The Tunas woodcutters continued to fan the fire of revenge and again defeated some erratic Matanceros crocodiles, this time with a final score of 10-6, to make the semifinal duel 2-0 to the best of seven matches and clarify a little more the path that leads to neutral territory where the crown of this National Series number 60 will be at stake.
The experienced disciples of Civil Peace took advantage of every fissure shown by their opponents and with a timely artillery of 15 unstoppable managed to recover from an uncertain start and impose their strength on the gram of the stadium José Antonio Vaga.
Three times they stepped on the rubber of the plate of the yumurinos in the same first chapter against the shipments of the leftist Yudiel Rodriguez when they combined a mistake by the rival waiter with four unstoppable ones, Including a single by Yadir Drake and a double by Eduardo Blanco that towed races.
But in the third episode the current national champions collapsed on the field and with three almost childish mistakes opened the doors of the homemade dish to the lumberjacks who marked a pack of four gross notes to take command, all at the expense of opener Noervys Entença.
An entry later the Civil Peace troops continued to “cut firewood” and with a triple by Hector Castillo and a pair of undisputed Yuniesky Larduet and veteran Danel Castro, make two more to get an advantage they would not lose again during all to the challenge.
Another bunch of three runs in the sixth inning, all on Entença’s account, already it was too much for the matanceras hopes and the natural dexterity of Cienfuegos had to leave the knoll with desires to arrive at the hundred of victories in its sport race.
Meanwhile the 37-year-old left-hander of Jobabo, although he endured 11 indisputable and five runs (two dirty), walked eight full chapters while striking out six opponents to get his first win against the Matanceros this season and his second in these playoffs.
In the battle, the hottest woods for the Orientals were those of Larduet when shooting four singles in five rounds and those of Rafael Viñales when compiling 5-3 with a double included and a run driven. For the Crocodiles, Yadir Mujica of 4-3 with a trailer and Eduardo Blanc of 5-3 with a pair of doubles and a pushed race, were the highlights.
The third challenge of this semi-final lawsuit will take place next Wednesday and pitchers Alejandro Meneses (Las Tunas) and Renner Rivero (Matanzas) will be the openers for both teams.
