Aroldis Chapman continues to be unhittable to start the season. In last night’s game versus the Braves the lefty from Holguín, Cuba started the inning by giving up a double to Ronald Acuña and walked a batter to get into a hairy situation in the eighth inning. The flamethrower then proceeded to fan the next three batters to hold the line in that inning. Kansas City gave up a run in the ninth to fall to Atlanta 5-4. Chapman has yet to give up a run in six innings pitched this season and has struck out 12.
Yandy Díaz smacked a double,single and scored run in his three at-bats yesterday in Tampa’s 8-1 victory over Toronto. The infielder who is hitting .292 in his last seven games also sports a sterling .910 OPS on the campaign. Cuban-American hurler Alek Manoah was tagged for nine hits and seven runs in 4 ⅔ innings on the mound to take his first loss of the season. The righty from Miami watched his ERA so 6.98 on the year.
Relevistas con más apariciones de tres o más strikeouts durante un inning en los últimos 50 años en MLB.
— Drian Bernal ⚾️ / 🇨🇺🇪🇨 (@Drianrogelio) April 17, 2023
Craig Kimbrel (103)
AROLDISA CHAPMAN (84)*
Kenley Jansen (80)
Billy Wagner (66)
Edwin Díaz (64)
* El Misil Cubano registró su segundo escón de ponches con los #Royals. pic.twitter.com/W7S60clXv2
Nolan Arenado connected on two hits in five at-bats and slapped a double in one of those turns at the plate. Although he didn’t drive in or score a run the Cardinals still downed the Pirates 5-4. On the season the third baseman is hitting .333 and is fifth in National League with 13 RBIs.
Cuban action on the afternoon:
Alek Manoah (TOR) 4.2IP,9H,7ER,5BB,4K’s*
Yandy Díaz (TAM) 3-2,2B,R
Aroldis Chapman (KC) 1.0IP,H,0ER,BB,3K’s
Nick Castellanos (PHI) 5-1,RBI,R*
Luis Robert (CHW) 3-0,R
Óscar Luis Colas (CHW) 3-0
Nolan Arenado (STL) 5-2,2B*
J.D. Martínez (LAD) 4-1*
Miguel Vargas (LAD)
Eric Hosmer (CHI) 1-0*
Aledmys Díaz (OAK) 4-1,R
Yordan Álvarez (HOU) 4-1
José Abreu (HOU) 4-0
Adolis García (TEX) 5-0,R
*Cuban-American