ronmy Proenza (DH, 3-2, CI) were the most productive, although we must highlight Henry Llorente’s home run as a pinch hitter, with clean bases, his second of the tournament in a similar role.

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The defeat was due to Artemisa’s starter, Elián Moreno (0-1, 1.0 EL, 5 H, 4 CL, 0 K, 1 BB) who exploded in the second act. Youngster Luis Fonseca scored his third save of the 61 Series, going 1 2/3 scoreless innings, retiring all five batters he faced. Both teams hit 13 hits, with one error by the Wasps and two blunders by the Hunters.

Tomorrow this match will be defined, being announced as starters the veteran Alberto Bisset, again, by Santiago and the left-handed Geonel Gutiérrez by the locals.

Villa Clara showed his claw when picking up the bats and beat the Lumberjacks

In the Sandino de Santa Clara, the local Azucareros came back from below and with a wide cluster of eight touchdowns at the end of the lucky inning, they won 11×6 to the Lumberjacks of Las Tunas.

The visitors opened the scoring early with three runs in the same opening inning, against offers from orange starter Oscar Hernández (5.0 EL, 5 H, 5 CL, 2 K, 2 BB) and scored another in the second. Villa Clara, meanwhile, discounted one in the closing of the first and scored another two in the fourth, due to a home run by catcher Ariel Pestano Jr. (4-2, HR, 2 CI, CA), with a man in circulation.

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With the game up 4-3, the Leñadores increased in the sixth due to a double by Yordanis Alarcón (4-2, two doubles, 2 CI, CA) with Danel Castro in the second half, also by a double, scoring another in the seventh driven by Andres Quiala’s single.

The starter from Las Tunas, Alejandro Meneses, did very well, with six complete innings, allowing five hits and three earned runs, with two strikeouts and no walks.

However, the orange rebellion came in the eighth and they turned the scoreboard with a wide eight-run rally, all with two outs and clean bases. Las Tunas reliever Yosbel Alarcón allowed the pads to fill, before enduring back-to-back singles from Magdiel Gómez (5-2, double, CI, CA) and Raidel Pedraza, to tie the game at six. Leandro Turiño’s home run (4-2, HR, 4 CI, 2 AC) with two runners on base gave the victory to the Azucareros against reliever Yoidel Castañeda, although the oranges kept batting and added two more runs to put definitive figures at marker.

The credit went to reliever Randy Cueto (1-0, 3.0 EL, 3 H, 1 CL, 2 K, 0 BB) and the reverse was charged by Yosbel Alarcón (0.0 EL, 2 H, 2 CL). Las Tunas batted nine hits with three errors, for 12 hits without fumbles the winners. Ottoniel González also had two singles for the oranges in three at-bats.

With two victories in the match, Villa Clara will look for the sweep this Thursday.

Pirates re-boarded a ship from Granma in Labra

The Pirates of La Isla have taken the measure of the Alazanes de Granma, current monarchs of the patio and defeated them for the second consecutive afternoon, with 3×1 markerthis time hanging from the arm of veteran Wilber Pérez, who scored the victory, the fourth in a row for the pineros.

The starter for the islanders kept five full innings in the box, spreading eight hits, to allow only one clean to the powerful battery from Granma, striking out two and giving away three walks, one of them intentional. In the clash there was a save for Flanklin Quintana (2).

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Only seven hits hit the Pirates for 12 the Alazanes, but enough to take the victory. Granma starter Yunier Castillo (1-1, 4.2 EL, 7 H, 3 C, 1L, 1 K, 1 BB) charged with the backhand, without being supported by his defense, which made three errors in the meeting.

The pineros’ offense was well distributed, as six of the nine regulars had hits, highlighting Eliseo Rojas (3-2, CA) who had two shots and Dainier Gálvez (3-1, 2CI) who brought a couple of teammates for the dish. For Granma, Lázaro Cedeño went 4-4 and Carlos Benítez 5-3. No home runs were hit in the game.

The Island has already secured the duel with two victories, while the people from Granma will go out this Thursday to save their honor.

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In other results, the Hurricanes of Mayabeque defeated the Tigres de Ciego de Ávila by KO 11×1, recovering the top of Series 61; the Cocodrilos de Matanzas also knocked out the Gallos de Sancti Spíritus with the same score of 11×1 to ascend to second place; the Vegueros from Pinar del Río put the Guantánamo Indians out of action 11×0, while the Elefantes de Cienfuegos closedly beat some Toros de Camagüey who did not raise their heads 8×7

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Granma was shipwrecked on La Isla AGAIN, Wasps STICKED, Naranjas took it out of the freezer. Summary Series 61