Roberto Roilan Portuondo has looked very good on the mound for Shinano in his brief time there. In his outing today versus Saitama Bears in Japan’s Baseball Challenge League the right-hander from Guantanamo, Cuba hurled five innings of six hit one run ball, where he also struck out one.
Although the Shinano Grandserows defeated the Bears 7-5 the flamethrowing Cuban left with a no-decision. With fastballs that were constantly in the 95-96 mph range the righty saw his ERA fall to 3.03 on the campaign.
Raidel Martínez took over the Central League saves lead today by notching his eighteenth save of the year in the Chunichi Dragons’ 2-1 victory over the DeNA Stars at Yokohama Stadium.The flamethrowing righty struck out all three batters he faced in a perfect ninth inning to keep his season ERA at 0.00.
El derecho guantanamero @PortuondoHj lanzó 5 entradas donde solamente permitió 1 carrera via 6 imparables y abanicó uno en el triunfo de Shinano sobre Saitama 7-5 en la BCL. Aunque se fue sin decisión vio efectividad descender a 3.03 en la temporada. #pelotacubana #BCL pic.twitter.com/IiCTvyVZEP
— Yusseff305 🇨🇺🇺🇲 (@yusseff305) June 30, 2023
Liván Moinelo picked up his fifth save of the year after fanning one of the three batters he faced in the SoftBank Hawks’ 3-1 win over the Seibu Lions at the Belluna Dome in Tokorozawa. The left-hander from Pinar del Río, Cuba improved his ERA to 1.01 and his upped strikeout total to 37 in just 26 ⅔ innings of work
Guillermo Heredia went yard for the ninth time on the season and knocked in two runs in SSG’s 7-3 win over Kiwoom. The outfielder from Matanzas, Cuba leads the KBO with a .339 batting average and is third in the Korean circuit with 50 RBIs.