Yasiel Puig collected three hits in five trips to the, knocked in a run and also scored on two occasions, but Veracruz still fell to Oaxaca 9-8. The slugger from Cienfuegos, Cuba jumped to .333 on the season.
Jimmy Yacabonis notched his 11th hold of the year after tossing ⅔ of a scoreless inning to help secure México City’s win over the Pericos de Puebla 5-3. The Cuban-American righty also struck out a batter and his ERA fell to 5.40 on the campaign.
Henry Urrutia continues to swing a hot bat, in last night’s game the slugger swatted two hit in four at-bats and scored two runs, but Querétaro downed León 11-9. Urrutia upped his average to .347 on the season.
Querétaro’s offense was paced by Roel Santos with three hits and three runs batted in and by Yurisbel Gracial with a hit in three trips to the plate and RBIs. Leonys Martín also jumped in on the act with two and two runs batted in for the Conspiradores.
Cuban action on the night:
Yadir Drake (YUC) 5-1,RBI**
Josh Fuentes (YUC) 3-1*
Odrisamer Despaigne (YUC) 5.1IP,10H,6ER, 3K
Peter O’Brien (PUE) 4-0*
Jimmy Yacabonis (MEX) 0.2IP,0H,0ER,K*
Darién Núñez (MON) 0.2IP,2H,ER,K,BB
Yadiel Hernández (TEC) 3-1,2R
Yasiel Puig (VER) 5-3,2(2B),RBI,2R
JC Negret (CHI) 4-0
Alejandro Rivero (CHI) 1-0
Albert Lara (UL) 3-1,RBI
Luis Avilés (DUR) 4-0
Lázaro Alonso (DUR) 2-0,R
Jorge Martínez (QUE) 5.0IP,5H,3ER,4K,BB
Henry Urrutia (LEO) 4-2,2B,2R
Javier Mirabal (LEO) 0.2IP,0H,ER,BB
Roel Santos (QUE) 5-3,2B,3RBI,2R
Yurisbel Gracial (QUE) 3-1,2B,2RBI,R
Leonys Martín (QUE) 5-2,2RBI,R
Yosmany Guerra (QUE) 3-0,3R
Greg Veliz (AGS) 0.2IP,4H,ER,BB*
Maikel Serrano (JAL) 4-1
Adeiny Hechavarría (TAB) 3-0
Félix Pérez (TAB) 4-1
*Cuban-American
**Doubleheader