Leonys Martín homered twice amongst his four hits in five trips to the plate, knocked in four runs and scored twice, but Querétaro still fell to Puebla 15-10. The outfielder from Villa Clara, Cuba has now gone yard nine times and driven in 21 runs on the season.
Yosmany Guerra in his own right knocked in three runs for the second day in a row and also scored on an occasion to help the cause for Querétaro. The 40-year-old second baseman is now hitting a robust .324 on the season.
For the victorious Pericos, Peter O’Brien also launched a homer and drove in four runs to the lead the Aztec squad’s offense. The outfielder watched his average soar to .320 on the campaign. The defending league champions upped their record to 13-8.
Leonys Martín tuvo jornada de 2 Hr ante los @Pericos_Oficial y de esta manera llegó a 9 en la temporada.
El villaclareño tuvo tarde de 5-4, con doble, cuatro remolcadas y tres anotadas para llegar a .294 de promedio ofensivopic.twitter.com/0mni99Y4M2
— Ariel Santa Cruz (@ArielSCPE) May 6, 2024
Cuban action on the night:
Diosbel Arias 4-0, BB, K, Ave .235 (México)
Jimmy Yacabonis 1.0 IP, 0 H, O R, 2 K, ERA 1.42 (México)*
Roel Santos 5-2, K, Ave .358 (Querétaro)
Rubi Silva 4-0, 2 R, BB, Ave .300 (Querétaro)
Leonys Martín 5-4, 2 HR, 2B, 4 RBI, 3 R, Ave .294 (Querétaro)
Yurisbel Gracial 5-1, R, K, Ave .293 (Querétaro)
Yosmany Guerra 5-2, 2B, 3 RBI, R, Ave .324 (Querétaro)
Peter O’Brien 5-3, HR, 4 RBI, R, K, Ave .320 (Puebla).
Henry Urrutia 4-1, RBI, R, BB, K, Ave .308 (Saltillo)
Albert Lara 3-3, R, Ave .316 (Laguna)
Adeiny Hechavarría 3-1, 2 K, Ave .370 (Tabasco)
Eddy Díaz 3-2, R, BB, Ave .283 (León)
Luis Aviles Jr 3-1, 2B, RBI, BB, 2 K, Ave .284 (Campeche)
Alejandro Rivero 3-1, RBI, K, Ave .338 (Chihuahua)
Yadir Drake 3-1, RBI, BB, Ave .392 (Yucatán)
Josh Fuentes 4-1, Ave .250 (Yucatán)*
Yoanner Negrín 6.0 IP, 0ER, 3 H, 3 BB, 3 K, ERA 1.23 (Yucatán)
Darien Núñez (L, 1-1) 0.1 2 H, ER, BB, ERA 6.00 (Tijuana)
Yadiel Hernández 4-1, Ave .382 (Dos Laredo)
*Cuban-American