Aroldis Chapman notched his sixth save of the season and the 327th of his career after tossing ⅔ of a scoreless in Pittsburgh’s 9-4 win over the Nationals. The flamethrowing left-hander also struck out a batter and saw his ERA descend to 3.38 on the season.
Yandy Díaz collected two hits in three trips to the plate and knocked in a run, but Tampa still fell to Minnesota 4-3. The defending AL batting champion saw his average rise to .278 on the season and has now driven in 62 runs on the season.
Adolis García swatted a three-run first inning homer to account for all three of Texas’ runs in the 3-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels. For the outfielder it was his 22nd longball of the campaign to go along with 72 RBIs. In what has been a subpar season for García he has picked it up a little in the last month hitting a solid .263.
Cuban action on the night:
Nick Fortes (MIA) 3-2*
Yordan Álvarez (HOU) 4-0
Nick Castellanos (PHI) 3-0*
Yandy Díaz (TAM) 3-2,2B,RBI
Adrián Del Castillo (ARI) 4-0*
Aroldis Chapman (PIT) 0.2IP,0H,0ER,K
Yasmani Grandal (PIT) 2-1,RBI,R
Jorge Soler (ATL) 4-1,R
Zach Neto (LAA) 4-3
Adolis García (TEX) 3-1,HR,3RBI,R
Andy Ibáñez (DET) 4-2
*Cuban-American