After losing 0-2 in the first game, the team coached by Armando Johnson improved their average at bat with a dozen hits, including a home run by Yoelquis Guibert, but the pitchers could not stop the rival’s offensive.
South Korea made 14 hits and defeated the Cuban team, who will leave for Taiwan, the venue of their qualifying group in the tournament, in which the 12 best-placed countries in the world ranking will take part.
After the two losses, the Cuban team’s management replaced pitchers Ronald Bolaños and Yoan López with catcher Rafael Viñales, one of the best players in the team’s offensive against South Korea, and pitcher Pavel Hernández.
This way, the team is made up of catchers Andrys Pérez, Andy Cosme and Rafael Viñales; infielders Ariel Martínez, Erisbel Arruebarruena, Christian Rodríguez, Yoan Moncada, Roberto Baldoquín, Yadil Orestes Mujica and Jean Harvi Walters, and outfielders Yoelkis Guibert, Lázaro Armenteros, Alfredo Despaigne, Roel Santos and Yadir Drake.
The pitchers will be Liván Moinelo, Raidel Martínez, Leodán Reyes, Yoennis Yera, Geonel Gutiérrez, Yankiel Mauris, Frank Abel Alvarez, Raymond Figueredo, Andy Vargas, Frank Luis Medina, Darío Sarduy, Yusniel Padrón and Pavel Hernández.
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