The team of Cuban baseball They closed their cap against Nicaragua with a victory this Friday and won the preparation series for the World Classic held in Central American lands.
In the match that ended the confrontations, the Cuban team won with a comfortable score of 6-0, thus ensuring its second success at the top, in which it also added a draw and a setback against the local team.
This time both the pitching and hitting worked efficiently for those led by Germán Mesa.
From the mound, the Antillean pitchers struck out 15 and did not allow any runs, although they received nine hits from the Nicas. For their part, the Cuban hitters connected 12 hits, with which they stepped on the plate six times, according to the digital site Hit.
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Germán Mesa satisfied
In yesterday’s game, star Liván Moinelo pitched two innings as a starter. The left-hander from Pinar del Río allowed three hits and struck out five opponents.
Behind him Cuba used six other pitchers, including the fast closer Raidel Martínez, who also did not allow runs to their rivals.
With the wood the most outstanding was Cristián Rodríguez, who hit three hits in four turns, while Leonel Moas, Roel Santos and Alfredo Despaigne hit two each.
Regarding the result of the match and the series against Nicaragua in general, the Cuban manager assured Hit feel satisfied with the collective game, but acknowledged that “what is most worrying and we must resolve, are the runners who were left in scoring position.”
“We work for goals, and we achieve them. We are sure that we will continue to conquer each step, in search of a result, convinced that we can achieve it,” said Mesa with a view to the World Classic.
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Two new names on the team
Precisely two of the players who saw action this Friday, pitcher Armando Dueñas and infielder Christian Rodríguez, were included in the Cuban team for the World Classic to cover two recently confirmed absences, as reported by sports authorities.
Dueñas and Rodríguez enter the team to replace the pitchers Naikel Cruz and Daviel Hurtado, those who They just fell off the Antillean payroll.
The former was denied insurance for the event, even though he was released shortly after by his club, the Baltimore Orioles. Hurtado, for his part, was sidelined due to an injury.
After their stop in Nicaragua, and after learning that eight members of the delegation did not receive visas from the US Government, the Cuban team must travel to US territory to celebrate two more preparation matches.
In the city of Phoenix, Cuba must face the MLB teams Kansas City Royals and Cincinnati Reds. Then it will move to Puerto Rico, home of group A of the Classic, which the island shares with the host team, Panama, Canada and Colombia.
