Alfredo Despaigne hit his 258th home run in national campaigns.

Ciego de Ávila and Industriales face off in the Latin American Championship.

Photo: Roberto Morejon / JIT

The comfortable victories of Industriales and Mayabeque, together with the failure of Villa Clara, today led to a triple tie at the top of the 62nd National Baseball Series, all with a level of 3-1 at the end of the fourth competitive date.

In their Latin American stadium, the Leones led by mentor Guillermo Carmona had excellent pitching from left-handed Julio Rodríguez, rookie in the national series, who disseminated five hits in six innings, struck out three and issued no tickets.

Andy Vargas earned points per game saved (3.0, three hits, two strikeouts).

Walter Pacheco stood out on offense for the capital blues, going 2-4 with a double and three RBIs.

As visitors to the Calixto García park, the Huracanes mayabequenses beat Holguín 9-2 supported by the five trailers of receiver Raudelín Legrá, formerly a player of the northeastern team.

Good pitching work from starter Luis Miguel Vázquez and reliever Albert Valladares.

At the Augusto César Sandino stadium, the Cienfuegos Elephants broke Villa Clara's undefeated record.

They prevailed 13-6 with a 13-hit offense led by leadoff hitter and center fielder Félix Rodríguez, 3-for-4 including a triple and a home run, valid to drive six runners to the plate.

The reliever Pedro Mesa won with just one hit allowed in four innings.

The national runner-up Matanzas tied the private subseries 2-2 with the exponent monarch Granma, after winning 7-5 at the Mártires de Barbados stadium in Bayamo, led by left-handed Ariel Sánchez's bat, owner of four hits in five shifts, with two hits.

In relief, Noelvis Entenza threw 4.2 innings at the rate of four singles and six strikeouts to accredit the smile.

Granma slugger Alfredo Despaigne hit his 258th home run in national seasons.

In the other results, Las Tunas overwhelmed La Isla 15-9, Guantánamo defeated Pinar del Río 11-6, Artemisa 6-5 Santiago de Cuba and Sancti Spíritus 5-3 Camagüey.

This Saturday these subseries will close with the fifth consecutive match between the respective contenders.

(Information from ACN)