U.S. tip historic defeat Cuba in Pan

Cuba on Monday received a strong blow in the Pan American Games after falling 12-10 to the United States in the semifinals of baseball, a sport that had obtained the ninth Caribbean over the past ten titles. U.S. gold shall rule on Tuesday against Canada, which background in the game to beat Mexico 5-3. The Canadians overcame a first inning that left Mexicans ahead with a three-run homer to Jorge Guzman. With two dashes in the second inning and two more in the fifth , the Canadians were up on the board.

They scored one more in the sixth solo homer by Skyler Stromsmoe. The Americans went on the gold dispute ahead of the Cubans, who had won 12 of the 15 Pan American titles in baseball. Cuba will now have to settle for the bronze medal fight with hosts. Cuba gold hung without interruption from the Pan American Games Winnipeg 1967, although in recent years his team has been somewhat diminished by the desertion of some of its talented players to enlist in the majors. It is the second setback suffered by the island as a national sport in just over a week. The first was the loss to Holland, which cost the Baseball World Cup held in Panama.

United States, who won two of the last three world arrived in Guadalajara with a team of minor leaguers, ready to lift the performance discrete had the country in Panama. They succeeded in defeating the favorite and advance to the gold dispute. The Americans punished pitching early Cuban, produced five runs in the top of the second inning, two in the third and five in the room to get a good advantage to its rival.

In these four chapters, Cuba had to use three pitchers who could not hold the American battery. Down 12-7, the Cubans came dangerously close to scoring three stripes on the bottom of the eighth, but reliever Justin Cassel and Scott Patterson were able to extinguish the fire and get the last outs for the win. United States fired 11 hits and had among his best men in Jordy Mercer offensive shortstop, who batted 3-1 with two runs scored and two RBIs, and outfielder Brett Carroll of 3-2, with three runs scored. Cuba 15 hits and sounded their best hitter was the third baseman Rudy Reyes with three hits in as many turns, including a two-run homer, two runs scored and three produced. reliever Randall Williams , who threw an inning and two thirds, which allowed two hits and one run, earned the victory. Earlier in the match process, Hiram Bocachica hit a solo home run in the eighth inning to give Puerto Rico the career that Panama allowed to prevail 3-2, which kept the seventh in the tournament. The Bocachica Ponce, who plays in the organization of the Oakland Athletics, hit his homer when the score was 2-2, against Eliecer Navarro , who took the loss. José de la Torre got the victory and Thomas James managed the save.