Game confiscated from Industriales by "illegal" player who hit a home run

Cuban sports authorities confiscated the last Industriales game at the Latin American Stadium, due to the use of an improper batter who hit a home run and tied the game.

Ariel Hechevarría was in the Lions reserve since April 17, but he had not been discharged again, explained the official sports newspaper. Jit.

On Tuesday, at the meeting Industrial vs. Artemisa, Hechevarría was sent in as a pinch hitter and hit a solo home run to mark a temporary 6-6 tie.

Finally the game was confiscated in favor of the Artemis Hunters with a final score of 9x0.

The director of the Industrial Lions, Guillermo CarmonaHe confessed to journalist Boris Luis Cabrera Acosta of Prensa Latina that he felt very hurt by the error.

In that conversation, Carmona took full blame for the mistake that caused the game to be confiscated and apologized to the members of his team and the fans.

For his part, in his profile Facebook The sports journalist Yasel Porto analyzed the event in a publication titled "The illegality of Industriales", where he affirms that the referees are not the only ones who make mistakes in the current baseball series.

"I had never seen this happen at the Latino. An illegal batter hits a home run, to top it off by pinch-hitting to tie, and then, at the end of the game, the hit and the game are confiscated because the player had not been cleared." of the reserve," he said.

He said this shows that the problem is not just with the umpires, who have been heavily criticized in the current series. "They are not the only ones who make mistakes and big ones," he highlighted.

The decision to confiscate the game has generated controversy among fans of the Cuban capital's flagship team.

Although some agree that "the national series is a disaster", others defend the capital team: "they can't see that it wins, it immediately hurts them."