Cristian Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with an RBI in Villa Clara's victory.

The Leopardos de Villa Clara and the Leñadores de Las Tunas achieved victories this Tuesday and their passage to the semifinals seems a matter of time

, by easily dominating their respective groups, when only four games remain on the qualifying schedule of this VII National Championship under 23.

On the day, where a couple of grouts were signed, barely 19 runs were scored in five challenges and now the collective batting average in the series is 233.

The so-called sugar producers began to sniff out the ticket that will give them their pass, by beating the Hurricanes of Mayabeque 4-2 to become the first team to record nine successes in this championship.

Yuri Fernández took the ball out of the park with a teammate in circulation, Randy Alonso hit an RBI tubey, and Cristian Rodriguez went 2-for-4 with an RBI.

Oscar Hernández achieved his third victory without losses by walking six innings where he struck out seven, and allowed four hits with two earned runs;

while Dairon Pérez suffered the setback by allowing a trio of runs, also in six worked sections.

For the Hurricanes, Kevin Pérez hit a two-run homer, and his namesake Gamboa went 2-for-2.

At the José Ramón Cepero in Ciego de Ávila, the Leñadores from Las Tunas scored an important victory by defeating the Tigres from that province by a narrow margin of 3-2.

All the races of the winners were pushed by the fourth wood and first baseman Yasel Pérez with a home run at the height of the fourth inning.

Anier Pérez once again made an effective relief, this time with 2.1 immaculate innings, to reach four wins and remain alone in that leadership.

Osvaldo Cárdenas completed his third game of the season and struck out 13 opponents, but Pérez's powerful swing spoiled his excellent work and he had to settle for defeat.

Harold Vázquez hit his third homer of the campaign to tie with the leader and the Avispas de Santiago de Cuba established themselves at the top of Group D, defeating the Holguín Cubs 1-0.

The home run was all that the pair of Wilber Reyna and Kevin Rosales needed for their team to get the seventh victory in the short tournament.

Reyna distributed seven strikeouts during the six innings he remained in the box to accumulate 26 and become the leader in that department, and scattered five hits to reach three successes and lower his earned run average to 0.96.

For the part of him the rescuer, he retired the last inning at a conga pace to score the save.

Michel Cabrera was a worthy opponent who stayed on the mound all the time, but he erred once by allowing the game-deciding connection and charged the backhand.

The Vegueros de Pinar del Rio were supported by an excellent pitching job by Leodan Reyes and defeated the Cazadores de Artemisa 5-1 in the same field on July 26, to approach only half a line from Havana, leader of the key A. .

The 22-year-old right-hander achieved his second victory in an outing that lasted six episodes, where he liquidated seven opponents the bitter way and accepted only one race.

Mario Sánchez was the only one in the entire challenge who hit a pair of hits, fourth batter Daniel Martínez fired an RBI tubey, while Marcos Argudín and Jeifer Rodriguez hit RBI singles.

Geomar Núñez was defeated by supporting all the opponent's annotations in six innings of work, five of them due to the errors of a defense that already has 30 in the championship (leader)

Finally, a sacrifice fly by Andrys Pérez in the same opening inning was all that the Matanzas Crocodiles needed to win 1-0 against the Elefantes de Cienfuegos, and maintain mathematical options to achieve the disputed spot in section B. .

Andy Quesada kept his opponents at bay during the entire journey, a space where he struck out two, gave away two walks, and allowed six hits, to reach two victories in the season.

Dayán Ibáñez and José de Jesús Prens had a couple of hits each, the latter with a triple included.

It was the second loss for Abel Campos in this contest, who also pitched the entire game without allowing more freedoms.

Alain Soto and José Manuel Borroto had two singles per capita for the Elephants.

The remaining matches were suspended due to rain, except for Camagüey and Sancti Spíritus due to transportation problems for the latter.

These teams will play double this Wednesday from 10.00 am.