Aroldis Chapman notched his second hold of the season after striking out the only batter he faced in Pittsburgh’s 7-4 victory over Washington. The flamethrowing left from Holguín, Cuba has yet to give up a run on the season and has fanned four in 2 ⅔ innings of work in relief.
Nolan Arenado collected three hits, knocked in a run and scored a run in five trips to the plate to pace a St. Louis Cardinals’ 8-5 win over the Marlins. After a slow start to the season at the plate the Cuban- American third baseman is hitting .307 over his last three games.
Although Andy Ibáñez went hitless in a doubleheader, the utilityman still managed to drive in a run and the Detroit Tigers split a pair of games with the Mets 6-3,1-2. Ibáñez saw his average fall to .300 on the young campaign. The native of the Isle of Youth figures to play a major role for the felines this season.
Cuban action on the day:
Nolan Arenado (STL) 5-3,2B,RBI,R*
Aroldis Chapman (PIT) 0.1IP,0H,0ER,K
Yoan Moncada (CHW)3-1,R
Luis Robert Jr (CHW) 4-0
Dairon Blanco (KC) 0-0,DR
Andy Ibáñez (DET) 4-0,RBI **
*Cuban-American
**Doubleheader