The erratic step of the Las Tunas by the first series of the Americas of baseballbased in Nicaraguawas sealed on Wednesday with another defeat against the local team at the semifinal crossing that left them out of the podium of the tournament.
The new setback, fourth in the six presentations of the cast, was completed with a 4-5 board after not fruiting the attempted attempt in the last episode, reports The agency Latin press (PL).
Elian decided, Nicaragua to the final against Panama
Unstoppable producer of 2 races by Elian Miranda at the close of the eighth, produced a pair of races with which the tie (2-2) was broken (2-2) and pic.twitter.com/uace8anxk0
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The hosts were in front of the first inning by taking advantage of a Cuban defense pifia, and its opener -once the American left -handed co -cook -, he managed to hang four consecutive zeros on the board before he was balanced with A single from Santiago Yoelquis Guibert reinforcement.
Those led by Abeicy Pantoja went ahead thanks to the lonely Yosvani Alarcón flycases in front of the local reliever Fidencio Flores, but Mariel Góngora, substitute for the Cuban opener Raymonf Figueredo, failed to maintain the advantage.
Immanuel Trujillo’s home run again established parity, and in the seventh chapter a single from the fourth bat Elián Miranda with the bases full in front of the reliever Alberto Pablo Civil pushed two races that broke the hug. The decisive one arrived later, towed by the unstoppable of Brandon Leyton
The libators managed to place the draw in circulation in the last act, after Guibert connected the long driver that put definitive figures to the scoreboard, because Luis Peña followed the out that sentenced the tuneros.
The outcome fell as salt in the deep wound that afflicts Cuba baseball, immersed in a prolonged crisis, without results in international tournaments of any category, which seems to have no end.
The Americas Series: Another Ko puts the waders of the Tunas on the edge of the abyss
In this way, the hosts advanced to the final and denied the retaliation to the Cubans, those who had surpassed in the inaugural duel (5-1). The other defeats of the libators were at the hands of the goats of Curacao (2-15) and the Colombian Caimanes of Barranquilla (1-12), which marked an unprecedented fact, because never before a team of the island had fit two consecutive ko In international tournaments.
The Nicaraguan team will face the Metropolitan Eagles of Panama for the title, which gave the big surprise by winning 7-0 in the other semifinal to the cast of Curacao, an undefeated dominator of the preliminary phase.
The goats will have to comfort themselves with the third seat, as the tournament rules give that position to the team with the best balance among those who lost the semifinal crossing.
The clarity for the scepter will be held this Thursday and will have as its stage the National Stadium Sovereignty, of the city of Managua.
