The chestnuts of GranmaCuban representatives at the Haarlem Baseball Week, in Netherlands, saved the honor this Thursday with a 5×1 win over Italywhich prevented them from finishing in last place in the tournament.
After five defeats in a row in the qualifying phase, those led by Carlos Martí were able to make the cross against an Italian team that already he had beaten them the day before by way of grout.
However, this time the Antillean offense managed to string together three runs in the upper part of the fourth episode and another two in the fifth, enough to support the good work of reinforcement from Sancti Spiritus Yuen Socarrás, who completed 6.1 innings with three walks, eight strikeouts and only six hits allowed, in accordance with the agency Latin Press (PL).
In total, those from Cuba produced nine hits, distributed among the fifth in the batch Guillermo Avilés, 3-3 and two RBIs, Osvaldo Abreu 4-1, Alexander Ayala and Frederich Cepeda 3-1, while Denis Laza and Carlos Benítez went 1-for-3, with one home plate respectively.
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At the Pim Mulier stadium, in the Dutch city, Carlos Santana came to the rescue of Socarrás, faced two and did not allow annotations, while on the opposite side, starter Paul Scafidi, who only pitched four innings, was charged with defeat, according to the dispatch newsy
The granmenses, champions of the 61 National Series and reinforced with several players to participate in this tournament, they came out of a 28 innings scoreless streak in Haarlem to take revenge against the Italians and get out of the cold basement of the tournament.
However, despite this consolation triumph, the Cuban team ended up starring in the island’s worst performance in the history of these events, since until now the most discreet result was fourth place achieved in the 2018 edition, he says. PL.
This poor performance is added to the trail of poor results in international tournaments of the Cuban baseballwhich is going through a drought of titles and continues to be hit by a constant exodus of the best talents in the country, who seek to fulfill their dreams of playing on their own as professionals, mainly in the United States Major Leagues.
