Although Guillermo Heredia swatted his ninth homer of the season, the SSG Landers were still beaten soundly by an 18-6 score at the hands of the NC Dinos. The outfielder in total collected three hits and drove in two runs on the for the Korean squad and also leads the KBO with a .363 batting average.
Liván Moinelo also left without a decision after allowing one earned run over seven hits and fanning eight in six complete innings during SoftBank’s 6-6 tie with Chiba Lotte. His record stays at 4-2 and his ERA rose to a miniscule 1.54 on the season, the left-hander now leads the Pacific League in that statistical category.
Raidel Martínez notched his twenty-second save of the season after retiring the all three batters he faced in a row in a scoreless inning during Chunichi’s 2-1 victory over Hiroshima. His ERA dropped to 0.87 and the righty also leads the Central League in saves.
Cuban action on the day:
NPB:
Livan Moinelo (SB) 6.0IP,7H,ER,8K,2BB
Raidel Martínez (CD) 1.0IP,0H,0ER
BCL:
No Cuban action on the day
KBO:
Guillermo Heredia (SSG) 5-3,HR,2RBI,R
CPBL:
Río Gómez (WC) 6.0IP,4H,2ER,6K,2BB*
*Cuban-American