Cuban Baseball: Roosters Win Subseries vs. Tigers

Although Sancti Spiritus baseball team was defeated by Ciego de Avila’s 4-3 in the Sunday game, Roosters won the three-game series 2-1 while maintaining the second position of the Western region in the 51^st Cuban baseball national season.

By Elsa Ramos Ramírez

Sancti Spiritus bats continued to be frozen as they only shot 8 hits in the subseries vs. Ciego de Avila Tigers, in which all the encounters ended with a difference of only one run.

With excellent performance of both starters, the game balanced to Tigers, when they managed to score first in the 6^th before Yoen Socarras.

Sancti Spiritus tied in the bottom of the 6^th before Raicel Poll but Ciego de Avila fought hard and won the game in the 8^th when Abdel Civil shot a golden hit with the house full.

Roosters are currently placed second in the Western Region with an 8-7 record and follow close Matanzas, first positioned with two games ahead.

Sancti Spiritus starts a new three-game series vs. Holguin in the Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium, where they will play during Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.