Yandy Díaz swatted three hits in four at-bats, while also driving in two runs via a first inning solo-homerun and sacrifice fly in the eighth inning to do his part in Tampa Bay’s 10-6 win over the Athletics. The Cuban slugger saw his average rise to .302 on the season.
Nolan Arenado collected two hits in four trips to the plate including a first inning grand slam during the Arizona Diamondbacks 9-0 blanking of the Colorado Rockies. The Cuban-American third baseman has now gone yard for the 18th time on the campaign and is also homered three times in his last seven games.
Adrián Morejón tossed a scoreless inning during which he fanned a batter to notch his 19th hold of the season to help secure the San Diego Padres’ 3-2 win over the San Diego Padres. Morejón has now not allowed a run over his 11⅓ innings and saw his earned run average descend to 2.84 on the season.
Cuban action on the night:
Víctor Mederos (Braves): 1.0IP,H,ER,K (3.93)
Luis Robert Jr (Mets): 1-0 (.211)
Zach Neto (Angels): 5-0 (.223)*
Yandy Díaz (Rays): 4-3,2B,HR,2RBI,R (.302)
Nick Fortes (Rays): 3-0,RBI (.270)*
Adrián Morejón (Padres): 1.0IP,H,0ER,K (2.84)
Nolan Arenado (DBacks): 4-2,HR,4RBI,R (.242)*
Yordan Álvarez (Astros): 5-2,2B,R (.323)
Andy Pagés (Dodgers): 3-0 (.270)
*Cuban-American