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César García was the author of another excellent work of pitching on the mound of the Alazanes de Granma, from where he defended like a colossus the second consecutive victory of his team against Industrials in the playoffs of the quarterfinals of the 60th National Series.

Only four batters were able to get into circulation, two of them for tickets and another pair for Jits, as Estayle Hernandez managed to hit 2, in seven full chapters. The opener would have had enough with the first race scored by his teammates, when in the third act a sacrifice fly to right field towed from third to Yulian Milan, who started this entry with a double. The second of the winners came from the transfer to Carlos Benítez with congested angles. The immaculate work of César García made these two records weigh heavily, so the other two that Iván Prieto pushed with a quadrangular on the left side were a blow to the blue entourage.

After the defeat, the Lions have 18 consecutive innings without being able to step on the man, in which they barely accumulate eight Jits. They are now in need of waking up from their bats to support their main pitcher, Brian Chi, on Monday, who will surely have left-back Leandro Martínez as a rival. If this duel took place, it would be the third between the two, but, curiously, in the previous two, including the first of the quarterfinals, they have gone without decisions on matches.

When we analyzed this confrontation, we noticed as support for Granma’s favorite condition that it had been the selection of more pairs and high indicators of the current campaign and, we affirm then, that this means that it is the one that has played better in the present lid. At this stage he has been no different, his offense surpasses that of his opponents; his pitching, needless to say, is what makes the difference, and in three games he has two errors, although one of them, that of the Milan torpedo in the opening clash, is responsible for the only victory of the blue. It cannot be said that Industrials has failed in its weak point, the effectiveness of its body of pitchers; nor his defense. However, his most powerful weapon, the offensive, two days ago with the wet gunpowder, with his central core of third, fourth and fifth bats, with only two Jits in his last 20 turns.

If the blue woods are reloaded and Chi contains those of the Chestnuts could force a fifth and decisive match, perhaps a remake of the second challenge, with the same leading roles on the throwing table of White Lazarus and Maykel Taylor. But the truth is that, even so, the Granmenses, as in the pre-contest predictions, continue with the label of favorites in five games.

And today the Roosters go to all or nothing in front of Pineda de el Riu, as it serves him nothing more than to win to avoid the sweep. Faced with this purpose, the spiritual mentor, Eriel Sánchez, decided to commission the mission to José Eduardo Santos, who will face Dariel Fernández, a leftist who, according to the director vueltabajero, after a sabermetrico stage , decided to change the role of reliever to that of opener, just when he faced those of the Yayabo, “and did so excellently,” said then the helmsman pinareño.

If Sancti Spíritus could not pass over the Vegueros, they would be the first to qualify for a semifinal that, for now, is not on the competitive horizon, due to the pandemic that is ravaging the world and country, so the Commission Nacional decided, in the name of the health of the players and all those who participate in this great celebration for the people, to readjust the calendar of the postseason.

In its declaration, the national baseball organization sets the following guidelines:

• To give continuity to the Granma-Industrial confrontations (stage Jose Antonio Vaga, of Sancti Spíritus) and Sancti Spíritus-Pineda of the River (stage 5 of September of Cienfuegos) until both have decision.
• Do not resume the already started Las Tunas-Santiago de Cuba (stage 5 de Setembre, Cienfuegos) and do not start the Matanzas-Cienfuegos (stadium José Antonio Vaga, Sancti Spíritus).
• To summon the completion of the quarters of end, the semifinal and the end when the panorama is favorable, taking care of especially the health of players, technicians and others implied in this great spectacle.
• To reiterate that this maxim has accompanied us from the first bars of a particularly demanding contest due to the COVID-19 and has been a priority in the conception of a postseason that has shown high level of commitment and competitiveness of the advanced teams at this stage. .
• To thank the authorities of the Inder, as well as those of the Party and the Government in their provinces, for the efforts made to meet the many demands of the present segment of this event.

The ball will come back, but we need it healthy and, in turn, it also needs its recipients, the fans, people to understand, to be healthy too, to enjoy it. Here the prognosis and the keys, as the supporters clubs do, for this return are clear: hard pitching (over 90 miles), low and hooked, so that the COVID-19 can not lift the ball (infection curve ) and the ponchemos (new normality or the return of the quarterfinals).