SNB 61: All Quiet on the Front

The left-handed Ariel Zerquera contributed his sixth victory to the Roosters from Sancti Spiritus. Photo: Boris Luis Cabrera/Cubadebate.

The three teams that lead the championship went to sleep embracing each other at the top, after winning their respective challenges, on a day where the bats were partying when a couple of knockoutsand a record for RBIs by two teams was set for this National Series.

The Hurricanes of Mayabeque continued to give something to talk about and clipped the wings of the Santiago Wasps by force of hits, to crush them 13-1 in seven chapters and leave the particular series in the Nelson Fernández de San José de las Lajas.

All the regulars scratched their locker hitshighlighting Yasniel González (3-1) with a home run and three RBIs, the same amount that Rafael Fonseca accumulated with a pair of tubeyes in three at-bats, and Lázaro Martínez with a single and a double in four opportunities. Alexander Pozo (2-2) with a triple, and Rangel Ramos (4-2) with a double, drove in a couple of runs each.

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Yadián Martínez returned to box after his last failed start two days ago to take revengeand he did it by traveling the entire route accepting just one entry.

Jorge Ángel Sánchez suffered the disaster by enduring three races in the same number of worked chapters, where he conceded four walks and threw two wild pitch.

for the wasps, Dasiel Sevila was the only one to get a pair of hits, and Yoelkis Guibert drove in his team’s only run.

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The Tigres de Ciego de Ávila continued unbeatable and passed the broom to the Cazadores de Artemisa in a foreign court, knocking them out on Thursday afternoon with a final score of 16-5to extend his string of consecutive wins to five and stay at the top of the standings.

A fierce attack of 15 hits connected the disciples of Yorelvis Charles in front of four of the five pitchers they saw from the batter’s box. Alfredo Fádraga continued with his hot wood by firing two homers with five RBIs to his account, and Osvaldo Vázquez and Liosvany Pérez also scored a homer to drive in a couple of runs each.

Abdel Civil stood out with the bat by driving three teammates to the plate with a pair of singles and a tubey in five opportunities.

Kevin Soto won his second game of the year by working five innings with two clean runs allowedand Misael Villa conceded his sixth setback after a punishment of eight hits and the same number of runs, in five innings of work.

for the hunters, Dayán García (3-1) and Ronmy Proenza (3-2) hit solo homers, and Andy Cosme hit one with two teammates in the bags.

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Once again, the Gallos de Sancti Spíritus leaned on the left arm of the young Ariel Ernesto Zerquera, to defeat the Vegueros de Pinar del Río 8-1, take the duel between the two this week, and keep calm singing at the top of the championship.

The youngster, who will turn 24 next month, thus reached six hits without the shadow of a setback in this contest, and lowered his clean average to 1.88, after pitching seven immaculate innings.

Right-hander Erlys Casanova couldn’t do himself justice this time and lost the challenge.after enduring six annotations without being able to conclude the fifth chapter.

For the Vegueros there was a highlight for shortstop Juan Carlos Arencibia by connecting three singles in four visits to the plate.

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In the Augusto César Sandino of Villa Clara, the Alazanes defeated the Sugar Leopards of that province 6-4to tip the balance in his favor in the particular duel, and climb to fourth place in the tournament.

It was the eighth success in the last ten outings for the current national champions, to show that despite the important absences they have suffered, they continue to be a contender team with great aspirations for this campaign.

Within the attack of 17 hits that they displayed, Osvaldo Abreu, Roel Santos, and Carlos Benítez scored a trio each, the latter two with two RBIs per capita. Iván Prieto and Yulián Milan, both 5-2, scored doubles.

Yunier Castillo walked quietly for six chapters, spacing out five hits and tolerating a cleanto reach four wins, and Alain Sánchez was defeated after a failed start of only 3.2 innings where he had nine hits and scored five times.

for the leopards, Cristian Rodriguez went 3-for-3 and substitute Yuri Marcos Fernández hit a home run with one on board.

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Even with the smoking logs of the previous day, the Lumberjacks of Las Tunas re-entered the sacred arena of Latin America as if they were at home, and with their sharp axes they commanded respect to defeat the Lions of the capital for the second consecutive day, this time with a score of 15-5 to knock them out in seven chapters.

The visitors unleashed a merciless 17-hit artillery against a staff of blue streamers, unable to quell the eastern bombardment that came down on them.

The starter Marcos Ortega could not complete the third inning and went to the dugout with five touchdowns behind him, an advantage that his cats could never overcome throughout the journey.

Danel Castro with a booster rocket, Dailer Peña with a tubey who brought two for the plate, and an error in the field of his defense, spoiled the afternoon for the 24-year-old right-hander.

Guillermo Carmona’s guerrilla lived its best moments in the first half of the challenge when Andrés Hernández drove in a couple of runs with a hit in the first inning, and Yosvani Peñalver did the same in the fourth.but the sky was not blue this Thursday in the Coloso del Cerro.

Carlos Manuel Cuesta, Raymond Figueredo, Fher Cejas, David Mena, and Omar Risk, were punished on their way to the mound by a squad carrying boiling bats that have taken them to the podium in the last four editions of our domestic classics.

The coup de grâce that declared the final death of the Lions was fired by the incombustible Danel Castro in the seventh episode, when the ball disappeared over the mattresses with two teammates on the pads.

When picking up the bats and balls, the industrialist substitute Yusniel Rosabal, in his first at-bat in this National Series, hit a home run that had no impact on the final result.

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The Crocodiles from Matanzas climbed a rung in the standings by easily beating the Indios de Guantánamo 7-1, to win the week’s contest, amid the sighs of their fans present at the Victoria de Girón.

Renner Rivero struck out six rivals in 5.2 innings of work and only allowed one run to achieve victoryand Yamichel Pérez, in relief duty for the first time this season, pitched the rest of the game hitless to earn the save.

A total of 16 indisputable hits were connected by Armando Ferrer’s troop, four of them by Javier Camero and three by Erisbel Arruebarrena, both with doubles on their own and one RBI. Substitute Yoisnel Camejo hit a tubey and drove in two teammates for home plate.

The defeat fell on the shoulders of starter Javier Iglesias, exploited in the second inning when he had six hits with three clean runs.

For the Indians, Yasmani Velázquez went 3-for-4, and rookie Yoandri Guibert 2-for-5 with an RBI.

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The Toros de Camagüey saved the honor at the Cristóbal Labra by beating the Piratas de la Isla 4-3 in extra inning, with a luxury relief from Rodolfo Soris.

The Esmeralda left-hander put in a long 6 1/3 scoreless innings while striking out two opponents and giving away just one walk to win his second championship game.

Kendrys Hernández left through the narrow door of the stadium but with his head held high, after walking 4.1 chapters with an unearned one to his records, to lower his ERA to 2.93 clean every nine innings.

for the winners, Yosbel Pérez, Yendry Téllez, and Leonel Moa each went 2-4the latter with a triple included, and for the losers Eliseo Rojas was the only one who managed to score a couple of hits.

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Finally, the Holguin Cubs fired 17 rockets to knock down the Elefantes de Cienfuegos 17-13, and tilt the duel between the two in their favorin the game that has scored the most runs by two teams in this National Series.

Yasiel González (6-4) disappeared his nine and ten balls of the campaign to drive in four runs, Franklin Aballe (4-3) doubled and homered with three RBIs, Jorge Luis Peña (4-2) scored a tubey and brought also three teammates home, and Edilse Silva went 3-5 with a double and a pair of RBIs.

In the midst of that offensive maelstrom José Antonio Sánchez relieved four innings with the same number of runs allowed to reach the victoryand Pedro Mesa allowed four runs in one inning to lose.

For the Elephants, Yoasnier Pérez (4-2, 2 IC) and Juan Miguel Soriano (6-1) hit full-lap shots, the latter with five RBIs, and Luis Vicente Mateo and Yusniel Ibáñez had three hits each, including doubles and a couple of RBIs per capita.

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SNB 61: All Quiet on the Front