Lazaro Blanco, considered the best Cuban pitcher today, will join Granma, his team in the Cuban National Baseball Series, and will be the starter versus Holguin, next Sunday.
Right-hander Denis Castillo pitched his second consecutive shutout in Industriales´ 4-0 win over the leader Pinar del Rio in the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which thirteenth subseries ends up today.
The wins of Las Tunas and Industriales and the loss suffered by the still leader Pinar del Rio raised expectations of the 57th Cuban National Baseball Series, which started its twelfth subseries yesterday.
Cuban Alfredo Despaigne hit a homer and drove in one run in the 13-14 loss of his team, the Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks, to the Seibu Lions in the Japanese Professional Baseball League (NPB).
In order to diagnose how Cuban soccer is, a delegation from the International Federation of Football Associations (FIFA by its French acronym), related to its area of Development Project, will visit the Caribbean island for three days starting next Sunday.