The Alazanes de Granma team won the title of the 61st edition of the baseball national seriesby defeating the play off end to the Crocodiles killings to thus revalidate his crown in the domestic tournament in Cuba.
The people from Granma beat their rivals 4×0 in the seventh and last match of the final, held at the Mártires de Barbados stadium, in the eastern city of Bayamo.
Those led by the experienced Carlos Martí won their fourth trophy in these competitions after starring in a spectacular comeback in the play offafter returning to their fields with a disadvantage and with the need to prevail in the last two challenges of the championship, something that no team had achieved at home in the history of these events.
#granma win 4×0 to #Massacres at the Barbados Martyrs Stadium and retains the crown of the #Cuban Baseball Congratulations Alazans!!! #61SNB https://t.co/u5bjIr6cIl pic.twitter.com/KTpr4fdkg4
— JIT Cuban Sport (@jit_digital) June 29, 2022
After winning the sixth game and balancing the final at three wins apiece, the team from Granma He went out this Wednesday to make history. For this, he had an excellent pitching performance from the veteran left-hander Leandro Martínez, who managed to contain the offensive from Matanzas for much of the duel.
Instead, his teammates managed to give him a small advantage against the shipments of the also left-handed Yamichel Pérez, who endured the solitary home run of first baseman Guillermo Avilés in the bottom part of the fourth episode to increase differences.
The homeowners gave the final blow in the sixth inning, when they loaded the bases and managed to score against reliever Noervys Entenza in a controversial play in the home plate. The main referee decreed the safe and his decision was upheld by the courtroom playafter it was protested by the Matanzas high command.
In turn, Leandro Martínez gave way in the eighth inning to César García, one of the mainstays of the staff de los Alazanes, who managed the situation until the last out on loan for Javier Camero on a groundout to shortstop.
In this way, the Alazanes successfully defended the crown won a year ago, also in an exciting final against the Crocodiles that was defined in six games.
With this new success, the Granma team, which had the titles of 2017, 2018 and 2021, becomes the sixth cast with at least four trophies of the highest baseball tournament on the island. Industriales, Santiago de Cuba, Vegueros had previously achieved it. , Villa Clara and Pinar del Rio.
