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amagüey, March 14.- The home run between left and center by Yuri Fernández at the top of the seventh inning, responsible for the tie and the definitive advantage in this Wednesday's clash between the Leopardos de Villa Clara and the Toros de Camagüey gave the victory to the visitors, this time five scores to four, and fulfilled the most important maxim of the legendary Yogi Berra: it's not over until it's over.
The aggressive start with the wood of the Camagüey line-up was not enough to achieve Camagüey's first success in the LXIII National Baseball Series, even when they quickly exploded the veteran Alain Sánchez from the mound at the end of the second inning, after scoring a rally of three runs thanks to the combination of singles by Emilio Torres and Michael Thompson with a double by Leonel Moas.
The fourth score of the inning came from a wild pitch by the reliever, and the statistical winner of the match, Dayron Casanova.
It was not until the fourth inning when the local starter, right-hander Yusmel Velázquez, let his perfect game slip away after giving up a walk and regretting mistakes by the Camagüey defense, seeing his lead reduced to just two runs.
Likewise, in the sixth inning Ariel Pestano Jr., who looked a little uncomfortable in his first at-bats against Velázquez, deciphered the Holguin native's fastball to overcome the right field fence with a superb full-back hit and further cut the difference until it was for the minimum.
The Camagüey high command had no choice but to replace the tall pitcher to the detriment of Yonimiler Mendoza, in charge of the defeat for allowing Yuri Fernández's winning home run against a Cándido González stadium that predicted the worst.
In the last opportunity, Marino Luis used a trio of emergencies that could do little against the shipments of Randy Cueto, extinguishers of the clash.
This Thursday, more from the Toros de la Llanura barracks with a duel between Rodolfo Sorís and Freddy Asiel Álvarez, and broadcast of the Radio Cadena Agramonte Sports Caravan from two in the afternoon. (Text: Reinier Hernández González/ Radio Cadena Agramonte)( Photos: Enmanuel Santos/Collaborator University of Camagüey)
