The Alazanes team of Granmawhich represents Cuba in the Haarlem Baseball Week, in the Netherlands, fell with a 0-1 scoreboard against the representation of Curaçao, and was left with no chance of reaching a medal.
This Tuesday was the fourth consecutive defeat of the Cuban cast in the contest, despite the fact that they now had a very good pitching performance by Leandro Martínez throughout the duel, who allowed only five hits to the rival offense, according to the report from the agency Latin Press (PL).
The left-hander from Granma could not avoid the only run of the duel, which came in the second episode and was enough for the Cuban backhand, as his teammates were unable to support him from the batting cage.
Carlos Martí faces fourth defeat in Baseball Week of #Haarlem
Curaçao beat the Alazanes with a scoreboard 1×0. #Cuba #baseball #baseball https://t.co/8SGO0crmN2 pic.twitter.com/saE9Lppig6— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) July 12, 2022
Only the Cuban fourth batter, Frederich Cepeda, was able to connect a couple of hits in three at-bats, while Osvaldo Abreu and Carlos Benítez scored one each, to complete the only four hits for the Alazanes in the entire game against the starter and winner Jordan Luke.
After this result, the people from Granma have sunk to the bottom of the table, with four defeats and no smiles. The troupe led by Carlos Martí opened the tournament with a 1×5 defeat against the ninth host, then conceded another against a team from the Japanese industrial league, with a final score of 3×4, and in their previous presentation gave in for the third time onlinewith a 0x2 board, before a university cast from the United States.
With no mathematical options to advance to the semifinals, the Cuban representative of baseball It will be measured this Wednesday at the ninth of Italy in a game of pure formality, because thanks to the victory over Alazanes, the Curaçao team has already secured at least fourth place in the phase and the right to compete for the medals.
The table of positions is headed by the Japanese with four smiles without defeats, followed by the Netherlands, the United States, Curaçao and Italy, while Cuba occupies the last position.
Specialists and fans have described the performance of the ninth player from Granma in the contest, which they arrived shortly after being crowned in the most recent National Seriesand reinforced with players who shone in the biggest baseball match on the Island.
The recent days have been marked by other defeats for the Cuban baseballbecause a few days before the team that represented the country in the Caribbean Little League contest could not meet the objective of qualifying for the World Series of that tournament, falling in the final precisely against a team from Curaçao.
Before, a Cuban team managed to qualify for the next World Cup in the U-23 category, but gave in in the final of the continental tournament against the Mexican hosts. And in the Pan-American sub-15 held in Venezuela, the representative of the Island had to settle for the bronze medal after the unauthorized use of a launcher in the semifinals, he prevented his advance to the defining duel.
