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Havana, Apr 17th. - The Ciego de Ávila Tigers roared strongly again in the III Liga Elite of Cuban Baseball, adding their fourth victory in a row, this time with a 6-4 slate over the Vegueros de Pinar del Río in Captain San Luis.
With this result, the Ciego de Ávila team chain their third triumph to the thread as visitors against the “pativerdes” and consolidate at the top of the tournament, now with a two-and-a-half game advantage over the Las Tunas Leñadores (Lumberjacks).
The locals didn't help their cause much, making five mistakes that, added to the Tigers' eight hits, sealed the defeat. The eternal Frederich Cepeda hit 4-2 with a double to continue to enlarge his legacy as a historic leader in unstoppable and tubey.
From the mound, Yunier Batista put his arm in with an impeccable four-and-two-thirds relay without freedoms to score the victory, while Leonardo Moreira closed with four gold outs and took his fourth save.
Geonel Gutierrez carried the setback after tolerating five runs, three of them dirty, in five innings. Jenier Álvarez, for his part, released four chapters without allowing annotations and maintains the lead on average clean.
In Bayamo, the Industrials passed over 8-3 to the Granma Alazanes and consolidated in third place. Pavel Hernandez threw seven solid innings, with only one run dirty and four punches, to add 35th in the season and lead the department.
On the offensive, Dennis Laza connected solo home runs, captain Yasiel Santoya pushed two with a pair of singles, and Angel Hechavarría along with Alfredo Rodriguez fired three hits each.
Granmense opener Yunier Castillo left with the defeat by accepting two runs in four innings, while Alexander Pozo stood out with the wood by batting two singles and a double.
With these scores, Ciego de Ávila remains firm at the top with 16-7, followed by Las Tunas (10-6), Industrial (14-13) and Santiago de Cuba (11-13) in qualifying zone. At the bottom of the table are Granma (9-14) and Pinar del Río (10-17). (Text and Photo: Cubasí)
