Aroldis Chapman notched his 15th save of the season after tossing a scoreless inning during which he allowed two hits and walked a batter to help secure the Red Sox’s 6-3 win over their arch-rival New York Yankees. The Cuban left-hander saw his earned run average fall 1.99 on the and has now saved 382 games for his career.
Víctor Mesa Jr went yard went yard for the third time on the season, a three-run shot in the third inning of the Tampa Bay Rays 13-2 thrashing of the Kansas City Royals. The outfielder from Villa Clara,Cuba saw his average rise to .180 and has now driven eight runs on the campaign.
Nick Fortes also got in on the action with a run-scoring eighth inning single to give the Rays an insurmountable lead. The Cuban-American backstop upped his average to .251 and now has 15 runs batted on the season in a part-time role for the Floridian squad.
Aroldis Chapman notched his 15th save of the season after tossing a scoreless inning during which he allowed two hits and walked a batter to help secure the Red Sox’s 6-3 win over their arch-rival New York Yankees.
Cuban action on the night:
Yandy Díaz (Rays): 4-1,R,2B (.331)
Nick Fortes (Rays): 1-1,RBI,R (.251)*
Víctor Mesa Jr (Rays): 3-1,HR,3RBI,R
Randy Arozarena (Mariners): 3-1 (.284)
Yordan Álvarez (Astros): 4-0 (.318)
Raynel Delgado (Astros): 0-0,DR (.286)
Aroldis Chapman (Red Sox): 1.0IP,2H,0ER,BB (1.99)
*Cuban-American