At home in the Mártires de Barbados stadium, the Alazanes de Granma will try to repeat dominance over Mayabeque, and their last two victories consolidated them in sixth position in the table with six successes and five defeats.
Yesterday, left-hander Leandro Martínez (6-INN, 4-H, 1-CL, 1-BB, 2-K) led the Alazanes to a 4-1 smile over the Mayabeque Hurricanes, supported by the save of Kelbis Rodríguez ( 3-INN, 1-H, 2-K, 0-CL) and offensive 10 hits.
Another team with two wins in a row, Villa Clara (6-4) defeated point guard Santiago de Cuba (8-3) 9-4 thanks to the leadership of right-hander Javier Mirabal (7-INN, 6-H, 3-K, 4 -CL, 1-BB) and two-run homers for Leandro Turiño (5-1, 1-HR, 1-CA, 2-CI) and Cristián Rodríguez (4-2, 2-H, 1-HR, 2- CA, 2-CI).
Industriales (5-5) returned to the path of success by beating Ciego de Ávila (7-4) 9-8, who threatened with two runs in the ninth; in a game with no out-of-bounds hits and 11 walks between the two teams.
In the other challenges on Tuesday, Isla de la Juventud (6-5) defeated Sancti Spíritus (4-6) 8-6, Artemisa (5-5) beat Camagüey (3-8) 5-1, Las Tunas ( 5-6) led Pinar del Río (5-6) 7-4, Guantánamo (4-7) caused the third successive setback for Cienfuegos (4-7), this time 9-2.
Meanwhile, Matanzas (6-3) and Holguín (3-7) sealed in 11 chapters after persisting the equality to 11 races.
The fifth subseries of the National Series will conclude tomorrow; in a regular schedule of 75 games and that gives access to the best eight teams to the postseason.
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