Carlos Rodón tossed eight scoreless inning in which he fanned eight batters to notch his seventh win of the season during in the first game of the New York Yankees 8-0 blanking of the Tampa Bay Rays in the first game of their doubleheader. The Cuban-American righty reached 100 wins and 1500 strikeouts in his MLB career.
In the second game of the twin billing Yandy Díaz knocked in four runs via a pair of singles in the seventh and ninth innings to help secure a Tampa Bay Rays 6-1 win over the Yankees. The Cuban slugger has now driven in 85 runs setting a new career high and hits .291 on the season.
Nolan Arenado swatted his 28th homer of the season, a seventh inning solo-shot and one of his three hits in five trips to the plate during the Arizona Diamondbacks 7-2 win over the Colorado Rockies. The Cuban-American has now gone yard 381 times on his career.
Yordan Álvarez collected three hits in five at-bats, while also driving in three runs via a first inning single and a two-run eighth inning homerun to do his part during the Houston Astros’ 7-0 shutout of the Seattle Mariners. The is now tied for the league lead in longballs (41) and also is the junior circuit leader in batting average (.314).
Cuban action on the night:
Yandy Díaz (Rays): 9-2,4RBI (.291) **
Nick Fortes (Rays): 4-1 (.264)*
Nick Martínez (Rays): 6.0IP,5H,2ER,7K,BB (2.94)*
Miguel Vargas (White Sox): 4-1,RBI,R (.251)
Carlos Rodón (Yankees): 8.0IP,3H,0ER,8K (2.67)*
Yordan Álvarez (Astros): 4-2,HR,3RBI,R (.314)
Nolan Arenado (DBacks): 5-3,2B,HR,RBI,2R (.250)*
Sal Stewart (Reds): 4-1 (.267)*
Lázaro Montes (Mariners): 4-0 (.190)
Randy Arozarena (Mariners): 1-0 (.279)
Zach Neto (Angels): 4-1,2R,SB (.238)*
Andy Pagés (Dodgers): 2-0 (.271)
*Cuban-American
**Doubleheader