In a duel of emotions from the beginning to the very end, the Lumberjacks took advantage of the sporadic fissures of the pitching from Matanzas to prevail 5-3 in the fourth duel of the semifinal and finally broke with “the curse of the swamp,” where they had conceded six consecutive defeats in postseason stages.

Matanzas, Cuba.- As soon as the first episode, those directed by Abeysi Pantoja punished the pitches by Naykel Cruz. The international left-hander, ultimately the loser, barely managed to bill one out; meanwhile, charged with three runs. The last breaths from the box were after observing how the ball traveled to the left field stands after Yosvani Alarcón's swing.

The homer meant the first for the Las Tunas line-up in the postseason. At the same time, the players debuted the new amulet: a hat with the team logo. Likewise, Dánel Castro re-ignited the spark with a double.

Under the spell of recent years, in a mixture of courage and sports intelligence, Noelvys Entenza calmed down the actions during 8.1 chapters, with three hits and two runs.

After an electrical failure in the lighting of the stadium, just when the tension was rampant, with Erisbel Arruebarruena in the batting box and a count of lightning decisions, -three balls and two strikes- the red-green pitchers lost the path of dominance. At the departure of Yasel Labrada, the weak performance of Keniel Ferraz continued, who witnessed the resurgence of Matanzas with the hits by Yariel Duque and Ariel Sánchez to reduce the difference (4-3).

If the evils were below the stormy panorama, Alberto Pablo Civil has a high percentage of responsibility, for restoring calm in the "Victoria de Girón.” The closer, required by a longer journey than usual, reached the seventeenth save in the tournament, after perpetuating zeros on the board in 3.2 innings.

The third success for the Lumberjacks, awarded to the statistics of Yasel Labrada, places them one step away from the promised land: the ticket for the final of the 62nd Cuban National Baseball Series.