Longtime pitching legend Pedro Lazo has become the first hurler in Cuban National Series history to reach 240 career wins after Lazo pitched Pinar del Rio to a 2-1 win over Cienfuegos last Wednesday. The 35-year-old right-hander struck out eight and walked just one in a complete game win as Pinar stretched their record to 10-5, best in Cuba’s Occidental League and two games ahead of 6-5 La Habana.
Lazo broke Jorge Valdes’ Cuban record of 233 career wins last winter, but he needed Mijain Rivera’s tiebreaking solo homer in the seventh inning to beat Cienfeugos in Lazo’s second win of the season.
One night later, Villa Clara held off Guantanamo, 5-4, to pick up their 12th win of the season without a defeat. Yorkis La Rosa was 3-for-3 with three RBIs for Villa Clara as starter Yuliest Lopez won his third game. Guantanamo led 4-2 until the seventh inning, when Villa Clara posted three runs to take a 5-4 advantage they never relinquished.
Villa Clara is two games ahead of Ciego de Avila, who is 11-3 in the Oriental League standings. Unlike last winter, when the Cuban National Series was divided into four four-team divisions, this year’s edition features two eight-team leagues.
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