Photo Credit: Alcides D Portal Alfonso

04 May

Cuba, Softball

Softbol Veteranos Season 12 Week 18

Written By: Dr C. Gustavo Crespo

Cuba, Softball

04 May

Weekend Sweep: Elephants Stampede Through Week 18 of Veterans League Play

Sunday, May 4th delivered a statement from the Elephants, who once again roared through the competition in the 12th edition of the Veterans League’s “Softball, Quality of Life” Project, notching their 11th doubleheader sweep of the season. With an incredible 61.1% sweep rate across 18 weekends, the league leaders widened their already-dominant lead to 12 games over the Shrimpers and 15 over the Jagua.

Game 1 saw the Elephants unleash a 16-3 knockout blow against the Shrimpers in just five innings, setting the tone for the day. They followed it up with another punishing performance, steamrolling the Jagua 17-7, also in five innings. Across both games, the Elephants racked up 38 hits and 33 runs, while committing just two errors—both in the second matchup—showcasing their blend of offensive firepower and defensive discipline.

Juan Miguel Machado Pérez, the league’s southpaw sensation, continued his blistering form, picking up his 10th win of the season (10–2), good for an .833 winning percentage. His dominant outing against the Jagua further solidified his case as the top pitcher in the league.

The Shrimpers, meanwhile, suffered a tough weekend, going 0-2 after falling 11-21 to Jagua in a six-inning knockout. Jagua snapped back with authority after their earlier loss, but still couldn’t close the gap in the standings.

Sunday’s MVPs:

Gerardo Falcón Poblet (Elephants) – a force on both sides of the ball.
Máximo García Ramos (Jagua) – sparked the offense in their win over the Shrimpers.
Humberto León Lezcano (Shrimpers) – a bright spot in an otherwise tough day.

The league now pauses for a well-earned Mother’s Day break next weekend. Action resumes on Sunday, May 18th, as the race to the postseason heats up.

Veterans League Softball: where age is just a number—and every weekend tells a story. ⚾🔥

GAME SCORES, SUNDAY MAY 04, 2025

DrC. Gustavo Crespo Sánchez

WEEK 18 STANDINGS (MAY 04, 2025)

Individual Series

Team Standings

Place

Team

Games Won

Games Lost

Dif.

AVG.

Runs Scored

Runs Scored Against

Dif.

1 st

750

515

367

148

2 nd

417

352

422

-70

3 rd

333

404

482

-78

MVP LEADERS FOR SEASON XII

MVP's as of Week 18
(May 04, 2025)

Gerardo Falcón Poblet. (11).

Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva. (17).

Daniel Díaz Hernández. (13).

PITCHER STATS AS OF WEEK 18 (MAY 04, 2025)

Pitcher	Games Played	Innings Pitched	AVG.	Games Saved
Yordanis Quiñones González - (Elephants).	4	0	1000
Manuel "El Sanga" Leiva Rojas - (Jagua).	2	0	1000
Juan Miguel Machado Pérez - (Elephants).	10	2	833
Manuel Gradaille Martín - (Elephants).	3	1	750
Eliécer Hernández Muñoz - (Shrimpers).	6	3	667
Rolando Marcelo Martínez - (Elephants).	4	2	667
Yosvany María Córdova - (Elephants).	6	4	600	1
Ángel Nelson "Angelito" Vázquez Jiménez - (Shrimpers).	4	7	364
Osvaldo Estable Cesar - (Jagua).	7	14	333	1
Sixto Caballero Dueñas - (Jagua).	1	2	333
Jorge Sánchez Rodríguez - (Shrimpers - Jagua).	5	11	313
Miguel Oramas García - (Jagua).	2	8	200

WEEKLY MVP'S AS OF WEEK 18 (MAY 04, 2025)

Week

Game

Veteran Team 1

Veteran Team 2

Veteran Team 3


18 (04 May 2025)	1	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Máximo García Ramos.	José Alberto "El Chino" Pons Mena.
	1	Pavel Cabezas Lorenzo.	Miguel Borrell Zayas.	Humberto León Lezcano.
	2	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Humberto León Lezcano.
	2	Liris Cárdenas Nuñez.	Máximo García Ramos.	Carlos Gomez Gómez.
1 (05.01.2025)	1	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Pavel Santos Mencías.
	1	Liris Cárdenas Nuñez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Yosvany Rodríguez Rodríguez.
	2	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Esteban Montero Reina.	Anacario del Sol Navarro.
	2	Gustavo Crespo Sánchez.	Yosvany "El Purry" Santacruz Medina.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
2 (12.01.2025)	1	Ernesto "El loco" Sandoval de la Fe.	Héctor García Pérez.	Yosvany Rodríguez Rodríguez.
	1	Yosvany María Córdova.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	2	Yosvany Nuñez Colarte.	Greison Cabrera Padilla.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	2	Ernesto "El loco" Sandoval de la Fe.	Héctor García Pérez.	Luis Jiménez Garrido.
3 (19.01.2025)	1	Norge Luis Rodríguez González.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Cándido Afat Martínez.
	1	Juan Miguel Machado Pérez.	Raúl Díaz Fuentes.	Sigifredo Mediaceja Lorenzo.
	2	Alexis Lara Quesada.	Yosvany "El Purry" Santacruz Medina.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	2	Pavel Cabezas Lorenzo.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Anacario del Sol Navarro.
4 (26.01.2025)	1	Yosbany "Popó" López Martínez.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Humberto León Lescano.
	1	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Edey "Tito" Vera Sánchez.	Esteban "Chichi" Barrios Madruga.
	2	Yosbany "Popó" López Martínez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Esteban "Chichi" Barrios Madruga.
	2	Wenceslao Hernández Pérez.	Jorge Luis Nuñez Castillo.	Jorge Sánchez Rodríguez.
5 (02.02.2025)	1	Yosbany "Popó" López Martínez.	Edey "Tito" Vera Sánchez.	José Alberto "El Chino" Pons Mena.
	1	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Esteban Montero Reina.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	2	Alexis Lara Quesada.	Raúl Díaz Fuentes.	Alexey García Martínez.
	2	Norge Luis Rodríguez González.	Héctor García Pérez.	Carlos Gomez Gómez.
6 (09.02.2025)	1	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Edey "Tito" Vera Sánchez.	Esteban "Chichi" Barrios Madruga.
	1	Liris Cárdenas Nuñez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	2	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Greison Cabrera Padilla.	Jorge Sánchez Rodríguez.
	2	Iván Martínez Casales.	Esteban Montero Reina.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
7 (16.02.2025)	1	Ramón "El Majá" Vilches Benítez.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Jorge Sánchez Rodríguez.
	1	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Yosvany "El Purry" Santacruz Medina.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	2	Alexis Lara Quesada.	Miguel Oramas García.	Pavel Santos Mencías.
	2	Juan Miguel Machado Pérez.	Rubén Pérez Amorós.	Humberto León Lescano.
8 (23.02.2025)	1	Juan Miguel Machado Pérez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Pavel Santos Mencías.
	1	Humberto López Dorticós.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Carlos Gomez Gómez.
	2	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Luis Orlando Valladares Arboláez.	Luis Jiménez Garrido.
	2	Humberto López Dorticós.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Luis Jiménez Garrido.
9 (02.03.2025)	1	Norge Luis Rodríguez González.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	1	Alexis Lara Quesada.	Luis Orlando Valladares Arboláez.	Humberto León Lezcano.
	2	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Osvaldo Estable Cesar.	David Cabrera Mesa.
	2	Ramón "El Majá" Vilches Benítez.	Héctor García Pérez.	Ángel Vázquez Jiménez.
10 (09.03.2025)	1	Juan Miguel Machado Pérez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	1	Humberto López Dorticós.	Osvaldo Estable Cesar.	Yosvany Rodríguez Rodríguez.
	2	Alexis Lara Quesada.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Alexey García Martínez.
	2	Ramón "El Majá" Vilches Benítez.	Yosvany "El Purry" Santacruz Medina.	Ángel Vázquez Jiménez.
11 (16.03.2025)	1	Norge Luis Rodríguez González.	Jorge Luis Nuñez Castillo.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	1	Ernesto "El loco" Sandoval de la Fe.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Luis Jiménez Garrido.
	2	Juan Miguel Machado Pérez.	Luis Orlando Valladares Arboláez.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	2	Alexis Lara Quesada.	Yosvany "El Purry" Santacruz Medina.	Pavel Santos Mencías.
12 (23.03.2025)	1	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Yosvany "El Purry" Santacruz Medina.	Alexey García Martínez.
	1	Yosbany "Popó" López Martínez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Pavel Santos Mencías.
	2	Pavel Cabezas Lorenzo.	Luis Orlando Valladares Arboláez.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	2	Wenceslao Hernández Pérez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Luis Jiménez Garrido.
13 (30.03.2025)	1	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Luis Orlando Valladares Arboláez.	Pavel Santos Mencías.
	1	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Yosvany Rodríguez Rodríguez.
	2	Wenceslao Hernández Pérez.	Esteban Montero Reina.	Ángel Vázquez Jiménez.
	2	Yosvany María Córdova.	Jorge Luis Nuñez Castillo.	Cándido Afat Martínez.
14 (06.04.2025)	1	Ernesto "El loco" Sandoval de la Fe.	Yosvany "El Purry" Santacruz Medina.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	1	Yosbany "Popó" López Martínez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Ángel Vázquez Jiménez.
	2	Ernesto "El loco" Sandoval de la Fe.	Esteban Montero Reina.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	2	Humberto López Dorticós.	Máximo García Ramos.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
15 (13.04.2025)	1	Norge Luis Rodríguez González.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	1	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Lázaro Rodríguez Escobar.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.
	2	Manuel Gradaille Martín.	Máximo García Ramos.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.
	2	Gustavo Crespo Sánchez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Pavel Santos Mencías.
16 (20 Apr 2025)	1	Humberto López Dorticós.	Jorge Luis Nuñez Castillo.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	1	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Jorge Sánchez Rodríguez.
	2	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Jorge Luis Nuñez Castillo.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	2	Gerardo Falcón Poblet.	Máximo García Ramos.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
17 (27 Apr 2025)	1	Alexis Lara Quesada.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Luis Jiménez Garrido.
	1		Máximo García Ramos.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
	2	Liris Cárdenas Nuñez.	Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva.	Daniel Díaz Hernández.
	2	Ramón "El Majá" Vilches Benítez.	Osvaldo Estable Cesar.	Ángel Vázquez Jiménez.

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