Cuba will be today, from four o’clock in the afternoon, in the dispute for the bronze medal of the U-23 Baseball World Championship, after beating Panama by 9-8 and Mexico won, also in close quarters duel, to Colombia, a team that will be the rival of the Antillean in pursuit of that medal. baseball of the Greater Antilles, the one we all want to see on the ground, to erase a deficit of five scores at the height of the fourth episode.
We lost by five to the canaleros, the only ones who they defeated the two highest-level squads in the tournament (Mexico and Venezuela), and in the fourth chapter four hits – including a double with the bases loaded by Rodoleisis Moreno – a base, a walk and two errors, brought the tie.
Panama went up in the sixth, by mistake of third baseman Andy Yánez, but he himself opened the seventh with tubey and scored the equalizer. In extrainnings, the Panamanians scored two and, again, after the failure of the lead hit by Loidel Chapellí, three more came to leave the rivals to the field, again with the Avilanian Yuddiel González hitting the decisive jit.
Bryan Chi was done justice. It was not good at all against Venezuela, but in relief of starter Frank A. Álvarez, he stopped the Istmo team in 4.1 innings, tolerating three hits, no walks, four strikeouts and the three touchdowns they made were dirty.
The team’s leadership is correct in the search for alternatives, moving its alienation, the bullpen, even in risky decisions, such as touching the ball with a large disadvantage, all to build the hard-fought victory.
It is a joyous day, because the fierce squad puts Cuba back in the fight for the medals, which made a similar selection, directed by Eriel Sánchez himself, when he finished second in the Pan American of this category in March of last year. The other closest antecedent of a stubbornness for the podium dates back to the 2018 Central American and Caribbean Games, in Barranquilla, when the senior team finished in second position. And worldwide, since the victory of the U-15 team, in the 2016 world event, in Japan, there is no access to settle a position in the award ceremonies.
No one denies, because It would be a very costly mistake, the shortcomings of this team, which are not only theirs but Cuban baseball in general, and which must be dealt with in a future space, but we cannot deny that those boys have put another face on Cuban baseball. . To tell the truth, here they beat opponents who could do it and lost only to those who were superior to them, such as Mexico, Venezuela (the two who will argue the pennant) and Colombia. That is, they complied.
It is also necessary to highlight the way in which they grew in the face of many difficulties, understand the months without competing; the problems of the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to the forced rest and isolation of several of its players; and the abandonment of their responsibility, leaving behind their teammates and what they represented, of those who decided to turn their backs on the team in full competition.
ORNELLAS PUSHED MEXICO IN THE FINAL AND TO CUBA DISPUTE THE BRONZE
Already on the night of this Friday, the Colombians again looked immense, with their happy, accurate and fearsome offensive game, but they found a very effective left-hander, Francisco Javier Villegas, who stopped them, based on fast shipments and an excellent command of his breakers. That mixture was lethal in the aspirations of the coffee group, while Juan Miguel Robles closed for the hosts of the tournament, also with fast streamers. In the five chapters that they were on the mound, their opponents only hit them with a hit, took a ticket and struck out in seven turns.
Mexico came out ahead, but in the blink of an eye Colombia took a 2-1 lead in the third inning. In the fourth, the home team, with a delayed double steal, with two outs, achieved the tie, so that in the sixth Tirso Ornellas, prospect number 28 of the San Diego Padres organization, in the American Major League Basseball, hit his only home run of the tournament in the sixth inning, which defined the final score 3-2.
COLOMBIA IS FAVORITE
You should not put on a blindfold, Cuba is going for a feat, because only in this way can you beat the Colombian squad, which has been far superior to the Caribbean.
Better offense, with good contacts, who knows how to put the ball in play and, in addition, with strength in the arms of their players is perhaps the biggest difference between the two groups that will fight for the third seat. However, that quality makes pitching work more comfortable than the Antillean, always in a volcano because of the little support of its batters, which is why in that aspect they also have an advantage.
A The defense has seen not only better numbers in the opponents of the Cubans, but there is also more fluidity of movement and better technique.
That does not mean that they cannot be beaten, because the Cuban baseball player has the ball in his emotional fibers, and when he takes it out on the field, he dresses with the same awards as anyone else. That is what the Cuban fans are waiting for today in the crucial game.
For now, Naykel Cruz is painting again to get on the mound, unless Eriel Sánchez looked for an opening formula with Jonathan Carbó or José Eduardo Santos , and at the first blink bring the left-hander from Matanzas. The latter is not ruled out either in the possible maneuvers of the Cuban mentor.
Whatever happened, the U-23 did, because their performance in the World Cup kept Cuba among the top 12 in the world ranking, which are the privileged places for the highest level competitions of this sport, say Premier-12 and World Classic. We’ll see what happens today in Hermosillo.
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