CUBAN BASEBALL

Four USA Baseball Collegiate National Team pitchers combined to hold Cuba to four hits and didn’t allow a runner past first base en route to a 1-0 victory Saturday night.»

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.»

Yulieski Gourriel and Ismel Jiménez are part of the baseball preselection to travel Monday to the United States for friendly games with local university teams.»

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.»

If the local team beats today Curaçao it will result in a triple tie at the top of Rotterdam’s 14th World Port Tournament.»

After Monday defeat vs. the Netherlands, Cuba will go for revenge tomorrow from 1:30 pm (local time) in the 14th edition of the World Port Tournament held in Rotterdam.»

The opening of the 14th World Port Tournament for Cuba had among its protagonists Sancti Spiritus’ hurler Ismel Jimenez and third baseman Yulieski Gourriel in the 3×0 victory over Curaçao.»

Cuba will take 14 World Classic team members to the international baseball tournament Rotterdam Inter Ports to be held from June 30 to July 7, as told by the Cuban National Baseball Federation Tuesday.»

Yovani Aragon ensures he is willing to go on as coach in Sancti Spiritus.»

The team from the Cuban central province added this triumph to the ones obtained in 1983, 1993, 1994 and 1995.»