Cuban Baseball Team Crushed in Final Warm-Up Game.
The national team concludes its warm-up games in the United States with two losses in as many appearances.
The Cuban national baseball team was routed by the Cincinnati Reds 19-2 in an exhibition game as part of their preparations for the World Baseball Classic.
Team Asere, who had lost to the Kansas City Royals 4-0 the previous day, were outmatched by a higher-caliber team.
After a scoreless first inning, the Cuban pitching staff was punished by the Cincinnati Reds’ hitters.
Julio Robaina, the starting pitcher for the Caribbean squad, took the loss after a brief outing in which he allowed four hits and two runs.
Home runs by Sal Stewart, Noelvi Marte, and JJ Bleday, each with two runners on base, secured the victory for the major league franchise.
The Cuban bats underperformed with a meager five hits, one of them a double by seventh batter Leonel Moas, the Cuban team’s only extra-base hit.
The national team concludes its exhibition games in the United States with a record of two losses in as many games.
Written by George Carlos Roger
