Aroldis Chapman notched his ninth save of the season after tossing a scoreless ninth inning in which he fanned a batter to secure Pittsburgh’s 4-3 win over KC. The hard-throwing lefty now has 330 for his career and is eight punchouts away from his sixth hundred strikeout campaign.
Bryan Ramos went yard for the second time on the season, drove in a run and also scored on an occasion to do his part in a Chicago 4-3 win over Oakland. The Cuban infielder saw his average rise to .209 on the campaign. The slugger has gone yard twice in his last seven games.
Carlos Rodón won his 15th game of the year after throwing 5⅓ innings of six-hit, two-run ball in New York’s 5-2 win over their arch-rival Red Sox. The left-hander also retired five via the strikeout and lowered his earned run average to 4.12 on the season. Rodón will play a key part for the Yankees’ pitching corps as the head into to postseason
Randy Arozarena launched his 20 longball of the season and also scored twice to lead Seattle in their 7-0 blanking of the Athletics. The native of Pinar del Río, Cuba now has the fourth 20-20 campaign of his career. Arozarena also swatted a double giving him 20-20-30 seasons each of the last four years.
Cuban action on the day:
Nick Fortes (MIA) 1-0*
Andy Ibáñez (DET) 3-0,R
Yuli Gurriel (KC) 2-1,2B,RBI,2R
Aroldis Chapman (PIT) 1.0IP,0H,0ER,K
Nick Castellanos (PHI) 4-1,R*
J.D. Martínez (NYM) 4-0*
José Iglesias (NYM) 4-1
Romy González (BOS) 4-0*
Tristón Casas (BOS) 1-0*
Yariel Rodríguez (TOR) 4.1IP,3H,ER,2K,BB
Carlos Rodón (NYY) 5.1IP,6H,2ER,6K,2BB*
Yandy Díaz (TAM) 4-1
Nolan Arenado (STL) 4-1*
Luis Robert (CHW) 3-1,2B,R
Bryan Ramos (CHW) 3-2,2B,HR,RBI,R
Zach Neto (LAA) 5-1*
Yordan Álvarez (HOU) 3-0
Randy Arozarena (SEA) 3-2,2B,HR,RBI,2R
Adrián Del Castillo (ARI) 1-1,RBI,R*
Jorge Soler (ATL) 3-1,R
Raisel Iglesias (ATL) 0.2IP,4H,5ER,K,BB
Andy Pagés (LAD) 2-1,R
*Cuban-American