Although the Águilas Cibaeñas fell to the Toros del Este 7-6, Cesar Prieto swatted two hits in four trips to the dish, drove in a run and scored twice for the squad. JC Escarra also added an RBI with a first inning double and also scored a run. The infielder and outfielder are hitting .444 and .227 respectively.
Also in the LIDOM, José Barrero knocked a run via a seventh inning double in two at-bats to do his part in the Estrellas 5-2 win over los Leones del Escogido. The Cuban infielder saw his average rise to .161 on the season.
Yordanys Linares collected two hits in four trips to the plate, drove in a run, scored a run and even stole a base to be the sparkplug in Islas Margaritas 7-4 win over the Tiburones de La Guaira. The outfielder raised his average to .174 on the season in the LVBP.
Cuban action on the night:
LVBP:
Darién Núñez (ANZ) 1.0IP,H,ER,2K
Rangel Ravelo (LAR) 3-0,R
Leonys Martín (LAG) 3-0
Yordanys Linares (IM) 4-2,2B,RBI,R,SB
LIDOM:
Henry Urrutia (GC) 4-2,2B,RBI,R
Ariel Miranda (LE) 2.1IP,3H,ER,K
César Prieto (AC) 5-2,RBI,2R
JC Escarra (AC) 3-1,2B,RBI,R*
Yadiel Hernández (AC) 2-0
LBPRC:
José Abreu (SAN) 3-0
Yanquiel Fernández (PON) 4-1
Josimar Cousin (MAY) 0.1IP,0H,0ER
Liga ARCO:
Luis Avilés Jr (MAZ) 4-1
Diosbel Arias (CUL) 4-0
Ronald Bolaños (LM) 5.1IP,3H,ER,5K,4BB
LBPN:
All games rained out
*Cuban-American