Yasiel Puig swatted his first homerun of the winter, an eighth inning solo-shot to do his part in the Navegantes de Magallanes 10-3 rout of their archival Leones del Caracas in the Liga Venezolana de Béisbol Profesional. The outfielder also scored three times on the day and saw his average rise to .257 on the campaign.
In the APBN Raico Santos went yard for the fifth time on the season during El Tren del Norte’s 7-2 loss to the Tigres de Chinandega. The Cuban outfielder also scored twice on the evening and leads the Nicaraguan League with a .418 average on the season.
In the the Liga ARCO Leonys Martín went yard for the league leading 11th time, a two-run fourth inning homerun during Lis Mochis’ 9-5 loss to the Tomateros de Culiacán. The slugger from Villa Clara, Cuba it was his second night in a row leaving the yard and now hits .261 on the season.
Julio Pablo Martínez also went yard for the second night in a row, two-run shot in the third inning. The speedy outfielder from Guantánamo, Cuba also scored three times, stole a base and now hits a solid .270 on the season. In the case of Orlando Martínez, the slugger from Havana knocked in six runs via two singles and a homerun to lead the cause and hits a robust .321 on the season.
Cuban action on the night:
LVBP:
Yasiel Puig (MAG): 3-3,HR,RBI,3R (.257)
Darién Núñez (ARA): 1.0IP,2H,ER (4.50)
Yadiel Hernández (ARA): 3-0 (.000)
Liga ARCO:
Leonys Martín (LM): 4-1,HR,2RBI,R (.261)
Yurisbel Gracial (LM): 3-1 (.333)
JP Martínez (CUL): 3-1,HR,2RBI,3R,SB (.270)
Orlando Martínez (CUL): 5-3,HR,6RBI,R (.321)
Diosbel Arias (CUL): 2-0 (.077)
Yadir Drake (MXC): 4-0 (.296)
LIDOM:
Jimmy Yacabonis (TE): 1.0IP,H,0ER,K (5.14)*
Yoán López (AC): 0.2IP,2H,3ER,K,2BB (6.75)
Norge Ruiz (LE): 3.0IP,3H,ER,BB (3.97)
LBPRC:
Adrián Del Castillo (SAN): 2-0,R (.000)*
APBN:
Raico Santos (TRE): 4-1,HR,RBI,2R (.418)
Alay Lago (TRE): 5-2 (.237)
Geisel Cepeda (TC): 1-1,R (.348)
Yoelkis Guibert (BOE): 2-0,R (.289)
Yoel Yanqui (BOE): 4-3,2R (.222)
Henry Urrutia (GR): 1-0,R (.264)
Lázaro Alonso (GR): Lázaro Alonso 2-0 (.364)
Maikel Serrano (GR): 3-0 (.339)
*Cuban-American