Noteworthy offensive on behalf of the boys from vueltabajo on the losing pitcher Kenny Rodríguez, especially the Olympic player Alexei Ramírez and Donal Duarte, the first one with a homer and two batted in to support the triumph of José Melendis 9-1.

With the change of weather also came a change in the home-run leadership, after Joan Carlos Pedroso took the ball out the park in a couple of times in his visit to Guantánamo to seal the victory 9-7 over Las Tunas that kept the first pace in Group C.

On the other hand Santiago de Cuba depended on the arm of its stellar Danny Betancourt to dispose of Camagüey 5-1 in the debut of the "great captain" Antonio Pacheco as coach of eastern wasps, while the crestfallen of Villa Clara had a Luis Borroto in good shape to win 10-2 over Holguín team which could only bat three hits.

In the Cristóbal Labra Stadium, Champion Industriales whitewashed the Isle of Youth 5-0 with victory for left-handed Maicel Díaz and defeat of the veteran Gervasio Miguel Govín, the team’s defense didn’t actually back him up.

Metropolitanos had the same luck in its general headquarters of "Changa" Mederos Stadium with whitewash 6-0 over Cienfuegos thanks to effective pitching of David Álvarez Pombo who went the distance while team mates batted the pitching of the losing pitcher Adiel Palma.

On the other hand, Ciego de Ávila was disrespectful in its visit to the Mártires de Barbado Stadium of Granma, beat the locals 4-3, after Luis Ferrales hit a ball with bases loaded for the benefit of Miralis Benítez, while the game between Matanzas and Sancti Spíritus was sealed with tie 1-1 after the 14 inning, and a pitching duel until ninth inning between Yovani Aragon and Yosvani Fonseca.

By: Cubasi