José Altuve and Willy Adames led their teams to victory this Friday in the Major Leagues, while the right-handed pitcher José Berríos showcased his skills to dominate from the mound.
RED SOX 4-8 ASTROS
Venezuelan José Altuve and Dominican Yainer Díaz connected home runs of two runs each, propelling the Astros of Houston to victory in their visit to Boston against the Red Sox.
Alex Bregman crossed the plate twice, Cuban Yordan Álvarez scored and pushed a run, and Dominican Jeremy Peña also added a run for the Astros.
The Dominican Ronel Blanco pitched four innings, allowing three runs, two of them clean, and prescribed five strikeouts. He left without a decision in the game for Houston.
For the Red Sox, David Hamilton brought two runs to the scoreboard, Dominican Rafael Devers added one more, while Curazoleño Ceddanne Rafaela and Mexican Jarren Duran scored for the locals.
ROCKIES 6-5 BRAVES
Dominican Marcell Ozuna and Ramón Laureano hit solo home runs, and Cuban Jorge Soler added another two-run home run, but it was not enough to prevent the Braves of Atlanta from falling for the sixth consecutive time against the Rockies of Colorado.
Brenton Doyle achieved a double, scored and pushed two runs, and Venezuelan Elías Díaz contributed with a scored run and a push for the Rockies.
BREWERS 8-3 REDS
Dominican Willy Adames shone with a three-run home run and Brice Turang with a two-run home run, leading the Brewers of Milwaukee to victory over the Reds of Cincinnati.
Venezuelans Jackson Chourio and William Contreras added one run each for the Brewers. Stuart Fairchild and Spencer Steer contributed one home run each, while Puerto Rican Fernando Cruz struck out two batters in an inning.
PADRES 2-6 MARLINS
Jackson Merrill hit a home run and produced two runs, while Dominican Manny Machado pushed three runs, including two in the tenth inning, to secure the sixth consecutive win for the Padres of San Diego against the Marlins of Miami.
Venezuelan Luis Arráez and Curazoleño Jurickson Profar scored once each for the Padres. Dominican Edward Cabrera pitched seven scoreless innings, with four strikeouts, without getting the decision in the game for the Marlins.
<strong BLUE JAYS 3-1 ATHLETICS
José Berríos (10-9) dominated for seven innings, with eight strikeouts and one run allowed, guiding the Blue Jays of Toronto to victory against the Athletics of Oakland.
Spencer Horwitz and George Springer contributed two doubles, while Dominican Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored and Mexican Alejandro Kirk pushed a run. Darell Hernaiz contributed with a home run that produced the only run for the Athletics in the game.
<strong TWINS 4-2 GUARDIANS
Dominican Carlos Santana and Ryan Jeffers hit doubles for the Twins of Minnesota to defeat the Guardians of Cleveland in the first of two games played this Friday.
Dominican Manuel Margot scored and Jhoan Durán (16), also Dominican, struck out three in an inning, getting the save. Brayan Rocchio responded with a home run that brought Andrés Giménez to the plate for the Guardians.
<strong TWINS 6-3 GUARDIANS
Matt Wallner stood out with a three-run home run, and Puerto Rican Willi Castro and Christian Vázquez scored twice, completing the sweep of the Twins over the Guardians in their two games this Friday.
This result brought the Twins (65-50) to just 1.5 games behind the Guardians (67-49) for the lead in the Central Division of the American League. Josh Naylor added a three-run double for the Guardians.
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