Liván Moinelo earned his third victory of the campaign this Friday after allowing one run and five hits in eight innings of work in the SoftBank Hawks’ 10-1 victory over the DeNA Stars at Yokohama Stadium.
The left-hander from Pinar del Río, Cuba also struck out seven batters and walked one in the game, his record is now 3-2 and his ERA dropped to 1.70. This leaves him second in the Pacific League in that statistical category. The hurler also went 1-for-4 at the plate, collecting his first hit as a professional and scored a run on the day.
Ariel Martínez swatted his seventh longball of the among his three hits in four trips to the plate to do his part in Nippon Ham’s 5-4 win over Yakult. The slugger also drove in a run on the day and now hits .254 on the season.
Cuban action on the day:
NPB:
Liván Moinelo (SB) 8.0IP,5H,ER,7,BB
Ariel Martínez (NH) 4-3,2B,HR,RBI,R
Dayán Viciedo (CD) 3-0
Christian Rodríguez (CD) 0-0,DR **
BCL:
Andy Martín (IB) 4-1,3B
KBO:
Guillermo Heredia (SSG) 2-0,R
CPBL:
No Cuban action on the day