Liván Moinelo earned his eleventh victory of the year after giving up just two hits and no runs in six solid innings of work during SoftBank’s 10-1 victory over Orix. The lefty upped his record to 11-5 and his ERA fell to 1.89, a figure that has him as the leader of that statistical category in the Pacific League.
Raidel Martínez notched his 39th save on the season after tossing a scoreless ninth inning in relief during the Chunichi Dragons’ 4-2 victory over the DeNA Stars. The right-hander from Pinar del Río, Cuba who added struck out a batter on the day saw his ERA descend to 1.02 and added to his lead in the Central League.
In the KBO Guillermo Heredia collected two hits in four trips to the plate and knocked in two runs in an SSG 11-9 triumph over Samsung. The outfielder has driven in 105 runs on the season and leads the Korean circuit with a .357 batting average.
Cuban action on the day:
NPB:
Liván Moinelo (SH) 6.0IP,2H,0ER,7K,2BB
Raidel Martínez (CD) 1.0IP,H,0ER,K
Dayán Viciedo (CD) 1-0,RBI**
Coco Montes (YOM) 4-0*
Ariel Martínez (NH) 4-2
KBO:
Guillermo Heredia 4-2,2B,2RBI,2R
CPBL:
Río Gómez (WC) 0.2IP,H,0ER,K*
*Cuban-American
**Minor leagues