Cuba continues without a compass in the 65th Caribbean Baseball Series “Gran Caracas 2023”, this Tuesday suffered another defeat against Puerto Rico (4-3), the fifth consecutive in this event, and was eliminated from the event that takes place in Venezuela . A single to center field by Emmanuel Rivera was enough for the Puerto Ricans to give the island team a setback in the bottom of the ninth.
It was useless rally of three runs in the top of the second inning. With singles by Yosvani Alarcón, Rafael Viñales, Carlos Benítez and Yordanis Alarcón, Cuba moved the board to go ahead 2-0. Thanks to another single by Yunieski Larduet, the representative of the Island made it 3-0.
For the fifth inning came Puerto Rico’s reaction thanks to two runs after a single by Daniel Ortiz, a triple by Roberto Enríquez and another single by Bryan Torres. In the ninth episode the victory over Cuba was finalized.
A single to center field by Emmanuel Rivera was enough for the Puerto Ricans to deal a setback to the island team
Puerto Rico put the game “under protest.” Puerto Rico’s manager, Mako Oliveras, alleges that the name of Andy Rodríguez appears on the payroll provided by Cuba instead of Andy Vargas, although it seems that everything was a mistake.
“I am not happy about Cuba’s defeat but I knew what was going to happen, Cuba’s performance has been shameful,” said the journalist from Full Swing, Daniel de Malas.
They had to go through four consecutive defeats for the Cuban team in the Caribbean Baseball Series, one of them by beating against the host Venezuela 20-3, so that in an official media such as cubadebate It will be accepted that this type of event “must be reinforced with quality players.”
The publication was given after the 5-4 setback against the representative of Colombia. It is necessary to “bring no less than eight reinforcements to this club tournament, to which all countries go with the best,” published the same medium.
The game against Venezuela showed the shortcomings of a Cuban team that came to this event with confidence in its pitchers, although “not very media, except for César García and Leandro Martínez,” he acknowledged prior to the tournament. manager Carlos Martiwith experience in these fights in 2017 and 2018. “With them we won in Cuba and we are going to fight here,” he proclaimed.
“One always has to take care of history”, The journalist wrote on his social networks Frances Romero. She recalled that the “Cuban teams in the Caribbean Series were full of stars between 1950 and 1960.”
The journalist Francys Romero recalled that the “Cuban teams in the Caribbean Series were full of stars between 1950 and 1960.”
The communicator lamented that “after six decades, these Cuba teams are made to motivate a trip for a championship under the sun. They don’t even have reinforcements. It’s painful.”
The representative of the Island opened his participation in the current edition of the Caribbean Series with a victory against Curaçao (3-1). And from there, the defeats have accompanied the team led by Martí. The first was against the Dominican Republic (3-1) and then against Mexico (6-5). After the resounding defeat of Agricultores, the team that represents the Island in the Caribbean Series, against Los Leones de Caracas (20-3), Cuba was beaten by Colombia (5-4) and this Tuesday by Puerto Rico (4-3 ).
Cuba had not suffered such a shameful setback since February 8, 1977. On that occasion, the representative of the Dominican Republic (Tigres del Licey) hit 23 hits in a game of the Caribbean Series, according to the statistical firm Quality Sports.
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