SNB 61: The Wasps fall and the vanguard platoon closes

The table of positions of this National Series number 61 ended more squeezed after the matches of this day on Thursday, where the leader felltwo were knocked out, and two teams completed sweeps in their individual duels.

The Lumberjacks of Las Tunas saved honor at the Guillermón Moncada by fumigating the Wasps of Santiago de Cuba with an artillery of 16 rockets, to shoot them down 11-4 and break a chain of three consecutive wins.

Rafael Viñales (3-3) equaled the home run lead by hitting his seventh homer of the season to drive in two runs, Yosvani Alarcón (5-3) also missed the ball and drove in a trio of runs, and Yuniesky Larduet went 3-for-4 with a double and RBI on his own.

Left-hander Yudier Rodriguez endured ten hits, gave up three walks, and gave up four runs in seven innings, but got his first hit of the season, while the right-handed Charles Fountain allowed seven runs, four of them unearned, in a four-inning outing, and he came out defeated.

The hottest bat for the untamed was Yoelkis Guibert when he went 3-4 with a pair of tubes and the same number of RBIs.

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The Matanzas Crocodiles woke up in the last third of the match and beat the Vegueros de Pinar del Río 5-1, to scare them away from their Victoria de Girón swamp and tilt the balance in their favor in the dispute between the two.

William Luis Campillo hit tubey and home run to drive in three runs, Julio César González hit an RBI triple in three at-bats, and Aníbal Medina went blank in three at-bats but brought one for the plate.

The victory went to Renner Rivero by pitching 6.2 immaculate innings with five strikeouts.and the speedy Armando Dueñas earned his third save by getting the final four outs of the game.

Right-hander Yosvani Torres carried the backhand after giving up a pair of runs in 6 1/3 innings.

For the pativerdes, Lázaro Emilio Blanco went 3-4 and Juan Carlos Arencibia hit a single and a triple in four vivistas at the plate.

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The Industriales of the capital beat the Villa Clara Sugar Producers twice on their own ground at Augusto César Sandino.

In the first hour the visitors won with a score of 6-3 in the sealed challenge of the previous day, to dominate this week’s particular duel.

The two sets went blank in the tenth episode after dawn embracing three scores, but in section 11 the cats stepped on the plate rubber three times thanks to the lack of control of the rival pitchers by giving away four tickets (one intentional and two with bases loaded), to sentence the game.

The rest was taken care of by right-hander Juan Xavier Peñalver, first getting three legendary outs with full sacks, and then retiring the three rivals he faced to ensure the advantage that his team had given him and achieve his second success of the contest.

The defeat was behind the back of Daniel Condes by granting a ticket that drove the race to the ultimate advantage.

Dayron Blanco went 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Jorge Enrique Alomá went 2-for-5, and Alberto Calderón had a pair of singles in six plate appearances.

For the oranges, Ariel Pestano Jr. stood out by shooting single and triple in four at-bats and Raidel Pedraza hit a tubey in six opportunities.

In the second inning, the Lions came from behind on the scoreboard and with a trio of runs when picking up the bats, they beat their rivals 5-4 to sweep them mercilessly in their own park and reach 11 wins in the season.

Calderón’s driving shot to the center of the field against left-handed Eddy Díaz to equalize the actions, and tubey against Sandy Menocal’s mattresses to drive in a couple of runs, decided the duel.

Once again the orange hosts did not support their star pitcher Freddy Asiel Álvarez, a pitcher of proven quality in our baseball classics but with a blog full of demons that persecute him on many occasions in his starts.

The industrialist David Mena could not contain his opponents again and he was batted on his way out this day, enduring five hits with three earned runs in just one inning and a third of work.

RBI double by Yurién Vizcaíno and single by Juan Carlos López that brought home another in the same first inning, and another run in the second, gave the hosts an early lead that seemed enough for a seven-inning challenge.

But the hosts’ mentor Pedro Jova only allowed Montero from Sierra Morena to pitch five innings, and the capital’s took the opportunity to score twice in the sixth against Rander Alfonso’s pitches thanks to an error into the field and a hit by Alomá that brought two companions home, and make the cluster of the last entrance that was lapidary.

The reliever staff of professors José Elósegui and Lázaro Valle, by far the best in the championship, did not disappoint and stopped the artillery of the homeowners in their tracks.

Remberto Barreto walked 4.1 chapters without allowing freedoms by not tolerating indisputable in all that way to take his first victory with the blue jersey, and the firefighter from Playa Andy Vargas saved the game by striking out two rivals, despite allowing a pusher tubey from the emergent Otoniel Gonzalez.

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As well The Toros Camagüeyanos completed their weekly sweep by beating the Indios de Guantánamo again, this time 10-5 supported by the strength of their hitters.

Leonel Moa Jr went 3-for-5 with a double and home run included and three RBIs, Yordanis Samón (4-2) also hit the fences to drive in two, and Yendri Téllez (5-3) hit another solo.

Juan Sebastian Contreras once again stood up for the staff and did an excellent job for two-thirds of the game, accepting only one run with three hits while finishing off six opponents by way of strikeout.

Lisander Hernández scored the save by pitching three innings although he allowed four runsand Pablo Aníbal Salgado loaded the reverse by accepting eight lines (three dirty) in five work entries.

For the eastern tribe, Eulogio Marcilli (4-1) drove in two runners to home-plate and emerging Luis Jairon Hechaverría scored an RBI single.

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The Hurricanes of Mayabeque won this week’s duel against their neighbors Cazadores de Artemisa, defeating them this Thursday by knockout 11-1 in seven innings.

Yasniel González sounded a whole lap blast In his only official at-bat, Rafael Fonseca (4-4) hit a double and drove in two, and Orlando Lavandera (2-2) hit a triple and brought home three.

Yulián Quintana went through a route of 6.2 innings dodging nine hits and accepting a clean to come out with flying colors, and Manuel Murgado went through the narrow door in a 2.2-inning start where he gave up seven runs.

For the losers, Carlos de la Tejera got three hits and pushed the only one of his troops.

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The Pirates of the Island took by assault on September 5 with a 16-gun artillery, and defeated the Elephants of Cienfuegos 12-6 to take the series home.

Laidel Águila exploded with the wood by driving in four runs with the same number of hits, including a double, Yasmani Viera (4-2) and Jhony Hardy (6-2) scored a double and three RBIs per capita, and Leonardo Urgellés It was 5-3 with a pair of tubeyes included and two RBIs.

Kendrys Hernández made a long relief of four innings to win the game, and Abel Campos He was defeated in a lousy outing where he was scored three times before he could complete the second inning.

Yoasnier Pérez took the fences alone for the hosts, and Luis Vicente Mateo compiled 3-4 with a triple included.

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At Calixto Garcia, the Ciego de Ávila Tigers broke a three-game losing streak by beating the Holguin Cubs 20-4until the arbitrators stopped the actions under the law of mercy in the sixth chapter.

Yorelvis Charles’s disciples fired four homers in this challenge. The home runs were Yudiel González (5-5, 2b, 5CI), Liosvany Pérez (2-2, 3CI), Raúl González (3-1, 2CI), and Abdel Civil (4-1, 2CI)

Dachel Duquesne walked all the way to three wins on the season, and Luis Ángel Gómez suffered his fourth setback, after exploding in the second chapter when the rubber of the plate had been stepped on four times.

Edilse Silva, 2-3 with a double and two RBIs, and Franklin Aballe with a solo shot, they were the best hitters for the eastern dogs.

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Finally, a golden hit by Pedro Almeida in the bottom of the ninth drove in a couple of runs and the Alazanes de Granma left the Roosters of Sancti Spíritus lying on the lawn of the Mártires de Barbados 9-8to emerge victorious from the particular dispute.

Roel Santos and Osvaldo Abreu shot three hits each with doubles included, the latter with a couple of RBIs to his records.

Carlos Santana allowed two hits, gave up two walks (one intentional), and gave up one run in 1.1 innings but got the win, and José Luis Braña was the loserr in a relay where he could not get outs and allowed the run that defined the game.

for the roosters, Daviel Gómez went 3-for-4 with a double and home run and two RBIs, Rodoleisis Moreno went 3-for-5 with two RBIs, and Yunier Mendoza had three for the plate with a single in six chances.