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18 May

Cuba, Softball

Softbol Veteranos Season 12 Week 19

Written By: Dr C. Gustavo Crespo

Cuba, Softball

18 May

Veterans League May 18th Recap: Elephants Steamroll to Another Sweep, Jagua Slide Continues

Another weekend, another dominant showing by the Elephants. On Sunday, May 18th, the reigning powerhouse of the Veterans League’s “Softball, Quality of Life” 12th edition flexed their muscles yet again, securing their 12th doubleheader sweep of the season. That’s a scorching 66.7% sweep rate—proof that this team is in a class of its own.

Game 1 had the Elephants digging deep, clawing back for a 16-15 thriller over the Shrimpers, showing championship resolve under pressure. They followed that with an absolute dismantling of Jagua, a 19-4 knockout in just five innings that left no doubt about who rules the diamond.

Jagua, meanwhile, continued to struggle mightily, dropping both games by knockout for the eighth time this season—a tough stat that underscores their 44.4% double-defeat rate in weekend play. They fell 17-7 to the Shrimpers in the opener, extending their deficit to 17 games behind the Elephants in the standings. The Shrimpers, despite their own loss to the Elephants, remain 13 games out of first place—a distant second.

Standout Performers:

Luis Orlando Valladares (Jagua, V2) – earned MVP honors despite the tough day.
Humberto León Lezcano (Shrimpers, V3) – a consistent spark for his squad.
Juan Miguel Machado Pérez (Elephants) – the undisputed ace of the league, notching his 11th win (11-2, .846) while maintaining a league-best 2.07 WHIP. He’s the pitcher every team fears, and the one every contender will have to get through.

The Elephants are on an unstoppable march, while the Shrimpers and Jagua scramble to keep pace. As the season barrels toward its final stretch, all eyes are on the Elephants—the team to beat in Veterans League softball. ⚾🔥

GAME SCORES, SUNDAY MAY 18, 2025

DrC. Gustavo Crespo Sánchez

WEEK 19 STANDINGS (MAY 18, 2025)

Individual Series

Team Standings

Place

Team

Games Won

Games Lost

Dif.

AVG.

Runs Scored

Runs Scored Against

Dif.

1 st

763

550

386

164

2 nd

421

384

445

-61

3 rd

316

415

518

-103

MVP LEADERS FOR SEASON XII

MVP's as of Week 19
(May 18, 2025)

Gerardo Falcón Poblet. (11).

Arnaldo "Nani" Bueno Silva. (17).

Daniel Díaz Hernández. (13).

PITCHER STATS AS OF WEEK 19 (MAY 18, 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).	11	2	846
Manuel Gradaille Martín - (Elephants).	3	1	750
Rolando Marcelo Martínez - (Elephants).	5	2	714
Eliécer Hernández Muñoz - (Shrimpers).	6	3	667
Yosvany María Córdova - (Elephants).	6	4	600	1
Ángel Nelson "Angelito" Vázquez Jiménez - (Shrimpers).	5	7	417
Osvaldo Estable Cesar - (Jagua).	7	15	318	1
Jorge Sánchez Rodríguez - (Shrimpers - Jagua).	5	11	313
Sixto Caballero Dueñas - (Jagua).	1	3	250
Miguel Oramas García - (Jagua).	2	8	200
Humberto León Lescano - (Shrimpers).	0	1	0

WEEKLY MVP'S AS OF WEEK 19 (MAY 18, 2025)

Week

Game

Veteran Team 1

Veteran Team 2

Veteran Team 3


19 (18 May 2025)	1	Juan Carlos Mondejar Argüelles.	Luis Orlando Valladares Arboláez.	Humberto León Lezcano.
	1	Liris Cárdenas Nuñez.	Heriberto "Pica pica" Rodríguez Soriano.	Ángel Vázquez Jiménez.
	2	Ernesto "El loco" Sandoval de la Fe.	Luis Orlando Valladares Arboláez.	Humberto León Lezcano.
	2	Wilmer Osorio Rodríguez.	José Alain Díaz Angulo.	Eliécer Hernández Muñoz.
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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