The Leñadores de las Tunas continued to ignite the fire of vengeance and once again beat some erratic Matanzas Crocodiles, this time with a final score of 10-6, to make the semi-final game 2-0. to the best of seven games and clear a little more the path that leads to neutral territory where the crown of this National Series number 60 is at stake.
Taking advantage of every gap their opponents showed, the veteran disciples of Pablo Civil managed to recover from an uncertain start with a timely artillery of 15 hits, laying their claws on the grass of the José Antonio Huelga stadium.
Three times the Yumurinos stepped on the rubber sheet in the same first chapter for the missions of the left-handed Yudiel Rodríguez when they combined a rival waiter error with four hits, including a single by Yadir Drake and a double by Eduardo Blanco to bring in the runs.
But in the third episode, the current national champion fell onto the field and with three almost infantile errors they opened the doors of the home plate to the lumberjacks who scored a package of four dirty touchdowns to take over, all off starter Noervys Entenza.
An entry later, Pablo Civil’s troop went on to “ saw firewood, ” and with a triple from Héctor Castillo and a pair of indisputable Yuniesky Larduet and veteran Danel Castro, they made two more to gain an advantage of being the would not lose again for the entire season. challenge.
Another set of three runs in the sixth inning, all for Entenza’s account, It was too much for Matanzas’ hopes and the natural right-handed from Cienfuegos had to leave the hill with the desire to have a hundred victories in his sports career.
In the meantime, Jobabo’s 37-year-old lefthanded, although he endured 11 unquestionable runs and five runs (two fouls), walked eight full innings while eliminating six opponents to take his first win against the Matanzas this season and his second in this play- offs.
In the battle, the best agents for the Orientals were Larduet who shot four basehits in five at bats and Rafael Viñales who put together 5-3 with a double included and an RBI. For the Crocodiles, Yadir Mujica 4-3 with a tow and Eduardo Blanco 5-3 with a few doubles and an RBI were most notable.
Coming Wednesday, the third challenge of this semi-final fight will take place and pitchers Alejandro Meneses (Las Tunas) and Renner Rivero (Matanzas) will be the starters for both teams.
