HAVANA.- (acn) Ciego de Ávila swept Holguin by beating them 10-0 at Calixto Garcia Stadium as part of the second stage of the Cuban National Baseball Series.

The current national monarch batted 13 hits, including homers by Yorbis Borroto and Rubén Valdés, the latter was also the RBI leader of the match with 4.

Starting pitcher Vladimir Baños (4-3) won the game while Carlos Alberto Santiesteban (7-7) took the loss.

The most significant fact for the losing side was that infielder Yunior Paumier scored his 1000th hit in Cuban National Baseball Series.

In another match of the day, Granma defeated away 8-0 Villa Clara at Augusto César Sandino Park, winning thus 2-1 the subseries.

Lazaro Blanco achieved his tenth win of the season and tied on top of this stat with Ciego de Avila´s Vladimir Garcia and Matanzas´ Yoanni Yera; while Alain Sánchez (6-4) took the loss and Miguel Lahera earned his third save.

Finally, Matanzas won 4-3 over Camaguey, also away at Candido Gonzalez ballpark. Dairon Durán reached his second win, Jose Ramon Rodriguez (7-4) deserved the loss and Ramon Licor got his first save.

Matanzas continues on top of the standings with 51 wins and 12 losses, followed by Ciego de Avila (41-21), Villa Clara (38-24), Granma (38-25), Camaguey (31-32) and Holguín (29-34).