Baseball World Cup Pool F, Haarlem:
Nicaragua – Cuba 1-4
CUB 000 002 002 4 5 0 NIC 000 001 000 1 6 0
Cuba used two-run homeruns by Yulieski Gourriel and Alfredo Despaigne in the sixth and ninth to beat Nicaragua 4-1 on Monday evening in a rainy game at the Pim Mulier Stadium in Haarlem. Jimmy Gonzalez drove in the lone run for Nicaragua with a single in the bottom of the sixth. Yulieski Gonzalez got the win after allowing one run on four hits in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out five. Elvin Orozco took the loss, issuing two hits, two runs and four bb in six innings.