Dayan Viciedo went yard, knocked in a run and scored a run in Chunichi’s 9-7 loss Hanshin during a minor league game. The slugger from Villa Clara, Cuba is hitting .311 with two longballs and three runs batted in for the Dragons’ farm club.
Ariel Martínez had two hits in six at-bats in the Nippon Ham’s 4-3 victory in 12 innings of the over the Rakuten Eagles at the Rakuten Mobile Park in Sendai. His average rose to .186. After a slow start the power-hitting first baseman is starting to find his way with the lumber.
Cuban-American Rio Gómez tossed an inning in relief which he gave up a hit, no earned runs and struck out one during Wei-Chaun’s 10-5 loss to Uni-Lion. The left-hander saw his earned run average descend to 2.63 and is tied for the league lead with 5 holds.
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Cubanos 🇨🇺 con más impulsadas en NPB 🇯🇵 hasta 2023:
547 – DAYÁN VICIEDO
545 – Alfredo Despaigne
389 – Orestes Destrade
260 – Roberto Barbón
204 – Leonys Martín¡TREMENDO VICIEDO! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/kdpnYKEeQc
— Deportes Andy Lans (@DeportesAndy) April 19, 2024
Cuban action on the day:
NPB:
Ariel Martínez (NH) 6-2
Carlos Moiner (CD) 1-1**
Dayán Viciedo (CD) 5-3,HR,RBI,R**
Frank Abel Álvarez (CD) 1.0IP,H,ER**
KBO:
No Cuban action on the day
CPBL:
Río Gómez (WC) 1.0IP,0H,0ER,BB,K*
*Cuban-American
** Minor leagues