Aroldis Chapman saved his 6th game of the season after tossing ⅔ of a scoreless inning in relief to secure the Texas Rangers’ 2-0 blanking of the Seattle Mariners. The flamethrower saw his ERA descend to 2.83 on the season and has now rescued 321 games during his big league career.
Cionel Pérez came in and threw a scoreless ninth to save his third game of the season in Baltimore’s 2-1 win over the Guardians. Since the All-Star break the lefty from Matanzas, Cuba has a 2.45 earned run average. Yennier Cano in his own right notched his league leading 30 hold after retiring the last two batters of the eighth inning.
Yandy Díaz was perfect on the night collecting four hits in as many trips to the plate in Tampa’s 7-6 win over the Bluejays. The first baseman went yard for the 21st time on the campaign, scored a run and drove in a run to see his average rise to .327 on the season, placing him second in the American League in that statistical category.
Ya gotta love Yandy 💪 pic.twitter.com/z4H1R5hJd3
— Tampa Bay Rays (@RaysBaseball) September 23, 2023
Cuban action on the night:
José Abreu (HOU) 3-0
Yordan Álvarez (HOU) 4-1,2B,R
Adolis García (TEX) 3-2,2B,SB,2R
Aroldis Chapman (TEX) 0.2IP,0H,0ER, BB
Yennier Cano (BAL) 0.2IP,0H,0ER,K
Cionel Pérez (BAL) 1.0IP,0H,0ER
Yoan Moncada (CHW) 4-0
Luis Robert (CHW) 4-1,HR,RBI,R
Yandy Díaz (TAM) 4-4,2B,HR,RBI,R
Andy Ibáñez (DET) 3-0
Nick Castellanos (PHI) 4-2,3B,RBI*
Nick Martínez (SD) 4.0IP,2H,0ER,3BB, 3K*
J.D. Martínez (LAD) 4-2,2B,HR,3RBI,R*