The five-run lead at the end of the ninth inning seemed enough, but the bullpen of the Tigres de Ciego de Ávila collapsed again: Yunier Batista allowed a single by Yoelkis Baró, a triple by Lázaro Dayán Pérez, and then walked Yoán Moreno.
After going through a five-game losing streak—four of them last week against Industriales—the Tigers reached the end …