Yordan Álvarez swatted four hits for he second straight day in five trips to the plate including a solo-homerun off Carlos Rodón in the fifth inning. In spite of Álvarez’s splendid evening the Astros still fell 8-4 to the Yankees. In total the slugger knocked in two runs and now hits an astronomical .500 since his return from a hand injury.
In this case of Rodón he notched his American League leading 16th victory after tossing six innings of three-hit, two-run to secure the Bronx Bombers win. The Cuban-American lefty saw his ERA descend to 3.12 on the season. Rodón now has 180 strikeouts in a 170.1 innings pitched.
Edgar Quero collected three hits in five trips to the plate and also scored twice to do his part in the Chicago White Sox’s 11-8 victory over the Minnesota Twins. The rookie catcher is now hitting .327 over the last month.
Cuban action on the night:
Andy Pagés (Dodgers): 4-1,RBI (.272)
Yandy Díaz (Rays): 4-0 (.292)
Zach Neto (Angels): 3-1 (.261)
Yoán Moncada (Angels): 1-1,2B (.232)
Edgar Quero (White Sox): 5-3,2B,2R (.289)
Yordan Álvarez (Astros): 5-4,2B,HR,2RBI,2R (.273)
Carlos Rodón (Yankees): 6.0IP,3H,2ER,3K, 2BB (3.12)*
*Cuban-American