Adrián Morejón notched his second victory of the season after tossing 1⅓ scoreless innings in relief to help secure San Diego’s 4-1 win over the Los Angeles Angels. The Cuban left-hander also fanned two batters and watched earned run average descend to 6.75 on the campaign.
Yordan Álvarez swatted his league leading ninth homerun of the season to open up the scoring in the first inning of the Astros’ 7-5 loss to the Cardinals. The Cuban slugger saw his average rise to .342 on the season and also leads the American League in runs batted in with 20.
JC Escarra had his best day of the season after knocking in three runs via fourth inning double and a seventh inning triple to do his part in the Yankees 13-4 thrashing the Kansas City Royals. The Cuban-American catcher saw his batting average rise to .158 on the campaign.
Cuban action on the night:
Zach Neto (Angels): 3-1,2B (.250)*
Yoán Moncada (Angels): 4-1 (.177)
Adrián Morejón (Padres): 1.1IP,0H,0ER,2K,BB (6.75)
Nolan Arenado (DBacks): 3-0 (.214)*
Lourdes Gurriel Jr (DBacks): 4-0 (.000)
Adrián Del Castillo (DBacks): 4-0 (.300)*
Andy Pagés (Dodgers): 4-0 (.389)
Adolis García (Phillies): 3-0 (.214)
Randy Arozarena (Mariners): 4-1,R (.282)
Yordan Álvarez (Astros): 4-2,HR,RBI,R (.342)
Lance McCullers: 5.0IP,4H,4ER,4K,3BB (6.20)*
Andy Ibáñez (Athletics): 1-0 (.133)
Miguel Vargas (White Sox): 4-0 (.153)
Edgar Quero (White Sox): 0-0,DR (.184)
Cionel Pérez (Nationals): 2.0IP,2H,0ER (5.91)
Yandy Díaz (Rays): 5-1,R (.364)
Nick Fortes (Rays): 2-1 (.327)
JC Escarra (Yankees): 3-2,2B,3B,3RBI,2R (.158)*
Luis Robert Jr (Mets): 4-2,2B (.258)
Sal Stewart (Reds): 4-1,R (.297)*
*Cuban-American