Odrisamer Despaigne tossed six scoreless innings where he scattered eights and retired four via the strikeout to lead Yucatán to a 12-0 shutout of Campeche. The right-hander from Havana saw his ERA fall to 2.70 on the season.
Josh Fuentes and Lázaro Alonso helped the cause with homers. The ex-big leaguer Fuentes hit an inside-the-park homerun, while Alonso hit a titanic two-run ninth inning pinch-hit blast to close out the scoring.
Leonys Martín homered twice and for the third straight day, but his performance couldn’t prevent Querétaro from dropping a 5-2 decision to Veracruz. Even though the power-hitting outfielder is hitting a middling. 259 he now has five longballs to go with 10 runs batted in on the young season.
Lázaro Alonso demostró todo su poner al bate y desapareció la pelota entre el jardín izquierdo y el central en su primer turno de la temporada
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— Ariel Santa Cruz (@ArielSCPE) April 20, 2024
Cuban action on the day:
Eddy Díaz 4-2, 3B, 2 R, Ave .316 (León)
Jimmy Yacabonis 1.1, 0 H, 0ER, ERA 3.38 (México)
Ariel Miranda (L, 1-1) 5.2 IP, 7 H, 5 ER, 2 BB, 6 K, 2 Hr, ERA 5.06 (Campeche)
Yadir Drake 5-1, 2B, R, Ave .273 (Yucatán)
Lázaro Alonso 1-1, HR, 2 RBI, R, AVE 1.000 (Yucatán)
Josh Fuentes 4-1, Hr, 2 RBI, 2 R, 2 K, Ave .179 (Yucatán)*
Odrisamer Despaigne W (1-1) 6 IP, 8 H, 0 ER, 4 K, ERA 2.70 (Yucatán)
Henry Urrutia 4-0, 2 K, Ave .318 (Saltillo)
Alejandro Rivero 3-1, BB, K, Ave .385 (Chihuahua)
Peter O’Brien 3-0, BB, 3 K, Ave .263 (Puebla)*
Maikel Serrano 5-0, K, Ave .190 (Jalisco)
Yadiel Hernández 4-1, R, BB, K, Ave .304 (Dos Laredos)
Roel Santos 4-1, K, Ave .385 (Querétaro)
Leonys Martín 3-2, HR, 2 RBI, 2 R, Ave .259 (Querétaro)
Yurisbel Gracial 3-0, 2 K, Ave .179 (Querétaro)
Yosmany Guerra 3-0, K, Ave .100 (Querétaro)
Miguel Romero (L, 0-1) 3.1 IP, 5 H, 3ER, 4 BB, 2 K, ERA 2.89 (Querétaro)
Jorge Martínez 3.0 IP, 5 H, ER, 2 K, ERA 1.13 (Querétaro)
Yasiel Puig 2-1, 2 BB, Ave .273 (Veracruz)
Yoan López 1.0, 0 H, 0 ER, K, ERA 0.00 (Laguna)
*Cuban-American