Rusney Castillo swatted two hits, drove in two runs and scored twice to lead the Conspiradores de Querétaro to a 13-2 thrashing of Campeche. Leonys Martín also got in on the act with three hits and scored three runs, both Cubans are hitting .351 and .309 respectively.
Yoan López won his fourth game of the season after pitching 1⅔ of scoreless baseball and striking out two batters in Unión Laguna’s 4-1 win over Saltillo. The 2024 All-Star pitcher now sports a 1.18 earned run average on the season.
Henry Urrutia drove in a run via a hit and four at-bats, while Javier Mirabal tossed a scoreless inning in which he fanned a batter to notch his first hold of the season in Leon’s 6-5 loss to Quintana Roo. The flamethrowing righty saw his ERA fall to 6.28 on the season.
Rangel Ravelo homered for the fifth time on the season, a seventh innings solo-shot during Dos Laredos 7-4 victory over Monterrey. Ravelo also scored three times on the day. The slugger closes the season with 15 RBIs and a .257 batting average.
Cuban action on the night:
Henry Urrutia (LEO) 4-1,RBI
Javier Mirabal (LEO) 1.0IP,0H,0ER,K
Peter O’Brien (PUE) 3-1*
Vladimir Gutiérrez (PUE) 3.2IP,4H,ER,6K, 4BB
Leonys Martín (QUE) 4-3,3R
Rusney Castillo (QUE) 5-3,2RBI,2R
Yosmany Guerra (QUE) 4-1,2R
Yoán López (UL) 1.2IP,0H,0ER,2K,BB
Greg Veliz (AGS) 0.2IP,H,0ER,2K
Rangel Ravelo (TEC) 2-2,HR,RBI,3R
Yadiel Hernández (TEC) 5-1
Josh Fuentes (YUC) 3-0*
Luis Avilés Jr (DUR) 4-1,R
Lázaro Alonso (DUR) 4-0
Maikel Serrano (JAL) 3-0
Yasiel Puig (VER) 4-2,HR,RBI,R
Félix Pérez (TAB) 4-2,HR,RBI,R
Adeiny Hechavarria (TAB) 4-2,R
Alex Rivero (CHI) 4-1,R