The team of Saint Clarewhich represents Cuba in the Caribbean tournament of the little league baseballwon this Friday with an 8×1 board over the cast of Curaçao B and closed the group stage of the contest held in Punta Cana undefeated, Dominican Republic.
The little Cuban ballplayers, who had already secured their spot in the semifinal this Saturday, achieved their fourth success in a row thanks to a good job by pitcher Cristian Guerra, who pitched all six innings of the game and struck out a dozen rival batters. as reported the website Hit.
Third batter Elvis Herrera had four hits in the same number of at-bats and became the pillar of the Cuban offense. He was seconded by William Álvarez, with hit, tubey and three RBIs, and by Andy Sarduy, owner of two hits in four at-bats, adds the specialized publication.
#Cuba look at the semifinals in little league #Baseball Santa Clara beat Curaçao 8×1 today and finished the group stage undefeated. #baseball https://t.co/nMaKzU4GfQ pic.twitter.com/CS4taIKJeC
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Cuba decided the match in its favor from the very first inning, thanks to a cluster of five touchdowns that allowed all the players on the bench to rotate in defensive positions.
Cuban manager José Ganuza praised the work of the Cuban pitchers so far, an element that in his opinion is decisive in this type of tournament, while he announced William Álvarez as the starter of the Saturday semifinal match against the representation of Aruba.
The team made up of children in the central city of Saint Clareearned the right to be in the Dominican competition after winning the final of the Cuban version of this tournament against his similar from Bayamo, previous Cuban monarch of the category.
With their success this Friday, this team added their 50th victory in their last 51 games, including the preparation clashes with other teams, since the only defeat they conceded was against the U-15 team from Santa Clara itself.
If they win the tournament, the ninth player from Santa Clara would get the only ticket available to attend the Little League World Series in baseballwhich will be held next October at its usual venue, the city of Williamport, in USA.
