Aroldis Chapman tossed a scoreless ninth inning to notch his 25 save of the season after tossing a scoreless ninth inning during which he fanned three of the five batters he faced to help secure the Boston Red Sox’s 4-2 victory over the Athletics. The flamethrowing left-hander now has 392 saves and 1376 strikeouts in his illustrious career.
Randy Arozarena went yard for the second straight game, the 13th time on the campaign, drove in a run and also scored on the evening during the Seattle Mariners’ 7-3 loss to the Texas Rangers. The outfielder is now hitting .321 over his last seven games and now sports .833 OPS on the campaign.
Yordan Álvarez collected a hit in three trips to the plate, a key run-scoring single in the eighth of the Houston Astros’ 6-4 comeback win over the Angels. The Cuban slugger upped his average to a league leading .323 and the Álvarez also leads the junior circuit in runs batted in with 78.
Cuban action on the night:
Randy Arozarena (Mariners): 4-1,HR,RBI,R (.284)
Yennier Cano (Orioles): 1.0IP,0H,0ER,K (2.27)
Nolan Arenado (DBacks): 1-0 (.242)*
Adrián Del Castillo (DBacks): 3-0 (.202)*
Luis Robert Jr (Mets): 6-1 (.208)
Miguel Vargas (White Sox): 5-1,2B,R (.242)
Edgar Quero (White Sox): 4-1 (.181)
Zach Neto (Angels):3-1 (.235)*
Jorge Soler (Angels): 3-0 (.200)
Aroldis Chapman (Red Sox): 1.0IP,H,0ER,3K (1.82)
*Cuban-American