Cuba’s options within the World Classic seem to evaporate after adding another defeat, now in extra innings 3-6 against Italy. It was “a good game,” Cuban manager Armando Johnson said. “I thought that once we tied we could do the job, that we could win the game but you already saw that we couldn’t.”
The journalist Francys Romero was forceful after the defeat of the Cubans when commenting that the options for Team Asere in the World Classic are “minimal” and are “reduced to 20%.” He did not stop acknowledging, however, that it was “a game of total vertigo and with constant returns from both teams in 10 innings” before some 6,000 spectators at the Intercontinental Stadium, in Taichung, Taiwan, with a capacity of 20,000.
The middle Cuban ball he regretted that the Cuban representative “could not defend the great work of Roenis Elías”. Chicago Cubs player He also offered his feelings on the outlook, “this is baseball, we have to keep fighting and moving forward, we went out to win, things didn’t turn out the way we wanted, but here we are, we are ready for tomorrow”.
The official media cubadebate in his publication this Thursday he found those responsible for this defeat. It was possible to “break the score in the third act, after consecutive singles by Yadir Drake, Yadil Mujica” to which was added the “sacrifice bunt by Yoelkis Guibert”, but “major leaguers Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert were unable to score positive actions”.
The same outlet stressed that before the opener Italian Matt Harvey, “Moncada perished in fly to third and Robert hit a harmless grounder to the shortstop David Fletcher. Meanwhile, in the fifth chapter Moncada again yielded by way of Punchwith Quintana at third base and Guibert at first.”
The indications of a possible rotation of Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert, the Cuban manager spoke that he would be analyzed among the “collective of coaches”
Faced with the comments of lack of productivity that Cuban batting has presented, Johnson acknowledged at a press conference that “the offense has not been working” and against Italy “we wanted to make the runs, but (the rival) went up and we could not “.
The indications of a possible rotation of Yoan Moncada and Luis Robert, the Cuban manager spoke that he would be analyzed among the “collective of trainers” at the hotel. “I think that if some movement has to be made, it will be done. We are waiting to meet and do the pertinent analysis.”
The communicator Francys Romero confirmed that “in the Club House of Cuba there was a talk between coaches and players”. In that talk, the one who took the baton was the manager and former shortstop from Industriales Germán Mesa, who recalled that they still have chances and that they will seek to continue fighting in the tournament, taking up Lawrence Peter’s phrase Yogi Berra: “This isn’t over until it’s over.”
The collaborator of Play Off MagazineRenier González Jr., lamented that even if they have the best players in the world, “if we continue with these management bodies, we won’t advance much.” Through his Twitter account He exhibited his annoyance: “A team with a lot of potential is not being directed in the correct way. They give away outs in touches of the ball. The pitching is handled poorly. Players line up with terrible defense.”
González Jr. stressed that “as long as we don’t look for coaches, coach and people prepared in the best leagues in the world, we will continue in the same”.
Group A fulfilled its second date in which the Netherlands remains undefeated (2-0) and at the top are followed by Italy (1-0), Panama (1-1), Taiwan (0-1) and Cuba (0 -2).
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