The Cuban offensive managed to string together three runs in the upper part of the fourth episode and another two in the fifth, enough to support the good work of Yuen Socarrás, who completed 6.1 innings with three walks, eight strikeouts and only six hits allowed.

This time the Cubans produced nine hits, divided between fifth in the batch Guillermo Avilés, 3-3, two RBIs, Osvaldo Abrey 4-1, Alexander Ayala and Frederich Cepeda 3-1, while Denis Laza and Carlos Benítez batted 3-1, with a home plate respectively.

At the Pim Mulier stadium in this city, Carlos Santana came to the rescue of Socarrás, faced two and did not allow annotations, while on the opposite side, starter Paul Scafidi, who only pitched four innings, took the loss.

The reinforced Granmenses came out of a streak of 28 innings without scoring, took revenge for the defeat against Italy the day before but, nevertheless, they were below the fourth place achieved by a Cuban representative in the previous edition, held in 2018.

The first match of the semifinals this day is played by the United States and Curaçao, while in the Dutch afternoon the host team will collide against a roster from Japan, which will conclude the qualifying round with five wins without setbacks.

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