Ciego de Ávila, softball national champion

Havana, Jun 14 (RHC) - Ciego de Avila team defeated Santiago de Cuba 6x1 and retained the defended title in the Men's National Softball Championship 2025.

Their six runs came on home runs by Reinier Vera, Yurisander Ramos, and Richard Contreras, always with a runner on.

It was the seventh victory of the competition for the best Cuban pitcher, Alain Román, this precisely on his 46th birthday and as the culmination of an abysmal dominance expressed in a lead of 72 strikeouts. .

This was Ciego de Avila's eleventh crown in men's domestic tournaments. Meanwhile, Holguín won the bronze medal after beating Villa Clara 4x3.

For the northeasterners there were home runs by Luis R. Domínguez, Raynel García, and Serguey Hernández, the latter decisive in the seventh inning.

The left-hander Rafael Guerra, who allowed only one clean run and struck out 10 times, did a great job.