Although Yandy Díaz went yard for the 12th time on the campaign, drove in a run and scored twice it was not enough to prevent Tampa’s 13-5 loss at the hands of the San Diego Padres. The first baseman is hitting a scorching .321 over his last 15 games and has now knocked in 59 runs on the season.
For the victorious Californians Adrián Morejón tossed a scoreless ninth inning in relief in which he fanned two of the three batters he faced in mop-up duty. The left-hander saw his ERA descend to 2.91 on the season.
Nolan Arenado homered for the 14th time on the season, a solo-shot in the eighth inning of St. Louis’ 6-3 loss to the Yankees. For the Cuban-American slugger it was the 340th of his career and he is now hitting a solid .270 on the campaign.
Cuban action on the day:
Nick Fortes (MIA) 3-0*
Andy Ibáñez (DET) 1-0,R
Tristón Casas (BOS) 5-0,RBI*
Romy González (BOS) 3-1,R*
Jorge Soler (ATL) 3-0
Nick Castellanos (PHI) 3-0*
Yandy Díaz (TAM) 2-2,HR,RBI,2R
Adrián Morejón (SD) 1.0IP,0H,0ER,2K
Nolan Arenado (STL) 4-2,HR,RBI,2R*
Yasmani Grandal (PIT) 3-1,R
Adolis García (TEX) 4-0
Yordan Álvarez (HOU) 4-1
Dairon Blanco (KC) 1-0
Luis Robert (CHW) 4-0
Miguel Vargas (CHW) 3-0
J.D. Martínez (NYM) 4-2,HR,2RBI,R*
Cionel Pérez (BAL) 1.0IP,0H,0ER
Zach Neto (LAA) 3-0,R
Randy Arozarena (TAM) 5-2,2B,R
Lourdes Gurriel (ARI) 4-0,R
Nick Martínez (CIN) 5.1IP,7H,4ER,BB,K*
*Cuban-American