In a game that had, at last, a attendance worthy of a postseason, Portuarios took command of his series against Central in the Elite league by sensationally leaving him on the field this Saturday with Dennis Laza's golden jit in Schiller rule.
During nine innings neither of the two teams could complete a comeback and those led by Armando Ferrer total 16 innings without scoring, while the dockers took advantage of the location and an excellent fielding by Oscar Valdés slitting a fly by Luis Vicente Mateo trying to touch the ball in the top of the tenth, to get inspired and finish off with a decisive rocket from one of the men that many of us thought would be on the payroll of 50 for the World Classic.
It was a match of seven double-play moves, four executed by the losers and three by the team of Michael González, who will seek today to finish the dual meet with Raymond Figueredo on the box.
Both starters complied: the rookie José I. Bermúdez (6.0 INN, 5H, 2K and 3BB) and the more experienced Alaín Sánchez (7.0, 4H, 3K and 2BB), while the hosts bullpen kept access to home plate closed with work by Andy Vargas (1.0, 1H, 1BB) and Marlon Vega (3.0, 2K and 2BB).
When the winner, Vega, hung up the baton of the tenth stage, after dominating Erisbel Arruebarrena and Pavel Quesada with rolls through the anteroom, Portuarios knew that he had three quarters of a game in hand.
The mentor could have asked Laza to sacrifice himself to overtake the runners, but he let him bat. It is not remembered the last time he had touched the ball in that situation and it was not going to be on this occasion: he sounded unstoppable to the left forest to sentence the clash against Javier Mirabal, whose straight shipments were again held over 90 miles per hour.
With this result, Portuarios gets on top in the semifinal by 2-1, after immediately tipping knockout and grout, which puts them psychologically in very good condition. To match the Central actions it is very likely that he will depend this Sunday on the pitcher Renner Rivero.
And also today the duel between Farmers and Tobacco growers resumes, at the Capitán San Luis stadium, in Pinar del Río. The first swept in the initial two matches and everything indicates that Ángel Sánchez is Carlos Martí's bet against the confirmed several days ago Bladimir Baños.
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