2024-07-08 20:07:40
Santiago pitcher Wilber Reina Lanchazo, who was allegedly hit by a pitch during a baseball game, remains hospitalized.
Reina was on the “mound of sighs” when an opposing batter hit a line drive that hit his anatomy, specifically his face.
It was the confrontation between Leones (Industriales) and Avispas (Santiago de Cuba), a classic in the very unattractive National Baseball Series on the Island.
The scene took place at the Guillermón Moncada stadium, the headquarters of the Orientals, and the boy was rushed to the Saturnino Lora Provincial Hospital.
“Only the upper lip is seen split and very swollen, but without any major complications,” reviews a post by independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada.
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In an update made on Sunday morning by this reporter, he assures that the pitcher would be “recovering and without serious injuries.”
At the time of writing this article, neither the Sierra Maestra, the “illustrious” official newspaper of Santiago, nor the sports newspaper Jit They would have published some note on their digital pages about the young baseball player.
“One of my sources who is in the ‘Infierno Lora’, as this hospital is also known, tells me that he is recovering and will be discharged in just a few hours. The baseball player is stable, he is being observed in the Neurology Room on the 3rd floor of the Provincial Hospital.”Mayeta said.
It was ruled out that he had had injuries to his teeth and, according to the publication, “there was no trauma.”
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The local newspaper limited itself to mentioning what happened, in a report of the game between the blues and the red-and-blacks, but did not elaborate on the pitcher’s health status.
“The alarms sounded in the fifth inning, when Reyna was left lying on the mound as a result of a hit by a pitch and was quickly taken to receive medical attention. His performance up to that point
At that point he had limited the Lions to three hits, and he also gave up the same number of strikeouts and walks,” reported the state media.
Cubans Around the World Editorial Team