Cuban Dayan Viciedo on Fire in Japanese Professional Baseball

June 6, 2021

The Cuban Dayán Viciedo extended to 15 consecutive games connecting hits, after hitting two home runs today in the victory of Chunichi Dragons 6-3 over Orix Buffaloes in professional baseball in Japan.

The infielder of the Dragons, furthermore, scored two runs and drove in three to leave his batting average at .309, the total of home runs at nine and the total of RBIs at 31.

His compatriot and also a native of the Cuban province of Villa Clara, Leonys Martín, this time could not connect in two at-bats, and although he scored a run, he also could not prevent the loss of his team Lotte Marines 9-11 against DeNa Stars.

Martín, home run leader in the Pacific League with 17, now saw his average drop to .259, while his teammate on the Marines, Venezuelan José Flores, dominated the three rivals he faced in one inning of work to leave his effectiveness at 10.80 earned run average.

For the winners of DeNa, Puerto Rican Neftalí Soto hit a home run and a double in four plate appearances and scored two runs, to leave his accumulated totals in home runs and RBIs at ten and 26, respectively.

In other results, the Hanshin Tigers fell 2-10 against SoftBank Hawks, despite having a home run by Dominican Jefry Marte, who brought his two only runs to the scoreboard.

Meanwhile, the Seibu Lions defeated 6-3 the Yakult Swallows and the Nippon Ham Fighters overpowered 6-4 the Yomiuri Giants.

After these results, in the Central League Hanshin leads with 33 wins and 18 losses, while in the Pacific League Rakuten leads with 29-21.