Holguin sweeps Pinar del Rio in Cuban baseball

They won the first match 4-0 with excellent pitching performance by Carlos Santiesteban, who allowed five hits in seven innings, offensively supported by Yunior Paumier and Yeison Pacheco, who both homered.

And they won again at night, this time 5-2 in ga me marked by strong batting performance by Yunier Mendoza (reinforcement from Sancti Spiritus), who hit 2 for 5 with two doubles and three RBIs for the cause of the winners.

The leader and reigning monarch Ciego de Avila lost again to the current runner up Isla de la Juventud, this time 7-5 in match that lasted 11 innings.

Luis Felipe Rivera led the offensive of the winners with two RBIs, in game won by Jesus Reynaldo Amador as reliever, while closer Yunier Cano took the loss.