News has been hard to come by. I found this from the
Cuban National Baseball site. I ran it through one of those free online translators and got this. Reads kinda funny, like a weird twisted piece of revolutionary propaganda. I guess you get what you pay for.
Havana.- (22 jun).- they RETURNED them preselected Olympic from Cuba to leave graceful set against the Foresters San Barbaric, defeated 9x5 in the latin-American, where this night, from the 20:00 hours will finalize the friendly encounter.
The chocadores local sounded 13 indisputable, in them five biangulares and a triple, in their vast majority to expenses of the opener and losing Bryan Cook and their succeeding one Carson Andrew, both rights, who permitted all the careers, because the left-handed one San Spangler and Bryan Suarez they removed six outs, accepting an unstoppable one.
Five monticulistas employed Antonio Pacheco, whose alignment presented to eight new regular, except to Yulieski Gourriel, in this opportunity situated in the prelude.
Of course, that the five marksmen also carried out their first presentations in the stop, deserving the triumph the left-handed one Yulieski González, with two escones, without hits, three punches and a ticket, leader in punches, with 21, in the José A. Strike.
They did not have the same effectiveness, Jonder Martínez and Ismel Jiménez, therefore they charged with the five of the visitors, two and three, respectively.
The emerging one Ian Berger (acted as launcher in the first collision), trembled to the idol of the Mariel with quadrangular sovereign with Ryan Engrav in the route by ticket, to approach the scoreboard, in the third, therefore Cuba had marked six in its initial shift like frequent visitor, under them contribute of seven of ten batters, with seven unstoppable, six followed.
MERCILESS ATTACK
It was merciless the punishment to Cook, after infield hit of Leonis Martin; they produced tubey Hector Olive-growing; simple Yulieski; double you Mentioning Meriño; rocket Alfredo Despaigne; biangular Osmani Urrutia and high driving Yoenis Lawns, impressive presentation, consequence of the victory; there was also a rocket of Luis M. Navas without misfortunes.
The last three it bore them Carson, two in the fifth one, at a time when the difference was 4x5, thanks to each tubeyes of Despaigne and Urrutia, united to a grounder of Lawns; the other in the sixth one, by ticket to Olive-growing, rolata of Yulieski and contunde explosion of two corners connected by Yosvani Peraza.
At the cost of Jiménez they enjoyed its better moment the "forest", when Chad Mozingo connected tubey; they Be Nicot negotiated ticket; Ryan Engrav gave simple and David Hernández stamped closing flourish of two cushions to polish the pillows of the Colossus.
To here they arrived, therefore Luis M. Rodriguez and Norberto González did again of its in these days prep schools, with hermetic tasks during five and a third, giving ten punches, without pass and a single indisputable one. All in all, 15 punches choked the visitors, while they connected five hits, including home run and two tubeyes.
Among the winners, Urrutia, two double and Despaigne one, in six hits, three per cápita; triple Yulieski triple; and Meriño and Peraza also they accredited dobletes.
Although Pacheco maintained reserve as for the opener of the last clash, is logical to think that they launch Norge L. Edge, Yunieski Mayan, Pedro L. Tie and Adiel Palm, unique of the thirteen pitchers that it they have not done in this short comparison.
Promotions
They reduce still important steps of the preparation to decide the line up initial of the team, like the Week of the Baseball of Haarlem, Holland, and the preparatory stops in Sudcorea. Nevertheless, the results of the training and the International Tournament José Antonio Strike, more them transcended in this stop before the northern university students, they aim at the force of this listing opener.
Their attributes are the possibility of reordenamiento internal that offers, as well as the balance among force, touch and velocity to all the long thing. Handsome by this róster. We will see if the time gives the reason, although to succeed in greater or smaller distance would change in nothing the objective of the same one: to bring — up to now — the last Olympic trophy.