Panama suffered a heavy setback against Cuba in the World Baseball Cup

Panama fell early this Friday by boat from (13- 4) ago Cuba in the party The World Baseball Classic in 2023 in Group A, which is played in the city of Taichung, Taiwan.

Cuba he took the game from Panama mostly in the top of the sixth and also in the seventh, when 19 batters paraded through the plate, who took advantage by scoring 4 and 5 runs, respectively. Matt Hardy he got 4 runs, Randall Delgado 3 and James González 2 in the blink of an eye.

The Islanders scored 21 hits in the game, with 1 hit in the top of the first, another in the second, 4 in the sixth, 5 in the eighth and 2 more in the eighth.

Panama had another dream episode, when the “captain” Ruben Tejada he hit a two-run homer for the Central Patrol to tie the action on the scoreboard.

Also in the second, Allen Córdoba brought in two more when he singled to right field to bring in Erasmo Caballero and José Caballero to put Panama ahead on the board 4 runs for 2.

He opened the game for Panama Chiricano left Andy Otero who worked 3.0 innings, faced 15 batters, with 57 pitches, 37 in the right zone, with 2 runs, both earned, with a walk and 4 fanned outs, giving way to left-hander and former major leaguer Davis Romero who replaced him in the mound.

Panama got back on the attack in the bottom of the fourth inning when José Caballero led off with a tubey to left and Jhadiel Santamaría scored his second of the game. With runners in scoring position, Allen Córdoba, Jonathan Araúz and Cristian Bethancourt all failed.

For Panama, the offense was Allen Córdoba 5-2 and Rubén Tejada 3-2 with a home run and two RBI. For Cuba Yohan Moncada 4-3 with 4 RBI.

Right-hander Miguel Romero wins the game and loses it to Matt Hardy.

Panama and CubaThey now have a record of one win and two losses.

today’s match

Panama must prepare to face Italy today at (23:00 Isthmus time).