Ariel Martínez hit his ninth home run of the season in three at-bats and drove in three runs to lead the Nippon Ham Fighters’ 6-3 victory over the Chunichi Dragons at the Vantelin Dome in Nagoya.
The first baseman from Matanzas,Cuba had gone hitless in his last two games, raised his average to .256 and his RBI total to 23. Dayán Viciedo went 0-for-4 with a strikeout to lower his average to .211 on the season with Chunichi.
In Japan’s independent Baseball Challenge League Robert Roilan Portuondo tossed 4⅔ innings where he gave six hits, one earned run and struck out two in the Shinano Grandserows 8-4 win over Fukushima. The right-hander from Guantanamo, Cuba saw his ERA fall to 3.27 on the campaign and now sports a 1.45 WHIP with the club.
El matancero @AMartinez_CD57 sonó su noveno cuadrangular de la campaña en tres turnos y remolcó tres carreras para comandar el triunfo de 6-3 de los @nippon_f sobre los @DragonsOfficial en el Vantelin Dome de Nagoya.
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— Yusseff305 🇨🇺🇺🇲 (@yusseff305) June 17, 2023
Cuban action on the night:
NPB:
Ariel Martínez (NH) 3-1,HR,3RBI,R
Dayan Viciedo (CD) 4-0
BCL:
Roberto Roilan Portuondo (SG) 4.2IP,6H, ER,2K
KBO:
Guillermo Heredia (SSG) 3-0,RBI,R
CPBL:
No Cuban action