| 22/08/2020 – 10:52am (GMT-4)
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The great José Dariel Abreu led the way in a torrid day of Cuban bats, authors of six full-turn hits, half of them against the shipments of the illustrious veteran Jon Lester.
Pito is irrepressible and the day before he closed 5-2 with a pair of homers and four charters, to lead the Navy in home runs (7, three from the leader of the American League) and trailers (23, just two from the vanguard) .
His four-kicks, both in the middle of the field, went like this: the first, on a Lester curve that dropped to 409 feet; and the other, at 452! on straight 95 miles from Jason Adam.
Thanks to four consecutive multihits (19-10 in that span), his average has risen to .297 and slugging is already .559.
His White Sox teammate Yasmani Grandal also shone with a 5-2 batting plus two RBIs and an equal number of laps, one of them derived directly from his number two home run of the season, a colossal 441-foot howitzer down the middle. of the diamond. The injured party: you already know.
Finally, a third ChiSox Cuban, Luis Robert, was 4-1 with his sixth homer and pair of RBIs. The blow hit a 90-mile fastball from the accident itself and left the stadium in left field with an estimated extension of 397 feet. His OPS is around .865.
Another who is short is Yandy Díaz (Rays), who only needed to break the ice to start dispatching balls. Yesterday, La Araña’s beefy son went 3-for-3 with two runs scored, two RBIs, two walks and his second home run on successive days.
The connection left the park down the middle (426 feet) and punished a Matt Shoemaker splitter. Her average today is exactly .300.
The remaining insular homer this Friday bore the stamp of Jorge Soler (Royals), who finished 3-1 with his sixth ‘tumbando’ – he had not hit a home run since August 8 – and a trio of trailers that raised his total to 14 .
Crudo’s four-corner hit flew 408 feet and came off the left line at the expense of a Jake Odorizzi slider. Right now his line is .255 / .336 / .489.
As for Lourdes Gurriel Jr. (Blue Jays), he was 4-1 night with tubey and two RBIs. After experiencing a bad offensive streak, the boy has six consecutive games hitting at least one hit, with a total of nine in 24 official visits. In addition, he took a shot at home plate that put Yandy out and remembered (because of the distance from the starting point) that Yoenis Céspedes made in 2014.
Finally, Adeiny Hechavarría (Braves) missed a turn.
The only Cuban to climb the box was Raisel Iglesias, who saved his third match of the year in the Reds’ 4×2 victory over the Cardinals. The pinero took the inning 1-2-3 with a strikeout and only nine shipments, eight of them on strike. His current ERA is 6.75.
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