Raidel Martínez tossed a scoreless inning to shore up his third save, his second in as many games to watch his watch his total rise to three on the season in Yomiuri’s 5-3 win over Chunichi. The right-hander has yet to give up a run this year in four outings for the team from the Japanese capital.
The hurler once again victimized his ex-team for a save. The Cuban flamethrower now has 169 saves over his NPB career. The highest paid player in the Nippon League has lived up to the billing so far this season.
In the KBO Yasiel Puig swatted a grand slam and also scored on an occasion to lead Kiwoom to a 5-1 win over NC. The Cuban slugger watched his average rise to .311 and now has knocked in 10 runs on the campaign.
Cuban action on the day:
NPB:
Raidel Martínez (YOM) 1.0IP,0H,0ER,K
Christian Rodríguez (CD) 4-0**
KBO:
Yasiel Puig (KH) 4-2,HR,4RBI,R
Ruben Cardenas (KH) 2-0*
Guillermo Heredia (SSG) 4-0,R
CPBL:
No Cuban action on the day
*Cuban-American
** Minor leagues