BASEBALL

Far away from their home, in the Nguyen Van Troi park, the baseball players from Sancti Spiritus will start the 53rd Cuban Baseball National Season facing Guantanamo’s Indians on Nov. 3.»

The brothers Yulieski, Yunieski Gourriel Yunielki Lourdes Castillo will not play with the team of Sancti Spiritus (The Roosters) in the upcoming National Series.»

Cuban pitcher Norberto Gonzalez, Olympic champion in Athens-2004 confirmed his retirement from active baseball after 15 seasons in the island’s national sport.»

The USA Baseball Collegiate National Team completed an historic five-game sweep of Cuba with a 5-3 win on Tuesday night at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park.»

Matt Chapman’s two-out single in the 11th inning gave the USA Baseball Collegiate National Team a 2-1 victory over Cuba in game one of the Friendship Series.»

Cuban baseball continues to compete at an international level in 2013 summer; the friendly dual meet vs. USA and Canada’s World Baseball Challenge are next in the agenda.»

Victor Mesa Crocodiles performed as kings in the Victoria Giron Stadium and swept Sancti Spiritus Roosters to tip the balance in their favor while getting one game closer to the final of the Cuban baseball 2013 championship.»

Yulieski Gourriel talks to Escambray about his decision to move to Havana.»

With a decisive seven-run rally in the eighth inning, the West team beat the East squad 13×9 in the All-Star Game held on Sunday in the Cuban central province of  Sancti Spiritus, and attended by Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermúdez, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers.»

The All-Star Game of the 52nd Baseball National Season will be staged at the Jose Antonio Huelga Stadium, in Sancti Spiritus, central Cuba, before giving way to the second phase of the island’s greatest passion.»