The team that will represent Cuba in the V World Baseball Classic (WBC) This Tuesday he achieved his first victory in the preparation stops that he carries out in taiwanby subduing the Wei Chuan Dragons, a team of the professional league of that nation, with a 4-0 score.
The island’s pitching became a pillar of success, supported by home runs from alfredo despaigne and Erisbel Arruebarruena, according to a report from the sports portal Hit.
#ElCubaClasico returned to the path of victory
They defeated Dragones de Wei Chuan, from the Taiwanese professional league, 4×0. Their pitchers and home runs from Despaigne and Arruebarruena are excellent. #Cuba #baseball #CubanBaseball #WorldBaseballClassichttps://t.co/8KmcFGDjBh pic.twitter.com/sPtYVnlwyb— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) February 28, 2023
victory from the box The opener Yariel Rodríguez scored it for him and it served to break the losing streak of four consecutive setbacks, two of them on Taiwanese soil, and another two on Japanese soil, where he previously held a series against professional teams in which he emerged unscathed in two matches. occasions.
According to the information, Yariel had very good speed on his pitches, some over 97 miles per hour, and he struck out six.
His teammates activated the scoring twice in the third chapter, when they scored twice thanks to Yoelkis Guibert’s double, Arruebarruena’s triple and Alfredo Despaigne’s driving ball.
He slugger Granma hit a home run in the eighth inning for another stripe, and in the final inning Arruebarrena imitated him to put final figures on the scoreboard, the outlet specifies.
After Yariel, left-handers Onelki García and Yoenni Yera took over the pitching task, who did not allow the Asians’ offensive liberties. Right-handed Raidel Martínez scored the save with four outs.
Manager Armando Johnson declared himself satisfied because the setbacks did not affect the attitude of his pupils, and “he pondered their dedication to the limitations of not having the entire squad.”
Second defeat in Taiwan of the Cuban team for the World Classic
The Cuban team had yielded in its two initial appearances in Taiwan with a score of 1-3 and 1-2 against the Guardians of Fubu. He has another clash scheduled this Thursday against the Taiwan Corporate Bank team, before the incorporation of the Major League Baseball (MLB) players called up.
Then it will assume a couple of duels scheduled by the organizers of the World Classic, before the debut in group A of the contest in the city of Taichung, on March 8, against the representation of the Netherlands.
Cuba has participated in the previous four editions of the Classic, and its best result was achieved in the first, when it finished in second position after losing in the final to Japan.
