Santa Clara’s team, which represents Cuba in the Latin American series of the Small baseball leagues (9-10 years), will return to the land on Tuesday to face the cast of Panama in search of its second success in the tournament that is played in the city of Monterrey, Mexico.
The debut of the Cubanitos could not be more exciting, after beating the cast Treviño Kelly, champion of the host nation, which he traced and left on the ground with a slate of 6-5, reports the Cuban News Agency (ACN).
Successful debut of Santa Clara in small leagues of #Baseball
The selection that represents #Cuba He left the 6 × 5 countryside to that of Mexico. #PortCubanohttps://t.co/kviqnaindm pic.twitter.com/3vojqgeqbh– Jit Cuban sport (@jit_digital) July 21, 2025
The hero of the party resulted in Leonardo López, author of the unstoppable who towed the decisive race of the crash, and that certified the success of reliever Liam Daniel Rodríguez, the information requires.
The closer was in charge of the last two tickets and also stood out with the wood, when a hit, a pushed race and another scored. It also shone from the Cristofer Méndez battering drawer by linking a couple of incogibles in three shifts, in addition to starring several defensive plays worthy of applause.
Santa Clara’s novena is one of the six that encourage Group B of the tournament. In addition to the local team and that of Panama, in that key the representatives of Nicaragua, Venezuela and Chile, which it will face between Wednesday and Friday, in that order.
It highlights the medium that the Latin American baseball series is very important as part of the training process in the early ages, and that beyond its competitive character, it stands as “an essential platform to encourage the values of clean play, teamwork and passion for this sport”.
Leonardo López pushed the decisive race of the game that the Cuban team of Santa Clara won 6 × 5 to Mexico, for group B, on the first date of the Latin American series of small leagues of #Baseball9-10 years, based in Monterrey. #Beisbolcubano
Dairon Pérez report pic.twitter.com/jdoprqxgvu– Jit Cuban sport (@jit_digital) July 22, 2025
In addition to fighting for the contest scepter, Cubans arrive with the aspiration to get a ticket for the World Category series.
At the beginning of July, the La Lisa team represented the island in the Caribbean qualifying tournament for the maximum contest of the 11-12 years, held in Curacao, where He failed to overcome The group stage.
Thanks to invitations of the organizers, Cuba had been present in the two editions of the World Series that is held annually in the American city of Williamsport, in the state of Pennsylvania, where the teams of Bayamo and Santa Clara competed.
