Mayabeque could not play, but kept the top of the table since its closest pursuers Villa Clara and Matanzas fell, as the thirteenth particular sub-series of the LXI National Baseball Series.
Today it was learned that the eight members of the Hurricanes who had been positive in the antigen test, were negative in the PCR tests. Now they will train in their stadium to face Ciego de Ávila next weekend.
Meanwhile, the Avilanian Tigers beat the Azucareros 3-1 at their José Ramón Cepero stadium, hitting just five hits. But they hit three in the eighth inning in which they scored all three of their runs, including one by veteran Raúl González to drive in a pair.
Reliever Yairon Martínez won, pitching an immaculate inning with a strikeout, while mentor Yorelvis Charles gave the experienced Vladimir García the Teammate in the ninth inning to close out the duel and earn his first save.
Meanwhile, the Camagüeyan Bulls defeated the Yumurino Crocodiles 6-5 supported by an offensive of 14 hits, in which the third baseman Luis Gómez stood out, who went 4-3, with a biangular and a trailer.
The victory was endorsed by reliever Ángle Luis Marquez, who in 3.1 innings limited the offensive spending of the saurians to one hit, with three strikeouts.
And in their Guillermón Moncada park, the Santiago de Cuba team gave the Pirates from Pineros a 10-0 knockout in eight innings, with a two-handed grout from Danny Betancourt, ultimately the winner, and reliever Jorge Luis Bravo, who they barely allowed a single.
Betancourt pitched 7 1/3 innings and allowed one hit, striking out three, while Bravo pitched two clean thirds. First defeat for left-hander Wilber Pérez, with four wins.
At bat for the people from Santiago, who produced a decisive six-run rally in the fourth act, highlighted shortstop Marcos Fonseca, who went 2-3, with a pair of doubles and an RBI.
In the remaining matches, Guantánamo defeated Industriales 6-4, Pinar del Río 8-7 against Holguín and Artemisa knocked out the exponent monarch Granma 15-1.
With these results, Mayabeque leads (19-10), followed by Matanzas (18-11), Santiago de Cuba (19-12), Villa Clara fell to fourth place (18-12) and Ciego de Ávila is fifth (18- 13).
At 7:00 p.m. the duel between Sancti Spíritus and Cienfuegos began at the José Antonio Huelga stadium.
