Yordan Álvarez went yard for an American League leading 30th time on the season during the sixth inning of the Houston Astros’ 7-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. The native of Las Tunas, Cuba raised his average to .312 on the season and also sports a MLB leading 1.038 OPS.
Victor Mesa went downtown for the fifth time on the campaign amongst his three hits on the day to do his part in the Tampa Bay Rays 7-2 win over the Seattle Mariners. The outfielder is now hitting a solid .286 over his last seven games and has driven in 12 runs on the year.
Miguel Vargas laced three hits in trips to the dish, while also driving in three runs via a fifth inning sacrifice fly, seventh inning double and eighth inning homerun to lead the White Sox in their 14-1 thrashing of the Athletics. The infielder from Havana has now homered 21 times on the season.
Andy Pagés went downtown for 17th time on the season, a solo-shot in the first inning of the Dodgers 9-3 loss to the Arizona Diamondbacks. The centerfielder drove I his team-leading 65 run batted in and now hits .269 on the campaign.
Cuban action on the night:
Sal Stewart (Reds): 3-2,RBI (.257)*
Randy Arozarena (Mariners): 4-1 (.286)
Yandy Díaz (Rays): 5-0 (.321)
Victor Mesa Jr (Rays):4-3,HR,RBI,R (.221)
Cionel Pérez (Mets): 0.2IP,2H,2ER,3BB,K (5.75)
Romy González (Red Sox): 5-0 (.265)*
Miguel Vargas (White Sox): 4-3,2(2B),HR,3RBI, 2R
Yordan Álvarez (Astros): 4-2,HR,RBI,R (.312)
Zach Neto (Angels): 3-1 (.235)*
Jorge Soler (Angels): 4-1,2B,R (.216)
Victor Mederos (Braves): 2.0IP,0H,0ER,3K
Andy Pagés (Dodgers): 4-3,HR,RBI,R (.269)
Nolan Arenado (DBacks): 2-0,2R (.242)*
Lourdes Gurriel Jr (DBacks): 4-0 (.216)
*Cuban-American