sentences:  Cuba thus missed the final four of an event for the first time ever; the Cuban team had also made the finals of every global baseball competition since 1959.Céspedes batted .323/.411/.601 in the 2008–2009 season with 24 homers and 83 runs in 87 games.He tied Leonys Martín for 4th in the league in runs and tied Rolando Meriño for third in home runs (trailing Alfredo Despaigne and Joan Carlos Pedroso).