The Alazanes de Granma will debut the playoffs of the 61st National Baseball Series against the Leones de Industriales, a top that stands out among the most attractive of the four teams to be staged, starting next Wednesday.

That duel was defined today, with the 5×9 defeat of the ship from the capital against Artemisa, in the closing of the pending matches of the regular phase, as well as the one that the teams from Mayabeque and Ciego de Ávila will hold.

In this way, people from Granma and Havana will meet again in the quarterfinals, as in the previous edition, as well as Sancti Spíritus and Pinar del Río; meanwhile, Las Tunas-Matanzas completes the initial crossovers of the postseason.

The National Commission will announce the official calendar in the next few hours, and must consider that only three of the eight stadiums that will host games have artificial lighting.

Although the blues dominate the historical top against the granmenses, including postseasons, the recent past confirms the parity between both casts.

As of the 57th edition, those from the main city have accumulated 16 wins with 12 losses in qualifying phase games, but in decisive stages, they are tied at four wins per side.

This last section includes the wild card duel that the Alazanes lost 1-2 in Series 59, although in the next version they took revenge by subduing their rivals 3-2 in the quarterfinals, one of the obstacles Carlos Martí and his students overcame on their way to the throne.