2023-12-18 16:59:13
The Artemis Hunters have found a way to predict the future, to know what can happen in the II Elite Cuban Baseball League. Their method is simple: create their own future, as they have done, game by game, until they qualify for this tournament and currently occupy second place, ahead of teams with more tradition.
Recently, they took good advantage of the sub-series against Sancti Spíritus. After losing in Yayabera lands with a balance of three games to one, at the 26 de Julio stadium they were about to sweep away their guests. They defeated them with scores of 5-4, 3-2, 5-3, and they barely lost the last match 4-3.
In this way, they balanced the struggle to four wins per side, in addition to climbing significantly in the standings. Above all, they are both very encouraging. walk off in front of the Roosters.
There is nothing in baseball as exciting as the so-called home run or golden hit, a hit capable of automatically achieving victory, until that moment almost impossible for the home team, which was losing or with the game tied. And Artemisa achieved two in a row against the people of Sancti Spiritus!
Tuesday and Wednesday the Hunters left them on the field: in the first challenge it occurred already in the tenth inning, and in the second it happened right in the ninth inning, when the threat of a new extra inning loomed over both.
The visitors were greeted with one zero after another from 18-year-old left-hander Darío Sarduy, but in the sixth inning they tied the match at two runs. This continued until the IBAF rule was applied: then, Sancti Spíritus scored twice, and closer Israel Sánchez stopped the stampede.
It was the turn of the Artemiseños, who scored one. It was insufficient, as the Roosters got two outs and came within one of victory.
With one run down and no room to fail, Raúl González asked himself who said all is lost? He made a big swing and sent the ball to the gigantography located in left field. Those led by Yulieski González won 5-4.
A day later, the hosts took control at the start; However, Rodoleisis Moreno tied the game with a solo home run off Yunieski García in the fifth inning. It was the only score that the right-hander allowed. In that same chapter, the Hunters once again commanded the lawsuit. And in the seventh, the third baseman himself hit another homer off left-hander Dorvis Navarro.
The ninth arrived and the hug persisted. Israel Sánchez hung up the important zero. With Andy Cosme and Carlos de la Tejera in circulation for hits, and one out, Luis González hit an uncatchable hit that brought the winning run to the rubber.
Israel Sánchez won his second game in a row, while two reinforcements decided those games and confirmed that Yulieski was not wrong in choosing them, nor was he wrong with the other hitters and pitchers.
In the third match, the locals used four pitchers, as Geonel Gutiérrez could only pitch four innings. But the victory remained at home, in the hands of José Ignacio Bermúdez, supported by Osdany Rodríguez and José Ángel García, plus a double by Rodmy Proenza that drove in the two decisive runs.
And in the goodbye, Erly Casanova could not prevent four immaculate scores from being scored, enough to lose the match 4-3. However, he worked completely and is the leader in earned run average, with 1.25.
Although Artemisa also fell 10-8 against Las Tunas on Sunday, they have 17 victories and 16 defeats, three games ahead of the Crocodiles.
At the close of our print edition, there were just seven challenges left. These guys never give up. They have enough to accomplish any feat. And, if you can dream it, you can achieve it.
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