Yordan Álvarez went yard for the 18th time on the year, a three-run fifth inning blast off José Berríos, but his best efforts could not stave off a Houston 7-6 defeat at the hands of Toronto. The slugger from Las Tunas has now driven in 46 runs on the campaign.
Luis Robert collected two hits in four trips to the plate including a sixth inning two-run shot in Chicago’s 7-6 loss to Cleveland. The outfielder in total drove in four runs, but his lacdaisical non-throw in the ninth inning on a Bo Naylor sac-fly gave the Guardians the win.
Nick Martínez collected his fifth hold of the year after tossing 1⅓ innings of scoreless baseball to help secure a Cincinnati 5-4 win over the Yankees. The Cuban-American righty has a 1.04 ERA in his last seven outings.
Yennier Cano and Cionel Pérez notched their 21st and 11th holds on the year in Baltimore’s 2-0 shutout of Seattle. The two Cubans have been key pieces of the Orioles’ bullpen this season and how lowered their ERA’s to 3.06 and 3.96 respectively.
Cuban action on the night:
Nick Fortes (MIA) 3-1*
Yasmani Grandal (PIT) 3-0
Nolan Arenado (STL) 3-0,R*
Luis Robert (CHW) 4-2,HR,4RBI,R
Ryan Fernández (STL) 1.1IP,H,0ER*
José Iglesias (NYM) 4-1,RBI,R
Nick Martínez (CIN) 1.1IP,0H,0ER
Yordan Álvarez (HOU) 4-2,HR,3RBI,2R
Jorge Soler (SF) 5-1,HR,RBI,R
Adolis García (TEX) 4-1
Nick Castellanos (PHI) 3-1,R
Yandy Díaz (TAM) 5-1
Randy Arozarena (TAM) 5-1
Zach Neto (LAA) 4-1*
Yennier Cano (BAL) 0.2IP,0H,0ER,K
Cionel Pérez (BAL) 1.0IP,0H,0ER
Andy Pagés (LAD) 4-1
Lourdes Gurriel Jr (ARI) 5-1
*Cuban-American