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Cuban player debuts at bat in the National Series with an inside-the-field home run

Villa Clara shortstop Elio Álvarez signed a milestone in Cuban baseball.

Estadio Sandino de Santa Clara (Imagen de Referencia) © Prensa Latina
Sandino Stadium in Santa Clara (Reference Image) Photo © Prensa Latina

A player from the Villa Clara baseball team debuted this Saturday in the 63rd National Series with a inside the field home run, considered as an unprecedented event within these Cuban competitions.

Shortstop Elio Álvarez became the first player to debut in a national series by hitting an inside-the-field home run in his first time at bat.”says the sports digital portal JIT.

It was against the Matanzas team that the 19-year-old young man from Santa Clara hit the home run that places him as the 12th player on the island who hits a home run in his first appearance at bat, although none of his predecessors had achieved it with a leg home run, as this type of complete return connections is also called, according to the files of the Cuban statistician Benigno Daquinta and collected by the official agency Latin Press.

According to the party's count, The debuting Cuban shortstop made the four-base hit in the third inning of the game, with a runner on second base.

In an analysis of the largest Cuban sporting event carried out by JIT, realizes a greater predominance of batting, above other indicators, with deficiencies in defense and lack of control of the pitchers.

The 63rd National Baseball Series (SNB) began last Saturday, March 10 nothing far from the serious electro-energy crisis that the island is experiencing, and due to whose situation, the directors of the Institute of Sports, Physical Education and Recreation (INDER) have decided to hold the matches during the day.

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