The two most successful Cubans in the Major Leagues today, closer Aroldis Chapman and slugger José Dariel Abreu, extended their happy nights into the day before.
Chapman climbed the mound in search of the final two outs to guarantee the victory of the Yankees at the expense of Detroit, he achieved them with K included and achieved his thirteenth save of this season.
Now the left-hander from Holguín has an ERA of 2.97, and in his last five outings he has accumulated 5.2 innings of only two hits, zero runs and seven strikeouts, with a trio of saves and a couple of victories.
Meanwhile, Pito hit a single and double (his 29th of the year) in five official at-bats, scored once and drove in twice to reach 68 and remain in the Top Ten of the American League for that department.
The “79” offensive sequence is currently .295/.351/.521.
Two other men also scored multi-hit games. These are the cases of Kendrys Morales, 4-2 with a return to the box; and Yulieski Gurriel, 2-for-5 with scored and his 28th tubey.
Leonys Martín, meanwhile, continued to do well since his return from Minors and yesterday he blew a triple in four visits that boosted two teammates. In two games, the Villa Clara native is 3-for-8 (home run and tribey) with three RBIs.
The remaining Cuban who did not score a blank on Monday was Guillermo Heredia (3-1 and scored).
Finally, José Iglesias (3-0), Yoan Moncada (2-0), Yonder Alonso (2-0) and Adeyni Hechavarría (1-0) could not make the cross in the H box. However, Alonso He saved the day by scoring three walks and reaching 48 in the campaign, just 14 shy of his personal high achieved in 2012.
As for Moncada, he had to leave the crash at the height of the sixth inning due to the strong blow he received on his knee when he was running after a short fly ball to the outfield. The prospect was removed from the field in a cart, although the medical team already ruled out the possibility of a fracture.
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