The Cuban won its second game Caribbean Baseball Cup this Thursday against the Dominican Republic 8-2. The Antillean team quickly took control of the contest at the end of the second inning when they scored four runs. Carlos de la Tejera drew a walk and Jorge Yoan Rojas reached on fielding error, before Jean Lucas Baldoquín lined a hit to center to tie the scores at one. With the bases loaded a single by Adrián Pérez and a Yuliesky Remón triple made the score 4-1.
One inning later, after two outs the Cubans managed to score another four. Carlos de la Tejera swatted a single to the left, stole second base and scored the fifth run for the Cubans thanks to a single up the middle by Jorge Yoan Rojas. The native of Pinar del Río, Cuba went to second on a throw to home plate and then also scored on another RBI single by Baldoquín. Adrián Pérez then drew a walk before Remón hit a liner to the right scoring Baldoquín and then himself ended up scoring due to an error in the play.
Remón was the player of the game going 2-for-3 with a triple and four RBIs. Jean Lucas Baldoquín was not far behind, going 3-for-4 with a double, a pair of runs scored and two RBIs. Adrián Jesús Pérez (3-2, 2R, BB) also had multihits in the game. Darian Palma also did his part going 3 for 4 with a double, two runs scored, a stolen base and an RBI.
Despite several complicated innings, Alberto Valladares did a good job on the mound during his five innings of work to notch victory in the game. The hurler gave up four hits, two earned runs, walked two and had three of the four strikeouts on the day by Cuban pitching. Sammy Benítez (1.0 IP, 0H, 0ER, K) and Rafael Perdomo (1.0 IP, 0H, 0ER, 2BB) took it the rest of the route without giving up any runs.
Tomorrow the Cubans will face the United States Virgin Islands at 11:00 AM, their fourth game of the qualifying phase will be against the locals (07:00 PM) and they will close on the 27th against Curacao (03:00 PM). The top two finishers will play for the title at 07:00 PM on Monday, October 28, while the third and fourth will play for the bronze a couple of hours before.