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Segunda fase 57SNB
JG JP AVE DIF
1.MTZ 59 28 .679 -
2.LTU 58 30 .660 1.5
3.IND 51 36 .587 8
4.GRA 46 38 .548 11.5
5.PRI 41 47 .466 18.5
6.ART 39 45 .465 18.5
The outstanding performance by Roy Hernandez (8-4), with four singles, five strikeouts and three walks in eight innings, backed Matanzas' win blanking
7-0 Las Tunas , to snatch first place in the Cuban baseball championship .
Reliever Armando Dueñas finished the winning task for the Crocodiles, who already had a 6 holds on the season.
The center fielder, Eduardo Blanco, had a perfect afternoon of 4-4, with an equal number of RBIs and a double.
Yariel Rodriguez (9-4), Camagueyan reinforcement for Las Tunas, received punishment of four earned runs and six hits, in addition to giving up six walks in 4.1 innings, and was charged with
the loss.
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Granma, champion of the last campaign, certified their inclusion in the postseason by knocking out
14-0 Pinar del Río, a result that mutilated the minimum hopes of the Vegueros of accessing the semifinals.
Granma overwhelmed Pinar del Río with an attack of 16 hits, in which Roel Santos, Raico Santos and
Yoelkis Céspedes contributed three hits each, with three rbi for the Santos cousins and two rbi for Cespedes.
Such offensive support facilitated the work of right-hander Lázaro Blanco (7-3), the best Cuban pitcher of the previous season, who covered the route to the rhythm of four singles and six strike outs.
The Eastern team put the game away with a bunch of five runs in the top of the third inning, when their hitters combined four hits and a pair of doubles against the Camaguey reinforcement Yosimar Cousin (3-5), who exploded in that same inning.
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Industriales won
7-2 against last place Artemisa, a result with which they notched their fifth straight win, at the same time theye settled down in the comfort of third place.
Another Camaguey reinforcement, Jose R. Rodriguez (7-6), led the triumph for the Blues with seven innings of work as the starter, an equal number of hits and one earned run, while Ricardo Martinez (5-8), starter of the Hunters could not complete the fourth inning and went to the showers with five earned runs given up and seven hits.
Javier Camero, Frank Camilo Morejón and Jorge Luis Barcelán slugged home runs in the middle of the attack for Havana.
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LOOKING TO THE PLAYOFFS:
With ten games left in the second phase, Yes, you can affirm it: Las Tunas (52-27) reached their first postseason classification in the age of reinforcements! In addition, it will be their fourth appearance in the playoffs during their 40 year history and only three wins away from implementing a new record to surpass the 54 wins of 2012.
On the other hand, Matanzas (51-28) will also be in the postseason January 2018, being the only team that has consecutively qualified since 2012.
Next are the Alamas de Granma, current national champions, who are notch away from qualifying and with the chance to defend their crown.
The Industriales are going to return to the postseason by virtue of their 4-0 sweep against Ciego de Ávila.
Is there still a chance that Pinar del Rio can enter the playoffs? Well of course! Although at this point the chances are minimal, especially when qualifying would depend on them winning a good percentage of their last 10 games.
However, that we will know this week ...
