The team cuban baseball starred this Thursday in a spectacular 5-4 victory over Puerto Rico in the Super Round of the World Cup sub-15, and remained undefeated in the tournament held in the city of Hermosillo, Mexicoaccording to official media on the island.
It seemed that Cuba gave up its first loss in the fight when it reached the last inning of the match with two runs behind after the decisive hits. First, a double to the right field by Alejandro Cruz with two on bases that closed the scoring; then, another line towards the same area by Roberto Peña, who promoted the tie and victory, to leave the Puerto Ricans on the field, according to the review of the sports portal Hit.
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Previously, the Puerto Ricans had relied on good pitching work by their starter, right-hander Alián Elías Martínez, who kept Alexander Urquiola’s boys “off” for 5.2 innings, based on control, speed lines and effective breakers, he adds. the report.
The Puerto Ricans opened the scoring in the upper part of the second act, thanks to a walk to Dylan Rivera, tubey by Gustavo Meléndez (1CI) and a sacrifice bunt by lane 13 by Dwen Navarro (1CI).
The Cubans responded at the end of that inning with a single by Peña, a double by Segián Pérez (1CI) and a hit by Dulieski Ferrán (1CI), but they fell behind again when reliever Ernest Machado hit a batter with the bases loaded, and the distance increased when a double by Puerto Rican Gustavo Meléndez pushed his team’s fourth entry.
With that score came the decision of the match, the fifth consecutive victory of the Cuban team in the tournament, which places them at the head of the phase with a balance of 3-0 and assures them of at least fourth place.
highlights Hit in his report the work of Cuban pitchers Danel Reyes (1.1 ENT, 1H, 1BB and 3K) and Mailon Batista (1.0 ENT, 1K), the latter the winner of the match.
In other results of the date, the United States took out of the “freezer” a 6-5 victory against Panama and Taiwan beat Japan 6-4. The standings show Cuba (3-0) ahead of Taiwan, Japan and the United States (2-0), and Puerto Rico and Panama (0-3), the publication notes.
The next match for the Cubans will be today, Friday, against Japan at the Héctor Espino stadium, starting at 10:30 pm Island time.
